MTG - A Guide to Sydri, Galvanic Genius Esper Commander / EDH for Magic: The Gathering

[@bigpattyboy36]

"if you get to 51 life, you've done so by attacking and blocking with giant lifelink refrigerators! just like richard garfield intended!!!"

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Patrick Garvin I combo her with the "all permanents are artifacts"(can't remember the name) to blow up lands

[@xAnonymousss]

Mycosynth Lattice

[@comradecameron3726]

+ Karn

[@adencummins2990]

"I like having friends, but you can make your own choices." -The Professor

[@RabbitsRi]

And then there are people who played Leovold, Emissary of Trest.

[@mave6602]

My Brother once played the land destruction Combo. He still use it sometimes with Mycosynth Lattice but that seamed finde so far XD. At least not turn four destroy 2 lands.

[@danacoleman4007]

I did. Now I have no one to play with.

[@colinhanrath5351]

Lmao

[@JayWhipp1e]

I saw this video when you published it and was inspired to build sydri, shes my favorite artifact commander deck to this day! I love being a tinker/master artificer, I build commander decks for flavor first and this is one of the standouts. Thanks prof!!

[@Tae_Grixis]

Back when Sharuum was the go-to Esper artifact commander, I chose Sydri instead. She fit the theme of an artificer so well and the art is beautifully done. For quite some time I was jumping back and forth between Esper and Grixis but I am finally home. Breya and Sydri and now my two main decks and my favorites. Before all of that, I was playing Muzzio, Visionary Architect as my main commander back in 2013. I am a blue mage for life.

[@GoodStarfish]

My favorite deck you have made my good professor. I'll just need a few modifications and Sydri and I will rule the kingdom with class and dignity.

[@EnmaMusicProduction]

all hail the queennof walking appliances!

[@kennethayers6225]

This is probably one of my best decks, and it's pretty great to see you hit all the high notes I'm running.

[@Ausferius]

"For this example, stupid means good." Love it!

[@ericbateman5628]

I love my Sydri deck. This video gives me a few ideas for making her even more devious. Thank you!

[@martialdoug]

I would highly recommend mycosynth lattice for this deck. Gives your commander and lands the indestructible from darksteel, and allows you to blow up lands for 1 blue. Also, I've found that meekstone is a huge boon to this deck. Keeping creatures with power 3 or greater tapped down allows your big nasty artifacts to swing, then untap as they aren't creatures, but forces everyone else to stay tapped.

[@SaruParadise]

Doug Cundall portcullis along the same lines too

[@greenie1522]

Old comment i know but just wanted to point out that due to mycosynth lattice the mana dosent even have to be blue its just pay 1

[@martialdoug]

True. Bad wording on my part in the comment. It turns nasty really quickly.

[@greenie1522]

Doug Cundall yeah i run it in my sydri deck

[@mrilovetheants]

Larry Niven's disk!? Nevinyrral's Disk is one of my favorite cards. I had no idea it was referencing a science fiction author until I heard you pronounce it backwards.

[@alakhurd7273]

Oh man! I read the Ringworld, so many times, and only now I saw a reference. Thx for this!

[@streetdog75]

I love that years later, people are still discovering this!

[@AlbarionRed007]

Sydri was the first EDH deck I made myself (after buying Olero precon way back when). I had her for a pretty long time, and she was definitely great in learning the intricacies of Commander!

[@newtscamander9588]

Hello professor, you are my favorite KZbinr and I thank you for making these kind of videos you bring a smile to my face every I watch one of your videos.....keep up the good work

[@jmobley6]

Man this is a wonderful deck tech! I’ve always been interested in artifact themes and strategies, and I like how you’ve tied together some sneaky combos. Thanks for your contribution to the community sir!

[@Chronuz]

THIS is exactly what I needed! Thanks prof!

