I'm unsure on a couple of things on this deck. I'm not married to the non-creature artifacts I have, but I want to make sure I have 12 artifacts available to use on Ensoul Artifact. Any advise is welcome. Thanks.
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Thanks for the kind words. It took me several iterations of this deck concept and input from a friend, but I'm pretty happy with the way it looks. Got some cards in the mail to complete it and I'll be challenging friends soon.
I would take out the following creatures: Clone Shell, Shape Stealer, Aquamorph Entity, Shapesharer, Changeling Sentinel, Mothdust Changeling, Changeling Titan, Renegade Doppelganger. Also, one of Dimir Doppelganger or Mimic Vat could probably come out or you could limit yourself to two of each or one of each (they both do have their own individual perks). My deck should have us covered defensively, so I think it's important to emphasize more offensive creatures like Thornling. Clone Shell and Renegade Doppelganger rely on you copying your own creatures, which isn't the greatest because you have a bunch of creatures that are meant to copy OTHER creatures. Changeling Titan, Berserker, and Sentinel may not have any benefit to their changeling attribute unless Steve does actually make a Sliver deck. I like a lot of what I see though. Especially Evil Twin and Duplicant that have elimination elements to them.
I guess I am kinda screwed if my Traders are all zapped.
As long as I play it properly, I shouldn't take any self inflicted damage. Someone zaps a Sell-Sword Brute, I use Bazaar Trader's ability to give it to an opponent on top of the stack. By the time the Brute is dead, my opponent will own him and will take the damage. If someone trades me back one of the Jinxed items, I use the Bazaar Trader to trade it back. Other than that, my walls should take care of most combat damage. I certainly did consider adding white, but I didn't feel it was worth while. I can be persuaded though.
Appreciate the comment. I was thinking it would be nice to have life gain. I was thinking adding a couple of Demon Horns would be beneficial. What I like about the deck is that I don't have to worry about combat damage for the most part unless I run into a lot of trample. I don't think this deck usually gives a player enough time to get that far either and Hideous End and Contaminated Bond are there if they can slip a few trample creatures past my Dash Hopes.
I usually make decks for casual play with a handful of friends. However, I thought this one could possibly be viable for tournament play. Please point out flaws that you may notice.