Help tuning up Affinity post-Aether Revolt

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Posted on Jan. 26, 2017, 6:03 p.m. by RedUndead40

So, mainly I need help deciding what to swap out so that I can try my hand at running 3x Hope of Ghirapur. However, any advice as to the general build is appreciated as well.

Decklist - Competitive Grixis Affinity

To quote the description of the deck, here is the way I want my particular take on this archetype to function:

"I generally start each matchup with the shown mainboard. Complete aggression and hope to catch the opponent off guard.

Game 2 I will always sideboard heavily. I expect you to sideboard against me, so I start to remove the aggressive elements (Ensoul Artifact, Thoughtcast, Master of Etherium, sometimes Galvanic Blast) for more resilient, anti-anti-affinity cards (Thoughtseize, Spell Pierce, Etched Champion, Nature's Claim / Ancient Grudge when necessary) to proactively address your answers to my own playstyle, and try to throw you off in the process by changing playstyles so significantly between rounds."

I was thinking of swapping out the Signal Pests for Hope of Ghirapur. Does that seem like a good swap?

Wurmlover says... #2

swap 1 signal pest, 1 ensoul artifact, and 1 galvanic blast.

January 26, 2017 6:13 p.m.

RedUndead40 says... #3

That seems fair. I was actually thinking of finally eliminating Steel Overseer from the deck entirely. As much as I love that card he always feels slow in this deck. That frees me up one slot in mainboard and another in side that could be traded for one of the cards you mentioned.

Just updated it slightly.

January 26, 2017 6:20 p.m. Edited.

Servo_Token says... #4

I don't particularly see an upside to running this new card. Like, it is only really useful against decks like ad nauseum and Tron. Why would you want to take out your long game plan for something that's so marginal?

January 26, 2017 8:16 p.m.

Ohthenoises says... #5

Personally I'm running Smuggler's Copter with great success. Main reason is it loots for cranial plating smoothing out my draws.

As for Hope, I'm not really a fan. It's a 1/1 for 1 that doesn't really do much to affect the game.

January 27, 2017 7:44 a.m.

Boza says... #6

Why are you not adding Spire of Industry from aether revolt? Also, if your gameplan is "Complete aggression and hope to catch the opponent off guard", removing aggressive cards to introduce 1/1 fliers that should be strict sideboard material (see Xantid Swarm in legacy) is not a good idea.

January 27, 2017 9:26 a.m.