I really like this deck!

Thoughts on Tezzeret's Touch?You have a lot of artifacts that turns into a blocker/attacker, and it bounces itself when it dies, so you can get extra value from prophetic prism etc.

I can say Tezzeret's Touch worked really well in sealed, getting extra use out of of pretty much your whole deck, I really like the changes! This deck is totally different than it was, and I totally agree that Improvise is super strong and your deck makes really good use of it I had thumbs upped it before but I will say the thumbs up is equally well deserved here as well!

iwhft and thegourmet89 thanks for the comments and the upvote!

Regarding Tezzeret's Touch: I like it more as a sideboard card than a mainboard card. It's a really good card for applying pressure or playing defensively, but I feel it slots in better in a vehicle deck, taking advantage of Heart of Kiran and Aethersphere Harvester. That way you get a lot more value out of it.

I'm gonna test it in the sideboard against aggro oriented decks!

I really like this deck (to my folder it goes)...have been working on a version of my own, just wondering with all the artifacts haven't you considered scrap trawler? Wrong case scenario it nets you back an ornithopter, also I would like to hear your opinion on walking ballista (being xx can be recurred with trawler) he seems like an answer to the saheeli combo, anyways great deck, a well deserved thumbs up!!!

Mauriciocova Thank you very much for the upvote and comment.

I've been testing Scrap Trawler in this deck, and I don't feel like it earns its place. It's a good card when you got Herald of Anguish out, but I don't feel like it synergies well with the artifacts in this deck. If you were to run Metalspinner's Puzzleknot or Hope of Girapur, I could see it mainboard. This deck runs Tezzeret's Touch in the sideboard, which works similar to Scrap Trawler.

An earlier version of this deck actually used Walking Ballista! It's really good in all stages of the game, but it was a little clunky and I decided to go faster with cards like Ornithopter instead. It also works better with Scrap Trawler like you said.

I've been trying to construct something similar to this. Herald of Anguish is my favorite card from Aether Revolt. This deck does a good job of consistently playing him though not as quickly as possible. I found this version Improvise One's Anguish a little faster but it "puts your eggs in one basket" with cards like Cathar's Shield. There's still a lot of experimenting everyone will have to do and I really want this deck to work well. Scrap Trawler and Herald of Anguish seem like a must together though. I'm probably going to work out a version with them together and Tezzeret's Touch main board for the combos.

I checked up the deck, and it does go a little faster. I think there is two directions you can go with UB Improvise. Either you go full on storm and play Cathar's Shield, Bone Saw and Ornithopter to get improvise online as fast as possible. Or you take another direction with artifact that excel in the longer matches like my deck. It's yet to be confirmed which version will be the most efficient when it comes to UB Improvise, but I like this version since it feels more consistent. Either way, thanks for the comment :)

Mechanized Production? For Etherium Cells?

Hope of Ghirapur and Heart of Kiran are better 1 and 2 drop slots especially with tezzeret

So I played this deck a bit to get a feel for the stile and I'll honestly say it feels too slow. Renegade Map and Terrarion concern me the most because they enter tapped and that hinders your ability to get your better Improvise spells out faster.

Your previous build allowed Herald of Anguish to be played turn 4, almost every game. This time I was only getting him out turn 6 or latter.

My other concern is the lack of a board wipe to deal with agro. So really, why the artifacts that enter tapped and why remove Yahenni's Expertise?

Lastly, what would you put in place of Walking Ballista if you don't have them? Currently I ran Metalwork Colossus, just to utilize the abundance of non-creature artifacts. Is there a better choice though?

Scratch that nonsense about Yahenni's Expertise lol. I just saw your list update to include it.

irishmoosetard: The Mechanized Production was an alternative win-con that could target Prophetic Prism for value :) Heart of Kiran could maybe work as a sideboard card. Not feeling it as an mainboard card. I dont want artifacts that can get removed.

Galactic_Legend Thanks for the constructive comment :) I tinker a lot with the deck atm before FNM. I didn't really expect all these views and up-votes. It's mainly for my own play testing, so sorry if I confuse a lot of people with a lot of changes :)

So I recently changed the deck and took out Ornithopter and other faster artifacts. It allowed me to play Herald of Anguish faster, and you could even add more 0 cmc cards, but I found myself empty of cards fast. Looking at the meta game from SCG, you need to be play more controlling. That's why I added Renegade Map. It enters tapped which is of course bad, but I never miss a land drop with it. Works great with Choked Estuary. It also filters out lands from the deck, so you only draw into gas! Regarding Terrarion, I removed it. Wasn't feeling that it did enough. It was nice with a previous version which played Scrap Trawler, and it had nice synergy with Herald of Anguish.

Pacification Array, and after game one Yahenni's Expertise sideboarded in, this deck should be able to control aggro. There is also extra removal for that in the sideboard.

