MTG Salvation

Hope others can see what I am trying to put together here, could use some input and ideas.

So I have been wanting to build Sydri for a while now, v1.0 was not very fun to play, was just a very durdly control/combo deck.
With the release of Kaladesh, seems that this general is fit to profit ALOT.
Here was my idea, could use some help refining it into a fun and decent mechanical decklist.
Make a lot of thopters (without going infinite), have efficient and thematic sacrifice engines, swarm opponents.
So with the thopters I figured why not include the vehicles and ships. So here is what I have come up with so far.
Creatures:

• Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  
• Thopter Squadron
  
• Whirler Rogue
  
• Ballista Charger
  
• Demolition Stomper
  
• Metalworker
  
• Trinket Mage
  
• Masticore
  
• Chief of the Foundry
  
• Pentavus
  
• Master Transmuter
  
• Master of Etherium
  
• Sharding Sphinx
  
• Shimmer Myr
  
• Pilgrim's Eye
  
• Disciple of Deceit
  
• Daring Thief
  
• Duplicant
  
• Syndicate Trafficker
  
• Baleful Strix
  
• Hanna. Ship's Navigator
  

Artifacts:

• Predator, Flagship
  
• Coat of Arms
  
• Obelisk of Urd
  
• Metalspinner's Puzzleknot
  
• Thopter Foundry
  
• Blinkmoth Urn
  
• Cogworker's Puzzleknot
  
• Blasting Station
  
• Darksteel Forge
  
• Caltrops
  
• Mycosynth Lattice
  
• Stoneforge Masterwork
  
• Cranial Plating
  
• Skullclamp

Other:

• Thopter Spy Network
  
• Darksteel Mutation
  
• Nahiri, the Lithomancer
  
• Built to Last
  
• Fabricate
  
• Refurbish
  
• Fortuitous Find
  
• Shrewd Negotiation
  
• Artificer's Epiphany
  
• Ritual of the Machine
  
• Steelshaper's Gift

So I have come up with a list of 'Pilots', to bad Sydri does not have red...
Idea of the Pilots are to gain from the tapping ability or just an ETB body.

• Notion Thief
  
• Trinket Mage
  
• Treasure Mage
  
• Disciple of Deceit
  
• Contraband Kingpin
  
• King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
  
• Pain Seer

So far, untill Aether Revolt, playable Vehicles with Sydri are:

• Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
  
• Demolition Stomper
  
• Ballista Charger
  
• Fleetwheel Cruiser
  
• Ovalchase Dragster

There is also the looting one, but I dont run alot of recursion/reanimate to make use of it, Need it in Feldon instead.
Now two more problems exist, sacrificing artifacts for profit, making ALOT of thopters.
Sword of the Meek/Thopter Foundry is the best way of doing it, cannot find anything else that is close. Would suck to have to tutor this out every game...
Anyone have any ideas for making a swarm of thopters? Even if I could get 4/turn would be value.


Lastly what to do with said thopters? Go wide and swing with Obelisk of Urd
Sacrifice them for bleed damage Zulaport Cutthroat
Skullclamp is there for massive card draw.
Sydri can give them deathtouch to keep attackers away.
Just need to find creative, non-infinite ways to win instead of durdle. Sydri/Esper seems great for the deathtouch/control abilities, but all out power to win...kinda lacking.

Really like this deck, not sure I have much to add though. Padeem, Consul of Innovation seems like he could be a good "pilot", though I'm not sure you need them necessarily. Sydri can turn a mana rock or whatever into a creature to crew a vehicle. As far as making thopters maybe Unwinding clock, Steel Overseer, and Thopter Squadron? Or unwinding clock, Soul Foundry, and Whirler Rogue?

Chief Engineer, Smuggler's Copter, Grand Architect?

I don't really know what to suggest and you seem to have a fun deck already. I'm not sure about the equipment package because they fall off vehicles and other animated noncreature artifacts.

Hangarback Walker is in theme and Bident of Thassa is just plain excellent in this deck

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