
Masterwork of Ingenuity
Artifact — Equipment
You may have Masterwork of Ingenuity enter the battlefield as a copy of any Equipment on the battlefield.
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Format | Legality |
Commander / EDH | Legal |
Legacy | Legal |
1v1 Commander | Legal |
Canadian Highlander | Legal |
Oathbreaker | Legal |
Casual | Legal |
Custom | Legal |
Highlander | Legal |
Duel Commander | Legal |
2019-10-04 | Legal |
Limited | Legal |
Leviathan | Legal |
Vintage | Legal |
Tiny Leaders | Legal |
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Masterwork of Ingenuity Discussion
stellarnear on
Balan dans ta gueule
1 month ago
Emerge Unscathed>Benevolent Blessing
Masterwork of Ingenuity>Commander's Plate
Sunspear Shikari>Armored Skyhunter
Sensei's Divining Top>Scroll Rack
StopShot on
Elsha's Infinite Voltron
4 months ago
Cards I’d cut:
Basilisk Collar - You don’t need deathtouch and your other lifelink equipment are more desirable.
Helm of the Host - Creating extra 3/3 prowess creatures isn’t worth it.
Sigiled Sword of Valeron, Sword of Body and Mind - the slight power boost and token production aren’t worth it.
Sword of Sinew and Steel, Sword of War and Peace - not enough payoff to justify these. Light and Shadow is a bit weak because you don’t have much creatures to reanimate, but the pro-white/pro-black is good at stopping removal and evading blockers. Truth and Justice feels also weak, but you’re getting a bigger beater every turn which is improving your damage output. Fire and Ice and Feast and Famine are the best swords to keep and not cut.
Sword of Vengeance - First Strike won’t matter when you get enough equipment and 3 to equip is a lot when you want haste. Run Haunted Cloak instead.
Armory Automaton - Cute but doesn’t contribute anything to you smacking your opponent with your commander.
Godo, Bandit Warlord - Clunky. I know he can be used as part of an infinite combo, but infinite combos should be added in when you have your 100 cards set aside and can start replacing them.
Leonin Shikari - It can make a bunch of cute interactions, but I think you can go without it. Run Sram, Senior Edificer instead.
Brainstorm - it might be good for removing lands but you should run Druidic Satchel over it as its a repeatable Rampant Growth in this deck, though since you’re trying to cut cards I think you can go without either.
Remember the Fallen, Serum Visions, Sevinne's Reclamation - Remove these as you can go without them. If you’re worried about losing your stuff you should run Academy Ruins as it only takes up a land slot.
Mystic Forge - Your commander is already doing its job for you.
Masterwork of Ingenuity, Mirrormade - These are situational cards that vary on what you have out. They also provide amazing incentives for your opponents to destroy the original equipment effectively 2-for-1’ing you.
Epicurus on
Mardu Knights
6 months ago
Love it.
Other equipment you may have already considered:
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Loxodon Warhammer (underrated, in my experience, and awesome with first strike)
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Swiftfoot Boots (actually better in equipment decks than Lightning Greaves, because hexproof > shroud)
Also, off theme for knights, but Goblin War Drums and/or Angrath, Captain of Chaos, or anything else that gives menace. Just an awesome ability for aggro in general.
Cheers!
