Full Metal Alchemy (Retired)

Commander / EDH unstable_anomaly

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Revisions / Playtesting —April 21, 2021

Currently Playtesting the Following Changes:

War Room for Valakut Awakening  ^Flip - More/ better draw potential.

Plains for Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld - Need to be able to give big creatures haste and attack before they're removed from the battlefield.

Mountain for Mana Vault - Helps lower average CMC, allows us to play Osgir, the Reconstructor T2, awesome ramp potential, and can be "fixed" with Voltaic Key.

Talisman of Conviction for MindStone - More draw potential.

Mother of Runes for Goblin Welder - Protection suite seemed adequate, and the welder has some combo potential with a few cards that were already in the deck. He's also an excellent sac outlet as well as a great way to cheat higher CMC artifacts into play.

Dispatch for Reckless Fireweaver - The removal suite seemed adequate and we're already running Swords to Plowshares / Path to Exile so the added redundancy seemed unnecessary. With how consistently we have artifacts entering the battlefield Reckless Fireweaver just seems like a no brainer. Getting him out early can spell disaster for our opponents dealing upwards of 10 / 20 damage directly to our opponents. He also has some pretty nice combo potential with some other cards that were already in the deck.

Isochron Scepter for Crashing Drawbridge - This was a hard decision to make, and I may swap back, but there's only eight spells in the deck that work with Isochron Scepter. Being able to give all of our creatures haste just seems more valuable. Especially when making multiple token copies of huge creatures. Giving them haste can be game ending.

Heartwarming Redemption for Coveted Jewel - Another hard decision to make, and we're going the wrong direction with CMC, but overall I think Coveted Jewel just has more potential and synergizes better with the deck. It pays for half of itself the moment it hits the battlefield along with drawing us three cards. Reconstructing it allows us to draw six while still being neutral on mana, and then if we have any of our "double" cards in play we just get an insane amount of value. Being able to sac it to get around the downside is just the cherry on top too.

ScrollRack for Triplicate Titan - This was also a hard decision to make, but for now I think it's right. Obviously we're going in the wrong direction with CMC, and losing a draw spell forced us to include some more draw potential (reflected in the above changes), but overall I wasn't super impressed with the way scroll rack was performing in the deck. Even with some shuffle effects, it was too easy to get caught in a loop of unwanted cards. I also just felt like the deck wasn't really doing anything to impact the board some games, and was just spinning it's wheels. Including Triplicate Titan will allow for some more big splashy plays along with some more combo potential, which for me is more fun.