Keen Engineering
Sai, Master Thopterist · FDC 2026 new · official decklist · 100 cards
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What originality means here, and what is still settling
Every card scores 0 to 1: one minus how close its nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so 0.30 means something out there is 70% like it. A deck's figure is the average across its most original half of nonland cards, so it climbs by holding cards with less competition, never by holding more cards.
Still settling. A new deck reads as more original than it will look in five years, and that is half real: design space fills up, so a card printed today has had nobody to copy it yet.
- 161 Plunder the Graves 0.138
- 162 Rebellion Rising 0.138
- 163 Divine Convocation 0.134
- 164 Keen Engineering 0.134
- 165 Call for Backup 0.133
- 166 Tyranid Swarm 0.131
- 167 Jeskai Striker 0.130
See all 178 Commander precons ranked by least original →
What originality means here, and what is still settling
Every card scores 0 to 1: one minus how close its nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so 0.30 means something out there is 70% like it. A deck's figure is the average across its most original half of nonland cards, so it climbs by holding cards with less competition, never by holding more cards.
Still settling. A new deck reads as more original than it will look in five years, and that is half real: design space fills up, so a card printed today has had nobody to copy it yet.
- 12 Jeskai Striker 0.130
- 13 Tyranid Swarm 0.131
- 14 Call for Backup 0.133
- 15 Keen Engineering 0.134
- 16 Divine Convocation 0.134
- 17 Rebellion Rising 0.138
- 18 Plunder the Graves 0.138
Most original cards
- Mazemind Tome 0.31
- Duplicant 0.26
- Myr Battlesphere 0.26
- Shimmer Dragon 0.22
- Master Transmuter 0.21
- Spire Golem 0.18
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut 0.18
- Fall from Favor 0.18
- Steel Hellkite 0.17
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation 0.16
- Aetherize 0.15
- Adaptive Omnitool 0.14
- Tamiyo's Logbook 0.12
- Thopter Spy Network 0.12
- Forsaken Monument 0.11
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 0.11
- Shimmer Myr 0.10
- Soul-Guide Lantern 0.10
- Pull from Tomorrow 0.09
- Meteor Golem 0.09
- Ichor Wellspring 0.09
- Psychosis Crawler 0.09
- Kappa Cannoneer 0.09
- Vedalken Archmage 0.09
- Steel Overseer 0.09
- Nettlecyst 0.08
- Launch Mishap 0.07
- All Is Dust 0.07
- Mind's Eye 0.07
- Aether Spellbomb 0.05
- Thopter Fabricator 0.03
- Misleading Signpost 0.02
- Thirst for Knowledge 0.02
- Scrawling Crawler 0.02
- Sai, Master Thopterist 0.01
- Hedron Archive 0.01
- Research Thief 0.00
- Whirler Rogue 0.00
- Counterspell 0.00
- Thought Monitor 0.00
- Silver Myr 0.00
- Thought Vessel 0.00
- Arcane Signet 0.00
- Cultivator's Caravan 0.00
- Nevinyrral's Disk 0.00
- Palladium Myr 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Thoughtcast 0.00
- Broodstar -0.00
- Darksteel Juggernaut -0.00
- Master of Etherium -0.00
- Mind Stone -0.00
- Negate -0.00
- Propaganda -0.00
- Chief of the Foundry -0.00
- Etherium Sculptor -0.00
- Foundry Inspector -0.00
- Memory Guardian -0.00
- Myr Retriever -0.00
- Ornithopter of Paradise -0.00
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See all 178 Commander precons ranked by saltiest →
What salt means here, and what is still settling
EDHREC's annual survey asks players which cards they least enjoy facing, scoring each 0 to about 3: Stasis is 3.06, Rhystic Study 2.73, Mind Stone a flat 0. A deck's figure is those scores added up, so it gets there either through a few famous offenders or a long tail of mildly irritating ones. The one number here that is an opinion rather than a measurement.
Still settling. A new deck reads milder than it is, and this is the biggest gap on the board. EDHREC's survey runs once a year, so cards printed since the last one have had no chance to be voted on: they average 0.06 salt against 0.29 for everything older. Read a new deck's salt as a floor.
- 88 Ahoy Mateys 20.1
- 89 Food and Fellowship 20.0
- 90 Animated Army 20.0
- 91 Keen Engineering 20.0
- 92 Temur Roar 19.9
- 93 Fae Dominion 19.9
- 94 Forces of the Imperium 19.9
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What salt means here, and what is still settling
EDHREC's annual survey asks players which cards they least enjoy facing, scoring each 0 to about 3: Stasis is 3.06, Rhystic Study 2.73, Mind Stone a flat 0. A deck's figure is those scores added up, so it gets there either through a few famous offenders or a long tail of mildly irritating ones. The one number here that is an opinion rather than a measurement.
