Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance

Gameplan

Saheeli copies your best creature or artifact for a turn, letting you abuse enter-the-battlefield and attack triggers while building toward explosive value or an outright combo finish. You ramp into artifacts, deploy a value engine, then untap with Saheeli to generate temporary copies each turn. Most lists either grind incremental advantage off ETBs or assemble a loop that turns the temporary token into infinite mana, damage, or board presence.

Key Cards

• Dockside Extortionist — Copying it with Saheeli reaps a fresh pile of Treasures every turn, and it's a classic infinite-mana combo enabler.
• Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre — A copy gives you a haste-attacking Annihilator beater plus library shuffle, an enormous value swing each turn.
• Combat Celebrant — Token copies grant repeatable extra combat steps, turning Saheeli into a dangerous attack engine.
• Thassa, Deep-Dwelling — Blink and untap effects let you reuse ETB creatures and untap Saheeli for a second activation.
• Brudiclad, Telchar Engineer — Pairs perfectly to flood the board with hasty copies of your scariest token before they're sacrificed.
• Sundial of the Infinite — End the turn before the sacrifice trigger resolves to keep the copied permanent permanently.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and ramp (Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Dockside, signets) so you can activate Saheeli multiple times per turn, then include untap/blink enablers like Thassa and Deadeye Navigator to double dip. Lean into a dedicated combo line such as Dockside plus a cost reducer for infinite mana, and pack Izzet interaction (Swan Song, Mystic Confluence, Dack Fayden) to protect the engine. Sundial of the Infinite and proliferate of copy effects let you keep the best tokens permanently for the highest power ceilings.