Sai, Master Thopterist
Commander: Sai, Master Thopterist

Keen Engineering

Commander Deck {U} · 100 cards · Sai, Master Thopterist · Bracket 2

Official preconstructed deck — Wizards of the Coast · Updated September 2026

Official preconstructed decklist · Commander Deck · Foundations Commander · released 2026-10-02

Value

≈ $23.32

Market value from Scryfall prices, not what the owner paid.

Stats

3.78 average mana value across 60 nonland cards

Mana cost

100%

Mana production

5%65%5%5%5%16%
0 1 3 2 14 3 16 4 8 5 8 6 5 7+ 6

Mana curve of nonland cards; 7 groups everything above six.

CardsCountIn opening hand
Artifact1978%
Instant636%
Sorcery214%
Creature2992%
Land4098%
Enchantment320%
Commander17%

Chance of drawing at least one in a seven-card opening hand.

Decklist

Commander 1

1Sai, Master Thopterist FDC 5{2}{U}M

Artifact 19

1Adaptive Omnitool FDC 243{2}R
1Aether Spellbomb FDC 244{1}C
1Arcane Signet FDC 245{2}U
1Cultivator's Caravan FDC 251{3}R
1Forsaken Monument FDC 258{5}M
1Hedron Archive FDC 262{4}U
1Ichor Wellspring FDC 265{2}C
1Mazemind Tome FDC 268{2}R
1Mind's Eye FDC 272{5}R
1Mind Stone FDC 271{2}U
1Misleading Signpost FDC 69{2}{U}R
1Nettlecyst FDC 275{3}R
1Nevinyrral's Disk FDC 276{4}R
1Skysovereign, Consul Flagship FDC 285{5}M
1Sol Ring FDC 286{1}U
1Soul-Guide Lantern FDC 287{1}U
1Tamiyo's Logbook FDC 76{2}{U}U
1Thopter Fabricator FDC 78{2}{U}R
1Thought Vessel FDC 292{2}U

Instant 6

1Aetherize FDC 59{3}{U}U
1Counterspell FDC 61{U}{U}U
1Launch Mishap FDC 65{2}{U}U
1Negate FDC 70{1}{U}C
1Pull from Tomorrow FDC 73{X}{U}{U}R
1Thirst for Knowledge FDC 77{2}{U}U

Sorcery 2

1All Is Dust FDC 9{7}R
1Thoughtcast FDC 81{4}{U}C

Creature 29

1Broodstar FDC 60{8}{U}{U}R
1Chief of the Foundry FDC 249{3}U
1Darksteel Juggernaut FDC 252{5}R
1Duplicant FDC 255{6}R
1Etherium Sculptor FDC 62{1}{U}C
1Foundry Inspector FDC 259{3}U
1Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut FDC 260{8}R
1Kappa Cannoneer FDC 64{5}{U}R
1Master of Etherium FDC 66{2}{U}R
1Master Transmuter FDC 67{3}{U}R
1Memory Guardian FDC 68{4}{U}U
1Meteor Golem FDC 270{7}U
1Myr Battlesphere FDC 273{7}R
1Myr Retriever FDC 274{2}U
1Ornithopter of Paradise FDC 277{2}C
1Padeem, Consul of Innovation FDC 71{3}{U}U
1Palladium Myr FDC 278{3}U
1Psychosis Crawler FDC 280{5}R
1Research Thief FDC 74{4}{U}R
1Scrawling Crawler FDC 282{3}R
1Shimmer Dragon FDC 75{4}{U}{U}R
1Shimmer Myr FDC 283{3}U
1Silver Myr FDC 284{2}C
1Spire Golem FDC 288{6}C
1Steel Hellkite FDC 289{6}R
1Steel Overseer FDC 290{2}R
1Thought Monitor FDC 80{6}{U}R
1Vedalken Archmage FDC 82{2}{U}{U}R
1Whirler Rogue FDC 83{2}{U}{U}U

Land 40

1Buried Ruin FDC 298U
1Darksteel Citadel FDC 300U
1Foundry of the Consuls FDC 302U
34Island FDN 274C
1Lonely Sandbar FDC 305U
1Remote Isle FDC 309C
1War Room FDC 317R

Enchantment 3

1Fall from Favor FDC 63{2}{U}C
1Propaganda FDC 72{2}{U}U
1Thopter Spy Network FDC 79{2}{U}{U}R

Where to buy this deck

StoreCardsTotal
CardTrader67 of 67€48.00
Cardmarket67 of 67€60.33
Card Kingdom67 of 67$123.41
The Games Cube67 of 67208.22 AUD
Face To Face Games66 of 67CA$243.01

Cheapest available copy per card, any printing, from the last 60 days. Stock and prices change; open a card for its offers.

Why this is Bracket 2
  • Game changers · No Game Changers found.
  • Mass land denial · No Mass Land Denial cards found.
  • Extra turns · No Extra Turn cards found.
  • Combos · Commander Spellbook's own bracket estimate: "E" -- no additional floor from this signal (this endpoint only checks a narrow set of 2-card bracket-relevant combos -- see round 11/§0).
  • Combos · No fully-assembled combos found via Commander Spellbook's find-my-combos.
  • Notes · No signals tripped; defaulting to Bracket 2 -- Bracket 1 vs 2 is a theme judgment call this algorithm can't make on its own (see §2).
  • cEDH signals · 0 free/reduced-cost interaction card(s) found (informational -- feeds the possibleCedh signal, doesn't floor the bracket on its own).
  • cEDH signals · 1 cross-archetype cEDH staple(s) found, excluding anything already counted as a Game Changer (informational -- feeds the possibleCedh signal, doesn't floor the bracket on its own; this list is hand-curated and will go stale over time).
    Sol Ring
  • Notes · possibleCedh signals (0/4, needs 3+): complete combos=0, avg nonland CMC=3.78, free/reduced-cost interaction=0, cEDH staples=1. Not enough independent signals agree to flag this as a likely cEDH build.

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