[@Rapaijas]

a tappedout list would be even nicer

[@Gshadewolf14]

I think this is the very first of the Professor’s videos I ever saw, and now Sydri is one of my best Commander decks! XD

[@digitalscribbler68]

I started updating my Sydri deck after all the good stuff I put in it over the past couple years caused it to stop synergizing as well as it should. There are some good suggestions in the video, but, gee whiz, putting a Helm of the Host on an animated Spine of Ish Sah is just the kind of gross antics needed to step up the pace of games. I'm also a fan of Metalwork Colossus. Lots of players are critical because it doesn't have trample, but lots of players will scoff at you when you turn a handful of 1/1 thopters at them and leave them unblocked, and you flash a Colossus onto the battlefield, thanks Shimmer Myr, Leyline, Raff, etc., and then cast Mirrorweave targeting the colossus. The joy of such a play is so well worth reading the run-on sentence describing it.

[@TvPerz]

Liked before Video started because I know I will love it anyway

[@bloodpollution21]

I built my sydri deck about a year ago. I have a lot of these in it but this video helped with some combo idea's and using her abilities a little more effectively. Something I didn't even realize is you can animate your opponents artifacts if you need to remove it or want to do some jank stuff.

[@chrisfox7694]

My roommate LOVES Sydri, he will be quite happy to see this video! I would love to see your take on Marchesa, the Black Rose or Sidisi, Brood Tyrant ( reanimator of course, plenty of deck techs for Sidisi combo already). Keep it up Prof, this is my favorite series you do!!!

[@mr.oddyst6375]

I absolutely love Sydri. She’s basically my oldest Commander and she’s made me love Artifacts so much. So glad I have her altered.

[@Tae_Grixis]

I am glad to meet another fellow blue mage/artificer from the great land of Esper.

[@ZeelataniBread]

These deck tech videos are so much fun to watch! They always make me want to try out your decks. I humbly request Nekusar.

[@ryanluisi6441]

Professor, I'm relatively new to the Magic community so let me say how much I videos like these. They're very well made and hugely informative. So a big thank you from me, and I hope there are many more of these to come. P.S. I love Ghave, Guru of Spores. It would be amazing if you made a deck for him, I'd love to see your list and compare it to mine.

[@simonecasolo3122]

Next commanders? Phelddagrif and Queen Marchesa!!!

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Simone Casolo maybe keranos, mogis, sisay or one of the flipwalkers?

[@simonecasolo3122]

The Dark One. long may she reign!

[@drakeconsumerofsoulsandche5761]

Simone Casolo long live phyrexia! (Also, what if the nurgles visited phyrexia?)

[@robert1790]

Ty Professor again for bringing a video that to me is really fun and gives me a reason to keep building and playing Magic

[@firefist906]

thank you prof! I was looking for a new commander deck for almost 2 months now, and i finally found one

[@TheMusrich888]

Before I picked up Breya, Sydri was my go-to commander. I can attest how fun it is to quickly get your big artifacts into play and animate them. Although, I was loathed at the table when I had Nevinyrral's Disk/Darksteel Forge/Mycosynth Lattice. Still, a fun commander.

[@JosETaichoUHOTD]

Dioooos!! Fantastic video! Fantastic work Professor lml

[@0riginalname669]

Great vid as always. My top 3 choices for the next one would be: Ertai the Corrupted Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient Kangee, Aerie Keeper

[@blackbird1603]

Thanks for the great vid Prof. It's pretty funny you made a video on her, because I just built a Sydri deck yesterday ^^ You pointed out some things I haven't even thought of, and made me aware of some cards/ interactions I missed while building the deck. I'm certainly going to consider making a few changes. Thanks again. Greetings from Austria :)

[@JonnDuune]

I'd love to see alternate commanders from the precons.

[@jordangarner87]

Sydri is also good as comped to the other esper commanders she doesn't scream shoot to kill. She is just a commander that can lay in wait and then take the opportune moment to strike. I do mine with this in mind to hinder the big threats on board while i assemble the combos to win the game. It helps if you run more than one because we all know that one is going to be stopped one way or another.

[@firestalker11]

Oh man I love artifacts but this color combo is literally untouched by me and is far from what I'm comfortable with, but this video really makes me want to give it a shot. Thanks professor!

[@harbear6276]

Lovely deck tech as always Prof Sydri has always been one of my favorite commanders and I love it when I see people's personal list as they can differ in many ways. For the next tech if I may I recommend you do Lyzolda, the Blood Witch next as she's a very interesting sacrifice commander and since she's Rakdos she has some very interesting cards she can run.

