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Hi its Ray

Please add a Stonehewer Giant and a Quest for the Holy Relic

Although Stonehewer Giant is powerful, I think it is too slow to use up a spot in this deck. Quest for the Holy Relic doesn't immediately do anything and sometimes this deck won't ever play 5 creatures.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

I personally like Accorder's Shield just to activate Metalcraft faster.

Although Accorder's Shield does boost metalcraft, it just isn't good enough to go into this deck; I am trying to make it as competitive as possible. It also doesn't give a power boost, and the goal of this deck is to go on the offensive.

I appreciate the suggestion, thanks.

I love it! Definitely gets my +1! It's got a good strategy and looks like a lot of fun to play. I don't know if you're aware, but Containment Priest is banned in legacy :(

Really? Since when?

Also, thanks for the +1!

since always, she was printed specifically for commander.

I believe that all the cards printed in the commander decks are legacy legal unless they are specifically banned, but I am not 100% sure. The preist isn't on the official banned list for legacy either.

@ShadowsofChaos and dragon_slayer

Containment Priest is definitely Legacy legal... as are the rest of the cards printed in commander series decks like Flusterstorm and True-Name Nemesis.

Containment Priest is legal in legacy. All cards from supplemental products are (if they are not on the ban list). True-Name Nemesis was also printed as a commander card, and are used alot in legacy.

also.. Mirran Crusader is pretty good. I run 2 of him in my Death & Taxes deck. He has built in protection from goyf :).

Yes, that's what I thought about Containment Priest.

smackjack I was debating Mirran Crusader for a long time. Cound he replace Sword of Body and Mind or something in the sideboard?

I think you should move Sword of Body and Mind to your sideboard. The card helps your opponent if he is playing graveyard oriented deck. Same thing with Sword of Feast and Famine, altho F&F is much better than B&M. Maybe you could move SoF&F and SoB&M to sideboard to include 2x Mirran Crusader?. Maybe 4x Mox Opal is one too much? With so many artifacts over 0-1 mana you dont want the opal in your opening hand. Maybe remove one opal for a third crusader?

I was actually thinking of removing Sword of Body and Mind altogether because it is just bad. I was testing out one copy of Argentum Armor, which has been working very well so far.

Mox Opal is actually very useful in this deck for mana acceleration because of all the artifact lands. A turn 1 play of Ancient Den, AEther Vial, Mox Opal, and Mother of Runes is a great opening.

Just a bit of sideboard input: I would cut the last tormod's crypt and add another grafdigger's cage. Grafdigger's cage sticks around to trigger metalcraft and hoses elves. Additionally, it's not a one shot use. I'm also not so sure about catyclism because it costs 4 and creature based decks make up a very small part of the metagame. In the mainboard it also seems like you can't reliably trigger metalcraft for mox opal, so maybe increasing your early game artifact count is the way to go.

Maybe ethersworn canotist in the main...

Aidenfoucault--Thanks for your input!

The reason that I like having a copy of Tormod's Crypt as opposed to the 3rd copy of Grafdigger's Cage is because Grafdigger's Cage can't actually remove the cards in your opponent's graveyard, while Tormod's Crypt can. I was debating using Relic of Progenitus to avoid the one-time use downside, but I decided on Tormod's Crypt because it costs 0 which helps with metalcraft.

Although creature-based decks may not be huge in legacy, I have a singe copy of Cataclysm because I need at least 1 piece of creature hate or else I would be killed by decks like goblins.

With all the artifact lands running around in the deck, it is actually relatively easy to activate metalcraft in the early game for Mox Opal.

Ethersworn Canonist definitely could go in the main, however in some matches it would just be a vanilla 2/2. Also, what would it replace?

Thanks again for your suggestions!

Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip

Ethersworn Canonist

Colgate--Although Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip is good, it is too situational to warrant a spot in this deck (you need to play it with Stoneforge Mystic, the creature needs to deal combat damage, etc).

matthew352--Ethersworn Canonist is already in my sideboard...

Argentum Armor is even more situational, you need to play it with Stoneforge Mystic and equip it with Puresteel Paladin,

But Argentum Armor has a much bigger reward when you equip it, whereas you still need to deal combat damage in order to transform Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip. Also, the demon can easily be removed.