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Sai, Master Thopterist

Sai, Master Thopterist

Legendary Creature — Human Artificer · {2}{U} · Blue commander

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.
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What Sai, Master Thopterist actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

What a Sai, Master Thopterist deck needs

Plays as artifact cast trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

The Sai, Master Thopterist deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

Best cards for Sai, Master Thopterist

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 of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Lotus Petal0 mana
  4. Mox Amber0 mana
  5. Mox Diamond0 mana
  6. Mox Opal0 mana
  7. Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
  8. Ornithopter0 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Darksteel Citadel0 mana
  3. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  4. Lotus Petal0 mana
  5. Mox Amber0 mana
  6. Mox Diamond0 mana
  7. Mox Opal0 mana
  8. Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  2. Replicating Ring3 mana
  3. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
  4. Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
  5. Field of the Dead0 mana
  6. Fountainport0 mana
  7. Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
  8. Spawnbed Protector7 mana

A team pump that actually pumps tokens

  1. Heraldic Banner3 mana
  2. Chief of the Foundry3 mana
  3. Master of Etherium3 mana
  4. Caged Sun6 mana
  5. Favorable Winds2 mana
  6. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  7. Heroes' Podium5 mana
  8. Endurance Bobblehead3 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Reality Shift2 mana
  2. Pongify1 mana
  3. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  4. Resculpt2 mana
  5. Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
  6. Titan's Presence3 mana
  7. Icy Prison2 mana
  8. Kozilek's Command2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Reshape2 mana
  2. Mask of the Mimic1 mana
  3. Long-Term Plans3 mana
  4. Whir of Invention3 mana
  5. Merchant Scroll2 mana
  6. Mystical Tutor1 mana
  7. Muddle the Mixture2 mana
  8. Personal Tutor1 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Mindbreak Trap4 mana
  2. Fierce Guardianship3 mana
  3. Force of Negation3 mana
  4. Force of Will5 mana
  5. Flare of Denial3 mana
  6. Pact of Negation0 mana
  7. An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
  8. Arcane Denial2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Desynchronization4 mana
  2. Wave Goodbye4 mana
  3. Whelming Wave4 mana
  4. Consuming Tide4 mana
  5. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  6. Evacuation5 mana
  7. Perplexing Test5 mana
  8. Cyclonic Rift2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Mystic Remora1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Curiosity1 mana
  4. Wizard Class1 mana
  5. Rhystic Study3 mana
  6. Faerie Mastermind2 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Combat Research1 mana

Combos with Sai, Master Thopterist

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Sai, Master Thopterist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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