If you want to put some money in then start with the lands Choked estuary and Sunken hollow. Herald of Anguish is one of the strongest cards for a deck like this.
and of course Tezzeret the Schemer just remember you can't have both Tezzes in play at the same time.
Well, to be fair from the last 4 premade decks (Chandra and Nissa on Kalade, Ajani and Tezzeret on Aether Revolt) this one is probably the weakest starting + weakest potential, the reason why is the "Improvise" mechanic is fun, but not worth building a deck around as of now. Tapping some artifacts that are NOT that easy to create in U/B to cast other stuff is most of the time, not optimal, also for Standard there's currently not a lot of flying options so that might be an issue, specially because the other colors have amazing cards in this regard. Regardless of all this, I'll try to help as I can:
Filigree Crawler is too expensive for what it does, to be a good card it would probably need to have the effect when entering the battlefield and costing 1 less, a much better alternative would be Weaponcraft Enthusiast which you can buy for a few cents.
Reservoir Walker is a bad card altogether, in any deck, even Energy decks. Compare it to Rogue Refiner and you'll see why.
Vengeful Rebel can be a poor man's removal on your second main phase... I guess? Not optimal tho, you'd rather get some cheap Underhanded Designs from Kaladesh which goes well with the deck or Battle at The Bridge. Again, THESE ARE VERY CHEAP, you can get them for like 5~20 cents online. Don't get too many tho, you already have 2x Tezzeret's Betrayal, no need to overkill on removal, either get one or the other or 2x Underhanded Designs and 3x Battle at the Bridge. Whatever it works for you.
Implement of Malice is kinda decent because it enters for just 2 (or even less if you plan on running mostly artifacts instead of Improvise and run Foundry Inspector) and you can start tapping for stuff early, pairs especially well with Herald of Anguish but this card costs as low as 5$.
Fourth Bridge Prowler would be a decent 1 drop but, you'd usually wouldn't use it as such unless you go second and the other person just happens to drop a 1 toughness card, and there's better options, Ornithopter which you can tap (Artifact), the Augmenting Automaton which you can pump and sink mana on, etc. which solves the question about the card (yes it's an okay card) and you can smack Tezzeret's Touch on it early.
Leave in The Dust is absolute garbage, I don't see how this card would be useful in any possible way at that cost.
Spire of Industry is okay if you plan on running 3 colors but I'd rather ditch white and stay U/B, 1 or 2 wouldn't be bad.
I have no idea what Gremlin you're talking about. The token?! Same for the Thopter, that's a token, you can't play tokens in your decks, they're just cards you keep to the side that are spawned by other "real" cards.
Implement of Combustion okay, starting to think your knowledge of magic is REAAAALLY limited but this card requires R to activate, sooooo...
I left this for last because I'm REALLY curious here, when you say Arcbound Ravager, do you mean...
THIS CARD? ^
If that is a yes, congratulations, that cards costs about 60$ so just sell it since you can't use it in Standard and buy a pretty good deck with the 60$ you get from it.
yes, my mtg knowlage is verry limited. i literaly just looked up what it was after watching the south park episode, thought it looked pretty fun, and decided to get a deck.
And Yes, this is the card i pulled. and it's holo. it actualy was in one of the packs within the tezzeret deck. i earn money pretty quickly, so i'll problably keep it for memories, and because affinity ftw. thanks!
Sweet Jebus man, get KMC Perfect fits and KMC Ultramats, preferably yesterday, and get that card sleeved! That's probably one of the most high in demand inventions out of the entire set. The fact you just pulled it in a freaking tezz deck is insane. Congratulations, you won the lottery.
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I also bought this "Starter" deck since I want to go back to playing Magic once more, but is figuring out what else should I add as well.
As of "THIS" Post I also bought some Kaladesh Boosters and Aether Revolt in assisting me in making this deck. I'm thinking of a Semi-Budget Esper Deck for this build. Here are some "Rares" that I have ATM.
