The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") {T}: Until end of turn, target artifact token you control becomes a 3/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.
How The Mechanist decks play in EDH
The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan is a mono-blue commander costing 2U, and its legendary creature - human artificer ally line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $25.68Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (9)
Removal (1)
Counterspells (2)
Creatures (4)
Synergy & payoffs (2)
Lands (2)
Build the full 100
Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
Start with The MechanistThe Mechanist deck questions
What colours can I use in a The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan deck?
The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan has a mono-blue colour identity, so every card in the deck must be blue or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan?
The cards played most often in The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan decks include Fateful Discovery, Theorist's Sanctum, Sound the Trumpets. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $25.68 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a The Mechanist, Aerial Artisan deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.