Grand Architect

Modern* Budget Combo Competitive

jantin

Creature (22)

• 3x Etched Champion
• 4x Etherium Sculptor
• 3x Glint-Nest Crane
• 4x Grand Architect
• 3x Pili-Pala
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 4x Vault Skirge

Artifact (14)

• 2x Aether Spellbomb
• 3x Cranial Plating
• 2x Mask of Memory
• 4x Renegade Map
• 2x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• 1x Viridian Longbow

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Reverse Engineer
• 4x Thoughtcast

Land (16)

• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 12x Island

Instant (1)

• 1x Whispers of the Muse

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Vedalken Certarch

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Oracle's Insight

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Postmortem Lunge

Land (1)

• 1x Kessig Wolf Run

Instant (1)

• 1x Retraction Helix

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Acknowledgements:

After browsing some combos I found "The Architect of Oz" created by DuTogira which feels a lot like my deck without the budget restriction and not focusing on artifacts.

Combo

• Grand Architect + Pili-Pala infinite mana.

The deck can run an agressive play with Etched Champion and Cranial Plating or an early Myr Superion/ Ensoul Artifact with draw from Thoughtcast.

Help

Removal is the greatest enemy. Adding protection reduces the chances to get all combo parts, so some kind of protection that still helps with the aggro / combo strategy.

update

removed Staff of Domination its to expensive.

Changed the focus on having a lot of card draw to either run with the aggro plan or get all combo pieces.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.48
Folders	Deck Ideas