The Thanos-Copter
MSC · rare · Released 2026-06-26
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
on rate
meaningful alone
wants support
scales up
one mode
broadly useful
hard to remove
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Rationale
6cmc 5/5 flying haste Vehicle that animates your entire Vehicle fleet on ETB and draws a card whenever any Vehicle connects. Signature engine in vehicle-matters decks where the fleet-animation ETB enables a wide alpha strike and the repeatable draw generates card advantage; at 6 mana it's too slow for aggro and too win-more for stax, and it requires both creature density (to crew) and Vehicle density to realize its full payoff.
Learnings (3)
The ETB animation turns ALL Vehicles you control into artifact creatures until end of turn — including ones without crew paid — allowing them to attack that same turn if they have haste (e.g., via another enabler), but they revert at end of turn.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
The combat damage draw trigger fires for EACH Vehicle that connects, not just The Thanos-Copter itself, so a wide Vehicle board can draw several cards in one combat step.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
At 6 colorless mana it fits in any color identity, making it a strong vehicle-matters payoff for commanders of any color.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #26,653