Voltaic Servant

Artifact Creature — Construct

At the beginning of your end step, untap target artifact.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

1empyrean on Manascape Refractor

3 years ago

Well, it also needs a way to untap an artifact (common effect). Kinda forgot that part. With one of them you don't even need to skip a turn.

Aphetto Alchemist , Manifold Key , Synod Artificer , Tezzeret the Seeker , Voltaic Key , Voltaic Servant , etc.

There are lots more, and there are other ways to solve the skip turn issue as well.

Reznorboy on Donate To-Don'tRoastMe Defense Fund

3 years ago

I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm ignoring you. I'm trying to take your suggestions into consideration and use them. I want to fit a theme and I don't have all of the exact cards to work with. I got some new cards and made changes accordingly (~12 cards). I agree that Tolsimir is far from perfect, in this deck, but I don't have Selvala, Explorer Returned right now and I'm trying to first see if she's necessary. I actually did pretty decent today when I played against people. With the updates, I had consistent mana and consistent draw power, and almost always something to do with it. I even almost was able to defeat Sigarda. The issue I ran into was that I did not mill people quickly enough to win. I consistently had ~10 artifacts on the field by turn 5, all of which were helping me in various ways. I was able to defend myself and do things. The issue was that I (misplayed a lot, but besides that) did not finish the job in quite enough time. I know you said that I only have 5 mill cards, but some of the cards, such as Voltaic Servant, are actually dual purpose, (ramp and mill), and I (especially now) play a lot of draw power. I think if I were to play a few more good mill cards, I would be in good shape. I know that Tolsimir was intended to be wolf tribal, but in my philosophy, you will never achieve greatness if you only act in the intended way. Your opponents will not lose to themselves, you have to take a step outside, beyond what was previously thought possible, to be great. Anyway, I think the deck (despite the competitive meter rating) is starting to shape up. I think what I need is the protection cards in my aforementioned post, more ways to blink and/or sac then reanimate at instant speed, and a little bit more mill. The deck is faring well in certain departments, but is also incomplete.

Brutal_B on Living Toasters

4 years ago

Voltaic Servant may be of some use to you.

Brutal_B on Padeem Artifacts

4 years ago

I'd definitely find a spot for Mirage Mirror . Voltaic Servant would fit in nicely as well. Throw Seat of the Synod back in the main. Master Transmuter if it's within your budget. Sai, Master Thopterist should be an auto include. Saheeli's Artistry ? Metalwork Colossus ?

I'm not gonna tell you what to take out as that is hard for me to do on my own decks let alone someone else's, so I'll leave the deciding to you.

Haima13 on Alela, warden and collector

4 years ago

well somehow my comment broke. that sucks. Recommend to remove: Voltaic Servant Sprite Noble Empyrean Eagle Golem's Heart Cathedral Membrane Heraldic Banner Journeyer's Kite One of the things you have that makes things enter tapped. Maybe. And some lands.

Highly recommended: buffs creatures Reconnaissance Path of Bravery Makes stuff cost less Semblance Anvil Etherium Sculptor Recursion Dance of the Manse Stall Standstill

Recommend: Anthem(1-2 more of at most) Spear of Heliod Obelisk of Urd Leonin Sun Standard Stuff cost less Helm of Awakening Jhoira's Familiar Hatefull Diversionary Tactics Suppression Field Protec Retract Draw Slate of Ancestry Etherium Astrolabe Does Everything The Immortal Sun

Haima13 on Alela, warden and collector

4 years ago

So after looking at it real quick, here are lists of lists:

Things I would definitely take out: Show

Voltaic Servant

Voltaic Servant I don't really see much benefit for him to be here.

Empyrean Eagle

Empyrean Eagle If you can get this effect in something other than a creature, suggestions below, it would be better.

Sprite Noble

Sprite Noble Same as above, but this card is weaker than the eagle.

Golem's Heart

Golem's Heart A card that only gains you life is never very good. Suggested replacement also below.

Heraldic Banner

Heraldic Banner There is better ramp for this deck, and better buffs.

Journeyer's Kite

Journeyer's Kite Its too slow. You should definitely be drawing lands with 38 of them.

Cathedral Membrane

Cathedral Membrane Is a 1 drop(ish) but is overall a meh card.

Things I might take out: Show

Ugin, the ineffable

Ugin, the Ineffable He's mana expensive.

Kismet

Kismet nothing wrong with the card, but you do have 3 cards that do this. If you realy like this effect i would consider taking out either Icy Manipulator or Scepter of Dominance .

Hurkyl's Recall

Hurkyl's Recall Rebuild I don't know how much use these are really getting you. They would be great if you had a bunch of little artifacts(cmc<=2). This suggestion can be ignored, see cost reducers.

Still

I still think you could have far fewer lands. idk whats going on with that.

