First printed in The Brothers' War Commander (2022)

All 4 prints

Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105844, 2023 (digital)
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105846, 2023 (digital)
The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #16, 2022
The Brothers' War Commander (BRC) #63, 2022

Machine God's Effigy

Artifact

You may have this artifact enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact and it has " tap : Add Blue ." (It's not a creature.)
tap : Add Blue .

In the last 30 days 3.3% of Commander decks played it (203 of 6150). Most played in Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy.

Staple

Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#413)
Colorless, Artifacts, Ramp, Mana rocks

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

47 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite blue mana, Infinite green mana: Devoted Druid + Machine God's Effigy
Infinite blue mana, Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents…: Astral Dragon + Machine God's Effigy
Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Machine God's Effigy + Sharuum the Hegemon
Infinite blue mana, Infinite creature ETB…: Felidar Guardian + Machine God's Effigy
Infinite blue mana: Horseshoe Crab + Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Machine God's Effigy
Infinite blue mana: Horseshoe Crab + Machine God's Effigy + Nyxbloom Ancient
Infinite self-mill: Machine God's Effigy + Mirror-Mad Phantasm
Infinite blue mana: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Machine God's Effigy + Simic Ragworm
Infinitely large creature until end of turn: Horseshoe Crab + Machine God's Effigy + Wake Thrasher
Infinite blue mana: Horseshoe Crab + Machine God's Effigy + Mana Reflection

See all 47 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Not legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Not legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Not legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Commander Other periods →

In 203 of 6150 decks (3.3%).

Share of decks

3.3%

▼ 0.2 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

203

203 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

38%

44 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy	7.4%	15%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Thrasios, Triton Hero	5.7%	1%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver	3.5%	9%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful	1.8%	13%
Arcum Dagsson	0.7%	98%
King T'Challa	0.5%	3%
Super-Skrull	0.5%	4%
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator	0.4%	74%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Mystic Remora	98%	1.5
Chrome Mox	98%	1.1
Lotus Petal	95%	1.0
Force of Will	95%	1.5
Mindbreak Trap	94%	1.5
Fierce Guardianship	94%	1.5
Gemstone Caverns	94%	1.0
Ancient Tomb	93%	1.1
Otawara, Soaring City	92%	1.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver Jorge Canales in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede Antofagasta	5-0 100%
Tasigur, the Golden Fang Gabe LaGree in Gem State CEDH \| Ad Naus for a Cause!	5-1 83%
Arcum Dagsson Sendoa Cardiel in CEDH Norte Bilbao + Zaragoza + Pamplona	5-1 83%
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Tymna the Weaver Sam Valley in Spells and Scares CEDH Tournament	5-1 83%
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy William Siciliano in FOIL Gaea's Cradle cEDH 6k	5-2 71%
Heliod, the Radiant Dawn Josh Rosenstein in LDXP Sacramento - CEDH	3-2 60%
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator Dorian Gallo in Commander Invitational Qualifier - Worldfire Games	3-2 60%
Arcum Dagsson FlexGod [TYRNT] in BAKED ZITI 4: Goldsabertooth’s NY cEDH	3-2 60%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Thrasios, Triton Hero + Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Ben Pakosz, 25 Oct	1 main	#27 0-3
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Cronus, 25 Oct	1 main	#3 2-3
Arcum Dagsson Nathaniel Smith, 25 Oct	1 main	#4 3-3
Arcum Dagsson Blayne Severson, 25 Oct	1 main	#5 3-1
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy Taylor Harlin, 25 Oct	1 main	#11 2-3
Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Thrasios, Triton Hero Jordon Henry, 25 Oct	1 main	#19 1-3
Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist + Thrasios, Triton Hero Tyler Kiesner, 25 Oct	1 main	#23 1-3
Arcum Dagsson Adam Barda, 25 Oct	1 main	#5 2-3

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.