Noxious Gearhulk
Fumigate
Syndicate Trafficker
Eliminate the Competition
Lathnu Hellion
Wildest Dreams
Depala, Pilot Exemplar
Animation Module
Gonti's Aether Heart
Sram's Expertise
Solemn Recruit
Quicksmith Spy
Kari Zev's Expertise(x2)
Release the Gremlins
I too recently grabbed a copy of this deck after a year not playing MTG. Did a few switch ups and went into a standard tournament. Lost the first 2 games, won the second 2. I added a couple more Dhund Operatives. Deathtouch is great with all the constant pumping up of green/red that I saw.
Only had the one ornithoptor, but would like to get a few more. Basically try to dump everything out as quick as possible, hope for touch of Tezz and get the kill. Had a playset of Cheif of the Foundry too, great helper.
I also used a playset of Efficient Construction at first. Dropped down to a single one after my losses though. It's very handy, but not what you want to play on turn 4. can be a decent survival card late game.
I splurged on a couple of Noxious Gearhulk, GREAT card, and far better than Tezzeret's Betrayal! I also had a single Untethered Express which worked really nice. Not sure if it is the perfect vehicle for the deck, but it definitely helped!
I'm thinking a playset of Battle at the Bridge would be a great removal spell for this deck. And not sure if I should add a couple of Herald of Anguish, or 2 more Noxious Gearhulks with some Whir of Inventions to help. Keen to hear what others are doing.
It is definitely playable with some tweaking, but probably not going to win every game! I'd love to hear of some other ridiculous good cards to pop into the deck!
I don't actually hate this Tezzeret so much. Good memories of killing people with Feedback bolt. Filigree Familiar seems like it would be outstanding in any sort of defensive artifact junk-piling theme for Standard. The Tezzeret's Touch on them also gets you some extra value.
One of the purposes of these decks is to showcase mechanics of the set meaning you get a lot of variety and not much focus. The problem is that all the 1s and 2s instead of playsets make them really inconsistent. The quickest way to improve one might be to buy a duplicate and roll them together making the better cards into 3s and 4s and ditching the over-costed commons.
x2 filigree crawler
resivior walker
alley stranger
metalic rebuke
alley evasion
tezzeret, master of metal
vengefull rebel
baricade breaker
implement of mallice
fourth bridge prowler
leAVE IN THE DUST
spire of industry
gremlin
augmenting automaton
arcbound raveger
thopter
implement of combustion
cogwork assembler
witch of these should i put in my deck? thank you!
Planeswalker (1)
1 Tezzeret, Master of Metal
Creature (20)
1 Ornithopter
2 Augmenting Automaton
1 Merchant's Dockhand
2 Dhund Operative
3 Tezzeret's Simulacrum
1 Dukhara Peafowl
1 Treasure Keeper
1 Quicksmith Spy
1 Foundry Assembler
2 Bastion Inventor
2 Wind-Kin Raiders
1 Ironclad Revolutionary
1 Barricade Breaker
1 Fen Hauler
Sorcery (3)
1 Reverse Engineer
2 Tezzeret's Betrayal
Instant (1)
1 Essence Extraction
Artifact (8)
2 Universal Solvent
4 Pendulum of Patterns
2 Implement of Examination
Enchantment (2)
2 Tezzeret's Touch
Land (25)
4 Submerged Boneyard
11 Island
10 Swamp
60 Cards
1 Ornithopter
2 Augmenting Automaton
1 Merchant's Dockhand
2 Dhund Operative
3 Tezzeret's Simulacrum
1 Dukhara Peafowl
1 Treasure Keeper
1 Quicksmith Spy
1 Foundry Assembler
2 Bastion Inventor
2 Wind-Kin Raiders
1 Ironclad Revolutionary
1 Barricade Breaker
1 Fen Hauler
2 Tezzeret's Betrayal
1 Essence Extraction
2 Universal Solvent
4 Pendulum of Patterns
2 Implement of Examination
2 Tezzeret's Touch
4 Submerged Boneyard
11 Island
10 Swamp
Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.
