Legendary Creature — Demon

Imskir Iron-Eater

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The Commander

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

When Imskir enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is half the number of artifacts you control, rounded down.

{3} {R} , Sacrifice an artifact: Imskir deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

Guide

Gameplan

Flood the board with cheap artifacts to cast Imskir for a fraction of its cost, refill your hand on entry, then convert those artifacts into direct damage to burn out opponents or destroy their creatures. You play out as an artifact-aggro/aristocrats hybrid, ramping with mana rocks and Treasures while building a critical mass that lets Imskir machine-gun the table.

Strengths

Affinity makes an 8-mana demon castable for as little as a few mana once your board develops
Built-in card draw on ETB refuels your hand, rewarding heavy artifact counts
Repeatable, flexible removal/burn that hits any target including players
Black-red gives access to Treasure generation, sac fodder, and reanimation to recast Imskir

Weaknesses

The activated ability is mana-hungry at each shot, so you can't fire it off freely
Heavily reliant on artifacts—board wipes and artifact removal (Vandalblast, Bane of Progress) cripple you
Losing life equal to half your artifacts on entry can be punishing in fast metas
Imskir himself does little the turn he lands without sac fodder already in play

Key Cards

Krark-Clan Ironworks — Turns artifacts into a flood of mana to repeatedly fuel Imskir's sacrifice ability.
Goblin Welder — Recurs and recycles artifacts as sac fodder, smoothing the engine and reanimating fallen rocks.
Marionette Master — Each sacrificed artifact drains opponents, stacking with Imskir's damage as an alternate kill.
Mycosynth Lattice — Makes every permanent an artifact, turbocharging affinity, draw, and giving huge mana-value sac targets.
Disciple of the Vault — Drains life every time an artifact dies, converting your sacrifices into incremental wins.
Sword of the Meek — Loops with Thopter Foundry for endless artifact tokens to feed both card draw and the burn ability.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and rocks (Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mox Opal) to deploy artifacts faster and lower Imskir's cost sooner. Build toward a dedicated combo line—Krark-Clan Ironworks plus Scrap Trawler/Myr Retriever, or Thopter Foundry plus Sword of the Meek—so the sacrifice ability becomes lethal in one turn. Finally, include strong artifact recursion and reanimation (Goblin Welder, Daretti, Reanimate) to rebuild after wipes and recast Imskir repeatedly.

Core Cards

The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.

Win Conditions

▸Burning out opponents one at a time with the sacrifice ability
▸Aristocrat drains via Disciple of the Vault or Marionette Master as artifacts are sacrificed
▸Infinite artifact/mana loops feeding Imskir for lethal damage
▸Going wide with artifact tokens and swinging while controlling the board

Archetypes

Artifacts (Affinity) — His cost reduction and ETB draw scale directly with how many artifacts you control.
Aristocrats — The sacrifice ability pairs with death-payoffs like Disciple of the Vault and Marionette Master.
Combo — Infinite artifact loops (Thopter/Sword, KCI) generate unbounded mana and damage through Imskir.
Reanimator — BR can cheat or recur the 8-mana body and recast it for repeated ETB value.