"Affinity" (Legacy)
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Score: 9
Standard Affinity Build
| Estimated cost | $81.76 |
| Format | Legacy |
| Sets | 2011 Core Set, Shards of Alara, Lorwyn, Tenth Edition, Future Sight, Fifth Dawn, Darksteel, Mirrodin |
| Cards | 60 |
| Date | 2009-02-16 23:54:31 |
Creature (23)
- 4x Arcbound Ravager
- 4x Arcbound Worker
- 4x Frogmite
- 4x Master of Etherium
- 3x Myr Enforcer
- 4x Ornithopter
Sorcery (4)
- 4x Thoughtcast
Instant (3)
- 3x Soul's Fire
Land (18)
- 4x Ancient Den
- 2x Blinkmoth Nexus
- 4x Great Furnace
- 4x Seat of the Synod
- 4x Vault of Whispers
Artifact (12)
- 4x Chromatic Star
- 4x Cranial Plating
- 4x Springleaf Drum
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Sideboard (15)
- 3x Delay
- 4x Ethersworn Canonist
- 4x Relic of Progenitus
- 4x Thoughtseize
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sweet - the cheap artifacts and artifact lands are great for attaching a beefy plating to the ornithopter on turn four or five and flying the hell out of them, or similarly casting a pumped master and soul-firing away half of their life.
That canonist in the sideboard would be a great way to slow down opponents, but there'd have to be 4 of them to make it effective - perhaps as a replacement for the enforcers or ravangers? Delay is perfect for dealing with counterspells and artifact removal - by the time the delayed spell comes back into play, you'll have already almost won.
Anyway, this looks like a lot of fun to play, especially if your opponent doesn't know what's coming. Playing expensive cards for free is always a good thing, and affinity definitely lets you do that. After a few mental playthroughs, it seems like you could easily do lethal damage either through a beefy ornithopter or soul fire on turn 7 without needing much luck drawing.
Excellent use of artifacts. This is a great deck.