Death by Thopters
Created May 8, 2019
Updated May 15, 2019
Main Board (99)
Creature (6)
Enchantment (6)
Basic Land (28)
Artifact (44)
Instant (8)
Sorcery (5)
Planeswalker (2)
Creature (6)
Enchantment (6)
Basic Land (28)
Artifact (44)
Instant (8)
Sorcery (5)
Planeswalker (2)
Quick Info
For a while I've been trying to build a Sai list. After some thinking and searching I've made this list (v0.1), it's not final but so far I really like it.
Main combo's:
- Retraction Helix] + Traxos, Scrouge of Kroog + 0 cmc artifact +Sai, Master Thopterist + Altar of the Brood = Deck your opponents.
- Retraction Helix] + Traxos, Scrouge of Kroog + 0 cmc artifact +Sai, Master Thopterist + Ashnod's Altar/[card/Phyrexian Altar[/card]/Krark Clan Ironworks + Walking Ballista = Very big ballista that shoot opponents to 0
- Master Transmuter + 2 mana dorks/rocks + Paradox Engine+ any other artifact + Spine of Ish Sah = Keep bouncing Spine to and from the battlefield to clear your opponents board
The general idea is flooding the board with thopters and then attacking or saccing them for value.
Currently considering:
- Adding Karn/Ugin
- More countermagic
- More 0 cmc artifacts (Ornithopter/Memnite
Early Game
Since the decks runs quite some non basics that give us you want at least an Island in hand to play be able to play tutors/cantrips and obvioulsy Sai himself. Assembling UrzaTron early will speed up the game immensely but is not mandatory. What is however mandatory, is getting you Thopter engine (huehue) started or getting Helix/Traxos combo running as soon you can.
Mid Game
When you have your pieces for either thopters ie Ashnod's Altar or Helix combo, you'll want some payoffs. Altar of the Brood and Walking Ballista both serve that purpose. With Altar you use the tap ability of Helix to bounce a 0 cmc artifact back to hand. Play the 0 cmc artifact again, Altar triggers opponents mill, bounce again (rinse repeat).
For Ballista you'll need a sac outlet like Ashnod's and thopter producers use to combo to get enough thopters to sac and cast Ballista, use Ballista to kill everyone on the board.
Late Game
If you haven't won by comboing out there is always the namesake of the deck: Death by Thopters. With anthems and Coat of Arms you can finish the game via combat damage.
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