Fatal Push, Pacification Array Renegade Map and for non budget options Tezzeret the Schemer and Torrential Gearhulk.
Servo Schematic
Renegade Map
Terrarion
So you can have lots of artifacts and a goal of trying to drain life your opponents to death.
The black fabricate cards are good, like weaponcraft enthusist
Combine that with some inprovise cards like metallic rebuke and Reverse engineer and Sly Requisitioner
You can't use arcbound ravanger but you can use Defiant Salvager.
If you want to put some money in then start with the lands Choked estuary and Sunken hollow.
Herald of Anguish is one of the strongest cards for a deck like this.
and of course Tezzeret the Schemer just remember you can't have both Tezzes in play at the same time.
Pioneer:UR Pheonix
Modern:U Mono U Tron
EDH
GB Glissa, the traitor: Army of Cans
UW Dragonlord Ojutai: Dragonlord NOjutai
UWGDerevi, Empyrial Tactician "you cannot fight the storm"
R Zirilan of the claw. The solution to every problem is dragons
UB Etrata, the Silencer Cloning assassination
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yes, my mtg knowlage is verry limited. i literaly just looked up what it was after watching the south park episode, thought it looked pretty fun, and decided to get a deck.
And Yes, this is the card i pulled. and it's holo. it actualy was in one of the packs within the tezzeret deck. i earn money pretty quickly, so i'll problably keep it for memories, and because affinity ftw. thanks!
1. (Ravnica Allegiance): You can't keep a good esper control deck down... Or Wilderness Reclamation... or Gates...
2. (War of the Spark): Guys, I know what we need! We need a cycle of really idiotic flavor text victory cards! Jace's Triumph...
3. (War of the Spark): Lets make the format with control have even more control!
Turn three 5-5 flyer is devastating and went 3-0 versus gb delirium decks
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As of "THIS" Post I also bought some Kaladesh Boosters and Aether Revolt in assisting me in making this deck. I'm thinking of a Semi-Budget Esper Deck for this build. Here are some "Rares" that I have ATM.
Noxious Gearhulk
Fumigate
Syndicate Trafficker
Eliminate the Competition
Lathnu Hellion
Wildest Dreams
Depala, Pilot Exemplar
Animation Module
Gonti's Aether Heart
Sram's Expertise
Solemn Recruit
Quicksmith Spy
Kari Zev's Expertise(x2)
Release the Gremlins
Only had the one ornithoptor, but would like to get a few more. Basically try to dump everything out as quick as possible, hope for touch of Tezz and get the kill. Had a playset of Cheif of the Foundry too, great helper.
I also used a playset of Efficient Construction at first. Dropped down to a single one after my losses though. It's very handy, but not what you want to play on turn 4. can be a decent survival card late game.
I splurged on a couple of Noxious Gearhulk, GREAT card, and far better than Tezzeret's Betrayal! I also had a single Untethered Express which worked really nice. Not sure if it is the perfect vehicle for the deck, but it definitely helped!
I'm thinking a playset of Battle at the Bridge would be a great removal spell for this deck. And not sure if I should add a couple of Herald of Anguish, or 2 more Noxious Gearhulks with some Whir of Inventions to help. Keen to hear what others are doing.
It is definitely playable with some tweaking, but probably not going to win every game! I'd love to hear of some other ridiculous good cards to pop into the deck!
Here is the deck I created for my custom format (max 12 copies of singles rares/mythics).
Of course, many uncommons can be replaced easily by other copies of rares/mythics !
(I think about Barricade Breaker can be replaced by Herald of Anguish or Grasp of Darkness by Fatal Push, and more rare lands)
https://deckstats.net/decks/6174/645207-improved-tezzeret-master-of-me/fr
I also have an option to splash red to get use of Unlicensed Disintegration, but mana base is far more complicated to setup with my constraints:
https://deckstats.net/decks/6174/689554-improved-tezzeret-master-of-me/fr
Have fun building decks !