Sai, Master Thopterist
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying.
1, Sacrifice two artifacts: Draw a card.
Combos with Sai, Master Thopterist
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam Urza, Lord High Artificer Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite storm count
- Infinite tapped creature tokens
- Myr Retriever Junk Diver Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Myr Retriever Junk Diver Krark-Clan Ironworks Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Myr Retriever Scrap Trawler Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Myr Retriever Workshop Assistant Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Myr Retriever Scrap Trawler Krark-Clan Ironworks Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Myr Retriever Workshop Assistant Krark-Clan Ironworks Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Emry, Lurker of the Loch Chakram Retriever Lotus Petal Infinite
- Infinite artifact ETB
- Infinite artifact LTB
- Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
- Infinite card draw
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite draw triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2018-07-13
Sai's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Sai, Master Thopterist in the command zone.
Published decks
Decklists players have published with Sai, Master Thopterist in the command zone, newest first. A deck that has been played carries the win rate it earned in real tracked games.
- Keen Engineering 0 games —
- Keen Engineering 0 games —
- Sai, Master Thopterist Deck 0 games —
- Keen Engineering v1 0 games —
- Keen Engineering 0 games —
- Keen engineer 0 games —
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sai, Master Thopterist, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saheeli, Radiant Creator | 5 | 0 | — |
| Urza, Lord High Artificer | 2 | 10 | 20% |
| Mendicant Core, Guidelight | 1 | 0 | — |
| Mishra, Eminent One | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vraska, Soul of Stone | 1 | 0 | — |
| Winter, Cursed Rider | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Temur 5 decks
- Mono-Blue 2 decks
- Dimir 1 deck
- Grixis 1 deck
- Azorius 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Sai, Master Thopterist price history
The Commander Masters #118 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | $0.61 | $1.83 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.61 | $1.83 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.62 | $1.83 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.63 | $1.83 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.64 | $1.83 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.65 | $1.83 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.66 | $1.83 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.69 | $1.83 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.69 | $1.81 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $0.68 | $1.81 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.70 | $1.81 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.69 | $1.81 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.68 | $1.81 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.65 | $1.81 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sai, Master Thopterist
10 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Inverted
- Foil
- $0.65
- Normal
- $0.36
- Normal
- $0.45
- Normal
- $0.61
- Foil
- $1.83
Etched
- Etched
- $11.03
- Normal
- $0.70
- Normal
- $0.60
Core Set 2019
- Normal
- $0.58
- Foil
- $3.02
Promo
Core Set 2019 Promos
- Normal
- $1.68
- Foil
- $7.20
Promo
Core Set 2019 Promos
- Foil
- $4.88
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sai, Master Thopterist. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
