Toolbox Tempo!
Find a threadt, play it out, and beat them down. The rest of the deck runs interference. This deck is a blast to play and surprisingly effective.
Inspired Theme
Disciple of Deceit does it all! The deck's enables instant access to the inspired effect. It finds the artifact, the enchantment, the protection, or the removal that you need when you need it. Anytime you don't like the card you have, trade it for a better one!
For example: You attack with DoD, they block, you instant-untap, discard a card and search for anything you need: Bile Blight to kill their blocker; Titanic Growth to deal extra damage ; Negate to foil their removal; Spring Leaf Drum so you can next time tap without attacking.
Kiora's Follower - repeatable instant-speed untap for inspired tricks.
Triton Tactics - instant untap and a great combat trick.
Springleaf Drum - ensoul for beats, or inspired tap (even on the turn it's played) and get free mana!
Daring Thief - you like their cards better? Steal them!
Pain Seer - instant card draw
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed - their creatures become our mana. repeatably!
Toolbox
Whatever you have, you can trade for what you need. Besides searching for any of the above, we have these value plays:
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Ornithopter - ensoul it, activate Springleaf Drum, trade it, or with Disciple tutor up a land.
Radiant Fountain - 2 life, why not.
Darksteel Citadel - the ideal target of Ensoul Artifact.
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Gather Courage, Ranger's Guile, Spring Leaf Drum, Triton Tactics, Vortex Elemental
Combat tricks, combo enabler, board control.
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Disciple of Deceit, Kiora's Follower - the tool changers
Bile Blight, Ensoul Artifact, Negate, Pain Seer, Rakshasa Deathdealer, Titanic Growth, Ultimate Price
Counters, Removal, Protection, Threats
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Bow of Nylea - The Bow is full of value here. All 5 abilities can matter: 1) your little attackers get deathtouch. 2) you can make them bigger 3) you can ping enemy flyers. maybe combine with Bile Blight to take out a dragon. 4) gain life if you're racing. 5) and most importantly, recycle your best cards to be fetched again with the Disciple. Finally, you can ensoul it, making a 5/5 flying deathtouch artifact enchantment creature. :-)
Daring Thief, Dissolve, Marang River Prowler, Monastery Siege, Pharika, God of Affliction, Sultai Charm
Removal, Protection, Threats, Card Advantage
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Clever Impersonator - The perfect answer to many threats: a mirror image. OR, double your own threat.
King Macar, the Gold-Cursed - repeatable kill. a great way to catch up against a lot of decks.
Horizon Chimera - Life gain (offsetting Pain Seer life loss)
Sideboard
Most cards are obvious, but a few notable items:
Jace, the Living Guildpact - combo with Daring Thief. Lets you bounce something from THEIR board to YOUR hand, AND steal and use their planeswalker. (and they get only a Jace +1).
Retraction Helix - inspired enabler, and retrieving things the thief gave away.
Icy Blast - one-drop search, inspired enabler, beatdown enabler AND defense.
Setessan Tactics - removal and inspired enabler. Good with Hornet Nest
Sidisi's Faithful - retrieve your dead card.
Profaner of the Dead - token sweep, heroic answer in combo with pumps.
Polymorphist's Jest - beat hexproof, unkillable guys in combat.
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard: tap=search a creature and put it in play.