T_Dog345 on T_Dog345
9 months ago
Alright, let's see if maybe this will help. I'm really new to everything on here sorry. //Lands 2 Dismal Backwater 1 Dimir Guildgate 2 Submerged Boneyard 4 Evolving Wilds 2 Desert of the Mindful 1 Arcane Lighthouse 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Temple of the False God
//Spells 4 Duress 2 Ghoulcaller's Chant 3 Macabre Waltz 3 Sleep 4 Slip Through Space 2 Taigam's Scheming 4 Tome Scour 4 Lich's Caress 4 Sovereign's Bite 4 Resourceful Return 3 March of the Returned 1 In Garruk's Wake 1 Army of the Damned 1 Dutiful Return 1 Decompose 1 Worst Fears 1 Rise of the Dark Realms 4 Hubris 4 Countermand 1 Tezzeret's Touch 1 Paranoid Delusions 1 Coerced Confession 2 Mind Sculpt 1 Compelling Argument 1 Index 1 Redirect 1 Dream Twist 2 Gift of Tusks 2 Rewind 3 Thought Scour 2 Psychic Spiral 1 Gigadrowse 4 Negate 1 Overwhelming Denial 1 Dramatic Reversal 1 Impulse 2 Cremate 3 Crypt Incursion 2 Grim Harvest 1 Scarab Feast 1 Grim Return 1 Gravepurge 1 Dark Ritual 4 Font of Return 3 Death's Approach 2 Cast into Darkness 1 Triskaidekaphobia 1 Grave Betrayal 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead 3 Invisibility 2 Curiosity 4 Curse of the Bloody Tome 3 Illusory Wrappings 3 Ice Over 1 Chronic Flooding 1 Navigator's Ruin 1 Chant of the Skifsang 3 Bone Saw 3 Millstone 3 Tormod's Crypt 2 Trepanation Blade 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity 1 Sol Ring 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Illusionist's Bracers 1 Codex Shredder 1 Profane Memento 1 Loxodon Warhammer 1 Bonehoard 1 Trusty Machete 1 Mirari 1 Argentum Armor
//Creatures 1 Archetype of Finality 1 Overeager Apprentice 1 Agent of Erebos 1 Butcher Ghoul 1 Risen Executioner 1 Dutiful Attendant 1 Sly Requisitioner 1 Sepulchral Primordial 2 Zombie Assassin 1 Nightmare 1 Marshmist Titan 3 Graven Abomination 4 Workshop Assistant 4 Guardians of Meletis 2 Phyrexian Revoker 2 Ornithopter 1 Juggernaut 2 Veilborn Ghoul 2 Minotaur Abomination 4 Undead Servant 3 Gravedigger 2 Mogis's Marauder 2 Bogstomper 4 Walking Corpse 3 Corpse Hauler 4 Gravewaker 2 Returned Phalanx 3 Faerie Miscreant 1 Master of Predicaments 2 Benthic Giant 1 Stormtide Leviathan 4 Screeching Skaab 2 Seer of the Last Tomorrow 1 Floating-Dream Zubera 3 Fog Bank 1 Possessed Skaab 3 Armored Skaab 2 Murmuring Phantasm 1 Wall of Frost 4 Doorkeeper 1 Clever Impersonator 1 Jace's Mindseeker 1 Oculus 1 Mindshrieker 1 Willbreaker 1 Spellweaver Eternal 1 Wall of Mist 1 Sultai Skullkeeper 1 Diregraf Captain
ShreddedByCrows on
Offenza is the Best Defenza
10 months ago
Lots of subthemes you got there, that's some interesting challenge. All in all, you're running way too many high-costed cards for a Commander that generally revolves around more of an aggressive strategy. I'll further provide you a personalized list of adjustments, trying my best to keep it at the lowest budget as possible.
Very first thing, 37 lands is too much for an Anafenza deck imo. You can easily go down to 35/34 in order to feel more proactive. That being said, the mana base of your decklist is pretty unstable, and you'll need better mana rocks, around 5/6 good rocks should do it helping you stabilizing.
The second thing to bring up is that you play loads and loads of creatures with actually specific abilities that don't always combine altogether well. Like, for example, in which way would Slimefoot, the Stowaway help Anafenza, the Foremost being consistent? My answer, without another kind of appreciation than logic: not any single one. If you need cheap legendary to keep it up with your theme, there are better options, but remind that this was only a little example.
Finally, you lack reactivity because of very few instant/flash spells. It's not as necessary as some think, but still have a way to protect dutifully your creatures is a key for aggro/midrange decks in EDH. Being able to answer what your opponents bring up to the tape is moreover essential, and I don't see enough removals/tricks in there.
