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Legendary Creature — Human Scientist
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter). {T}, Pay {E}: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card. {T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
“Artifact engine that converts spells into energy for pumps, draw, and recursion.”
Dr. Madison Li turns artifact spellcasting into a renewable resource engine. Every artifact you cast generates energy, which fuels her three different modes: pumping creatures for aggressive swings, drawing cards for card advantage, or recursing artifacts from your graveyard. The deck wants to play cheap artifacts early and often—mana rocks, equipment, and artifact creatures—to stockpile energy while advancing your gameplan. You're essentially playing an artifact-focused midrange deck that generates value at every step.
Your win condition is usually creature damage (either through your own creatures or commander damage), accelerated by Li's pump ability. The deck scales beautifully: early artifacts fix your mana and generate energy, mid-game you're using that energy to draw cards and create threats, and late-game you're recursing powerful artifacts or swinging over blockers with haste and trample. The beauty is that you're never flooding on resources—energy acts as a flexible currency that adapts to what you need in the moment.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Skip pricey rocks like Mox Opal; use Arcane Signet, Talisman of Curiosity, and Thought Vessel instead. Budget equipment like Embercleave substitutes work fine for pumping.
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