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Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {1}{G}{U}{R} · Green/Red/Blue commander
Whenever you cast an Artificer or artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter).
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}{E}. When you do, create a token that's a copy of target permanent you control, except it's a 5/5 artifact creature in addition to its other types and has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
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What Saheeli, Radiant Creator 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 an Artificer or artifact spell, you get {E} .
- Triggered ability · beginning_of_combatAt the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}{E}. When you do, create a token that's a copy of target permanent you control, except it's a 5/5 artifact creature in addition to its other
What a Saheeli, Radiant Creator deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- high-value creatures and activated-ability creatures worth copying or borrowing
- artificer creatures (its text counts them)
The Saheeli, Radiant Creator deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 6× A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- 4× 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
Best cards for Saheeli, Radiant Creator
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 permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Eternal Witness3 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Arboreal Grazer1 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Dualcaster Mage3 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Reclamation Sage3 mana
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade3 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Goblin Welder1 mana
- Etherium Sculptor2 mana
- Loyal Apprentice2 mana
- Reckless Fireweaver2 mana
- Enthusiastic Mechanaut2 mana
- Erebor Flamesmith2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Sai, Master Thopterist3 mana
A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count
- Goblin Welder1 mana
- Etherium Sculptor2 mana
- Loyal Apprentice2 mana
- Reckless Fireweaver2 mana
- Enthusiastic Mechanaut2 mana
- Erebor Flamesmith2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Sai, Master Thopterist3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Finale of Devastation2 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Beastmaster Ascension3 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Return of the Wildspeaker5 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
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Neoform2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- Reshape2 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 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
- Oversimplify5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
Combos with Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Saheeli, Radiant Creator is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Gonti's Aether Heart + Academy Ruins5,451 decks
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aetherwind Basker5,425 decks
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Peema Aether-Seer4,499 decks
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer + Lightning Runner3,142 decks
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Aether Refinery2,598 decks
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator + Lightning Runner + Aethertide Whale + Adrix And Nev, Twincasters611 decks
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