[@Eric_DJ]

This deck deserves an update

[@Thunderoxgod]

I have a breya deck that I've been bored with, this deck is hilarious and easy to build with the pieces I already have. Thanks for fixing one of my decks for me prof.

[@darkneko972]

I'd love to see your take on Feldon of the Third Path

[@dariandds]

Dark Neko97 mono red reanimator! It's super fun.

[@HugoPCarvalho]

Agreed

[@Adomax21]

Great video as always professor. This commander looks like a lot of fun

[@El_Zilcho22]

My favorite and first commander deck built!

[@TheSethwnm23]

Could you do a tutorial on Roon of the Hidden Realm?

[@WakanaGao]

TheSethwnm23 no

[@Volkbrecht]

What's there to tutorial? There's one obvious way to go with that guy: find some good etb-effects, put them in the deck, then go ahead and playtest until you know how much control is required for your playgroup.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

That sounds like fun.

[@TheSethwnm23]

Volkbrecht yeah when you boil it down like that it sounds boring. But you could say the same thing about sydri. "get some cool artifacts and use them to beat face" roon can actually be a really fun commander to play and bant opens up a lot of shenanigans. Would make an interesting video

[@sephimaru2198]

I'd also like to see a video on some casual/fun multi-color-commanders, for example ... - Anax and Cymede (3cmc, 1RW, 3/2) First Strike, Vigilence, Heroic (Whenever you cast a spell that targets Anax and Cymede, creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.) - Basandra, Battle Seraph (5cmc, 3RW, 4/4) Flying, Players can't cast spells during combat., {R}: Target creature attacks this turn if able. - Dragonlord Ojutai (5cmc, 3WU, 5/4) Flying Dragonlord Ojutai has hexproof as long as it's untapped. Whenever Dragonlord Ojutai deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. - Krond the Dawn-Clad (6cmc, WWWGGG, 6/6)Flying, vigilance Whenever Krond the Dawn-Clad attacks, if it's enchanted, exile target permanent. - Mina and Denn, Wildborn (4cmc, 2RG, 4/4)You may play an additional land on each of your turns. {R}{G}, Return a land you control to its owner's hand: Target creature gains trample until end of turn. - Rhys the Redeemed (1cmc, W/R, 1/1){2}{G/W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 green and white Elf Warrior creature token. {4}{G/W}{G/W}, {T}: For each creature token you control, create a token that's a copy of that creature. - Selvala, Explorer Returned (3cmc, 1WG, 2/4)Parley - {T}: Each player reveals the top card of his or her library. For each nonland card revealed this way, add {G} to your mana pool and you gain 1 life. Then each player draws a card. - Surrak Dragonclaw (2GUR, 6/6)Flash Surrak Dragonclaw can't be countered.Creature spells you control can't be countered. Other creatures you control have trample. - Tibor and Lumia (2UR, 3/3)Whenever you cast a blue spell, target creature gains flying until end of turn. Whenever you cast a red spell, Tibor and Lumia deals 1 damage to each creature without flying. - Tolsimir Wolfblood (4WG, 3/4) Other green creatures you control get +1/+1. Other white creatures you control get +1/+1. {T}: Create a legendary 2/2 green and white Wolf creature token named Voja. - Mathas, Fiend Seeker (RWB, 3/3)Menace At the beginning of your end step, put a bounty counter on target creature an opponent controls. For as long as that creature has a bounty counter on it, it has "When this creature dies, each opponent draws a card and gains 2 life." - Triad of Fates (2WB, 3/3){1}, {T}: Put a fate counter on another target creature. {W}, {T}: Exile target creature that has a fate counter on it, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. {B}, {T}: Exile target creature that has a fate counter on it. Its controller draws two cards. - Hope of Ghirapur (1, 1/1)Flying Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells. edit: youtube screwed with my formating.

[@WillowYT718]

Finally more EDH videos!

[@SchoolhouseTechno]

I would be excited to play Sydri just for that art. Gorgeous.

