I'm interested in building into this deck. I can swing getting the Ravagers and the Overseers and then I have the rest of the cards...except the damn mox opals. Is this deck playable without them? I realize there are no substitutions for the moxen, persee, but would you play instead of them? Up the land count by a couple and play some more utility cards?
I think that every deck of this kind should play 4x Ancient Stirrings, the card is just too good not to play. Aether Vial is pretty bad in this deck and I'd cut it in a heartbit.
Animation Module looks surprisingly good after watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az1THpNb1BY
It finally made me appreciate Mimic more in this deck which I considered one of the weaker cards together with Servant.
And I also liked Rishkar here as well as Nissa (though it is probably more of a SB card for midrange decks looking to grind you out with removal).
Other more obscure sac'-outlets can be: Spawning Pit (also makes artifact tokens), Culling Dais and Bubbling Cauldron (gains life).
There are also equipments that sac' the creature upon unequipping them like Grafted Wargear and Stitcher's Graft.
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/772029-bg-ballista-snek
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/793178-construct-tribal
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/deck-creation-modern/571065-hardened-scales-aggro
(the "main" HS thread with discussion about every random with it, pages 7-9 contain relevant discussion)
I think that every deck of this kind should play 4x Ancient Stirrings, the card is just too good not to play.
Aether Vial is pretty bad in this deck and I'd cut it in a heartbit.
Animation Module looks surprisingly good after watching this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az1THpNb1BY
It finally made me appreciate Mimic more in this deck which I considered one of the weaker cards together with Servant.
And I also liked Rishkar here as well as Nissa (though it is probably more of a SB card for midrange decks looking to grind you out with removal).
Here is another build of the deck which splashes Black for interaction:
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=14602
The omissions of Winding Constrictor and Ancient Stirrings don't really make sense to me though.