So, let's take a closer look from now on. I'll make some different categories starting with the cuts to make it easier to read.
1.) Back to 100 cards:
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Abzan Battle Priest > not bad on its own, fits decently in some casual decks with +1/+1 as their central archetype. It's not a good card to include since you aren't only focusing on this aspect. It's too slow, unreliable.
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Abzan Falconer > same comment
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Mer-Ek Nightblade > still the same / it's even the worst one
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Tuskguard Captain > still and still water
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Spirit of the Hearth > overcosted, overrated, no particular reason to include this card there even if a Cat Spirit feels pretty cool
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Wingmate Roc > not bad but too slow, doesn't synergize well with your themes, in concurrence with just better cards on the spot
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Soul of the Harvest > overcosted card draw outlet, I'll procure you some better option for a cheap price
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Slimefoot, the Stowaway > despite being legendary, doesn't do much
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Reya Dawnbringer > recursion is like... really good, but damn this card is slow and bad. You have to wait one whole turn for it to trigger, with only cards like Shalai, Voice of Plenty in your list to protect it. Yeah, I don't think it'll happen often. Definitively cut.
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Noosegraf Mob > +1/+1 card but without any real synergies. You have better options.
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Mowu, Loyal Companion > a bad Pir, Imaginative Rascal is just bad
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Lena, Selfless Champion > too slow
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Hornet Queen > good card but doesn't fit in there, seems like a weird choice of token generator
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Parhelion II > cool card, poor consistency there
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Quietus Spike > same: cool card, poor consistency
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Kaya, Bane of the Dead > slow removal, pretty bad imo
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Brave the Sands > non-mbo with Anafenza, overrated card
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Abundance > good card, not needed there
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Kin-Tree Invocation > not bad not good, lacks interactions
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Mirari's Wake > same comment as for Abundance
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Leyline of Abundance > not enough interactions
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Panharmonicon > not enough interactions
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Trostani, Selesnya's Voice > not enough interactions
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Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord > not enough interactions
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Oketra's Monument / Rhonas's Monument > not needed, too slow
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3 basic lands
2.) Cheap Improvements:
2.1.) Mana Rocks:
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Sol Ring > yeh it's boring to see this card everywhere I know
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Talisman of Unity / Talisman of Hierarchy / Talisman of Resilience > better than the Signet Cycle and affordable since Horizon is a recent expension
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Fellwar Stone > excellent mana rock, tapping for every color most of the time
2.2.) More removals:
Those are the classical ones you surely know. They are easily affordable and would give your deck a small lift at controlling the board state.
2.3.) Better Legendaries:
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Mikaeus, the Lunarch > not the cheapest already, but really effective, almost a staple for your deck style
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Hope of Ghirapur > underrated card, does a lot, insane with recursion to lock down a combo player at low cost
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Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit > certainly a staple / and somewhat a reason to get rid of the token subtheme which is maybe a bit too much
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Syr Faren, the Hengehammer > also certainly a staple / aggressive, good interactions with Anafenza, better than lords already in your deck
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Kethis, the Hidden Hand > Yawgmoth's Will for legendaries? I'll take that. It could also be a nice alternative commander when you face more control-ish decks you're stuck against, enabling you to have an efficient late game on its own once made your commander.
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Mangara of Corondor > Legendary creature which works as a nonsituational removal. Really good. Even if you can't always activate it when it hits the table, your opponents have to get rid of it using their hand resources and you make 1 for 1.
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Masako the Humorless > Underplayed card / can be a game-changer / and it's a legendary creature.
