Commander Deck Tech: Aloy, Savior of Meridian

One of the most discussed Secret Lair drops in 2025 was the partnership with PlayStation, which brought iconic characters from video game franchises to the Magic: The Gathering universe.

We've already discussed Kratos and Atreus, from God of War, and Jin Sakai, the Ghost of Tsushima, so now it's time to explore another creature from this partnership: Aloy, Savior of Meridian, from the Horizon franchise.

An iconic game needs more than an open world: it also needs a protagonist that captivates players. Luckily for Horizon players, they got Aloy.

Curious and a natural explorer, Aloy was born in the Nora tribe but was cast out soon afterward.

She was then trained by Rost, another outcast who became her father figure and mentor. He taught her to be a hunter who respects nature and other living beings, even if they're machines.

In MTG, Aloy is a Simic creature, which represents both her thirst for knowledge and her respect for nature. She also has vigilance and reach.

Our warrior interacts with artifact creatures. When one or more of them under your control attack, you may discover X, where X is the greatest power among them.

This way, you'll be able to cast a few spells for free from the top of your deck. If you don't want to cast anything, the card you reveal will go to your hand, and the rest is shuffled back into the bottom of your deck.

One of the coolest things about Simic Commander lists is how diverse they are.

There is a lot we can do with Simic colors, from leaning on +1/+1 counters to copying creatures, untapping them, or constantly evolving them to win.

Our main list is exactly that: it has big creatures, impactful interactions, and cards that support Aloy herself and help you win many matches.

Let's see it:

Unlike other Simic decks, Aloy interacts a lot with artifacts, and the more powerful they are, the more she'll discover. So, this list plays lots of colorless cards and support for big creatures, which, in this case, aren't Dinosaurs or Serpents, but really big Constructs.

Casting Cards for Free and Discounting Costs

In this list's highest mana curve, you'll find one of the most fearsome artifacts in Commander: Blightsteel Colossus. And though it is very powerful, we'd rather not lose an entire turn just casting it, as it needs a total of 12 mana. To play cards as expensive as Blightsteel Colossus without paying their actual cost, this list plays:

If you play Elvish Piper, Oviya, Automech Artisan, Master Transmuter, and Urza, Lord High Artificer, your opponent will have to counter their abilities, not the card you cast through them. This makes a difference because, in casual Commander, we see more Counterspells than Disallows.

When these creatures are not in play, you can play the other support cards, which discount the cost of your artifact spells.

Please note: as Jhoira's Familiar interacts with historic spells, it also discounts the cost of your legendary sagas and permanents, like your commander herself.

Ramp and Creating Mana

As this list plays high-cost cards, it also plays the following ramp:

Besides these, which are a must in any deck with green, it also plays:

Please note that Karn, Legacy Reforged's ability gives you mana for each artifact you control at the beginning of your upkeep. You can only use this mana to cast artifact spells, and it remains unspent until the end of the turn, even after the following steps and phases end.

Cards like Seedborn Muse and Unwinding Clock keep your creatures and artifacts untapped in your opponent's turn. Like so, you'll have mana to answer with your mana dorks or mana rocks.

Card Draw

Aloy will give you spells for free through her discover, but this list still plays lots of card draw. After all, you can't rely solely on your commander to draw cards.

Luckily, artifact archetypes are full of card draw tools that will keep your hand full at all times.

Just like Mystic Forge, Sensei's Divining Top plays a very important role in this list: it controls the top of your deck. This particular artifact is unique, in a way, as you can tap it to draw a card and then put it on the top of your deck. This makes it more difficult to remove, as well as a true headache for other players.

As for Shimmer Dragon, Uthros Research Craft, Thought Monitor, Sai, Master Thopterist, Padeem, Consul of Innovation, and One with the Machine, they are perfect in artifact decks.

Big Creatures

This list is quite straightforward: you'll attack with creatures that grow bigger and bigger as the match goes on.

Some of them are:

Traxos, Scourge of Kroog is very fun. In the right deck, it comes into play early and is a strong attacker that catches your opponents off guard even sooner.

As for Triplicate Titan and Wurmcoil Engine, they create value both when they attack and when they die. Meanwhile, Cityscape Leveler removes permanents when it comes in and when it attacks.

If you need to buff something else, just use The Skullspore Nexus's activated ability and double the power of a target creature until the end of the turn. When one or more of your nontoken creatures die, it also creates a Dinosaur token with power and toughness equal to that creature.

Simulacrum Synthesizer is great with artifact spells that cost 3 or more mana. It creates Construct tokens whenever you cast one of these spells.

Our alternative list plays spells that buff your creatures with +1/+1 counters and other effects. So, in terms of mana, it is a bit cheaper than the list above, but just as aggressive.

The lovely Aloy, Savior of Meridian is perfect if you enjoy artifacts, combat, and tricks.

She is also quite friendly and versatile. You can easily adapt the lists above and play the cards you already have with her. You can also easily make her less powerful for more casual Commander pods, or make her a real threat for hardcore matches.

One thing we can say about Aloy, though, is this: no match with her is the same.

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Thank you for reading, and see you next time!