Broodstar

Creature — Beast

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to play for each artifact you control.)

Flying

Broodstar's power and toughness are each equal to the number of artifacts you control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

EchoSpice on Robit time

5 months ago

Cool deck! I love artifact storm, I've got a similar deck with Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain. Jhoira loves her trinkets

A spell I really like in Jhoira is Retract, you could get a TON of value from it if you've got some cost reducers and token producers out, and it can also help dodge boardwipes. Broodstar is also a good Flying beater for 2 mana if you're gonna be casting a bunch of artifacts anyways.

Krark-Clan Ironworks would also go amazing in here, as you essentially net 1 free colorless mana every time you copy an artifact with your commander. I'm sure there's some crazy combo loops you could do with KCI and retriever effects like Junk Diver and Myr Retriever

Taida on Affinity and what to cut

1 year ago

Maybe you can try Experimental Synthesizer. Gives you some draw until end of turn, and you can sac it with whatever, and the effect triggers again. I also like Etched Champion quite a lot, as it is quite difficult to remove and is both amazing blocking and attacking. A substitute to Cranial Plating could be Nettlecyst, or you can even run both. Something like Skilled Animator, Kenku Artificer or Ensoul Artifact can also be very fun, especially if used on an Ornithopter or any indestructible land such as Silverbluff Bridge or Darksteel Citadel. Another affinity card I have a sweetspot for is Broodstar, but it needs colored mana, so it is not as easy to cast as a Myr Enforcer.

EscapingBurger on You Dropped This

2 years ago

Honestly I just can't recall Mystic Forge having made an impact for me so far, and the deck is quite good at drawing cards (or playing them from the graveyard) already. It does seem like it should be a bigger help here--maybe I've just been unlucky and never drawn it when it mattered so far. I could probably put that back in.

The Urza's Command is there mostly for the Construct token, to complement Broodstar, Master of Etherium, and Nettlecyst as a potential finisher. I still need to try this out to see how well it works.

As for the rest, it is mostly a matter of budget--I've been playing more Limited lately, so I'm more trying to use what I get right now rather than buying more singles. These all look very useful though, so I'll definitely keep your suggestions in mind.

DeinoStinkus on

2 years ago

Phyrexian Walker, Ornithopter, and Memnite are all 0-cost artifact creatures that add to your artifact count and decrease Urza's cost for free. Thoughtcast and Thought Monitor are strong as well, plus Broodstar.

Max_Hammer on U Artifact Affinity

2 years ago

This is indeed a very funny affinity deck. I can help here, friend. (:

• Mystic Forge is going to give you pretty much as much freedom with playing stuff as you want. Unless you hit a land, that is. Taking out Gingerbrute and Aether Spellbomb for two of these is probably all you'll need.

• Shield Sphere is a blocker for free. I'd replace either Memnite or Ornithopter with four of these.

• Power Depot is too good to pass up. Swap out Spire of Industry, Razortide Bridge, and one Mistvault Bridge.

• Treasure Vault is very snazzy and should probably replace the rest of the Mistvault Bridges.

• Chromescale Drake gets you some extra artifacts. I'd swap him out for Sojourner's Companion.

• Tormod's Crypt should replace Nihil Spellbomb, Pithing Needle, and Relic of Progenitus.

• Qumulox, Broodstar, Somber Hoverguard, and Myr Enforcer are all just more affinity creatures.

• Mycosynth Golem is going to make everything absurdly cheap.

I also think that you should replace Welding Jar, Shadowspear, and Gingerbrute either wil three copies of Welding Jar or three copies of Shadowspear, putting three copies of the other into your sideboard.

EscapingBurger on You Dropped This

2 years ago

Thanks, Rogue's Passage definitely looks useful for a giant Broodstar or Master of Etherium.

As for combos, the big one is probably Chakram Retriever + Emry, Lurker of the Loch or Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Mirran Spy . You can tap Emry to cast an artifact from your graveyard, then immediately untap her to do it again. With a 0-cost sacrificible artifact like Urza's Bauble, you can do this as much as you want, which triggers things like Sai, Master Thopterist and Efficient Construction every time the artifact comes into play. You can also sacrifice Ornithopter to Ashnod's Altar repeatedly this way for infinite mana. Foundry Inspector, Etherium Sculptor and Jhoira's Familiar make more of your artifacts cheap or free so you can recur them more. You can even make Solemn Simulacrum cheap enough this way to sacrifice it to Ashnod's Altar and cast it again with the mana you get, repeating for as much land and card draw as you want.

The deck doesn't rely on infinite combos or anything, and even a simple trick like Aether Spellbomb + Emry, Lurker of the Loch can let you bounce a troublesome creature at least once per turn. A lot of the stuff in here is maybe more just good synergy than true combos.

wallisface on Affinity Budget

3 years ago

I'd suggest running the 4th Myr Enforcer and Sojourner's Companion over the Broodstar. I think the extra cost of Broodstar makes it a lot harder to cast, and swinging with a bunch of 4/4s earlier will almost always be preferable.

carpecanum on

3 years ago

Broodstar maybe? Multiple copies of Bladegriff Prototype can be terrifying. Turning everything into a Sharding Sphinx can give you 50+ Thopters pretty easily. Ancient Stone Idol

Mycosynth Golem and Blightsteel Colossus are pricey but would fit.