Sami, Ship's Engineer
EOE · uncommon · Released 2025-08-01
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
minor value alone
needs a shell
scales up
one mode
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
Sami is a 4cmc end-step token factory that generates a tapped 2/2 colorless Robot artifact creature token whenever you control two or more tapped creatures — rewarding wide, attacking boards. Signature in tokens-go-wide and artifact-matters shells (Robots are artifacts, enabling artifact synergies). The condition (two or more tapped creatures) means the deck must attack frequently or generate tapped tokens, making it awkward in control or combo; the token arrives tapped so it doesn't immediately impact the board.
Learnings (3)
The generated Robot tokens are colorless artifact creatures, which matters for artifact-matters synergies (e.g., Brudiclad, Saheeli, Workshop Warchief) and can trigger artifact ETB payoffs if blinked.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
The condition checks for tapped creatures at the beginning of your end step — combat is over by then, so you need either creatures that attacked or other tap-outlet sources to reliably fire the trigger.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Sami herself is a 2/4 and does not have haste or a tapping ability, so she doesn't contribute to the two-tapped-creature requirement unless she attacks or is tapped externally.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #13,152