[@daniellawhorne181]

Queen Marchesa would be fun to see.

[@WeskersPlayhouse]

I would add combos like Sydri/Karn + Gilded Lotus/Prismatic Geoscope + Voltaic Contruct for mana. You can also add Illusionist Bracers since they work well with Sydri, and get access to Filigree Sages + Illusionist Bracers + Gilded Lotus/Prismatic Geoscope, and then you can add Aphetto Alchemist to also be a combo with the Bracers and any Mana Rock, while also providing additional value from things like your Trading Post or Staff of Nin. Bracers and Alchemist can both be tutored up by Muddle the Mixture, which should be noted as well if you are looking to be more competitive. It should be noted that any Rock that produces 3 mana works, but the only card I know of to funnel infinite colorless mana into infinite colored mana is Gemstone Array, which has only been printed in Fifth Dawn. On the subject of Master Transmuter, she can replay the artifact she picks up as well, meaning you can pick up a Myr Battlesphere, for example, and replay it, effectively blinking it, which gets out of hand with Mirrorworks, or even Clock of Omens and Mana Rocks, again combo-ing with Gilded Lotus/Prismatic Geoscope for infinite mana (although with Mirrorworks and Master Transmuter bouncing and making an army of Gilded Lotus you can animate with Sydri has been a common line of play I have taken in the past). Finally, although Scourglass and Whir of Invention were both noted, Whir on upkeep to get Scourglass is perhaps the sickest board wipe tech artifact decks can get.

[@PlaneswalkerProject]

Is your refrigerator running?

[@kimbach1824]

Then you better go catch it!

[@friendlyfire7509]

Planeswalker Project this...

[@relianc9825]

Thank you, Sydri is my favorite commander

[@mirthoutofmire]

Some great cards for commander are rites of refusal, sissay's ring, misstep, trailblazer's boots, raka sanctuary, uphill battle, magistrates veto, malevolent awakening, and mage slayer and coastal piracy combo well together in temur decks. Allot of these are older cards but they do really cool things and are cheap.

[@SonAlexander]

Howling Mine is a fantastic option as well. Because you can attack with it to prevent card advantage going towards opponents. (They dont draw if its tapped)

[@Tae_Grixis]

This will be difficult if tou have Unwinding Clock out of course.

[@InfernalWheel]

My Breya deck used to be a Sydri deck. TONS of fun there. Love the videos, Prof! Btw Priest of Yawgmoth and Spine of Ish Sah is stupid good. Fragile, but really, really good. Played with Mirran Spy its pretty much game over for folks that cant deal with it.

[@demonzero677]

Nice, I've always had an interest in making a Sydri deck but I didn't want to make a carbon copy of my Daretti or Breya decks. This sounds like a fun alternative. Thanks prof.

[@patrickh5490]

Professor, Thank you. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your content. Keep up the good work sir.

[@mercystreetcjc]

How on earth did you know I was bring around this the other day and running out of steam? My build wanted to really much more of cards like marionette master / blood artist and animating eggs to sac for value. I like this, keep up the good work prof!

[@mattfoley99]

I ran her originally as a misc. Combo deck. It's whole point was to get Salvaging Station+ Seat w/payoff Disciple of the Vault Leonin Elder Glassdust Hulk Glaze fiend Or infinite mana with the two monolith and Galvanic Construct The other ALTERNATE win was to storm off with reservoir so all the 0 drop artifacts and retract, paradoxical outcome etc etc. It was a good way to turn an unwinnable situation into a winning one.

[@MetalOrDeth]

I love these commander videos thanks prof.

[@eirikastokes9652]

That's my girl!!! ♡ Sydri is my absolute favorite Esper commander. ♡

[@D4rthridiculous]

Well i was just about to take apart my sydric deck now it looks like i’m going to swap out a bunch of cards, THANKS Prof!

[@solidmasterdante]

This... seems like a pretty fun commander. Hadn't look at her before. Thanks for making this!

