Tezzeret/Thoughtcast Affinity

Oathbreaker Affinity Aggro Artifact Competitive Primer UB (Dimir)

Mr_eff88

Creature (21)

• 1x Arcbound Ravager
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Frogmite
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Master of Etherium
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Myr Enforcer
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Steel Overseer
• 1x Vault Skirge

Land (18)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 2x Island
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Vault of Whispers
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtcast

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Artifact (11)

• 1x Cranial Plating
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mishra's Bauble
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smuggler's Copter
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Welding Jar

Instant (8)

• 1x Daze
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Repeal
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Swan Song

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Primer

Welcome to oathbreaker! A new 60 card singleton format that uses plainswalkers as commanders and a signature spell.

Having played legacy for a decade+, cedh, not to mention a ton of onslaught/mirrordin standard back in the day, when I first saw the format my first thought was AFFINITY.

The goal of the deck is the same as every affinity deck: as much as fast as possible. This differs from a modern affinity deck becauae it has a way of replenishing itself once it runs out of fuel in the form of a recastable thoughtcast in the command zone.

Typical progression

Turn 1: unload as many zero drop/ 1 drop artifacts as your mana allows. Mox diamond, Mox opal and lotus petal are turn 1 all-star

Turn 2: throw down a sol land and or a 2 drop creature. We want to make sure We have a blocker to protect tezz next turn.

Turn 3:get tezzeret down and plus him. He can come down turn 2 with an isolated draw but it may not always be opportune. 3 is his average turn to drop

Turn 4: go nuts this is the big action turn were the deck starts threatening lethality. By now you should have 5 or 6 artifacts out or an opponent around 14 life. Spam off 2 thoughtcast to fill your hand and put out as many artifacts as possible. The goal is to ult tezz and eliminate a player (typically the one that poses the greatest threat to you). 10 artifacts makes his ult lethal to the starting life total but 7 usual gets the job done if you have been diligently harassing your opponent with creatures for the first 3 turns.

Turn 5: ulting tezz on turn 4 typically kills him but who cares? now we have a full loaded board state with 35-40 life. Let affinity do what it does best: belch out damage. Beating down the remaining players should not be hard. Most players are just casting there commander around turn 5.

More to come..

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Top Ranked	Achieved #30 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #7 position in Oathbreaker 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Oathbreaker legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.79
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	decks i am thinking about, Oathbreaker, Deck Research, Oathbreaker, Artefacts