2.4.) Voltron Outlet:
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Swiftfoot Boots / Lightning Greaves > those are staples
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Sword of the Animist > ramp while keeping the pressure on your opponents
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Hero's Blade > certainly a staple there with your legendary subtheme
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Blackblade Reforged > same comment as for Hero's Blade
2.5.) Other cool cards to look at:
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Throne of the God-Pharaoh > feels like a staple / Legendary
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Vivien's Arkbow > cheap tutor / overall excellent
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Vivien, Champion of the Wilds > flash out your creatures for more survivability and tricks
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Primevals' Glorious Rebirth > excellent win condition / recursion
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Kamahl's Druidic Vow > excellent win condition / Genesis wave for legendaries' madmen
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Eladamri's Call > staple / it's cheap now that it's been re-edited in Modern Horizons, I'll try to get a copy of it by trading/buying it if I were you
3.) Medium Budget Improvements:
3.1.) Mana Rocks:
3.2.) Even more removals:
3.3.) Legendaries' Staples:
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Saffi Eriksdotter > ameliorated Brought Back on a legendary creature
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Rishkar, Peema Renegade > nice ramp, +1/+1 counters, overall really strong
3.4.) Neverending Voltron Outlet:
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Konda's Banner > Yeh, it's a little bit expensive money speaking, but it does everything you're searching for, like a bridge between your Cats, your legends and your Voltron strategy.
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Skullclamp > staple
3.5.) Cool cards:
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Eternal Witness > best green recursion card
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Green Sun's Zenith > one of the best green tutors
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Scout's Warning > good card overall, cycles when you don't need it
4.) Expensive Improvements:
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Finale of Devastation > tutor, win condition, not a necessity though
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Blade of Selves > good equipment, not a necessity
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Umezawa's Jitte > Core tool of lots of Voltron decks, would be necessary if you want to confront this deck to more competitive ones.
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Swords' package > same comment as for the Jitte
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Mox Amber / Mox Opal > definitively both staples, but really expensive, could be replaced with other suggested mana rocks even if you won't get the same efficiency
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Thalia, Guardian of Thraben > meta-depending staple
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Gaddock Teeg > meta-depending staple
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Liliana, the Last Hope > card-draw/legendary
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Loyal Retainers > staple if you're going more in the legendary archetype
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Heroic Intervention / Teferi's Protection > protect your stuff staples
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Selvala, Heart of the Wilds > card-draw/legendary/ramp
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Reki, the History of Kamigawa > card-draw/legendary
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Captain Sisay > staple / tutor / legendary
5.) Some other cards you could try (which I mostly haven't, or for which I have a doubt about their efficiency):
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Sigil of Distinction > feels Voltron-ish
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Sigiled Sword of Valeron > interacts with Anafenza, creates tokens, Voltron equipment
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Masterwork of Ingenuity > I used it long ago in my Tajic's deck, which was globally a Voltron deck running between 15/20 pieces of equipment. Dunno if it could be of use there but it's a good card for sure.
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Heart of Kiran > good card overall, you can Crew it and buff the creature you used to do so with Anafenza. That being said, I think it may reveal too inconsistent.
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Sensei Golden-Tail > seems funny
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Kunoros, Hound of Athreos > powerful hate-bear with good stats and abilities, certainly really good in a more good-stuff oriented iteration.
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Isamaru, Hound of Konda > Lil' bro' of Kunoros doubtlessly, made for aggressive purposes. Good overall.
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Thalia, Heretic Cathar > also more of a good-stuff card.
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Taranika, Akroan Veteran > I never played her but damn she seems strong af.
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Hua Tuo, Honored Physician > repeatable recursion.
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Pir, Imaginative Rascal > not that I dislike it, however Hardened Scales already was a bad card if I'm honest. Pir is a tad bit better. Certainly better than Corpsejack Menace you're running, and carries more interactions.
Azeworai on
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
11 months ago
As for cordialities, welcome to the format! First decks are always a crucible, so I shall do what I can to aid.
I will abstain from mana-base suggestions, for I don't know the deck's potential budget.
I don't have an equipment deck myself, so I shall do my best. Seeing the commander, rather than a single creature being stacked with everything on it, Syr Gwyn seems to prefer many creatures, perhaps endighted by a single equipment.
Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots are both phenomenal.
There are some cards I am unsure of.
Masterwork of Ingenuity is dependent on there being equipment on the field, so you may prefer something such as Sculpting Steel.
A card I run in my black decks is Painful Truths, which is fantastic for fastly paced decks.
Having a package of cards for each tutor is always a great plan. Seeing as that you run Open the Armory, granting the tutor utility outside of just equipment seems wise. Darksteel Mutation and Prison Term are favourites of mine, so now the tutor can be a kill spell.
Auriok Steelshaper seems like a given, and Blacklance Paragon is a fine trick. Gideon, Ally of Zendikar propels your militia of knights whilst being a lovely threat after a wrath resolves.
Now, Haakon, Stromgald Scourge is a splendid engine for the deck to have, but this means a graveyard sub-theme would be relevant. Faithless Looting may aid in card draw; Cathartic Reunion fills a same role; Entomb, Dread Return and Unburial Rites are similar to find with entomb; Buried Alive finds Haakon and some fuel for it; Cavalier of Night and Cavalier of Flame may suffice; Corpse Knight is prolific in its affliction; Dauntless Bodyguard has utility for cheap; Hero of Bladehold just gets scary far too quickly, as does Hero of Oxid Ridge; Midnight Reaper is fantastic; Marton Stromgald is selcouth to most and absolutely destructive; and Khorvath Brightflame could be quite the finisher; Worthy Knight can swarm quickly; and Ashenmoor Liege bestows power across the board.
Skullclamp and Grafted Wargear could be a fun package to run. Equip Skullclamp, then Grafted Wargear to the same creature. Attach the Wargear to another creature, the other one will die and you draw two cards, all for one mana.
For the bromidic staples; Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, and Despark are all great.
For an aggressive deck, as I'd assume this to be, Tymna the Weaver can draw cards abound. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, who may not be a knight, is quite the reanimation engine. Buried Ruin to get back equipment could be a worthy inclusion.
As for your decklist, the only cards I would consider ablating are Order of Midnight, Vona, Butcher of Magan, Heirloom Blade, and Helm of the Host. Of these, Order of Midnight has the most utility. It brings something back, then can become an evasive threat to put some junk onto. Heirloom Blade just seems far too slow. Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord is interesting. I'm not too big of a fan, but the lifelink seems relevant. Vona, Butcher of Magan doesn't actually do all of that much. She gives a deck that is attempting to swarm, equip, and maybe reanimate another hole to jump down. Now, Utter End is (in my humble opinion) an overplayed card. It's four mana to kill something Four. Sure, it's an instant, but it's four mana. I prefer Vindicate
That shall be all from me. My condolences if this sounded blunt, but I had a lot to say and I attempted to be as laconic as possible.
May fortune be with you!
king-saproling on
Equipment Deck Without White? What a great idea :P
1 year ago
Cool deck! You might like these: Deadeye Quartermaster , Godo, Bandit Warlord , Bludgeon Brawl , Masterwork of Ingenuity , Mirrorworks , Hammer of Nazahn , Bloodforged Battle-Axe , Valduk, Keeper of the Flame , Padeem, Consul of Innovation .
Also Tunnel Vision naming Scrap Mastery could be cool!
king-saproling on
1 year ago
Sunforger is so strong with Gwyn that I'd build more heavily around it. Stuff like Tithe to grab Mistveil Plains , Lapse of Certainty , Crackling Doom , Fork , and Chance for Glory come to mind. Toss in a Deserted Temple (to untap Mistveil) and Angel's Grace and you can take infinite turns by looping Grace and Glory. You'd need to fix mana first, but that's easy when you can loop Tithe to grab Sacred Foundry and Godless Shrine.
You might like these too: Godo, Bandit Warlord , Generator Servant , Coalition Relic , Masterwork of Ingenuity , Relic Seeker , Taj-Nar Swordsmith