Dr. Ivo Robotnik, better known as Dr. Eggman, is a mechanical genius determined to conquer the world of Mobius by turning all its residents into robots. That makes him a good fit with Magic: The Gathering villains like Memnarch and the Phyrexians.

While Universes Beyond cards aren't canon to the Magic multiverse, that doesn't mean you can't mix-and-match them with your favorite cards. Thankfully, there are a ton of good Robots, Constructs, and Vehicles that he can commandeer in order to conquer your Commander pod. Pay attention: We're about to reveal his master plan.

Sample Decklist

Commander
Dr. Eggman	Creatures (26)	Chaos Defiler	Chief of the Foundry	Cityscape Leveler
Coalstoke Gearhulk	Combustible Gearhulk	Cryptothrall	Curie, Emergent Intelligence
Cyberdrive Awakener	Foundry Inspector	Metalwork Colossus	Myr Battlesphere
Noxious Gearhulk	Oildeep Gearhulk	Padeem, Consul of Innovation	Relentless X-ATM092
Rose, Cutthroat Raider	Scrap Trawler	Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist	Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
Steel Overseer	The Valeyard	Thought Monitor	Torrential Gearhulk
Y'shtola Rhul	Sorceries (5)	Feed the Swarm	Great Intelligence's Plan	Thoughtcast
Vandalblast	Instants (7)	Arcane Denial	Chaos Warp	Counterspell
Desynchronization	Mana Drain	Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs	Artifacts (20)	Demonic Junker	Dimir Signet	Geth's Grimoire
Imposter Mech	Izzet Signet	Jackdaw	Lightning Greaves
Rakdos Signet	Reaver Titan	RMS Titanic	Sol Ring
Talisman of Creativity	Talisman of Dominance	Talisman of Indulgence	The Indomitable
The Regalia	Thought Vessel	Thunderhawk Gunship	Weatherlight
Enchantments (4)
Liliana's Caress	Megrim	Thopter Spy Network	Waste Not
Planeswalkers (1)
Daretti, Scrap Savant	Lands (36)	Bloodstained Mire	Bojuka Bog	Command Tower
Crumbling Necropolis	Dragonskull Summit	Drowned Catacomb	Exotic Orchard
Island (6)	Luxury Suite	Morphic Pool	Mountain (3)
Polluted Delta	Reliquary Tower	Seat of the Synod	Shipwreck Marsh
Smoldering Marsh	Steam Vents	Stormcarved Coast	Sulfur Falls
Sunken Hollow	Swamp (3)	Training Center	Underground River
Vault of Whispers	Watery Grave	Xander's Lounge

This deck is designed for Bracket 2 (Core), but can keep up with low-end Bracket 3 (Upgraded) decks. If you want to upgrade to Bracket 3, we recommend including Tergrid, God of Fright, Rhystic Study, and Cyclonic Rift as your Game Changers.

The Commander

Dr. Eggman is a 3/6 Human Scientist with a Grixis color identity, costing one red, one black, one blue, and two generic mana to cast.

Building The Deck

Whenever you build a three-color Commander deck, it's tempting to fill it with all the good stuff in that color. The problem is that you end up with a generic-feeling deck. Dr. Eggman is not a generic villain, so this build eschews a lot of staples in order to create a more flavorful deck, which also happens to have solid synergy.

You don't lose anything if your opponents choose to discard at the end of their turn, but it's better for you if they choose to keep their card and give you the option to drop a big Badnik onto the table. So you want to include a few things to discourage them from discarding.

At the same time, if they choose to let you drop a creature, you need to have one in your hand to drop. Three opponents means you should always have three Robots, Constructs, or Vehicles in your hand, so that you never miss an opportunity to put one directly into play for free.

Maintaining a hand full of bombs means that you need a lot of draw options. But you'll need to be a little sneaky, because while your opponents may take a chance if they think you've got nothing in your hand, they'll usually take the discard option .

If you're playing Vehicles, you also need creatures to crew them. Several of the creatures in this deck synergize with your army of artifact creatures, but won't do much damage themselves. But they can crew your Vehicles, allowing them to contribute to combat safely, without losing access to their assorted effects.

