Choosing a Commander(s) for an Artifact Creature Deck
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Lately I've been looking into making a artifact creature deck, but I'm finding it difficult to decide on who should lead it, and by extension what the colors should be for it. Right now I'm considering either Silas Renn, Seeker Adept and Rebbec, Architect of Ascension or Alibou, Ancient Witness OR Akiri, Line-Slinger and some partner. Of course, the obvious thing to do is just run Silas AND Akiri, but I'm leery of doing a 4 color deck. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I like a lot of red or boros artifact creatures, but I'm afraid a strictly boros deck might end up being a little weak for my playgroup, especially if the commander is 5 cmc. On the other hand, Silas and Rebecc seems super cool, but then I miss out on the fun red cards.
I like a lot of red or boros artifact creatures, but I'm afraid a strictly boros deck might end up being a little weak for my playgroup, especially if the commander is 5 cmc. On the other hand, Silas and Rebecc seems super cool, but then I miss out on the fun red cards.
If you want to go artifact creatures, Silas and Rebbec are a great choice! Yes, you are missing red cards, but you would miss equally great cards, if you cut on black, blue or white. Too many options! Black offers Disciple of the Vault and others, blue gives you really strong support for artifacts (and stuff like Sharding Sphinx), while white offers control options and more support.
I built Akiri, Line-Slinger/Sakashima of a Thousand Faces Voltron, which is a blast, but not a real artifact deck.
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I built Akiri, Line-Slinger/Sakashima of a Thousand Faces Voltron, which is a blast, but not a real artifact deck.
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I think Akiri, Line-Slinger // Glacian, Powerstone Engineer would be cool.
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If you're set on including white in your list I like Alibou the most, however my go-to artifact commander recommendation remains Silas Renn, Seeker Adept x Vial Smasher the Fierce junkyard reanimator. Something very satisfying about playing artifacts of all shapes and sizes from the yard while doming your opponents with whatever the biggest thing you play is.
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I have a Rebbec/Silas deck and it's been doing very well. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/T0EGiTkxsUKD4GEewJozBg
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Armix, Filigree Thrasher / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept could be kind of fun. They are both artifacts themselves and you can do this like.... discard and then reenable casting it thing. It keeps it from creeping into too many colors too.
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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone, I really appreciate the feedback. I think based on what I've learned from this thread and my own preferences, I'm gonna take the plunge and build Silas Renn, Seeker Adept and Rebbec, Architect of Ascension. I'll miss the red cards a little bit, but I agree with everyone that this pair looks like a lot of fun and should be more consistent than some other options. Having blue to draw cards should prevent the deck from sputtering after a board wipe.
Is Breya, Etherium Shaper not your toast and jam? She's really strong, and if you're leery of the 4 colors, you can just ignore one of them and get your 4th color from rocks.
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Fully agree, Tymna in many combinations is great for artifact aggro. Mardu with Tymna and Akiri works very well as well, with Akiri also functioning as a good two drop to curve into Tymna.
I like Tymna, but Armix is really fun. I'd say Tymna, Silas, and Armix in some combination is a good bet for artifact aggro, though I'd wager that Esper opens up the most possibilities, as blue has the most artifact matter spells while black and white seem to have some of the most aggressive artifact matters spells. If you leave out blue, Mardu is probably second, and I'd say Armix and Akiri curve into each other well and create a threatening presence in combat. Going down to 2 color, I'd say Dimir is the best bet, and Armix partnering with Silas, while competing on curve, do synergize well. Armix with Malcom can be another great option, Malcolm poops out treasures which support Armix and any other scaling artifact matters effects, and you can get some splash benefit from including some of the other generically good pirates in Dimir, some of which also support an artifact theme. I'm thinking Hullbreecher, Hostage Taker, potentially Deadeye Plunderers depending on power level, Pitiless Plunderer if you have a way to abuse it.
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Unconventional option: Modular Marchesa, the Black Rose.
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ISBPathfinder wrote: ↑3 years agoArmix, Filigree Thrasher / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept could be kind of fun. They are both artifacts themselves and you can do this like.... discard and then reenable casting it thing. It keeps it from creeping into too many colors too.
I came in here to mention that it's really, really hard to not use Breya, Etherium Shaper for such a deck, given it's so powerful and really leans into what you want, but also Armix & Silas Renn was my choice for something outside the box of my usual go to strats. But....................Outcryqq wrote: ↑3 years agoIs Breya, Etherium Shaper not your toast and jam? She's really strong, and if you're leery of the 4 colors, you can just ignore one of them and get your 4th color from rocks.
Seeing they were already mentioned, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death is quite adept at affinity style decks, she gets to use Disciple of the Vault, Marionette Master and Atog|atq and offers some way of buying back your key cards should they inevitably go away. She also lets you use sweet old cards like Guardian Beast, though I suspect that's not entirely relevant for most players due to it's ridiculous price tag.
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I'm gonna vouch for Silas Renn, Seeker Adept and Rebbec, Architect of Ascension as its my personal artifact deck. I play alot of small artifacts all the way up the curve and Rebbec is a real pain for my opponents. Silas acts like Emry, Lurker of the Loch since I often have protection from most/all of my opponents. Cheap artifacts that sacrifice are a premium such as Mishra's Bauble and Urza's Bauble . If your deck is full of creatures you can generally alpha strike nearly every turn. You creatures start to feel more and more like Progenitus as the game goes on.