MrXilas thanks for the comment

I kinda like running the compass over the sun droplet for a couple reasons. It's land ramp (kinda), useful when I'm not getting attacked, good when I draw it late game and am already low on life.

Sun Droplet is kinda only good in certain situations which is the type of card i want to avoid adding. It's really good on turn 2 before people start laying down creatures then kinda starts getting worse.

I can't really run Maze of Ith because I'm running a self imposed max budget of $50. If I ever let the deck off it's monetary chain the maze is going in for sure.

You checked out the new ixalan cards? Primal Amulet and Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip may be very effective in this. Also since this is a spellslinger type deck then Talrand, Sky Summoner and Mirari will fell right at home in this :)

sorry for suggesting talrand I just saw it in the deck lol

gdm1989 Thanks for commenting!

I have checked out the new cards, I have Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip in, and I love the design of the flip cards!

So my thoughts on Primal Amulet/Mirari is that they are kinda slow. I'm not sure copying a Ponder or other cantrip is worth the time spent getting there. I'm not sure what the best case scenario looks like with these cards to be honest. Have you played them? Do I need to give it a shot?

Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip is interesting. I think I run enough situational cards, counterspells/bounce attacking creatures/tutors, that potentially exiling one of them and not having access to it anymore would be rough. The flip side of the card is kinda cool, lands that kill nonsense is great. I could however do close to the same thing with Pyrite Spellbomb and Salvaging Station.

Thanks for suggesting some new stuff for me to think about, if you want to debate your ideas any I'm down for a talk!

I have to also suggest Primal Amulet!

Turn two or three amulet means an easy turn 4 flip into an untapped land that copies spells for free! It's easily become a favorite of mine from ixalan and absolutely worth a test play!

MoGoose831You've convinced me! Any ideas of what to take out for it?

Honestly havent had a chance to really dig through the deck list but from a quick glance I can tell you that Im not a huge fan of Trading Post. Doesnt really seem to do enough in the deck but then again I could be wrong.

Vial of Poison has some good synergy with Salvaging Station and can provide some political influence.

Brutality! Oh, Forbid.

If you're willing to live with chaos Possibility Storm can be useful with your commander you get to cast both spells turning your instants in cantrips.

Hi! I didn't really have time to read through all the comments so forgive me if you've already heard of some of these!

Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip seems like it fits the theme of the deck quite well!

Have you thought about the pingers like Guttersnipe, Firebrand Archer, and Thermo-Alchemist?

I know you've considered Enigma Drake but what about Charmbreaker Devils as a good late game beater?

Faithless Looting, Mystic Retrieval, Think Twice and other flashback cards are a smart way to activate the draw power even late game.

Mystic Remora is just a great card that I've seen in cEDH builds so it may be good.

Hope some of these help!

soul22 I really have a horrible time playing against possibility storm. I guess I'm not good enough to win through randomness. It is a really clever card for jori en though. Good find!

Suns_Champion Thanks for looking over the deck, I really need to archive some of these comments though lol.

Vance's Blasting Cannons  ^Flip has been recommended before and I kinda like it, though finding a cut seems like the toughest part. Do you see anything that is kinda weak?

I haven't played with the pingers in the list before and here's my thoughts on why. I have cards that create creatures, for attacking and blocking, whenever I cast spells. I think having the extra creature is better than direct damage a lot of the time. Also the deck is very much a control deck and putting in somewhat weak cards as my wincons seems loose. That's my thoughts though, have you had good experiences playing with or against these type of cards before?

I had Charmbreaker Devils in the deck before I cut it for Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius, which I think was a better fit for the deck.

I have mystical retrieval in the deck now and it works great! Faithless Looting I'm less sure about. It's card disadvantage, I'm not really digging for combos, and I don't use my graveyard that well that discarding cards is good for me. Also I think the cantrips currently in the deck are better than Faithless Looting or Think Twice. If you have a card I can cut for think twice let me know!

I've been thing about Mystic Remora and I think I should add it. I haven't really noticed any cards not pulling their weight though, but when I do. SWAP TIME!

Thanks for recommending some great cards that also keep to the budget! I'm also down for card debates if you wanna really dig into it :)