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Puresteel Paladin
I recently re-discovered this card and I want to make a deck around him and Etched Champion. I know white would be the core colour, but what would be a good second colour, and if needed, third colour?


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There's a couple of decent options for you here. Splashing Red can get you Goblin Gaveleer and Galvanic Blast. Blue's a good option because it has tons of cards which interact with artifacts, such as Trinket Mage, Etherium Sculptor and Master Transmuter. Green probably wouldn't be a good idea, the only decent things I can think of are Carapace Forger and Ezuri's Brigade. Black, ehhh, maybe Pain Smith.

I think it'll need a good deal of testing to see what to use/what to avoid.

I would say Blue is the color to start with. Not only do cards like Trinket Mage give you the ability to tutor for other 1cc equipment, but it'll also give you access to some of the "cheaper" duals like Seachrome Coast and Adarkar Wastes if you are working on a budget. Thoughtcast or Thirst for Knowledge are worth testing as well.

Also, as Gold Myr mentioned, Blue and White gives you a mix of the colored artifact creatures from Shards block to try out as well. Maybe this is finally the deck that could use Ethercaste Knight to good effect? Who knows?!

I would say blue. Gives you the option to tutor for artifacts with trinket mage and reshape if needed. Also gives you draw with thoughtcast, and counter backup to protect the paladin if needed.
Red would be a good third color, boros charm is great.

yeah, blue is the way to go. trinket mage for basilisk collar and a mortar pod is fun.

I've actually had the best results partnering Puresteel Paladin with black. Puresteel loves Flayer Husk and Mortarpod as buddies (they can swing and kill stuff on their own), so Lingering Souls to squeeze more out of Mortarpod is good. Bob is a redundant draw engine, and Tidehollow Sculler is a good beater that contributes towards Puresteel's Metalcraft.

I'm a big fan of blue in that deck for Etherium Sculptor.

Etherium Sculptor, Puresteel, and a deck full of one drop equips is /hilarious/.

I run an Esper Version of Puresteel Armory
Black gives you Dark Confidant.
Blue gives you Geist of Saint Traft
Combine them and you get Creeping Tar Pit

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Puresteel Paladin
I recently re-discovered this card and I want to make a deck around him and Etched Champion. I know white would be the core colour, but what would be a good second colour, and if needed, third colour?


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I think blue with sleight of hand, geist of st. traft, and trinket mage.

People have already gone over most of the cards that are given to you by each color, so I'm just gonna say either blue or red.

But also, look into the other two colors. Black could actually be pretty appealing, I think. Dark Confidant, Inquisition of Kozilek, zealous persecution, lashwrithe...all sorts of cool stuff.

I think you want to be going Red/White/Blue. Here are some suggestions off the top of my head for your spells.

trinket mage
Etherium Sculptor
Spellskite


Goblin Gaveleer
Vulshok Battlemaster
That metalcraft burn spell

Auriok Steelshaper
Leonin Shikari
Mirran Crusader
Glint Hawk
Ethersworn Canonist
Kor Duelist

Golem-Skin Gauntlets
O-Naginata
Silver-Inlaid Dagger
Basilisk Collar
Flayer Husk
Mortarpod