Cards to consider adding. Show

Cost Reducers

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Etherium Sculptor

Etherium Sculptor This guy is reasonably costed and isn't a 1/1. 0.20

Helm of Awakening

Helm of Awakening Still a drop, all colourless, the h isn't capital for some reason, and doesnt have a creature body that dies to board wipes. Downside that it works on everybody's spells. 4.50

Jhoira's Familiar

Jhoira's Familiar A tad pricier, but is a 2/2 flier taht also makes your commander and saga(?) cost less. 0.30

Semblance Anvil

Semblance Anvil A drop, does cost you a card, but has the potential to make multiple card types of yours cheaper. A really great card. 3.85

Foundry Inspector

Foundry Inspector He's actually a 3/2 for some reason. Costs , has a good body. 0.50

Immortal Sun

The Immortal Sun So this card does everything you want a card in your deck to do. Its just too expensive. 12.00

The Why Show

Cost reducers like this are amazing. The cheap ones let you play out the more expensive ones (the highest cost is still ) for less or nothing as well. The reason you could ignore my suggestion to remove Hurkyl's Recall and Rebuild for this is because these cost reducers would let you snowball back into your full board probably without issue. If done at the right time, you might even net mana. Spells for free are OP~

Draw

Really there isnt too much to add on this point? I'll be sending you Sensei's Divining Top , a Slate of Ancestry would probably benefit you.

Removal

There isn't much removal here. you tend to just make things happen slowly so there is less need to remove, or to make things ineffective by tapping it down it seems. There is good removal in your colors tho, so i would look at the cards like Anguished Unmaking , Angelic Purge . You have some enchant creatures that make them pretty much unusable, but harder removal like Banishing Light or Cast Out would probably be good. I know I told you that you didn't need Meteor Golem but I disagree with me.

Anthems

What? Why? Show

Anthems are cards that buff your whole field named after Glorious Anthem . Why? So this is a much larger list than the number of these you should add/have. I think that you should definitely add Reconnaissance . Then maybe pick another 1-2. My next highest recommendation would be for Spear of Heliod , because cards that do more things are better.

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Leonin Sun Standard

Leonin Sun Standard Its nice that its cheap to deploy, and offers the option to buff for a lot. 0.37

Obelisk of Urd

Obelisk of Urd Is narrower by only buffing faeries, but gives +2/+2, and has convoke so it can be pretty cheap. 2.75

Path of Bravery

Path of Bravery Can anthem pretty easily, but has the added benefit of what is probably pretty strong life-gain. 0.20

Spear of Heliod

Spear of Heliod and anthem with the added benefit of removal. 0.85

Veilstone Amulet

Veilstone Amulet Here mostly because I thought this card looked pretty interesting. Could be useful. 3.50

Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance This card is amazing in stratifies that rely on attacking. Creatures that have already dealt damage are still considered attacking, so this gives you're creatures vigilance. You can also remove your creature from combat if its blocked so that it won't take/deal damage from combat. This means that you can sing into the enemies with impunity.

Others

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Dance of the Manse

Dance of the Manse This card seems to do what you want it to. You say that people don't seem to kill you're things tho, so I can't answer that question. 0.40

Diversionary Tactics

Diversionary Tactics You like tapping creatures right? Now you can do it more. 0.20

Suppression Field

Suppression Field Seems good. Very rude. Much not activating anything. Wow. 1.25

Just some other cards i thought you might like.

Gprinziv on In-work Voltron

4 years ago

Return to Dust
Revoke Existence
Forsake the Worldly
^ The above 3 are all pretty much better than disenchant because they exile. Choose one or maybe all 3.

For removal, there are a lot of good Oblivion Ring style effects. You might want Gideon's Intervention to stop problematic commanders and the like as well.

Inventors' Fair is anothe good land you could use. Also grab an Ancient Den and Darksteel Citadel as well to maximize artifact synergies. Refurbish , Emeria, The Sky Ruin , and Open the Vaults can also let you get things out of your graveyard.

Don't forget key tutors like Enlightened Tutor and Open the Armory

Reya is probably too expensive. Sun Titan is better.
Cut Heavenly Blademaster, you don't have enough creatures to take advantage of her.
Kemba, Kha Regent would be a more appropriate one because she generates tokens as blockers and swarmers if neede.
I'm not huge on Nahiri, the Lithomancer . 5 mana to not really get a lot done but make a 1/1 and equip it once. Similarly, Ajani Goldmane doesn't seem to do a lot in your deck. I think walkers like Ugin, the Ineffable and Elspeth, Sun's Champion might just straight up be better fits. You want to capitalize on that artifact synergy.
If you absolutely need something expensive and threatening, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn or Heliod, God of the Sun are good options with baked-in indestructible.

as for artifacts and equipment, I don't think you're gonna get a lot out of Voltaic Servant or Voltaic Key . It might be better to put in other cards here. Etched Champion comes to mind.

Land Tax and Smothering Tithe may also be very big includes. The second generates artifacts for anything that needs them as well as makes lots of mana or slows your opponents down considerably. Both are good for you.

Finally, you have some fun infinite mana generation in there but... what does it do? You've got no real payoff for abusing Basalt Monolith. There's no way to chain or bounce things, no aetherflux resrvoir, etc. Maybe instead of Doubling Cube , you run more linear ramp like Sword of the Animist , Explorer's Scope , or Land Tax

Desert_Jackal on Esper vault

4 years ago

Since you're on Time Vault as a win-con I'd suggest playing the other 2 cmc transmute cards ( Shred Memory and Dimir Infiltrator ) since they find Time Vault if you need to win, and a couple of counter spells and removal spells if you need an answer. Also, Voltaic Servant is an untapper that can sometimes block, and is searchable with all your artifact tutors and your 2 cmc transmute cards.