Mendicant: Artifacts

Commander
WUMendicant Core, Guidelight
5.3±0.3
Casual
Intentional card choices with a clear game plan. Functional mana but room to optimize.
Primary win line:Go-wide combat finish
High confidence(368 pts)
Estimated win turn
T7best
T8typical
T10+contested
Vector breakdown
Heavy Curve (25% CMC 5+)+-10ⓘ
Fast mana1
1Sol Ring+10
Mana rocks5
1Manifold Key+1
2Arcane Signet+6
2Talisman of Progress+5
2Fellwar Stone+5
2Thought Vessel+4
Mana dorks1
2Ornithopter of Paradise+4
Land ramp1
4Solemn Simulacrum+2
Other acceleration5
1UEtherium Sculptor+7
3Foundry Inspector+7
2WVoyager Quickwelder+6
5WUVoyage Home+1
7WUEthersworn Sphinx+5
Tutors1
3UScour for Scrap+3
Draw engines11
1WStaff of the Storyteller+5
2Idol of Oblivion+4
1UVnwxt, Verbose Host+1
1UUUnctus, Grand Metatect+10
3Thopter Shop+5
2WLosheel, Clockwork Scholar+3
2UUnstoppable Plan+2
4Mystic Forge+7
2UUBident of Thassa+5
3UPadeem, Consul of Innovation+1
4UResearch Thief+5
Cantrips & burst draw4
USlip Through Space+1
2USimulacrum Synthesizer+2
6UThought Monitor+1
5WUVoyage Home+1
Recursion4
XWUDance of the Manse+1
2UEmry, Lurker of the Loch+7
3WWWWBrilliant Restoration+7
Buried Ruin+3
Value engines3
3Sculpting Steel+5
2USai, Master Thopterist+3
6Chimil, the Inner Sun+6
Counterspells4
UUCounterspell+8
WUDovin's Veto+7
UUDisruption Protocol+6
2UFierce Guardianship+10
Spot removal5
WSwords to Plowshares+7
WPath to Exile+6
WDispatch+2
2UUDesynchronization+1
6Steel Hellkite+6
Board wipes2
4WWAustere Command+5
8WWOrganic Extinction+6
Protection6
WSkrelv, Defector Mite+1
UK-9, Mark I+1
2Swiftfoot Boots+4
WUGold-Forged Thopteryx+1
2WLosheel, Clockwork Scholar+3
3UPadeem, Consul of Innovation+1
Mana Acceleration (13 sources)+3ⓘ
Dual & shock lands4
Hallowed Fountain+6
Archway of Innovation+4
Adarkar Wastes+4
Glacial Fortress+4
Premium utility lands4
Spire of Industry+6
Path of Ancestry+6
Command Tower+5
Exotic Orchard+4
Utility lands10
2WWThousand Moons Smithy // Barracks of the Thousand+2
Darksteel Citadel+2
Prairie Stream+2
Rogue's Passage+2
Buried Ruin+2
Seat of the Synod+2
Muraganda Raceway+2
Ancient Den+2
Amonkhet Raceway+2
Avishkar Raceway+2
Taplands3
Port Town+2
Razortide Bridge+2
Uthros, Titanic Godcore+2
Basic lands2
Plains+7
Island+8
Combat Damage Synergy: token swarm strategy, 1 token doubler, 3 evasion enablers, aristocrats engine, 1 damage multiplier+25ⓘ
Synergy pieces10
1WStaff of the Storyteller+5
3Thopter Shop+5
2WDigsite Engineer+4
2USimulacrum Synthesizer+2
2USai, Master Thopterist+2
3UEfficient Construction+4
4UUSharding Sphinx+4
5UKappa Cannoneer+1
5UCyberdrive Awakener+1
7Threefold Thunderhulk+4
Combat threats3
2UMaster of Etherium+5
4WBronze Guardian+1
6Wurmcoil Engine+5
Token generators3
2UMoonlit Meditation+4
2WOltec Matterweaver+4
3WWElspeth, Storm Slayer+6
Reanimation2
XWUDance of the Manse+1
3WWWWBrilliant Restoration+7

Bracket

3
Bracket 3Upgraded
Strong synergy and high card quality. Up to 3 Game Changers, late-game combos OK.
Breakdown
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Power level 5.3 → Bracket 3
Threats84Consistency83Mana base81

0.8 above Bracket 2 ceiling (4.5)

1.2 below Bracket 4 threshold (6.5)

Game Changers are present, but your power level already places this deck in Bracket 3.

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Game changers 1
Fierce Guardianship
✕Mass land denial — none
✕2-card combo — none
✕Extra turns — none

Themes10 total

Artifacts Matter28 cards

28 artifact synergy cards. Deck is built to leverage artifacts beyond just utility.

Ethersworn Sphinx,Research Thief,Indomitable Archangel,Thopter Shop,Digsite Engineer
Storm19 cards

19 storm synergies. Chain spells for exponential value.

Ethersworn Sphinx,Digsite Engineer,Staff of the Storyteller,Efficient Construction,Foundry Inspector
Token Strategy14 cards

14 token producers. Go-wide strategies can overwhelm opponents with numbers.

Wurmcoil Engine,Thopter Shop,Digsite Engineer,Staff of the Storyteller,Sharding Sphinx

Combos0 total

No combos detected

This deck wins through combat, value engines, or synergies rather than infinite combos. Checked against Commander Spellbook's database of 80,000+ documented combo variants.