[@ItsDKoda]

Sydri player here. She’s a LOT of fun. I would recommend Walking Ballista in your army of robots. Sydri starts off explosive in terms of mana. It’s not hard to use a Ballista effectively as a second, inferior Caltrops if you really need extra political power. Expensive, but can also be a mana sink. Ethersworn Canonist is also a great card that slows down the table (unless the opponents also play Artifacts in which case, it’s a bear) Also, for another useful land unmentioned in the video, I hope Spire Of Industry is in your mana base. Mana fixing is neat. Hopefully these are included and just omitted from the video or you consider these options. :)

[@michaellyles3853]

And if you want to make it more control oriented you could always add Winter Orb that only allows opponents to untap one land per turn, and unwinding clock which untaps all your artifacts during each players untap step, mycosynth lattice turns all permanents into artifacts and darksteel forge will give everything you control indestructible.

[@samasincara8212]

That's it. This will be my next edh deck.

[@ItadakimasuCha]

Great video as always!

[@WhirlpoolMaelstrom]

Great stuff Professor, just making my choice for an artifact commander slightly easier. I would like to see either a Taigam, Ojutai Master or a Marath, Will of the Wild deck next.

[@Starcraftgamer97]

Personally to me? Reya Dawnbringer, Avacyn (Angel of Hope), Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, or Tajic, the Blade of the Legion. Kari Zev would be interesting but I don't expect those one to even be thought of or taken seriously. Those are just ones I want to make lol

[@alexmendozaarchdemonofburg7856]

Your my Saturday morning cartoons. Great video.

[@pyro4sub28]

Finally, another commander deck tech on this channel, hopefully we'll see a budget standard deck on this channel.

[@royal-wolf]

Made this in Mono-Nothing with Karn Silver Golem. I am surprised he wasn't mentioned as an addition since he can animate the artifacts for any color and is always good to have a little redundancy in a deck in case your commander gets removed too much.

[@simonbaath3612]

I tried to build a Breya deck a while ago and thus bought alot of these cards, including Sydri. Wanting to make an Esper deck in addition to my monogreen Titania and Simic Arixmethes, I went searching in my binder and found Sydri! I had the same idea as this deck, and I just need to add some wincons like Aetherflux Reservoir. My meta does not really enjoy infinite combos, so I will have to do without that, but perhaps a smothering tithe and a revel in riches combination instead while maintaining board presence with a lot of wipes and a good amount of counterspells instead? Seems like a really funny deck that really works differently from my other two, and I get to use all these cards lying around!

[@RaventhornSpiritsong]

If you add Ashnod's Altar to the Thopter Sword combo you can go infinite. Adding Alter of the Brood, also makes it an infinite mill.

[@deerclops8184]

artifacts are my fav, thanks for the vid my dude

[@jasawthemonkey4219]

Sedris, the Trader King. I would love to here all the weird potential combos. I've never seen one played at the place I go to play magic.

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

Where did my friends go? All I did was play Mycosynth Lattice with my Sydri out... Gotta love how 2 you tube creators release a Sydri deck in the last few days

[@iangrasamkee-beasley2796]

I would love to see a Thromock the Insatiable deck tech. He's niche but is one of the most explosive and deadly commanders when played as a combo deck.

[@oom-3262]

Sounds like fun. What about an ayli, esternal pilgrim deck? I'm making one and she's just so awesome.

[@sweetkicksvideos7566]

Sydri must be popular this month Voidmage made a deck tech yesterday of her too!

[@adam6727]

I would love to see a tech on Rafiq, Nekusar, or better yet...a changeling build of Reaper King! THAT one is fun.

[@harleysummers1852]

This is hilarious Prof. Love this deck tech!!!!! I've been trying to build sydri for awhile now and only had about 1/3 of this list. And that's about as far as I got before stuffing it back into Breya lol Next up should be Temmet: Tribal Temmets lmao I have this deck and trying to master the idea.

[@kennethayers6225]

I just retooled my Sydri to include Mechanized Production and Revel in Riches. But I realized you didn't mention Vehicles in your tech. I'm a fan with the Skysovreign and Ballista Charger

[@KZcovers]

Would love to see an eldrazi video, mainly Kozilek, butcher of truth. Currently building the deck and having a hard time figuring out what goes in and what doesn't

[@marklugo3497]

This seems like the perfect deck to put my newly found masterpiece planar bridge into

[@Ryne91]

Sydri is awesome. I want to eventually build her. Breya earns too much hate. The loss of red definitely doesn't make Sydri worse at all.

