Kinda surprised to not see kudoltha rebirth + signal pest in here. Your curve is super low, could probably drop two lands. 19 mana should be plenty. Other than that, its kinda a hard deck to evaluate without extensive playtesting. Looks good!
+2 Slag Fiend is a great idea. I don't want that card too early, but it seems efficient and effective.
No Kuldotha Rebirth or Memnites were in here because I don't see weenies adding much value to the Titan/Ravager/Gargadon beatdown plan. The weenies get better with cards like Master of Etherium or Signal Pest or Cranial Plating, but I don't want to run those cards as they all get worse from sacrificing stuff. From testing, using Titan aggressively means lots of cantripping but not keeping a large board.
I had originally made this deck for Legacy B/R, but I guess Kuldotha Rebirth+Signal Pest+Memnite could take this deck in a hilarious direction with 4 Skullclamp. Though my group hates playing against Skullclamp.
True. I figured I needed a better blocker, since the deck curves out slower than the typical Affinity decks that like Memnite. Seems like a 1/1 is quickly outclassed, whereas a 0/6 at least blocks for a few turns until the fatties hit the table, then makes good sacrifice fodder by the time it has amassed too many -0/-1 counters. Maybe Phyrexian Walker is a better compromise, since it both blocks and carries Ravager counters better.
Orinthopter is usually the best 0-drop creature. Can attack, responds to buffs, has evasion, and can still block some weenies. I like the slag fiend suggestion. It gives you some solid early stall.
Orinthopter is usually the best 0-drop creature. Can attack, responds to buffs, has evasion, and can still block some weenies. I like the slag fiend suggestion. It gives you some solid early stall.
I was wondering about this. Is Ornithopter really the best in a vaccuum or just the best in a deck that runs 4 Cranial Plating? Walker blocks more than just 1/x weenies and can still attack.
I really do think that the flying puts orinthopter over walker in vaccum. Walker would be my second pick though. I've just never been impressed by memnite. I hadn't seen your second deck revision when I posted above, so I was mainly thinking about shield sphere. I may think orinthopter is better, but its not strictly better than walker as you pointed out, so if you need the additional point of defense from walker, that may be relevant for this deck. Orinthopter is a more agressive pick.
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4 Shield Sphere
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Greater Gargadon
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Myr Retriever
4 Salvage Titan
4 Chromatic Star
4 Ichor Wellspring
//Spells: 6
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Shrapnel Blast
//Mana: 22
3 Mox Opal
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Great Furnace
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
Any suggestions?
The general idea is to do silly things with cantrip artifacts, Disciple and sacrifice outlets.
No Kuldotha Rebirth or Memnites were in here because I don't see weenies adding much value to the Titan/Ravager/Gargadon beatdown plan. The weenies get better with cards like Master of Etherium or Signal Pest or Cranial Plating, but I don't want to run those cards as they all get worse from sacrificing stuff. From testing, using Titan aggressively means lots of cantripping but not keeping a large board.
I had originally made this deck for Legacy B/R, but I guess Kuldotha Rebirth+Signal Pest+Memnite could take this deck in a hilarious direction with 4 Skullclamp. Though my group hates playing against Skullclamp.
I guess with unpowered Vintage rules I could go:
4 Memnite
4 Signal Pest
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Vault Skirge
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Myr Retriever
3 Greater Gargadon
2 Slag Fiend
4 Kuldotha Rebirth
1 Demonic Tutor
//Artifacts: 4
3 Ichor Wellspring
1 Skullclamp
//Mana: 22
1 Sol Ring
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Mox Opal
4 Great Furnace
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Darksteel Citadel
2 Badlands
True. I figured I needed a better blocker, since the deck curves out slower than the typical Affinity decks that like Memnite. Seems like a 1/1 is quickly outclassed, whereas a 0/6 at least blocks for a few turns until the fatties hit the table, then makes good sacrifice fodder by the time it has amassed too many -0/-1 counters. Maybe Phyrexian Walker is a better compromise, since it both blocks and carries Ravager counters better.
4 Phyrexian Walker
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Arcbound Ravager
4 Myr Retriever
4 Salvage Titan
3 Greater Gargadon
2 Slag Fiend
4 Chromatic Star
3 Ichor Wellspring
//Spells: 6
4 Galvanic Blast
2 Shrapnel Blast
//Mana: 22
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Mox Opal
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Great Furnace
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
3 Blackcleave Cliffs
I was wondering about this. Is Ornithopter really the best in a vaccuum or just the best in a deck that runs 4 Cranial Plating? Walker blocks more than just 1/x weenies and can still attack.