Really nice Deck. What about Trading Post, Ancient Den, Great Furnace and Seat of the Synod?

Hey YourNeighorhoodGhost. Thanks for your comment and suggestions!

• Thanks for bringing up Trading Post. I looked at it in the beginning of my brewing when I basically ran no artifacts, so the modes on it that I would actually use was very limited. That's different now. There are also some cards in here now that I would not mind discarding, so I will reconsider it!
• The artifact lands I'm a bit split on honestly. They can synergize with metalcraft and Akiri, but in this deck I think the benefits do not outweigh the risk of random board sweepers blowing up some of your lands, so I did not include them for now. Maybe I will find a spot Darksteel Citadel, but I'm not sure about it yet :).

Cheers!

Would you recommend building a similar deck to this, but with no infinite combos; since my playgroup doesn't really like infinites? The win cons will be Mechanized Production, Hellkite Tyrant, and commander damage with Akiri/Malcolm with auras/equipment. Could possibly run cards like Thermo-Alchemist along with ways to make it a pirate for a kind of spell slinger sub-theme or can instead delve deeper into just running more actual pirate creatures like Fathom Fleet Swordjack and Emberwilde Captain. Though, I feel like the spell slinger type thing might be to inconsistent/janky to really work well since you need a 2 card combo as well as gas(spells) in your hand to get and value.

Hey maxmcnugget,

Yes, I can recommend building this deck if you do not plan to go infinite :). The value you are going to get through treasure with this deck is going to be a lot of fun also without combo. Not sure I would lean to that Thermo-Alchemist-spellslinger path though. Focussing on Mechanized Production/Hellkite Tyrant and Voltron might just be all you need, maybe adding some more counterspells to protect those wincons. But adding some more pirates sounds good too!

If I had to alter my list, I would likely remove Havoc Jester, Reckless Fireweaver, Arcane Adaptation, Coercive Recruiter, Curiosity and Sigil of Sleep. That gives you quite some spots to round up the deck in another way. Glint-Horn Buccaneer you can keep in the deck if you can agree with your playgroup you won’t use it to go infinite. If you only use it once a turn for example, it’s still a very good card in the deck I think.

HF!