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Padeem, Consul of Innovation · U · 100 cards · 39 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 37Instants 15Sorceries 2Artifacts 5Enchantments 1Lands 39
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Strategy
Padeem, Consul of Innovation leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, building an artifact board and cashing it in. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 9 pieces of targeted interaction, 2 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 3.68.
Early: Use the early turns on mana. Solemn Simulacrum and the rest of the 12 ramp pieces are what let the deck cast Padeem, Consul of Innovation on curve and keep casting after it.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Counterspell is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Sai, Master Thopterist keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Cyclonic Rift for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 2 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 3.68 average mana value the top end is genuinely expensive - land drops matter.
Win conditions: Wins through artifact payoffs and the damage or mana they produce.
- Etherium Sculptor - Core to the plan
- Foundry Inspector - Core to the plan
- Darksteel Forge - Core to the plan
- Master Transmuter - Core to the plan
- Unwinding Clock - Core to the plan
- Sai, Master Thopterist - Card draw
- Thoughtcast - Card draw
- Counterspell - Interaction
~$511.90
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Artifacts you control have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control the artifact with the greatest mana value or tied for the greatest mana value, draw a card.
Creatures (37)
Etherium Sculptor
Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$0.7
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Foundry Inspector
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.36
Artifact spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Master Transmuter
Artifact Creature — Human Artificer
$4.97
{U}, {T}, Return an artifact you control to its owner's hand: You may put an artifact card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sai, Master Thopterist
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$0.29
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
{1}{U}, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
Thought Monitor
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.27
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Flying
When this creature enters, draw two cards.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
$0.57
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
{T}: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Phyrexian Metamorph
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
$2.1
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Solemn Simulacrum
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.27
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may draw a card.
Metalwork Colossus
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.37
This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of noncreature artifacts you control.
Sacrifice two artifacts: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Shimmer Myr
Artifact Creature — Myr
$0.34
Flash
You may cast artifact spells as though they had flash.
Vedalken Archmage
Creature — Vedalken Wizard
$12.61
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, draw a card.
Platinum Angel
Artifact Creature — Angel
$9.11
Flying
You can't lose the game and your opponents can't win the game.
Jhoira's Familiar
Artifact Creature — Bird
$1.41
Flying
Historic spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Master of Etherium
Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
$0.52
Master of Etherium's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
Memnarch
Legendary Artifact Creature — Wizard
$5.33
{1}{U}{U}: Target permanent becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
{3}{U}: Gain control of target artifact. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Ornithopter of Paradise
Artifact Creature — Thopter
$0.44
Flying
{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Kappa Cannoneer
Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
$0.26
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Ward {4}
Whenever this creature or another artifact you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
Chief of the Foundry
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.22
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
Treasure Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.25
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 6 or greater, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Trophy Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.55
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 3, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Myr Retriever
Artifact Creature — Myr
$1.94
When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Steel Overseer
Artifact Creature — Construct
$0.31
{T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each artifact creature you control.
Vedalken Engineer
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$0.16
{T}: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Blightsteel Colossus
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
$33.43
Trample, infect, indestructible
If Blightsteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Blightsteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead.
Urza, Lord High Artificer
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
$15.67
When Urza enters, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add {U}.
{5}: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
Forensic Gadgeteer
Creature — Vedalken Artificer Detective
$1.92
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Activated abilities of artifacts you control cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.
The Reality Chip
Legendary Artifact Creature — Equipment Jellyfish
$4.02
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
As long as The Reality Chip is attached to a creature, you may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.
Reconfigure {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)
Trinket Mage
Creature — Human Wizard
$0.31
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card with mana value 1 or less, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Chief Engineer
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$0.83
Artifact spells you cast have convoke. (Your creatures can help cast those spells. Each creature you tap while casting an artifact spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.)
Steel Hellkite
Artifact Creature — Dragon
$0.26
Flying
{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
{X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Karn, Legacy Reforged
Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem
$19.32
Karn's power and toughness are each equal to the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
At the beginning of your upkeep, add {C} for each artifact you control. This mana can't be spent to cast nonartifact spells. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Meteor Golem
Artifact Creature — Golem
$0.16
When this creature enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.
Grand Architect
Creature — Vedalken Artificer
$1.05
Other blue creatures you control get +1/+1.
{U}: Target artifact creature becomes blue until end of turn.
Tap an untapped blue creature you control: Add {C}{C}. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Burnished Hart
Artifact Creature — Elk
$0.14
{3}, Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Shimmer Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.35
Flying
As long as you control four or more artifacts, this creature has hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Tap two untapped artifacts you control: Draw a card.
Instants (15)
Whir of Invention
Instant
$5.93
Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Cyclonic Rift
Instant
$30.27
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Fierce Guardianship
Instant
$63.56
If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Counter target noncreature spell.
Pongify
Instant
$2
Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.
Mana Drain
Instant
$51.22
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$3.01
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Arcane Denial
Instant
$1.57
Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.
Swan Song
Instant
$9.85
Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Stoic Rebuttal
Instant
$0.24
Metalcraft — This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control three or more artifacts.
Counter target spell.
Thirst for Knowledge
Instant
$0.17
Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard an artifact card.
Reality Heist
Instant
$0.28
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may reveal up to two artifact cards from among them and put them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
High Tide
Instant
$0.81
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.
Blue Sun's Zenith
Instant
$1.92
Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
Sorceries (2)
Thoughtcast
Sorcery
$0.48
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Draw two cards.
Fabricate
Sorcery
$6.75
Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifacts (5)
Darksteel Forge
Artifact
$42.55
Artifacts you control have indestructible. (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them. Artifact creatures with indestructible can't be destroyed by damage.)
Unwinding Clock
Artifact
$20.76
Untap all artifacts you control during each other player's untap step.
Swiftfoot Boots
Artifact — Equipment
$1.93
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Mystic Forge
Artifact
$3.36
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.
Lightning Greaves
Artifact — Equipment
$3.74
Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Equip {0}
Enchantments (1)
Rhystic Study
Enchantment
$67.53
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.
Lands (39)
Inventors' Fair
Legendary Land
$18.95
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life.
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
Academy Ruins
Legendary Land
$5.19
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{U}, {T}: Put target artifact card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Buried Ruin
Land
$0.44
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
Archway of Innovation
Land
$1.27
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
{T}: Add {U}.
{U}, {T}: The next spell you cast this turn has improvise. (Your artifacts can help cast that spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for {1}.)
Urza's Saga
Enchantment Land — Urza's Saga
$36.03
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — This Saga gains "{T}: Add {C}."
II — This Saga gains "{2}, {T}: Create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with 'This token gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control.'"
III — Search your library for an artifact card with mana cost {0} or {1}, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Urza's Tower
Land — Urza's Tower
$0.9
{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Power-Plant, add {C}{C}{C} instead.
Urza's Mine
Land — Urza's Mine
$0.62
{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Power-Plant and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.
Urza's Power Plant
Land — Urza's Power-Plant
$0.6
{T}: Add {C}. If you control an Urza's Mine and an Urza's Tower, add {C}{C} instead.
Mystic Sanctuary
Land — Island
$1.11
({T}: Add {U}.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Basic lands: 27 Island
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