Smuggler's Copter

Artifact — Vehicle

Flying

Whenever Smuggler's Copter attacks or blocks, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.

Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

Discussion (50)

Daedalus19876 on Magda's Frozen Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Epicurus: I'd highly recommend Smuggler's Copter, it's good card filtering. Even if you're topdecking, it can often turn a mediocre topdecked land into gas. And it's easy to crew, and low CMC (it curves VERY nicely into Magda). I'd take it over some extra damage :)

Epicurus on Magda's Frozen Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Daedalus19876 I'm waiting to see what Dwarf tribal comes out in Kaldheim before filling out the tribal cards. Right now the deck sits at 20+ dwarves, but if there's enough good stuff to add once that whole set list is released, I may remove Seven Dwarves, which could potentially make enough space for changelings.

The vehicles I'm already running are Aradara Express, Daredevil Dragster and Mobile Garrison, though I have other methods of tapping dwarves outside of combat both on the main and maybe boards. I'm iffy about Smuggler's Copter, because it's card replacement, not card advantage, and in playtesting I run out of cards in hand regularly.

As for Aggravated Assault, I forget often to include in my deck descriptions that I intentionally avoid infinite combos. Helm of the Host is an interesting idea, though, that I might consider.

Thanks!

Daedalus19876 on Magda's Frozen Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Have you considered more changelings to help fill out your tribe (there's not many good ones, but Taurean Mauler and Adaptive Automaton might work well)? Adaptive Automaton, too, and maybe Metallic Mimic. Aggravated Assault goes infinite with five dwarves and any Vehicle (or opponent you can attack with no consequences), and Imperial Recruiter seems pretty awesome even if it's not a dwarf.

This might seem odd, but have you considered Helm of the Host here? Even tapping two or three dwarves offsets the high cost, once you have a second Magda, and it seems like silly things could happen when you get MULTIPLE treasures per tapped dwarf. Smuggler's Copter also seems like a must, are there other vehicles that you think would fit? :)

amicdeep on Budget Black Midrange (60$)

3 weeks ago

I like the concept. There are a couple of cards I'd add

Bad Moon. Solid anthem and viable with lurrus. I'd try this proberbly as a 2-3 of.

Kicker also allows you to semi cheat on the mana restrictions from lurrus Gatekeeper of Malakir and Nullpriest of Oblivion both work with lurrus (if now with unearth) (maybe a 2-3 of in total)

Another packages I would consider is Pain Seer + Smuggler's Copter Either apart or together they are a pretty serious draw package.

I think the land base could also be honed a little. The best 2 lands by a long ways are Ifnir Deadlands and castle lockwain I'd run 2 of each I would also include a couple field of ruin for land removal Barren Moor, Hagra Mauling  ^Flip and if your budget works with snow basics Frostwalk Bastion could all also be in the conversation.

Finally no matter the direction I would also include some of the cheaper and effective choice spells 1 cling to dust 1-2 Inscription of Ruin 1-2 never//return

Bloodchief's Thirst also makes a solid fatal push replacement.

If you where looking for something to cut foulmair Knight and 1-2 vampire of the dire moon would be my first choices.

RNR_Gaming on Staples?

1 month ago

Something that can slot into any deck/archetype and produce good results. Ramp and interaction are going to make up the majority of most of the suggestion but there are also commander dependent staples. For example; King Macar, the Gold-Cursed - things like Springleaf Drum and Smuggler's Copter should be in every list worth its weight in sleeves.

LitchOubliette on Commander Staples Cube

1 month ago

Changelog (22/11/2020)

White

• +Abeyance
• +Academy Rector
• +Alseid of Life's Bounty
• +Eldrazi Displacer
• +Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• +Felidar Retreat
• +Generous Gift
• +Giver of Runes
• +Leonin Arbiter
• +Mentor of the Meek
• +Mother of Runes
• +Order of the Sacred Torch
• +Sanctum Prelate
• +Skyclave Apparition
• +Unexpectedly Absent

• +Whitemane Lion

• -Argivian Find

• -Banisher Priest
• -Benevolent Bodyguard
• -False Dawn
• -Flawless Maneuver
• -Kataki, War's Wage
• -Not Forgotten
• -Oblation
• -Oblivion Ring
• -Parallax Wave
• -Promise of Bunrei
• -Sublime Exhalation
• -Sun Titan
• -Suppression Field
• -Terminus
• -Treasure Hunter

Blue

• +Curiosity
• +Hullbreacher
• +Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• +Submerge
• +Teferi, Master of Time
• +Training Grounds

• +Unsubstantiate

• -Careful Study

• -Fact or Fiction
• -Into the Roil
• -Time Spiral
• -Pongify
• -Sleight of Hand
• -Reality Shift

