Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer

Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer is a self-powered recursion machine that wants you to fill your graveyard with artifacts and then loop them back into play. His power scales with your biggest artifact, so you're naturally incentivized to run high-impact artifact payloads—think mana rocks, sacrifice outlets, and creatures like Ragavan or Goblin Engineer. The core loop is simple: attack or cast Daretti, sacrifice an expendable artifact, and reanimate something better from your yard. This lets you recycle your best artifacts multiple times while growing Daretti into a relevant threat.

Your win condition is usually commander damage backed by an artifact-heavy game plan. You'll use red's artifact synergies—Goblin Welder effects, Hollow One payoffs, and repeatable sacrifice outlets—to keep your graveyard stocked. Each turn cycle, you're essentially getting a second use out of your best artifacts, grinding out incremental advantage. Since Daretti tutors on attack, you can even hold back and still trigger his recursion, making him flexible between racing and grindy matchups.

The deck thrives in mid-power tables where artifact recursion isn't immediately shut down. You're not trying to combo off in one turn; you're winning by untapping repeatedly with a growing board and a full graveyard of options.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.