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Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {2}{U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
Thopters you control have haste.
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
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What Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
- Static ability · keyword_grantThopters you control have haste.
What a Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar deck needs
Plays as thopter typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creatures that profit from haste (it grants the team it)
- thopter creatures (its text counts them)
The Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 27× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 7× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Ornithopter of Paradise2 mana
- Hope of Ghirapur1 mana
- Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter3 mana
- Roterothopter1 mana
- Pilgrim's Eye3 mana
- Skyscanner3 mana
- Aetherjacket3 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Ornithopter0 mana
- Ornithopter of Paradise2 mana
- Hope of Ghirapur1 mana
- Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter3 mana
- Roterothopter1 mana
- Pilgrim's Eye3 mana
- Skyscanner3 mana
- Aetherjacket3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Adaptive Automaton3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Suspend1 mana
- Snap2 mana
- Into the Flood Maw1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana