I see. Well you are right. Im a noob on this deck. But after looking through the forums i realize this is more of an aggro deck not a ramp into fatties deck.
Though can you explain to me why the inclusion of master of etherium?
I just dont feel his potential is that great in this deck. There isnt very many artifacts. Wouldnt it be better to play equipment or something? Instead of master?
Idk if you run him or not but i see alot of others do.
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whats wrong with it? Its just a different take. I dont understand the point of saying you see something wrong and offer no points of views or issues you think you see. This list is solid. Its not the best but I never claimed it to be. I beat jund and esper control both 2-0 today so the results are there. Jeskai control however was a different story.
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im new to this board but was drawn to this deck because of zahid and artificers assistant. Both of which i dropped out of the deck upon playing.
I also dropped loadstone golem as I prefer to put in more powerful or useful threats. This is my current build. I am even considering main boarding amethyst as a two of bc the affect is good but just not on a 4 drop creature imo.
I originally had the assistent and a zahir djinn of the lamp. Both are sub optimal. Sage imo is far better then the bird especially if you cant land a artifact till turn 3-4 which makes your bird just sit there. Sage is perfect and the inclusion of fetches helps so much if you only want 1 out of the four he filter. Glint nest crane helps so so much when you are set up with no place to go. I have managed a turn 4 inkwell leviathan and myr superion off of a turn 1 sage, turn 2 glint nest crane and turn 3 architect into a immortal sun. Which is a segway to the next point.
My previous build suffered in that it dumped its hand and was set up with no place to go. Immortal sun is the truth. i run 2 because it is just so so good and sage has pretty good synergy with it too.
Secondly, glint nest crane took the place of etherium sculptor. Late game after removal has been administered by my opponent i find sculptor to be a really poor draw. Where as glint nest is can refill the hand to something you may need or can use in that moment like a ballista or hangarback.
Anyways i think this build helps alot with consistency. I have never played lodestone golem as i just cant get sold on it. As i mentioned above If i need the effect i bring in the amethyst which is really good against control and the like as you all probably know. I also believe the inclusion of spellskite mainboard should be looked at more closely in this meta especially his ability is just made for this deck. Protect the engineer and architect so we can get the fatties out. Anyways still testing any advice is great.
but dont they have to keep recasting a mox or something? I thought the combo worked by recasting mox and saccing it and getting it back and so on and so forth. Damping Sphere makes things more expensive so after they do it 2-3 times they wont have mana for it.
Im not sure why you mention architect and creatures. I was responding to Ace when he mentioned KCI combo.
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I have made a really sweet mono blue standard deck based on artificers assistant, djin of the lamp, blackblade reforged, voltaic servant, mirage mirror and icy manipulator with of course karn and alot of support. It has been very successful and has lead me to try djinn of the lamp and karn in affinity. And both are great as 1-2 ofs (not together however)
Ill sideboard karn and mainboard djinn and put karn in djins place post board. It has been pretty successful
Anyways my success with artificers assistant in standard and djinn in standard and affinity has lead me to want to build a deck similar to my standard one as both cards are modern viable.
I stumbled upon this deck as its basically the perfect spot for these two cards.
What do you guys think of zahid, djin of the lamp in this deck as a one or two of?
He is really strong and is hard to remove with really only a path or lili able to do it.
Traxos imo is a dud. The bark is louder than the bite. Even in my standard deck i had traxos in originally and i took him out for zahid and the deck is far far better.
Also have you guys tried mirage mirror as possibly a 1 of or even some sideboard tech?
Ill post my very noobish grand architect deck soon.
Though can you explain to me why the inclusion of master of etherium?
I just dont feel his potential is that great in this deck. There isnt very many artifacts. Wouldnt it be better to play equipment or something? Instead of master?
Idk if you run him or not but i see alot of others do.
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I also dropped loadstone golem as I prefer to put in more powerful or useful threats. This is my current build. I am even considering main boarding amethyst as a two of bc the affect is good but just not on a 4 drop creature imo.
4x Chief Engineer
4x Glint-Nest Crane
4x Grand Architect
2x Hangarback Walker
1x Inkwell Leviathan
2x Myr Superion
4x Sage of Epityr
2x Spellskite
4x Walking Ballista
4x Wurmcoil Engine
2x Basilisk Collar
2x The Immortal Sun
2x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
Land
1x Academy Ruins
2x Field of Ruin
12x Island
4x Misty Rainforest
4x Polluted Delta
2x Damping Sphere
1x Defense Grid
2x Echoing Truth
2x Hurkyl's Recall
1x Pithing Needle
2x Relic of Progenitus
3x Thorn of Amethyst
2x Torpor Orb
I originally had the assistent and a zahir djinn of the lamp. Both are sub optimal. Sage imo is far better then the bird especially if you cant land a artifact till turn 3-4 which makes your bird just sit there. Sage is perfect and the inclusion of fetches helps so much if you only want 1 out of the four he filter. Glint nest crane helps so so much when you are set up with no place to go. I have managed a turn 4 inkwell leviathan and myr superion off of a turn 1 sage, turn 2 glint nest crane and turn 3 architect into a immortal sun. Which is a segway to the next point.
My previous build suffered in that it dumped its hand and was set up with no place to go. Immortal sun is the truth. i run 2 because it is just so so good and sage has pretty good synergy with it too.
Secondly, glint nest crane took the place of etherium sculptor. Late game after removal has been administered by my opponent i find sculptor to be a really poor draw. Where as glint nest is can refill the hand to something you may need or can use in that moment like a ballista or hangarback.
Anyways i think this build helps alot with consistency. I have never played lodestone golem as i just cant get sold on it. As i mentioned above If i need the effect i bring in the amethyst which is really good against control and the like as you all probably know. I also believe the inclusion of spellskite mainboard should be looked at more closely in this meta especially his ability is just made for this deck. Protect the engineer and architect so we can get the fatties out. Anyways still testing any advice is great.
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Im not sure why you mention architect and creatures. I was responding to Ace when he mentioned KCI combo.
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I have made a really sweet mono blue standard deck based on artificers assistant, djin of the lamp, blackblade reforged, voltaic servant, mirage mirror and icy manipulator with of course karn and alot of support. It has been very successful and has lead me to try djinn of the lamp and karn in affinity. And both are great as 1-2 ofs (not together however)
Ill sideboard karn and mainboard djinn and put karn in djins place post board. It has been pretty successful
Anyways my success with artificers assistant in standard and djinn in standard and affinity has lead me to want to build a deck similar to my standard one as both cards are modern viable.
I stumbled upon this deck as its basically the perfect spot for these two cards.
What do you guys think of zahid, djin of the lamp in this deck as a one or two of?
He is really strong and is hard to remove with really only a path or lili able to do it.
Traxos imo is a dud. The bark is louder than the bite. Even in my standard deck i had traxos in originally and i took him out for zahid and the deck is far far better.
Also have you guys tried mirage mirror as possibly a 1 of or even some sideboard tech?
Ill post my very noobish grand architect deck soon.
Any feedback would be great
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