Lochdown Artifice

Lochdown Artifice is a mono-blue artifact Commander deck that plays like an artifact value/control-midrange list with a strong +1/+1 counter and proliferate subtheme.

It aims to ramp with cheap artifacts, reduce costs with cards like Foundry Inspector and Etherium Sculptor, then snowball card advantage through engines such as Sai, Master Thopterist, Vedalken Archmage, Thought Monitor, and Mystic Forge. The deck controls the board with blue interaction and artifact-based answers, while building a large artifact presence.

Key synergies include:

• Proliferate/counter package: Coretapper, Thrummingbird, Tekuthal, Deepglow Skate, and Karn’s Bastion grow cards like Darksteel Reactor, Lux Cannon, Astral Cornucopia, Everflowing Chalice, Pentad Prism, and Empowered Autogenerator.
• Artifact payoff creatures: Master of Etherium, Chief of the Foundry, Steel Overseer, Kappa Cannoneer, and **Nett