This is the first artifact deck that I made and I wanted to get some tips on how I could improve it while also keeping the price relatively low. It's generally a straightforward deck. Get creatures down turn one and two and overwhelm your opponent using Steel Overseer and Master of Etherium to buff up all of the artifacts.
Galvanic Blast is in there to kill off any of the higher toughness cards that block the artifacts as well as a good damage dealer that I thought would be able to go well in the deck.
Springleaf Drum is there to get down the creatures faster although I am not sure that it really belongs in the deck due to the overall mana curve that spikes at around one or two. If there are any cards that I could substitute it for, that would be helpful.
21 lands are way to much. I also played a budget-affinity-build pretty similiar to yours and removed land after land (at the end I played 17). You should add a playset Spire of industry, remove 7-8 basics and add cheap artifact cards like Welding Jar and Arcbound Worker.
Steel Overseer is way to slow for your Deck and pretty useless without Arcbound Ravager.
This is old list:
As Dennis already said. Try to get 4 Spire of Industry to smooth the manabase. They don't really cost much to buy, and are a good budget option for traditional Affinity.
Ghirapur Aether Grid is a good sideboard card, and can also be a win condition against certain decks.
Galvanic Blast is in there to kill off any of the higher toughness cards that block the artifacts as well as a good damage dealer that I thought would be able to go well in the deck.
Springleaf Drum is there to get down the creatures faster although I am not sure that it really belongs in the deck due to the overall mana curve that spikes at around one or two. If there are any cards that I could substitute it for, that would be helpful.
9 Island
8 Mountain
4 Darksteel Citadel
Artifact
2 Master of Etherium
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Cranial Plating
4 Signal Pest
3 Ornithopter
2 Steel Overseer
4 Memnite
4 Vault Skirge
4 Etched Champion
4 Galvanic Blast
Sorcery
4 Thoughtcast
Steel Overseer is way to slow for your Deck and pretty useless without Arcbound Ravager.
This is old list:
4x Cranial Plating
4x Darksteel Citadel
2x Etched Champion
4x Galvanic Blast
1x Glint-Nest Crane
4x Island
3x Master of Etherium
3x Memnite
6x Mountain
2x Myr Enforcer
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Spire of Industry
4x Springleaf Drum
4x Vault Skirge
1x Welding Jar
2x Whipflare
I'd disagree with the notion of replacing Steel Overseer as it is one of payoffs of the deck.
A potential addition can be Ensoul Artifact as a more vulnerable Plating.
The upgrades would be the lands:
Spire of Industry and Blinkmoth Nexus.
As Dennis already said. Try to get 4 Spire of Industry to smooth the manabase. They don't really cost much to buy, and are a good budget option for traditional Affinity.
Ghirapur Aether Grid is a good sideboard card, and can also be a win condition against certain decks.
Whipflare as sideboard against other aggro.
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