mtg pilot cards Depala, Pilot Exemplar

mtg pilot cards Depala, Pilot ExemplarDepala, Pilot with an Iron Hearth Depala, Pilot Exemplar is the spark that turns a scatter of tinkerers and hulking machines into a roaring war fleet. She makes your dwarves truer crew and gives your vehicles an extra punch the moment they roll onto the battlefield. Even more dangerously, when shes turned sideways crewing a craft, you can pay mana to peer into the top of your deck and pluck every dwarf and vehicle revealed straight into your hand.

Depala, Pilot with an Iron Hearth

Depala, Pilot Exemplar is the spark that turns a scatter of tinkerers and hulking machines into a roaring war fleet. She makes your dwarves truer crew and gives your vehicles an extra punch the moment they roll onto the battlefield. Even more dangerously, when she’s turned sideways crewing a craft, you can pay mana to peer into the top of your deck and pluck every dwarf and vehicle revealed straight into your hand. That ability is an insane card advantage engine: crew, pay, reveal, and refill, over and over, until your workshop becomes a tide of metal and hammer-songs.

The Forgeborn Brigade

Nearly every creature in this list is a stout dwarf who exists to crew, buff, and bolster your machines. Duergar Mine-Captain can untap to push your attackers and vehicles harder into the fray. Renegade Wheelsmith makes your hulks nastier to block when it crews, and Aethershield Artificer can turn a crewed vehicle into an indestructible battering ram for a turn. Fairgrounds Warden deals with a single pesky threat before it can spoil your plans. Dwarven Recruiter digs up an armory of dwarves to stack on top of your deck, perfectly primed for Depala’s reveal ability. When you flood the board with recruits, Giott, King of the Dwarves rewards you by letting you trade away dead weight for fresh cards, keeping the assembly line running.

Pilots, Tinkerers, and Cost Control

Not every engine has a beard. Specialist pilots like Kolodin, Triumph Caster make your vehicles charge into battle as soon as they hit the ground by giving them haste and letting them crew with autopilot when they arrive. Voyager Quickwelder and Foundry Inspector shave costs off your artifact spells so you can field bigger contraptions sooner. Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer pumps your crew and crewed vehicles, turning every hammer strike into a monstrous blow. And when you need to rebuild, Daretti, Scrap Savant rummages the graveyard, returns artifacts to play, and draws you into the parts you need to assemble the next wave.

Wrecking, Recouping, and Crewless Charges

You have plenty of tools to clear the lane or rebuild a smashed machine. Efficient removal like Dispatch, Rip Apart, White Auracite and Citywide Bust keeps troublesome threats off the board. When your vehicles do crash, recursion spells such as Refurbish, Frantic Salvage, and Remember the Fallen get them back into play at high speed, and Wake the Past can resurrect an entire heap of lost artifacts in one glorious sweep. Sometimes you do not even need a crew: effects like Armed and Armored, Start Your Engines, and Peacewalker Colossus can make a vehicle attack-ready without a pilot, and cards such as Tune Up and Push the Limit both enable and supercharge those attacks.

Allied Engines and Battlefield Roles

Your roster of vehicles fills every role: mana generation and utility with Colossal Plow and Cultivator's Caravan, mass attackers like Parhelion II, and nimble snipers such as Magmatic Galleon and Boommobile. Heavy hitters like Consulate Dreadnought, Brotherhood Vertibird, Aradara Express and Demolition Stomper turn the battlefield into molten iron and screaming gears. Lifecraft Engine is a particularly nasty piece: it can make your crewed vehicles into dwarves too, letting them soak up Depala’s buffs twice over.

The Mechtitan Gambit

When everything is aligned, assemble the ultimate robot: Mechtitan Core plus a handful of artifacts become the planet-rattling Mechtitan. This formidable fusion can be a near-immediate game-ender if left unchecked. Protect the core with Make a Stand and the defensive tricks of Aethershield Artificer, and if it falls you can retrieve the core with Daretti, Scrap Savant and Imperial Recovery Unit alongside your other artifact recursion. The plan is simple: assemble, defend, and then stomp the world flat.

With Depala at the helm, your foundry sings songs of craftmanship and brotherhood. Crew efficiently, drive relentlessly, and let your ironclad host roll over any who dare stand before the might of dwarven engineering.

Commander
Depala, Pilot Exemplar

Planeswalkers
Daretti, Scrap Savant

Creatures
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer
Parhelion II
Lifecraft Engine
Solemn Simulacrum
Mysterious Limousine
Magmatic Galleon
Cultivator's Caravan
Stoic Farmer
Mechtitan Core
Peacewalker Colossus
Boommobile
Brotherhood Vertibird
Digsite Engineer
Solemn Recruit
Giott, King of the Dwarves
Colossal Plow
Imperial Recovery Unit
Thundering Chariot
Thopter Engineer
Duergar Hedge-Mage
Demolition Stomper
Aethershield Artificer
Consulate Dreadnought
Luxurious Locomotive
Renegade Wheelsmith
Fairgrounds Warden
Duergar Mine-Captain
Cloudspire Coodinator
Gearshift Ace
Cloudspire Captain
Chief of the Foundry
Dwarven Recruiter
Aerial Responder
Veteran Motorist
Glint-Sleeve Artisan
Burner Rocket
Foundry Inspector
Aradara Express
Rimrock Knight
Voyager Quickwelder

Sorcery/Instants
Wake the Past
Citywide Bust
Reckless Crew
Start Your Engines
Dispatch
Refurbish
Rip Apart
Make a Stand
Armed and Armored
Tune Up
Push the Limit
Thrilling Discovery
Crib Swap
Frantic Salvage
Remember the Fallen

Enchantments
Caught in the Brights

Artifacts
Arcane Signet
Boros Signet
White Auracite

Lands
Spire of Industry
Exotic Orchard
Battlefield Forge
Temple of Triumph
Mech Hangar
Boros Guildgate
Wind-Scarred Crag
Secluded Steppe
Boros Garrison
15x Plains
14x Mountains