Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer

Gameplan

Ratchet is a mono-white artifact reanimator that loops dead artifacts back to the battlefield by gaining life. Cast cheap as the Field Medic side, gain life through lifelink and other sources, then convert to return artifacts from your graveyard whose mana value is at or below the life gained that turn. Build a board of value artifacts, sacrifice or trade them away, and recur them repeatedly to grind out card and board advantage before closing with artifact synergies.

Key Cards

• Sword of the Animist — Cheap artifact that ramps and can be looped back for repeated land fetches.
• Aetherflux Reservoir — Turns your lifegain engine into a direct win condition and fuels big convert returns.
• Solemn Simulacrum — Recurring it draws cards and ramps every time you bring it back from the yard.
• Bolas's Citadel — Powerful artifact whose life loss pairs with lifegain swings to recur high-value pieces.
• Crucible of Worlds — Cheap artifact value engine that's easy to return and snowballs lands.
• Disciple of the Vault — Aristocrats payoff that drains opponents as artifacts die and recur.
• Sun Titan — Stacks with Ratchet to reanimate small permanents and chain recursion.

Upgrade Path

Add efficient artifact sacrifice outlets (Krark-Clan Ironworks, Ashnod's Altar) to trigger the death-flip on demand and recur value engines each turn. Increase lifegain density (Soul Warden effects, Well of Lost Dreams) to raise your convert ceiling and draw cards, and tighten the curve toward high-impact artifacts. Top end can lean into a Aetherflux Reservoir or Time Sieve/Thopter combo finish for a faster, more deterministic kill.