Ramp

Ideally, Dr. Eggman should allow you to play most of your high-mana cards for free, eliminating the need for a lot of ramp. But it's important to be able to cast your commander early, and cast spells outside his effect, so this deck contains no less than nine mana rocks, including all three available Talismans and Signets.

On top of those standard mana rocks, the deck only contains two real ramp effects. The first is on The Regalia, from Final Fantasy. This Vehicle can be free with Dr. Eggman's effect, and can then dig out an extra land each time you attack, both giving you a bigger mana base and a thinner deck.

The other ramp effect comes from RMS Titanic, from Doctor Who. This flying, trampling 7/1 Vehicle gives you treasure based on how much combat damage it deals to an opponent, but you need to sacrifice it at the same time. If you can get a clear attack, you'll be up three mana, but you can get more by buffing it with something like Steel Overseer.

Draw

If you want to be able to play your free cards, you need to have them in your hand. This deck includes a robust draw package that should keep cards in your hand all the time, allowing you to keep putting Robots and other toys into play.

Thopter Spy Network is a handy enchantment with two effects: It creates 1/1 flying Thopters, and it allows you to draw a card when your artifact creatures deal combat damage. It's only one card, regardless of how many creatures land hits, but you can increase that by attacking more players and by counting first strike damage.

The Indomitable has a similar effect to Thopter Spy Network, but you can also attack with it. And while enchantments dodge a lot of staple removal effects, The Indomitable can be cast from your graveyard if you control three other tapped Vehicles. There are only eight Vehicles in the deck, so that's situational, but still a nice backup option.

One of the strongest draw effects is on Jackdaw, a Vehicle from Assassin's Creed. Jackdaw has a wheel effect, where when it deals combat damage you can discard your hand and draw a card for each artifact you control. This will usually mean drawing more cards than you discard, but be careful not to toss something you really want to play.

Curie, Emergent Intelligence is a great addition. Whenever it deals combat damage to a player, you get to draw cards equal to its base power. That's a single measly card, with no evasion, but it can also exile a creature you control to become a copy of that creature, with the same draw ability.

Curie's ability can be used to copy a huge, evasive creature like the 8/8 trampling Cityscape Leveler, but it can also be used to save a creature. If an opponent is about to destroy or gain control of one of your creatures, you can use its ability in response to turn Curie into that creature. This can also be used to get around blockers.

Deter Discard

Making your opponents discard is never a bad thing. Unless they're playing a madness deck. But it's the worse of the two options for you, so this deck includes a few ways to make it a worse option for them. With two or three of these effects in place, your opponents will think twice before choosing to discard.

Megrim is an older card, dating all the way back to 1998's Stronghold. For three mana, it's an enchantment that deals two damage to your opponents whenever they discard a card. Liliana's Caress has an almost identical effect for two mana, but since that one is life loss, it won't count for certain other effects.

Waste Not turns picking the discard option into another choice. If your opponent chooses to discard a creature, you get a 2/2 Zombie. If they toss a land, you'll get two black mana. And if they discard anything else, you'll get to draw a card. Mana is the worst outcome for you, but it will mean less land for your opponent.

Geth's Grimoire doesn't care what card an opponent discards, because whatever they toss will give you an extra draw. If your first or second opponent decides to discard, this can set you up in case your third opponent chooses to allow you to summon a creature.

The End (Step) Game

Dr. Eggman's most powerful effect occurs during your end step, which only happens once each turn. But what if you could have more?

Y'shtola Rhul, from Final Fantasy, gives you exactly that. She blinks one of your creatures at each end step, giving you extra enter triggers on cards like Myr Battlesphere, and then gives you a second end step. That translates to another blink, and another round of villainous choices.

Along with Y'shtola Rhul's extra endsteps is The Valeyard, from Doctor Who, which forces each opponent to face the same villainous choice a second time each time it triggers. Are your opponents willing to discard two cards? Four? Or will you get to drop up to 12 of your bombs in a single turn? The choice is theirs, but the game is yours.

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