Smuggler's Copter

Artifact — Vehicle

Flying

Whenever Smuggler's Copter attacks or blocks, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Discussion (51)

Lordeh on Autopilot [Pioneer U/B Ensoul]

2 days ago

I like the deck but with Smuggler's Copter banned you might need to find another replacement in the form of a Fleetwheel Cruiser or some other fringe vehicle.

jandrobard on Pattern Recognition #132 - Vehicles

2 days ago

Smuggler's Copter just got banned in Pioneer, so it's status as too good evidently continued there (I wasn't tracking tournament results). Side note: Enchanted Carriage pulls double duty for the "non-humans matters" subtheme in ELD, as it brings two non-humans and can animate into a non-human as well, which won me a game today when I could free equip Rosethorn Halberd to it.

AnAnxietyDrivenToad on PR Mardu Vehicles ELD

2 days ago

Rip Smuggler's Copter

AnAnxietyDrivenToad on Pioneer mardu vehicles

2 days ago

In the year of our lord, rip Smuggler's Copter

ChrisHansonBiomancin on Disciple of 2-Drops (Infinite Combo)

4 days ago

Hey Iniallator98 thanks for the upvote! Ya there's unfortunately not a great way I can think of to replace what the Disciple does, but Pain Seer makes for a decent plan B since it uses the same engine & can act as sort of a Dark Confidant . I'd probably describe the strategy in that case as being more of a grindy tempo approach than straight control, as you'd want to use the card advantage Pain Seer provides to keep your hand stocked with answers while Smuggler's Copter and/or Hydroid Krasis go over the top. I tried to choose cards for the removal suite that are situational enough to give Disciple a wide array of answers, but still flexible enough individually to keep the number of dead cards in hand without Disciple to a minimum, so it can hopefully play that grindy style if needed. The other side of the coin is that you can see a lot of cards via Pain Seer & Copter, making it more likely to get a Disciple.

If you have any ideas for how to make it more consistent though, I'm all ears!

BioProfDude on Azorius humans in Pioneer

1 week ago

ChrisHansonBiomancin, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 with indestructible, and if I flip Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip that's another 4/4 with indestructible. Angel of Invention (which may be a card worth replacing?-- I haven't decided yet) is yet another potential 4/3 with flying. Smuggler's Copter does quite a bit of work. There are ways to close out the game.

Your point is well taken, though, that something to make a bigger "splash" might be worth considering. Thank you for the comment!

BioProfDude on Azorius humans in Pioneer

1 week ago

Hi Argy, thank you-- Ixalan's Binding is a great suggestion! I also like Search for Azcanta  ^Flip, but not in place of Smuggler's Copter . The copter just does soooooooo much work for this deck. The looting is pretty amazing.

Always Watching was a card that I immediately wanted to put into the deck. However, to do that, I think, would mean relinquishing some or all of the planeswalkers and fully committing to the creature plan. Maybe that's what I actually need to do, but Teferi, Time Raveler and Gideon Blackblade have just been really good in the scant play testing that I have been able to do. I shall ponder more and we'll see where it goes.

So far, I haven't had any mana problems. More play will determine whether more lands are needed. For now, I'm staying at 21. If larger play-test sample size reveals that I need more land, I will definitely add more.

Thank you so very much for the suggestion!

Argy on Azorius humans in Pioneer

1 week ago

People often seem to skimp on lands.

For this build I wouldn't go lower than 23.

We've been using Ixalan's Binding in StuBi's deck, rather then Stasis Snare , and it's proven very effective.

I actually think that Search for Azcanta  ^Flip would be better in this deck than Smuggler's Copter - just don't flip it.

Finally, I have no idea where you'd put these, but Always Watching makes a deck like this sing.