[@patrickhedges2448]

Have always played and loved this commander, thanks professor for this great deck guide! but I have always imagined Sydri and Hanna, Ships Navigator were friends "flying" Sky Sovereign :)

[@alberttsang1521]

I would love to see a more generalized video on the Partner mechanic and the reward in having each of commanders with partner outside of the usual thrasios shenanigans.

[@danamaniac66]

Yisan the Wanderer Bard aka my original commander would be an awesome deck tech, either the busted combo build or a fun toolbox version will do

[@Playr1insrtcoin]

I'd like to see omnath, locust of rage or thraximundar.

[@ShifuDaxiongmao]

Two suggestions. 1: A deck featuring Dual Nature (Maybe deck around leaves battlefield effects?) 2: "Riku and his sneaky squirrels". (Polymorph, Cultural Exchange, shapeshifters etc (Extra condition: May not include Earthcraft))

[@BoredAddict_]

I would be interested to see your take on Riku of Two Reflections for a future deck tech. He seems like an interesting and fun commander but the decklists for him can vary greatly.

[@eirikastokes9652]

I'd really love to see a build featuring the Partner commanders! Kydele and Thrasios is super fun, as is Vial Smasher by himself!

[@ArrekBawrrin]

Love these vids! I'm new to magic and jumped straight into edh. I'm using a krond the dawn clad commander with a deck full of enchantments. Prof, can you do a krond the dawn clad deck? If love to see an underused commander deck

[@jeremyanderson2081]

"Obviously, a lot could go wrong here. But when it works, its hilarious." My favorite line.

[@95wargreymon]

I never thought I'd ever see this video

[@MrRockguy84]

Also @Tolarian Community college, if u like combos for your sydri, consider voltaic key/construct + illusionist bracers/rings of brighthearth + any mana rock that taps for 2 or more, when using illusionist bracers, use sydri to turn voltaic key into a creature, equip the bracers to the key, get infinite untaps, use infinite untaps for all them manas (& staff of nin or walking ballista for damage), yeah? yeahhhhh, who needs friends anyways ;)

[@tristanmcleo4753]

I’d love to see a mimeoplasm commander guide, in the process of building it and it has some very cool ways to build it

[@prosamis]

Great video! Would love a Mairsil, the Pretender video

[@h_wallace7574]

I would love you to do an unstable commander deck tech!

[@cyberrittengrem4993]

Whir of Invention does not put artifacts tapped, unlike ramp cards

[@cloaking111]

Cyber Rittengrem but it's instant speed which makes it soooooo good in multieplayer games

[@phyrexianwithin]

I love this deck! Ugh i wanna make it right now! Also i think you should make a deck tech on a not so powerful guy but oozing with flavor in my opinion, King Macar, The Gold Cursed.

[@sammcguire3798]

Love deck techs, but it’d be nice if you could provide some budget options

[@ForeverLaxx]

Not every deck can run budget versions of every card and still function adequately, unless you consider "adequate" to be 2-4 turns slower. He does mention a few budget alternatives to specific cards, like using Buried Ruin instead of Academy Ruins. Sometimes you just have to accept that certain decks need certain cards to work properly.

[@alestremeviktora5218]

I would love to see a deck tech for some Partner commanders My personal favorite pairing is Ikra Shiqi, the Usurper and Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa, who have lovely synergy for some massive lifegain potential

[@94FATNINJA]

Sigarda, Herons Grace sounds like a fun deck to try.

[@kylecarlson1159]

Do a grenzo, Havoc Raiser deck!!! I think it'd be especially fun to try to give it some control-esque elements to tie in with his goad and spell stealing abilities!

[@nathanspencer6140]

Professor, I actually have a deck tech (list) prepared if you would like to see it. You have already covered Ephara and Karametra. I wish to show you a competitive Storm deck that features Athreos, God of Passage.

[@freppy]

I would like to see a Rahda, Heir to Keld guide. Great video.