Artifact Explosion Budget

by Nirc on 08 April 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

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Deck Description

This is my second MTG deck. Explosion refers to both Shrapnel Blast and what the deck is supposed to do after a few turns. Please critique

You should be able to get the deck for about $60, less if you don't care about the 4 pain lands which are about $20. You can also replace the Monastery Swiftspears with Elusive Spellfists. I am also thinking about remove the Anger of the Gods. However, I also might add 1 or 2 Chandra and/or 2 Dig Through Times... We'll see how it goes

How to Play

Strategies/synergies:
-Initial windup of around 2-3 turns then end the game within 2-4 more
-Given the initial windup, can quickly explode and go hard aggressive, but also has good blockers and can burn to kill threats
-Scuttling Doom Engine + Shrapnel Blast or Shrapnel Blast + any of the other artifacts really
-Generator Servant not necessary but can make a lot happen in a single turn
-Good amount of flying, trample, haste, double strike to end the game before too long
-Doesn't rely completely on either burn or creatures but has a decent amount of both
-Ensoul Artifact has lots of targets, can get flying from Ornithopter or indestructible from Darksteel Citadel
-Deck benefits a lot from prowess since there's already a good amount of low cmc spells and Generator Servant, so Monastery Swiftspear and Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest are good supplements for aggressive play
-Illusory Angel can come into play relatively easily with Generator Servant, Ornithopter, Monastery Swiftspear, Messenger's Speed, and lots of 2 cmc spells

Possible cons:
-Possible weak early game/against hard aggro
-Possibly weak to bad draws (ex. too many Ornithopters, too many high CMC without any low CMC, too much burn/buffs without enough creatures)
-Nothing that gives +1/+1 which could be useful for double strike and flyers
-Possibly a little short on lands
-No life gain
-No enchantment or creature removal
-No counterspells except for sideboard

Sideboard thoughts:
-Counter spells because why not I'm playing blue
-Anticipate in case of opponent stalling, might as well get card advantage
-Anger of the Gods for boardclear, could potentially have problems with tokens without it, not sure

Thinking about:
-Ugin's Nexus
-Chandra
-Phyrexian Revoker
-Dig Through Time

Deck Tags

  • R/U
  • Artifact
  • Budget
  • Aggro

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Artifact Explosion Budget

ghostfire blade!!!!

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Posted 09 April 2015 at 16:45

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I am considering it, I may replace the Fleetfeathers with them but I am not super impressed with Ghostfire Blade in general. However it could help Illusory Angel and prevent Ornithopters from being a dead draw late game. Also triggers prowess for 1 less than the Fleetfeathers. I need to playtest it

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Posted 09 April 2015 at 20:48

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I ran ensoul at some bigger events, ghostfire was pretty key, permanent +2/+2 for 2 isn't bad, and its another target for ornithopter

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Posted 09 April 2015 at 21:55

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Ok I might playtest with a whole playset of them just to see how they turn out

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Posted 10 April 2015 at 03:21

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Who knows you may like them

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Posted 10 April 2015 at 06:01

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