Guardian Automaton

Artifact Creature — Construct

When Guardian Automaton dies, you gain 3 life.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

capriom85 on

8 years ago

This archetype is my pick for best deck no one plays. Honestly, you're doing it wrong, though. You want to play Naya (RWG). You can splash for Sorin, but Read the Bones and Visions of Brutality aren't needed and muck up your mana base.

Take out:3 Read the Bones4 Immolating Glare4 Visions of Brutality1 Sorin, Grim Nemesis3 Silent Skimmer3 Guardian Automaton3 Wild-Field Scarecrow4 Skin Invasion  ^Flip

Put in:4 Traverse the Ulvenwald this will fix your mana4 Silkwrap2 Declaration in Stone4 Goldnight Castigator this is your wincon. Don't be afraid of it.1 Yoked Ox1 Wall of Resurgence1 Fortified Rampart4 Shape the Sands

That leaves 4 slots for you to play with I. Whatever way you feel best bi suggest some red burn like Roast or Radiant Flames

What you basically want to do is start of with Yoked Ox into Silkwrap. This goes Assault Formation & Traverse the Ulvenwald to grab a Mountain so you can play a T4 Goldnight Castigator and swing 9. Next turn you want to hit Goldnight Castigator with Shape the Sands and win.The rest of your deck keeps you alive until you find the angel to win for you. No one is going to attack into 4/4s and 6/6s so early in the game with Assault Formation out.

alanwescoat on Constructicon Standard (Super Budget!)

8 years ago

Vortexflame, the cards it loses at rotation are Tomb of the Spirit Dragon and Ugin's Construct. I doubt that there will be a suitable replacement for the lifegain, but the deck would still be playable substituting Wastes or something. Unfortunately, the deck needs a cheap bomb with a solid enough body to block effectively, pose a threat, and defy easy burn range, so I would have to see what is available in the new set to replace Ugin's Construct. There appears to be nothing currently in Standard which would properly replace it, but Shadows over Innistrad or the next set might give us something. Currently, Guardian Automaton seems like the best substitute in Standard, and that card is rubbish of rubbish, but I would never put it past myself to try it for the win...L.O.L.

So far, it looks like Wizards is giving us short windows for decks like this to be viable in Standard. My Blue Steel and RUbots decks were likewise briefly viable, landing me numerous first-place and second-place wins on a small budget.

SmokeyBear15 on

8 years ago

Hey, nice deck! You've got some things that I've been meaning to work in to my own Daretti deck, such as Hellkite Igniter and Alhammarret's Archive. I'm a bit of a cheap-ass, but I need to invest in a Hellkite Tyrant and a Mirrorworks. If you wanna take a look at mine, it's here: Modified Daretti artifact deck. I'd love any feedback. :)

I would recommend removing Masterwork of Ingenuity since you have only 3 equipments total. Does that end up useful for you often? I may be wrong in assuming it's not useful.

Also, I might recommend swapping Bottle Gnomes for Guardian Automaton, since triggering when it dies is more versatile, IMO. Another great card to consider is Mycosynth Golem, especially if you ever end up more creature heavy. And if you have decent recursion going (aka, Daretti's emblem), Arcbound Crusher can be amazing.