TEMPERED AFFINITY

Modern Affinity Aggro Artifact Budget RUW (Jeskai, America)

Disjtujboxv

Creature (24)

• 2x Etched Champion
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 2x Master of Etherium
• 3x Memnite
• 4x Ornithopter
• 4x Signal Pest
• 3x Steel Overseer
• 4x Vault Skirge

Land (18)

• 2x City of Brass
• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 2x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 4x Spire of Industry

Artifact (8)

• 4x Cranial Plating
• 4x Springleaf Drum

Instant (3)

• 3x Galvanic Blast

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtcast

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Tempered Steel

---

Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 1x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Whipflare

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Ghirapur AEther Grid
• 2x Rest in Peace
• 1x Rule of Law

Creature (3)

• 2x Etched Champion
• 1x Spellskite

---

Maybeboard

Land (7)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Seachrome Coast

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Duress
• 1x Thoughtseize

Creature (2)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Artifact (2)

• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Welding Jar

Instant (1)

• 1x Dispatch

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Ensoul Artifact

---

This is a semi-budget build of affinity which mainly focuses on using Tempered Steel to pump our creatures and swing for the win. It's mainly a UW deck with a splash of red for Galvanic Blast since the card is too useful not to run. This deck will be slowly upgraded over time as I pick up funds and such to get the more expensive cards such as Arcbound Ravager, Mox Opal, Blinkmoth Nexus, and Inkmoth Nexus.

I'm not too sure on the sideboard at the moment though I'm happy at where it's at right now. The maybeboard is just cards I'm considerning/pet cards i might run, as well as my non-budget replacements so i don't forget.

Any suggestions and advice you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Edit: i might pull the galvanic blasts and mountain, and put in the fourth memnite, a spellskite, and two dispatch. I’m kinda not sure because on one hand, the third color makes this janky, but i just love the utility galvanic blasts provide. Main decking the spellskite helps a lot against bogles though, which is a pretty bad MU, and the memnite is great with Tempered Steel, so ehhh.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 2 Mythic Rares 21 - 3 Rares 26 - 7 Uncommons 7 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.74
Tokens	Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Modern, Killerluki 01