Other blue creatures you control have "Whenever this creature becomes tapped, draw a card, then discard a card."
Other artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue artifact in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only as a sorcery. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
Unctus turns your blue and artifact creatures into a looting engine: tap them (via attacking, vehicles, or tap-outlets) to draw and discard, then convert key creatures into blue artifacts to pile on the team-wide +1/+1 anthem. You grind card advantage, build a wide artifact-creature board, and close with combat, mill, or a big tap-payoff finisher.
Steady card advantage and graveyard filling from every tap trigger, fueling reanimation and flashback payoffs
Mono-blue gives access to the best counterspells, tutors, and protection in the format
Doubles as a tribal payoff for both blue creatures and artifact creatures, two of the deepest card pools
Cheap three-mana commander that immediately impacts the board and survives most spot removal due to low value
Mono-blue struggles with permanent-based removal; you rely on bounce and counters rather than hard answers
Tap triggers only loot (draw then discard) for raw card quality, not pure advantage, unless paired with extra draw
Without untap or tap outlets, you can be too passive and durdle
Vulnerable to a board wipe wiping your accumulated artifact-creature engine, and to graveyard hate that undercuts your discards
Mass token generation and copies create a wide artifact-creature army that the anthem and tap triggers reward.
Add fast mana and tap-untap enablers (Sol Ring, mana rocks, Seedborn Muse, Aphetto Alchemist) to make the loot engine relentless, and tighten the curve with proactive counters and tutors. Lean into a focused combo finish—Intruder Alarm loops or an artifact engine—so the card filtering converts into a deterministic win rather than just value. Upgrade mana base with duals/fetches and add protection like Heroic Intervention's blue analogs (Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves) to keep Unctus online.
Legendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Vedalken
: Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue artifact in addition to its other colors and types. Activate only as a sorcery. (