Saheeli, the Gifted leads an Izzet artifact deck that fills the board with artifacts, mostly mana rocks, token makers and large artifact creatures. Saheeli feeds the plan by making Servos, cutting spell costs through her affinity ability, and threatening an ultimate that copies every artifact for a hasty alpha strike. Cost reducers, improvise and artifact copy effects let the deck turn a wide artifact board into expensive threats, card draw and big combat turns. How it wins: The deck builds a wide board of artifact tokens and large artifact creatures, then pushes through with evasive or scaling attackers, artifact-count anthems and direct damage, sometimes boosted by Saheeli's copy-everything ultimate. Key roles: - Artifact cost cheating: Saheeli's affinity ability, cost reducers, improvise and fast rocks turn a crowded artifact board into cheap big spells and early heavy hitters (Etherium Sculptor, Saheeli's Directive, Reverse Engineer) - Token swarm: Thopter, Servo and Myr makers keep raising the artifact count and give the deck evasive attackers, with Saheeli's +1 adding a body every turn (Thopter Spy Network, Retrofitter Foundry, Myr Battlesphere) - Copy engines: copying the best artifacts doubles enter-the-battlefield value or attackers, and Tawnos copies artifact-based activated and triggered abilities (Mirrorworks, Saheeli's Artistry, Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer) - Artifact-count payoffs: threats whose damage or size scales with how many artifacts are out, or that convert spare artifacts into reach (Darksteel Juggernaut, Hellkite Igniter, Bosh, Iron Golem) - Combat enablers: haste, anthems, unblockability and evasion let a fresh token board attack right away and keep drawing cards off combat damage (Thopter Engineer, Chief of the Foundry, Whirler Rogue) - Commander value: lieutenants and recasting tricks reward keeping Saheeli in play and coming back to her, with mass bounce and board wipes resetting the table (Loyal Drake, Geode Golem, Blasphemous Act)

Exquisite Invention decklist

• Maverick Thopterist
• Soul of New Phyrexia
• Inkwell Leviathan
• Sharding Sphinx
• Hellkite Igniter
• Bosh, Iron Golem
• Darksteel Juggernaut
• Duplicant
• Myr Battlesphere
• Psychosis Crawler
• Scuttling Doom Engine
• Steel Hellkite
• Thopter Assembly
• Etherium Sculptor
• Whirler Rogue
• Chief of the Foundry
• Pilgrim's Eye
• Saheeli's Artistry
• Blasphemous Act
• Reverse Engineer
• Tidings
• Chaos Warp
• Magmaquake
• Into the Roil
• Thirst for Knowledge
• Blinkmoth Urn
• Mimic Vat
• Mirrorworks
• Prototype Portal
• Unwinding Clock
• Commander's Sphere
• Dreamstone Hedron
• Hedron Archive
• Izzet Signet
• Magnifying Glass
• Mind Stone
• Prismatic Lens
• Scrabbling Claws
• Sol Ring
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Unstable Obelisk
• Vessel of Endless Rest
• Worn Powerstone
• Darksteel Citadel
• Great Furnace
• Seat of the Synod
• Thopter Spy Network
• 5× Island
• 5× Island
• 5× Island
• 4× Mountain
• 4× Mountain
• 4× Mountain
• Buried Ruin
• Command Tower
• Foundry of the Consuls
• Highland Lake
• Izzet Boilerworks
• Izzet Guildgate
• Swiftwater Cliffs
• Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice
• Echo Storm
• Vedalken Humiliator
• Enchanter's Bane
• Saheeli's Directive
• Treasure Nabber
• Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
• Ancient Stone Idol
• Coveted Jewel
• Endless Atlas
• Retrofitter Foundry
• Aether Gale
• Loyal Drake
• Loyal Apprentice
• Geode Golem
• Thopter Engineer
• Forge of Heroes