Still settling. A new deck reads milder than it is, and this is the biggest gap on the board. EDHREC's survey runs once a year, so cards printed since the last one have had no chance to be voted on: they average 0.06 salt against 0.29 for everything older. Read a new deck's salt as a floor.
- 85 Forces of the Imperium 19.9
- 86 Fae Dominion 19.9
- 87 Temur Roar 19.9
- 88 Keen Engineering 20.0
- 89 Animated Army 20.0
- 90 Food and Fellowship 20.0
- 91 Ahoy Mateys 20.1
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- All Is Dust 1.42
- Propaganda 1.27
- Counterspell 0.96
- Forsaken Monument 0.87
- Scrawling Crawler 0.86
- Aetherize 0.77
- Nevinyrral's Disk 0.72
- Psychosis Crawler 0.70
- Kappa Cannoneer 0.62
- Master Transmuter 0.43
- Steel Hellkite 0.43
- Negate 0.42
- Arcane Signet 0.40
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation 0.40
- Shimmer Myr 0.34
- Soul-Guide Lantern 0.34
- Mind's Eye 0.31
- Vedalken Archmage 0.31
- Duplicant 0.29
- Fall from Favor 0.28
- Meteor Golem 0.28
- Spire Golem 0.27
- Etherium Sculptor 0.26
- Foundry Inspector 0.26
- Myr Retriever 0.26
- Myr Battlesphere 0.25
- Nettlecyst 0.25
- Shimmer Dragon 0.25
- Sai, Master Thopterist 0.22
- Tamiyo's Logbook 0.22
- Thoughtcast 0.22
- Thought Monitor 0.22
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 0.21
- Thopter Spy Network 0.21
- Steel Overseer 0.20
- Adaptive Omnitool 0.18
- Launch Mishap 0.18
- Master of Etherium 0.18
- Aether Spellbomb 0.16
- Broodstar 0.16
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut 0.15
- Mazemind Tome 0.14
- Misleading Signpost 0.12
- Whirler Rogue 0.12
- Research Thief 0.11
- Palladium Myr 0.10
- Pull from Tomorrow 0.10
- Buried Ruin 0.09
- Darksteel Juggernaut 0.09
- Ornithopter of Paradise 0.09
- Thirst for Knowledge 0.09
- Thopter Fabricator 0.09
- Ichor Wellspring 0.08
- War Room 0.08
- Darksteel Citadel 0.07
- Lonely Sandbar 0.07
- Remote Isle 0.07
- Silver Myr 0.06
- Chief of the Foundry 0.05
- Foundry of the Consuls 0.03
- Cultivator's Caravan 0.00
- Hedron Archive 0.00
- Memory Guardian 0.00
- Mind Stone 0.00
- Thought Vessel 0.00
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See all 178 Commander precons ranked by most expensive →
What of cards means here, and what is still settling
The cheapest paper printing of every card, added together: what the hundred cards cost to own as singles, not what the sealed box sells for. That is why one reserved list card can put a deck above four decks of staples. Basic lands count toward the total but are left out of the card list below, since thirty Islands are not what anyone means by a deck's cheapest cards.
Still settling. A new deck's price is the one still moving, and it does not run one way: release hype pushes up, the reprint glut of a freshly opened set pushes down. Today's figure is exactly that, today's.
- 157 Mind Seize €43.70
- 158 Power Hungry €43.67
- 159 Eternal Might €42.26
- 160 Keen Engineering €41.88
- 161 Arcane Wizardry €41.78
- 162 Seize Control €40.24
- 163 Buckle Up €38.36
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What of cards means here, and what is still settling
The cheapest paper printing of every card, added together: what the hundred cards cost to own as singles, not what the sealed box sells for. That is why one reserved list card can put a deck above four decks of staples. Basic lands count toward the total but are left out of the card list below, since thirty Islands are not what anyone means by a deck's cheapest cards.
Still settling. A new deck's price is the one still moving, and it does not run one way: release hype pushes up, the reprint glut of a freshly opened set pushes down. Today's figure is exactly that, today's.
