Cayth, Famed Mechanist
Cayth, Famed Mechanist is a practical centerpiece for a blue white artifact strategy. Its Fabricate 1 gives you an immediate path to board presence whether you want Cayth to bear a +1/+1 counter or spawn a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token. That line also makes every other nontoken creature you control cleaner to develop, since they inherently gain fabricate 1. On pace with a slow and steady plan, Cayth smooths out early turns and helps you stabilize while you set up your artifact engine.
To lean into the synergy you can pay for a second line of versatility with the activated ability. For {2} and tapping Cayth, you choose between Populate or Proliferate. Populate doubles your board by creating a token that replicates a creature you already control, which compounds value as your team grows. Proliferate adds growth counters across your permanents and other compatible cards, letting you scale hardware and board state in a measured, reliable way. In practice Cayth rewards careful timing and incremental advantage, fitting neatly into commander tables that value predictable, scalable value over flashiness.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {1}{U}{W}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Dwarf Artificer
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.) Other nontoken creatures you control have fabricate 1. 2, Tap: Choose one — Populate. Proliferate.
- Power / Toughness – 3/3