Art: John Stanko · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Dr. Madison Li
WURLegendary Creature — Human Scientist · from $0.18
Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you get {E} (an energy counter).
{T}, Pay {E}: Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains trample and haste until end of turn.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}: Draw a card.
{T}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}{E}: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
54 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | 1 | $0.98 |
| 7 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 8 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 9 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 10 | Path to Exile | Instant | 1 | $0.71 |
| 11 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 12 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 13 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 14 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 15 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 16 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 17 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 18 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 19 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 20 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 21 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 22 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 23 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 24 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 25 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 26 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 27 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 28 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 29 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 30 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 31 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 32 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 33 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 34 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 35 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 36 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 37 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 40 | Hallowed Fountain | Land | 0 | $6.97 |
| 41 | Generous Gift | Instant | 3 | $0.93 |
| 42 | Steam Vents | Land | 0 | $9.63 |
| 43 | Smothering Tithe | Enchantment | 4 | $56.09 |
| 44 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 45 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 46 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 47 | Sacred Foundry | Land | 0 | $10.28 |
| 48 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 49 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 50 | Sulfur Falls | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 51 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 52 | Clifftop Retreat | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 53 | Esper Sentinel | Creature | 1 | $58.03 |
| 54 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 55 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 56 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 57 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 58 | Glacial Fortress | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 59 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 60 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 61 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 62 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 63 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 64 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 65 | Prairie Stream | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 66 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 67 | Teferi's Protection | Instant | 3 | $34.90 |
| 68 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 69 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 70 | Shivan Reef | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 71 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 72 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 73 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 74 | Battlefield Forge | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 75 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 76 | Enlightened Tutor | Instant | 1 | $21.99 |
| 77 | Talisman of Creativity | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 78 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 79 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 80 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 81 | Talisman of Progress | Artifact | 2 | $0.25 |
| 82 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 83 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 84 | Adarkar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.34 |
| 85 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 86 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 87 | Talisman of Conviction | Artifact | 2 | $0.35 |
| 88 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 89 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 90 | Training Center | Land | 0 | $17.67 |
| 91 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 92 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 93 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 94 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 95 | Ghostly Prison | Enchantment | 3 | $5.72 |
| 96 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 97 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 98 | Sea of Clouds | Land | 0 | $19.56 |
| 99 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 100 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Dr. Madison Li
The 10 most popular of 20 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Robobrain War Mind
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite energy counters
Decoction Module + Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Battlesphere
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
Ashnod's Altar + Decoction Module + Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Myr Battlesphere
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
Decoction Module + Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Myr Battlesphere + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
Ashnod's Altar + Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Robobrain War Mind
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite energy counters
Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Phyrexian Altar + Robobrain War Mind
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite energy counters
Decoction Module + Dr. Madison Li + Goblin Bombardment + Intruder Alarm + Myr Battlesphere
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite damage · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite untap of creatures
Arcbound Ravager + Dr. Madison Li + Intruder Alarm + Robobrain War Mind
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite energy counters · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Ashnod's Altar + Decoction Module + Dr. Madison Li + Myr Battlesphere + Thornbite Staff
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Ashnod's Altar + Dr. Madison Li + Guide of Souls + Myr Battlesphere + Thornbite Staff
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 9th of 16 — Demon's League - 3° Tappa on Topdeck.ggMar 16, 2026 · 0–1–2 · by Stefano Bolognini
Precons led by Dr. Madison Li
Official preconstructed decks with Dr. Madison Li at the helm.
- Science!
PreconCommander· Released Mar 2024
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.