natural state is a card which got released recently and hasn't been adopted yet, but I think should be. It is a 1 mana instant which is relevant against several major decks, including especially Affinity, Bogles, and Cawblade. The drawback is only ever going to come up with Myr Enforcer, otherwise it is drawback free.
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With that in mind, it's probably as good a card as any (if not better) for Artifact Destruction. I think the fact that it doesn't hit Enforcer turns a lot of people away.
It's a fantastic card. Affinity and Kuldotha Jeskai are on the surge, and alongside MBC and Delver, they're basically the decks to beat. Natural State is excellent against both decks if you're playing Aggro / Tempo: it wrecks one of their artifact lands or problem artifacts for the sole cost of G. The only one it doesn't hit is Myr Enforcer (and Frogmite, but that's not a problem), so as long as you can race it or kill it with anything else, you won't have a problem. It's basically a drawback-free Nature's Claim for Tempo decks where the 4 lifegain hurt them more than help them. It also incidentally hits enchantments like Curse of the Bloody Tome, Circles of Protection, Journey to Nowhere / Oblivion Ring / Oubliette, Jace's Erasure, Tortured Existence, Rancor and Boggles' auras. I expect more non-Gruul decks (those have Ancient Grudge instead) to pick them up in the upcoming meta.
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Aside from Myr Enforcer, it also can't hit Frogmite in Affinity, which is less of a big deal. Another really important artifact it can't destroy is Spire Golem (but you'd have to side in artifact destruction against Delver, which doesn't seem wise). Other than that, there are only fringe-playable artifacts out there that Natural State can't hit, like Faerie Mechanist, Razor Golem, Rusted Relic, Sanctum Gargoyle and Serrated Arrows.
With that in mind, it's probably as good a card as any (if not better) for Artifact Destruction. I think the fact that it doesn't hit Enforcer turns a lot of people away.
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