GreenLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Human ArtificerIch-Tekik, Salvage Splicer
Mana value5Rank#10,648PartnerYes
The Commander
When Ich-Tekik enters, create a 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Ich-Tekik and a +1/+1 counter on each Golem you control.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Guide
Gameplan
Ich-Tekik turns artifacts dying into a snowballing army of beefy Golems. Flood the board with cheap artifacts and Golem tokens, then sacrifice or fodder-fling them to dump +1/+1 counters onto Ich-Tekik and every Golem you control, growing a wide, tall board that punches through with trample and counter payoffs. As a Partner commander, pair it with a second green-legal partner to widen the gameplan.
Strengths
- Free 3/3 Golem on cast plus a counter engine that scales hard with cheap artifacts
- Mono-green ramp gives easy access to mana rocks that double as future sacrifice fuel
- Triggers on ANY artifact dying, including opponents' and your own combat losses
- Token swarm gets enormous with each sacrifice, snowballing out of control quickly
Weaknesses
- Color-locked to mono-green for spot removal and interaction, weak against fliers and counterspells
- The counter engine does nothing without sacrifice outlets or artifacts to feed it
- Board wipes reset everything and the counters vanish with the Golems
- Commander-dependent: removing Ich-Tekik stops the anthem of counters entirely
Key Cards
- Ashnod's Altar — Free sacrifice outlet that turns every artifact death into mana and stacks of +1/+1 counters.
- Krark-Clan Ironworks — Sacrifices artifacts for mana en masse, triggering Ich-Tekik repeatedly for explosive counter growth.
- Nim Deathmantle — Recurs sacrificed artifact creatures, creating loops that pile counters onto your Golems.
- Steel Overseer — A second anthem that pumps all your artifact Golems independently of the commander.
- Throne of Geth — Proliferate doubles down on the counters Ich-Tekik generates across your whole board.
- Goblin Bombardment — Repeatable free fling outlet to sacrifice artifacts for damage and counter triggers.
Upgrade Path
Add efficient sacrifice outlets and recursion (Ashnod's Altar, Krark-Clan Ironworks, Nim Deathmantle) to build artifact loops that generate near-infinite counters and mana. Lean into proliferate (Throne of Geth, Inexorable Tide) and overrun finishers (Craterhoof Behemoth, Triumph of the Hordes) for explosive closes. Choosing a strong green partner—like Tana, the Bloodsower or a ramp-focused partner—deepens consistency and adds a second axis of pressure.
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
- ▸Swing with an army of oversized, counter-loaded Golems for trampling combat damage
- ▸Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede to alpha-strike a wide board
- ▸Aristocrats damage via Goblin Bombardment or repeatable sacrifice plus recursion loops
Archetypes
- Artifact Sacrifice/Aristocrats — The counter trigger rewards sacrificing artifacts, so loop and fling them for value and growth.
- Tokens/Go-Wide — Each Golem gets the counters too, building a scalable, anthem-boosted army.
- +1/+1 Counters — Every artifact death distributes counters, pairing perfectly with proliferate and counter payoffs.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (G), by popularity.