- 16 Buckle Up €38.36
- 17 Seize Control €40.24
- 18 Arcane Wizardry €41.78
- 19 Keen Engineering €41.88
- 20 Eternal Might €42.26
- 21 Power Hungry €43.67
- 22 Mind Seize €43.70
Priciest cards
- Scrawling Crawler €4.74
- Misleading Signpost €3.12
- Vedalken Archmage €3.06
- Forsaken Monument €2.64
- All Is Dust €2.43
- Propaganda €2.17
- War Room €1.90
- Nettlecyst €1.47
- Master Transmuter €1.42
- Counterspell €1.17
- Thoughtcast €1.14
- Thought Vessel €1.05
- Adaptive Omnitool €0.98
- Myr Retriever €0.98
- Sol Ring €0.82
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation €0.72
- Etherium Sculptor €0.66
- Darksteel Citadel €0.55
- Ichor Wellspring €0.54
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship €0.50
- Thought Monitor €0.50
- Psychosis Crawler €0.47
- Kappa Cannoneer €0.45
- Aetherize €0.39
- Mind's Eye €0.38
- Sai, Master Thopterist €0.38
- Darksteel Juggernaut €0.34
- Ornithopter of Paradise €0.34
- Research Thief €0.34
- Steel Overseer €0.33
- Broodstar €0.32
- Buried Ruin €0.31
- Palladium Myr €0.30
- Arcane Signet €0.28
- Thopter Fabricator €0.27
- Shimmer Dragon €0.26
- Foundry Inspector €0.25
- Master of Etherium €0.25
- Silver Myr €0.21
- Soul-Guide Lantern €0.21
- Mind Stone €0.20
- Nevinyrral's Disk €0.19
- Launch Mishap €0.18
- Thopter Spy Network €0.18
- Aether Spellbomb €0.17
- Myr Battlesphere €0.17
- Duplicant €0.16
- Memory Guardian €0.16
- Steel Hellkite €0.16
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut €0.15
- Mazemind Tome €0.15
- Foundry of the Consuls €0.14
- Spire Golem €0.14
- Shimmer Myr €0.13
- Cultivator's Caravan €0.12
- Hedron Archive €0.12
- Lonely Sandbar €0.10
- Pull from Tomorrow €0.10
- Remote Isle €0.09
- Chief of the Foundry €0.08
- Whirler Rogue €0.08
- Fall from Favor €0.07
- Negate €0.06
- Tamiyo's Logbook €0.05
- Thirst for Knowledge €0.04
- Meteor Golem €0.03
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What median play rate means here, and what is still settling
EDHREC ranks every card by how many Commander decks run it, #1 being the most played in the format. A deck's figure is the median rank across its nonland cards, so #1200 means half this deck sits inside the format's twelve hundred most played cards. A smaller number is the deck built out of staples.
Still settling. A new deck reads as less played than it will be. EDHREC's rank counts how many decks run a card, and that accumulates: precons from the last year average a median of #5216 against #4188 for the rest, mostly the format not having got round to them.
- 1 Jeskai Striker #886
- 2 Animated Army #921
- 3 Quick Draw #1090
- 4 Keen Engineering #1114
- 5 20 Ways to Win #1169
- 6 World Shaper #1288
- 7 Lorehold Legacies #1468
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What median play rate means here, and what is still settling
EDHREC ranks every card by how many Commander decks run it, #1 being the most played in the format. A deck's figure is the median rank across its nonland cards, so #1200 means half this deck sits inside the format's twelve hundred most played cards. A smaller number is the deck built out of staples.
Still settling. A new deck reads as less played than it will be. EDHREC's rank counts how many decks run a card, and that accumulates: precons from the last year average a median of #5216 against #4188 for the rest, mostly the format not having got round to them.
- 172 Lorehold Legacies #1468
- 173 World Shaper #1288
- 174 20 Ways to Win #1169
- 175 Keen Engineering #1114
- 176 Quick Draw #1090
- 177 Animated Army #921
- 178 Jeskai Striker #886
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Arcane Signet #3
- Counterspell #16
- Thought Vessel #21
- Mind Stone #32
- Negate #57
- Propaganda #110
- Ornithopter of Paradise #218
- Foundry Inspector #249
- Aetherize #285
- Etherium Sculptor #409
- Psychosis Crawler #428
- Hedron Archive #545
- Scrawling Crawler #570
- Thought Monitor #712
- Palladium Myr #724
- Steel Overseer #782
- Sai, Master Thopterist #799
- Meteor Golem #801
- Forsaken Monument #862
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation #891
- Myr Retriever #892
- Kappa Cannoneer #895
- Thoughtcast #903
- Thopter Spy Network #926
- Myr Battlesphere #932
- Pull from Tomorrow #936
- All Is Dust #971
- Ichor Wellspring #975
- Nettlecyst #1024
- Steel Hellkite #1204
- Silver Myr #1254
- Soul-Guide Lantern #1331
- Shimmer Myr #1346
- Adaptive Omnitool #1777
- Thirst for Knowledge #1933
- Nevinyrral's Disk #2035
- Master of Etherium #2096
- Mind's Eye #2186
- Whirler Rogue #2233
- Master Transmuter #2356
- Aether Spellbomb #2659
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship #2720
- Shimmer Dragon #2770
- Chief of the Foundry #2779
- Duplicant #2898
- Cultivator's Caravan #2999
- Vedalken Archmage #3010
- Misleading Signpost #3059
- Thopter Fabricator #3872
- Darksteel Juggernaut #4520
- Research Thief #4577
- Mazemind Tome #6234
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut #6901
- Broodstar #9256
- Tamiyo's Logbook #10602
- Memory Guardian #13166
- Launch Mishap #13381
- Fall from Favor #14741
- Spire Golem #22069
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What a card on average means here, and what is still settling
How long ago each card was first printed, averaged across the deck. A reprint does not make an old card new, so a deck published last year and stuffed with reprints still reads old. The total underneath is every card's age added together; the ranking uses the average, because a sum quietly rewards the bigger deck for being bigger.