Black

• +Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• +Big Game Hunter
• +Bitterblossom
• +Body Snatcher
• +Cabal Therapist
• +Corpse Dance
• +Feed the Swarm
• +Ophiomancer
• +Opposition Agent

• +Songs of the Damned

• -Dark Petition

• -Doom Whisperer
• -Exhume
• -Inquisition of Kozilek
• -Jet Medallion
• -Overeager Apprentice
• -Sickening Dreams
• -Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• -Skirge Familiar
• -Street Wraith

Red

• +Avacyn's Judgment
• +Blasphemous Act
• +By Force
• +Desperate Ritual
• +Goblin Cratermaker
• +Goblin Matron
• +Goblin Recruiter
• +Jeska's Will
• +Lightning Bolt
• +Possibility Storm
• +Ricochet Trap
• +Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• +Sneak Attack
• +Sweltering Suns
• +Thunderclap

• +Wheel of Misfortune

• -Anger of the Gods

• -Anje's Ravager
• -Balefire Dragon
• -Bogardan Hellkite
• -Comet Storm
• -Curse of Opulence
• -Daretti, Scrap Savant
• -Dire Fleet Daredevil
• -Dragon Mage
• -Generator Servant
• -Goblin Welder
• -Grapeshot
• -Hellkite Tyrant
• -Impact Tremors
• -Overmaster
• -Pyrokinesis

Green

• +Aluren
• +Hyrax Tower Scout
• +Protean Hulk

• +Shared Summons

• -Caustic Caterpillar

• -Concordant Crossroads
• -Fauna Shaman
• -Riftsweeper

Multicolored

• +Fiend Artisan
• +Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• +Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• +Lurrus of the Dream-Den

• +Tinder Wall

• -Izzet Charm

• -Memory's Journey
• -Supreme Verdict
• -Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• -Teferi, Time Raveler

Colorless

• +Aether Vial
• +Altar of Dementia
• +Bag of Holding
• +Damping Sphere
• +Jeweled Lotus
• +Lithoform Engine
• +Mirage Mirror
• +Prophetic Prism
• +Smuggler's Copter
• +Tormod's Crypt

• +Uba Mask

• -Cloud Key

• -Crucible of Worlds
• -Krark-Clan Ironworks
• -Memory Jar
• -Metalworker
• -Mystic Forge
• -Painter's Servant
• -Pithing Needle
• -Relic of Progenitus
• -Strionic Resonator
• -Voltaic Key

Mana Fixing

• +Ash Barrens
• +Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• +Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• +Castle Locthwain
• +Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• +Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• +Darkwater Catacombs
• +Geier Reach Sanitarium
• +Glimmervoid
• +High Market
• +Mishra's Factory
• +Mossfire Valley
• +Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• +Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• +Shadowblood Ridge
• +Shivan Gorge
• +Skycloud Expanse
• +Sungrass Prairie
• +Volrath's Stronghold

• +War Room

• -Bojuka Bog

• -Canopy Vista
• -Cinder Glade
• -Clifftop Retreat
• -Dakmor Salvage
• -Dragonskull Summit
• -Drowned Catacomb
• -Glacial Fortress
• -Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• -Hashep Oasis
• -Hinterland Harbor
• -Isolated Chapel
• -Prairie Stream
• -Riptide Laboratory
• -Rootbound Crag
• -Smoldering Marsh
• -Sulfur Falls
• -Sunken Hollow
• -Waterlogged Grove
• -Woodland Cemetery

philosopher on B/W Eldrazi

2 months ago

I built a displacer deck around Skyclave Apparition, so you may want to try it instead of your Smuggler's Copter because Smuggler's Copter got banned from pioneer due to the fact it was in every pioneer aggro deck. So the benefit of Skyclave Apparition is that it exiles a nonland permanent and then you can blink it with your Eldrazi Displacer to exile more of your opponent's nonland permanents.

My displacer deck: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eldrazi-displacing-everything/

MagicMarc on Commander Deck Inspiration Ideas...

3 months ago

If you use something with an untap ability like King Macar, the Gold-Cursed you can use artifacts to untap it if your deck's colors don't have cards for it.

The most popular way to do that with cards like the king is with mana artifacts like Springleaf Drum and Paradise Mantle. Other popular ways are with prison type artifacts like Puppet Strings and Amber Prison. Lastly, people like to crew stuff like Mobile Garrison, Cultivator's Caravan or Smuggler's Copter.

Or, just go infinite with him for shenanigans like with Freed from the Real + Paradise Mantle. If you go this route, there are a bunch of other creatures to be abused with the combo. Not that it's the best example but I do have a deck where I outline some of the card synergies here: The Real King Of Paradise.

I would like to give honorable mention to Captain of the Mists. He is a twiddle with legs. This card has amazing synergy with King Macar, the Gold-Cursed and even untaps for free when the king or other humans enter the battlefield.