This deck does its best to mimic a modern artifact affinity deck by dropping cheap artifact creatures and artifacts early game and buffing them up with Ensoul Artifact in as early as turn 2 with flying or indestructible, while quietly setting up for the home run;
Scuttling Doom Engine
or
Jace, the Living Guildpact
and stream lined with
Divination
and controlled with Stubborn Denial. An artifact with 5/5 should easily run over early threats, sideboard with
Hydrosurge
if large creatures become a problem.
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Bronze Sable
easily a card you can scratch your head with. It's simply a low cost artifact creature that's a target for Ensoul Artifact and
Ghostfire Blade
sweetness
Chief Engineer
this sneaky bastard sneaks in the big guys by allowing you to tap your little guys to jump a few turns to inevitably summon
Scuttling Doom Engine
or
Colossus of Akros
.
Darksteel Citadel simply a target for Ensoul Artifact which thus creates a 5/5 indestructible monstrosity.
Divination
You're gonna want that draw power. Generally an oh shit, I need options now now now card.
Ensoul Artifact the main strategy of this deck. With 20 artifact targets to choose from, there's no shortage of enemy beat downs.
Ghostfire Blade
When I saw this on the spoilers my eyes exploded. I thought they were literally thinking of this deck when they created but I realized it's actually more intended for Morphing creatures. However it has this awesome side effect of boosting the shit of this deck as well. Number one, it's freaking cost 1, very good; can play on t1. Number 2, it's 2 colorless less to cast on colorless creatures? Uh hello, this deck is comprised of mostly artifact creatures, BAM synergy! So now we can rock 7/7's like nothing. Or equip it to the awful
Bronze Sable
and suddenly it's formidable 4/3 on t3, what what what??
Heliod's Pilgrim
as you know Ensoul Artifact is the central theme of this deck, it becomes exceptionally useful if I can pull it from the deck at any moment's notice. This can probably be dropped down to only 3 but I haven't thought of a replacement, so help me out here.
Jace, the Living Guildpact
You guys have whined loud enough to replace
Colossus of Akros
as a fun alternative, but now it's serious! It's real purpose is to accelerate the deck and provide a distraction and if not answered by turn 8, then your opponent has a very poor chance of coming back into the game.
Ornithopter amazing cost for a cheap blocker and become a 5/5 flier and it can be attached with ghostfire bladel for 2/4 flying threat. This seemingly non threatening 0/2 will END you, good game! Alternatively, sneak in some freaking hits in with a
Ghostfire Blade
, what? Those 2 damage over your head adds up over time!
Phyrexian Revoker generally it is a cheap artifact creature. It could have been vanilla but it's Pithing Needle effect is spectacular! Great target for Ensoul Artifact and
Ghostfire Blade
sweetness.
Scuttling Doom Engine
the knock out punch of the deck and easily brought out by the
Chief Engineer
Springleaf Drum
ramping for the big guys and mana fixing for
Heliod's Pilgrim
also a target for Ensoul Artifact
Stubborn Denial This card has since replaced Negate and it is simply AMAZING in this deck. It's flexible enough to set the opponent back early game and then powerful AND efficiently enough to stop any would be threats on as early as turn 3!
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Sideboard is designed against aggro and control. This deck falls short vs. Heavy target removal.