Still settling. This is the one number a new deck does not distort, because being new is the thing it measures. It still climbs on its own: every figure here is counted from today, so the whole board ages a year every year.
- 40 Aura of Courage 14.5 years
- 41 Painbow 14.3 years
- 42 Chaos Incarnate 14.2 years
- 43 Keen Engineering 14.2 years
- 44 Primal Genesis 14.2 years
- 45 Wretched Ranks 14.1 years
- 46 Dungeons of Death 14.0 years
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What a card on average means here, and what is still settling
How long ago each card was first printed, averaged across the deck. A reprint does not make an old card new, so a deck published last year and stuffed with reprints still reads old. The total underneath is every card's age added together; the ranking uses the average, because a sum quietly rewards the bigger deck for being bigger.
Still settling. This is the one number a new deck does not distort, because being new is the thing it measures. It still climbs on its own: every figure here is counted from today, so the whole board ages a year every year.
- 133 Dungeons of Death 14.0 years
- 134 Wretched Ranks 14.1 years
- 135 Primal Genesis 14.2 years
- 136 Keen Engineering 14.2 years
- 137 Chaos Incarnate 14.2 years
- 138 Painbow 14.3 years
- 139 Aura of Courage 14.5 years
Oldest cards
- Counterspell 33.3 years
- Nevinyrral's Disk 33.3 years
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Mind Stone 29.4 years
- Propaganda 29.1 years
- Remote Isle 28.1 years
- Lonely Sandbar 24.1 years
- Aether Spellbomb 23.1 years
- Broodstar 23.1 years
- Duplicant 23.1 years
- Mind's Eye 23.1 years
- Myr Retriever 23.1 years
- Silver Myr 23.1 years
- Thirst for Knowledge 23.1 years
- Thoughtcast 23.1 years
- Vedalken Archmage 23.1 years
- Darksteel Citadel 22.8 years
- Spire Golem 22.8 years
- Negate 18.8 years
- Etherium Sculptor 18.1 years
- Master of Etherium 18.1 years
- Master Transmuter 17.8 years
- All Is Dust 16.6 years
- Steel Overseer 16.3 years
- Steel Hellkite 16.1 years
- Darksteel Juggernaut 16.1 years
- Myr Battlesphere 16.1 years
- Palladium Myr 16.1 years
- Ichor Wellspring 15.8 years
- Psychosis Crawler 15.8 years
- Shimmer Myr 15.8 years
- Buried Ruin 15.3 years
- Aetherize 13.8 years
- Chief of the Foundry 11.3 years
- Foundry of the Consuls 11.3 years
- Thopter Spy Network 11.3 years
- Whirler Rogue 11.3 years
- Hedron Archive 11.1 years
- Thought Vessel 11.0 years
- Cultivator's Caravan 10.1 years
- Foundry Inspector 10.1 years
- Padeem, Consul of Innovation 10.1 years
- Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 10.1 years
- Pull from Tomorrow 9.5 years
- Meteor Golem 8.3 years
- Sai, Master Thopterist 8.3 years
- Arcane Signet 7.1 years
- Shimmer Dragon 7.1 years
- Soul-Guide Lantern 6.8 years
- Mazemind Tome 6.4 years
- Forsaken Monument 6.1 years
- Fall from Favor 6.0 years
- War Room 6.0 years
- Nettlecyst 5.5 years
- Thought Monitor 5.5 years
- Ornithopter of Paradise 5.4 years
- Kappa Cannoneer 4.7 years
- Research Thief 4.7 years
- Launch Mishap 4.0 years
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut 3.8 years
- Tamiyo's Logbook 3.8 years
- Misleading Signpost 3.2 years
- Scrawling Crawler 2.0 years
- Adaptive Omnitool 1.7 years
- Memory Guardian 1.7 years
- Thopter Fabricator 1.7 years
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What the figures on each card mean
- Originality
- One minus how close the card's nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so a card at 0.30 has something out there 70% like it.
- Play rate
- EDHREC's rank for how often the card is played in Commander, where #1 is the most played card in the format.
- Salt
- Out of about 3, from EDHREC's salt survey, where players vote on the cards they least enjoy facing.
- Card age
- How long ago the card was first printed, counted from its earliest printing, so a reprint does not make an old card new.
Every ranking here is against the other 177 Commander precons, measured the same way for all of them. Read your own deck through the same lens →