Earlier today I had 4 x Walking Ballista in the mainboard, but it was mainly to playtest against Saheeli Cat Combo deck. I moved them to the sideboard instead. You could definitely play Metalwork Colossus in this deck! I would up the count of Inventors' Fair and add Cultivator's Caravan. You can even scratch Walking Ballista and add Unlicensed Disintegration for Saheeli instead :)

The deck is by far complete yet. I will wait and see what happens after the Pro Tour, in which I suspect some U/B improvise decks will show up.

Feel free to give me more critic and suggestions :)

Honestly I don't see the need to keep a super big hand when you have Merchant's Dockhand and Diabolic Tutor. Both being amazing cards.

I'm working on a list that runs Cogworker's Puzzleknot + Servo Schematic. As an added wincon, Ob Nixilis Reignited would be fun.

I defiantly like your list though. Up vote for you. I've got this list in my faves so I'm defiantly going to keep up with you and see where this goes :)

Diabolic Tutor? But yeah Merchant's Dockhand does let me dig through cards in the longer game, but this deck wants to be reactive, in contrary to the 0-CMC build. You need to have Fatal Push and Metallic Rebuke in your hand while you go online slowly with your artifacts (that actually does something, not like Cathar's Shield), and to do that you need to sculpt your hand. You dumb your hand and they Murder your Herald of Anguish. Now what? Cross your fingers and hope to draw into gas? I'd rather do the opposite :)

I like the servo build more than 0-cmc because they have a board pressence :) If you are running more planeswalkers, definitely play Heart of Kiran.

Thank you very much for the upvote! Top #3 today, wow :)!

I'm not sold on Aether Hub here. What are your thoughts on it from playtesting?

So far it has been running a lot more smoothly. I took out Sunken Hollow for it. With 4 x Spire of Industry I had a hard time playing the dual lands untapped, and now it's running way better. There is a chance that you only have colorless mana sources, but in that case Prophetic Prism helps fixing. Also Renegade Map if you really need a specific color.

Atm I'm happy with Aether Hub MB :)

I can recommend watching these guys stream. One of them is playing a deck that is very similar: https://www.twitch.tv/jay_tde/v/116714008?t=02h29m49s

Thanks for the response/explanation. The mana-fixing does make sense to run the automatic untapped land in aether hub. Thoughts on Tezzeret's Touch as an alternate win condition? Assuming that Herald of Anguish is our win condition here, how effective in closing out games has he been for you? Goldfishing the deck, he does come out early pretty consistently, but obviously that's without opponents slinging counters and creature removal.

Yeah the deck has two main win con at the moment. Ultimating Tezzeret the Schemer is actually quite plausible, if you are ahead. He has such a high starting loyalty, and in this shell, he's easily defendable/defends himself.

Herald of Anguish usually comes down between turn 4 - 6 if you are goldfishing. He dosn't close out games, but he adds incremental value on the board. He will get eaten up by removal a lot, so I've been toying around with some ideas. I have 3 considerations:

Alternative wincons:

Tezzeret's Touch is great in this deck since it gives a lot of value to Prophetic Prism and Metalspinner's Puzzleknot. I'd rather stick onto a Ornithopter since it has evasion, but that would mean it had to be a different build. Not sure about this one, but it could be a sideboard card!

Mechanized Production is really great with Prophetic Prism since it adds a clock + card drawing value. It's and that makes it harder to tap out, if it just gets countered. Could also be a sideboard card, or maybe a one of mainboard!

Metalwork Colossus is also a option since it works well with artifact synergy and can be tutored with Inventors' Fair. It would mean I had to take out some Herald of Anguish and other spells that are detrimental to the game plan..

Heart of Kiran is also possible, but I would have to run more PW's like Liliana, the Last Hope, Ob Nixilis Reignited or Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, but this also makes the deck weaker due to cuts

These are jsut some ideas that I have been considering so far, but I have yet to come up with which is the better.

Awesome write-up. I kind of like the idea of maybe 1 or 2 Metalwork Colossus in the mainboard. Honestly just 1 might be fine if we cut 1 Herald of Anguish or 1 Tezzeret the Schemer. The fact that we we have so much card draw, even being able to dig so hard with Merchant's Dockhand for it. The only meta card that will truly stop it is Stasis Snare? Just throwing in 1 might increase our win % without having to cut too much.

Yeah Stasis Snare and Declaration in Stone hits it. Not sure if people play Descend upon the Sinful anymore. Cutting 1x Herald of Anguish or/and 1x Tezzeret the Schemer is properly the best way. I've considered adding Yahenni's Expertise to the mainboard since I presume a lot of people are going to play G/B aggro. If so I will exchange 2x Merchant's Dockhand with 2x Yahenni's Expertise. Dockhand can come in against control builds

I would say 2 heart of kiran per 4 Tezzeret is solid.

JeppeFulg Diabolic Tutor 2BB search your deck for a card, put it into your hand and shuffle your library.

I've been looking at it as an alternate tutor to Dockhand in case he gets hit by early temoval.Granted one could side in Dispel or Negate for a control match up to deal with such issues.

I could do just fine with the main board you have but my sideboard may alter due to decks I see played at my store.

you have 3 fatal push in the main board and 2 in the side, you got 1 free card slot buddy :)

Whoops thanks man :)