The afternoon Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer was spoiled, I knew who was heading up my next deck. He's by far my favorite new commander out of C18, being unique in the fact that he explores a design space shared between red and blue that we've yet to see in the command zone - copying creatures.
Now you might be saying, "But Skorchd, he doesn't actually make copies of things himself!" and you'd be right to say that. He makes a 2/1 Myr with an ability that homogenizes your tokens into being copies of whichever token you think is best. He doesn't actually put a copy on the field like Rite of Replication or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and he can't make your tokens into anything other than copies of another token, but you can explore UR's shared ability to clone things by running the cards that do make token copies and using those token copies to make your favorite target a legion. This strategy takes us down a rabbit hole of design - any old Brudiclad deck may focus solely on getting tokens out there to copy, but we're taking a more complex route. We're aiming to play value creatures that get better when there's a bunch of them, playing cards to copy our favorite value creatures, and then making tons of tokens to use as blank slates for the copies of our value creatures.
So far, I've had a lot of fun with the deck. There was one game I swung eight Wurmcoil Engines at one of my opponents, another where I milled an opponent out with five Fleet Swallowers, and a third where swinging six Utvara Hellkites and creating 36 more 6/6 dragon tokens prompted scoops around the table. It's big, it's explosive, and it's customizable with Brudiclad's design route being super open-ended.
As always, I welcome any suggestions or general feedback.
Now you might be saying, "But Skorchd, he doesn't actually make copies of things himself!" and you'd be right to say that. He makes a 2/1 Myr with an ability that homogenizes your tokens into being copies of whichever token you think is best. He doesn't actually put a copy on the field like Rite of Replication or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, and he can't make your tokens into anything other than copies of another token, but you can explore UR's shared ability to clone things by running the cards that do make token copies and using those token copies to make your favorite target a legion. This strategy takes us down a rabbit hole of design - any old Brudiclad deck may focus solely on getting tokens out there to copy, but we're taking a more complex route. We're aiming to play value creatures that get better when there's a bunch of them, playing cards to copy our favorite value creatures, and then making tons of tokens to use as blank slates for the copies of our value creatures.
1 Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Lands
11 Island
12 Mountain
1 Command Tower
1 Steam Vents
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Shivan Reef
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Desert of the Mindful
1 Desert of the Fervent
1 Hanweir Battlements
1 Foundry of the Consuls
1 Temple of the False God
Artifacts
1 Mana Crypt
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Skullclamp
1 Mind Stone
1 Izzet Signet
1 Sky Diamond
1 Fire Diamond
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Mimic Vat
1 Soul Separator
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Hedron Archive
1 Gilded Lotus
1 Curse of Opulence
1 Saheeli Rai
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
1 Flameshadow Conjuring
1 Followed Footsteps
1 Warstorm Surge
Creatures
1 Generator Servant
1 Tilonalli's Summoner
1 Burnished Hart
1 Treasure Nabber
1 Hanweir Garrison
1 Chasm Skulker
1 Feldon of the Third Path
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Reef Worm
1 Nevermaker
1 Ogre Battledriver
1 Hellrider
1 Vizier of Many Faces
1 Faerie Artisans
1 Master of Waves
1 Mulldrifter
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Broodbirth Viper
1 Stitcher Geralf
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Duplicant
1 Combustible Gearhulk
1 Inferno Titan
1 Scuttling Doom Engine
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 The Locust God
1 Meteor Golem
1 Siege Dragon
1 Skyline Despot
1 Fleet Swallower
1 Utvara Hellkite
1 Kuldotha Rebirth
1 Twinflame
1 Rite of Replication
1 Echo Storm
1 Supplant Form
1 Saheeli's Artistry
1 Descent of the Dragons
1 Tempt with Vengeance
So far, I've had a lot of fun with the deck. There was one game I swung eight Wurmcoil Engines at one of my opponents, another where I milled an opponent out with five Fleet Swallowers, and a third where swinging six Utvara Hellkites and creating 36 more 6/6 dragon tokens prompted scoops around the table. It's big, it's explosive, and it's customizable with Brudiclad's design route being super open-ended.
As always, I welcome any suggestions or general feedback.