UB Improvise Revisited

Standard UB (Dimir)

GabeBurch

Artifact (12)

• 2x Inventor's Goggles
• 4x Renegade Map
• 4x Servo Schematic
• 2x Treasure Map  ^Flip

Instant (7)

• 4x Metallic Rebuke
• 3x Vraska's Contempt

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Tezzeret's Touch

Creature (9)

• 2x Bastion Inventor
• 3x Herald of Anguish
• 2x Sai, Master Thopterist
• 2x Skilled Animator

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Tezzeret, Artifice Master
• 3x Tezzeret the Schemer

Land (24)

• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 10x Island
• 10x Swamp

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Reverse Engineer

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Sideboard

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Battle at the Bridge
• 2x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 2x Duress
• 2x Lost Legacy
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry

Instant (4)

• 2x Fatal Push
• 1x Metallic Rebuke
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Artifact (2)

• 1x Chaos Wand
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass

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UB Improvise Revisited

I had a lot of fun playing Grixis Improvise last year so I decided to revisit the mechanic before rotation. I decided to cut the red because I wanted to keep my mana base more consistent.

The Artifacts

• Renegade Map:

  Great if you need a second Island or Swamp, and also just a good 1-drop for improvise

• Inventor's Goggles:

  Probably a card you haven't even seen played before, but it's great in this deck. All the creatures except Herald of Anguish are artificers which will get equipped for free. Also note that attacking with an equipped creature doesn't tap the equipment so this is always available for improvise

• Servo Schematic:

  Two improvise enablers for two mana means this card has a 'pseudo-free' angle as long as you are able to use both of them for improvise that turn. It's also a good target for Skilled Animator or Tezzeret's Touch. Another nice thing about this is you can sacrifice it to Sai, Master Thopterist or Herald of Anguish and get a servo at instant speed

• Treasure Map  :

  Tapping this for improvise is nice, but tapping Treasures for improvise is crazy good

The Creatures

• Skilled Animator:

  Smacking your opponent in the face on turn 3 with a Renegade Map feels great, and making your thopters big enough to win the late-game feels just as great

• Sai, Master Thopterist:

  Makes thopters and turns your chump-blockers into cards. Also great for sacrificing a couple Servo Schematics for some instant-speed blockers

• Bastion Inventor:

  Hexproof means this guy stays out on the battlefield, and with Inventor's Goggles (equipped for free) he's a commendable 5/6

• Herald of Anguish:

  Card disadvantage and removal stapled to a 5/5 flyer

The Spells

• Reverse Engineer:

  Usually you're casting this for 1UU at most, which is still great for drawing 3

• Tezzeret's Touch:

  Just like Skilled Animator, except with this you get the artifact back. Great synergy with Servo Schematic

• Metallic Rebuke:

  Lets you leave one mana open for a powerful counterspell

• Vraska's Contempt:

  The best removal in the format

The Tezzerets

• Tezzeret the Schemer:

  Drops etherium cells to be used for improvise, kills pretty much any indestructible creature, and starts pumping out 5/5s every turn once you ultimate

• Tezzeret, Artifice Master:

  Mostly here for the card draw, but thopters are always good and his ultimate can be game-ending

The Sideboard

• Battle at the Bridge:

  Great way to take down a big threat and gain some life while you're at it

• Bontu's Last Reckoning:

  For those pesky go-wide decks or hexproof creatures

• Chaos Wand:

  Good for control decks, or to exile Approach of the Second Sun

• Duress:

  Get combo pieces out of their hand

• Fatal Push:

  Slow green down by taking out their mana dorks, or protect yourself from small aggressive threats

• Lost Legacy:

  Can't cast Nexus of Fate if you get rid of it first

• Saheeli's Artistry:

  Copy their Ghalta, Primal Hunger or Gigantosaurus, and get a bonus Treasure Map   or Inventor's Goggles

• Sorcerous Spyglass:

  Planeswalker hate

I know this isn't a groundbreaking deck, but I've been playing it on Arena lately and it's been really fun with over a 50% win rate which is enough for me to take it to the shop. I'd appreciate any advice - thanks :)

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 11 - 9 Rares 8 - 3 Uncommons 14 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.33
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Tezzeret the Schemer, Emblem Tezzeret, Artifice Master, Etherium Cell, Servo 1/1 C, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure