Let's see how this build works and I will let you know but it looks promising, Sage of Epityr is quite weak as an attacker but it helps goldfishing as it helps you find that card you want on T2 (most probably Chief Engineer)
Has anyone tried Spellskite in the main? Seems like an easy choice to protect our enablers from spot removal while it's our best card against auras and it also helps a lot against affinity since it can redirect modular from Arcbound Ravager.
This is the list I want to test this week before GP Birmingham, I can't drop Master of Etherium as easily as Xaanto since I think it's key to the deck, yeah, sometimes you will play him as a 1/1 for 3 but being a blue artifact that pumps other artifacts is extremely useful even if he is not hitting, I prefer it over Myr Superion which in the end suffers the same problem Tarmogoyf does, it's too easy to kill with Fatal Push.
Hi, I have been testing the deck for a while on modo and it's really enjoyable, I found Signal Pest to be very weak compared to the rest of the cards in the build so I will try Zac's split as I believe we need more 1 drops that are blue, with at least 1 power and a useful ability.
In a deck that needs protection for the enablers in the early game and is able to get value from disrupting our opponent's spells when we have our Lodestone Golem in play, Judge's Familiar seems like an excellent choice. Signal Pest have won me a couple of games thanks to the battle cry but I feel like it's usually not that relevant as those extra points of damage are easy to obtain with Throne of the God-Pharaoh and Walking Ballista. Maybe in the future I will cut the whole Signal Pest package and run a playset of Judge's Familiar, the only reason I haven't yet is that Master of Etherium might be weaker taking those 4 artifacts out.
So, besides that, this card has been spoiled today:
Do you think it's worth a slot in the build? I have been thinking about Phyrexian Metamorph for this kind of effect but I think this new card has the potential to be useful no matter when you cast is where Phyrexian Metamorph must be cast while there is a threat to copy, what do you think?
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So I replaced Master of Etherium with Etherium Sculptor and the deck looks like this now:
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Flooded Strand
8 Snow-Covered Island
1 Spellskite
4 Mausoleum Wanderer
4 Sage of Epityr
4 Chief Engineer
4 Grand Architect
4 Walking Ballista
4 Etherium Sculptor
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
4 Smuggler's Copter
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Hangarback Walker
2 Trinket Mage
1 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Quicksilver Fountain
2 Echoing Truth
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Spellskite
1 Pithing Needle
Let's see how this build works and I will let you know but it looks promising, Sage of Epityr is quite weak as an attacker but it helps goldfishing as it helps you find that card you want on T2 (most probably Chief Engineer)
This is the list I want to test this week before GP Birmingham, I can't drop Master of Etherium as easily as Xaanto since I think it's key to the deck, yeah, sometimes you will play him as a 1/1 for 3 but being a blue artifact that pumps other artifacts is extremely useful even if he is not hitting, I prefer it over Myr Superion which in the end suffers the same problem Tarmogoyf does, it's too easy to kill with Fatal Push.
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Flooded Strand
8 Snow-Covered Island
1 Spellskite
4 Mausoleum Wanderer
4 Sage of Epityr
4 Chief Engineer
4 Grand Architect
4 Walking Ballista
4 Master of Etherium
4 Lodestone Golem
2 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
4 Smuggler's Copter
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 God-Pharaoh's Gift
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Hangarback Walker
2 Trinket Mage
1 Thorn of Amethyst
2 Quicksilver Fountain
2 Echoing Truth
2 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Spellskite
1 Wurmcoil Engine
4 Etherium Sculptor
4 Chief Engineer
4 Walking Ballista
4 Grand Architect
4 Master of Etherium
4 Lodestone Golem
4 Smuggler's Copter
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
15 Island
1 Pili-Pala
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Throne of the God-Pharaoh
2 Judge's Familiar
1 Academy Ruins
1 Ceremonious Rejection
2 Quicksilver Fountain
2 Trinket Mage
2 Hurkyl's Recall
2 Pithing Needle
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Thorn of Amethyst
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Chalice of the Void
I never missed the Signal Pest and was happy to combo one game on turn 4 with Pili-Pala, Grand Architect and Walking Ballista.
I know Engineered Explosives seems weird in the sideboard when playing only one color but its purpose is take away Death's Shadow and auras, it's also useful agains't elves.
I didn't have the chance to get value from Academy Ruins but I can see it being a game-winner in top-deck wars where you can recycle Walking Ballista.
In a deck that needs protection for the enablers in the early game and is able to get value from disrupting our opponent's spells when we have our Lodestone Golem in play, Judge's Familiar seems like an excellent choice. Signal Pest have won me a couple of games thanks to the battle cry but I feel like it's usually not that relevant as those extra points of damage are easy to obtain with Throne of the God-Pharaoh and Walking Ballista. Maybe in the future I will cut the whole Signal Pest package and run a playset of Judge's Familiar, the only reason I haven't yet is that Master of Etherium might be weaker taking those 4 artifacts out.
So, besides that, this card has been spoiled today:
Do you think it's worth a slot in the build? I have been thinking about Phyrexian Metamorph for this kind of effect but I think this new card has the potential to be useful no matter when you cast is where Phyrexian Metamorph must be cast while there is a threat to copy, what do you think?