I've been tinkering around with the aggro metal craft creatures for a while (namely Auriok Edgewright and Carapace Forger), mixed in with cheap to cast and attach Equipments. However, I found the most consistently effective (and sometimes flatout awesome) card was the Edgewright, so I reconfigured the deck and added blue for utility, card draw, etc.
The deck can come out swinging early game but will more consistently be a contender mid-game. Trigon of Rage may not seem like a good fit, but it's insane with an active doublestrike creature on board. Sylvok Lifestaff is also surprisingly good, adding a lot of damage with the doublestrike dudes and netting decent life each time a weenie gets popped.
The real trick is the transformative sideboard, however. Once your opponent has boarded in to deal with your insanely overpowered weenies and artifacts, the deck sides into a mid-range aggro/control deck.
Nah, Trinket Mage serves the same purpose for the most part and has a lot of added utility. For the most part, the focus of the deck is to make the most out of cheap double-striking or metal-craft related creatures, not pull specific pieces of equipment.
Not for this deck, it would kinda screw up the tempo. But that gives me an idea for another deck I was thinking about putting together--similar ideas, but with a focus on cheap artifacts and token generation instead of cheap artifacts and facebeating. Thanks dude!
4 Kor Duelist
4 Auriok Edgewright
3 Sunspear Shikari
3 Auriok Sunchaser
3 Riddlesmith
4 Trinket Mage
Equipment: (9)
2 Sylvok Lifestaff
2 Trusty Machete
2 Blazing Torch
2 Infiltration Lens
1 Basilisk Collar
3 Mox Opal
2 Brittle Effigy
1 Elixir of Immortality
2 Trigon of Rage
Land: (22)
1 Halimar Depths
4 Seachrome Coast
2 Glacial Fortress
1 Arid Mesa
1 Scalding Tarn
9 Plains
4 Islands
4 Indomitable Archangel
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
2 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Chimeric Mass
3 Turn Aside
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Celestial Colonnade
The deck can come out swinging early game but will more consistently be a contender mid-game. Trigon of Rage may not seem like a good fit, but it's insane with an active doublestrike creature on board. Sylvok Lifestaff is also surprisingly good, adding a lot of damage with the doublestrike dudes and netting decent life each time a weenie gets popped.
The real trick is the transformative sideboard, however. Once your opponent has boarded in to deal with your insanely overpowered weenies and artifacts, the deck sides into a mid-range aggro/control deck.
The sided deck looks like this:
2 Auriok Edgewright
3 Auriok Sunchaser
3 Riddlesmith
4 Trinket Mage
4 Indomitable Archangel
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Equipment: (7)
2 Sylvok Lifestaff
2 Blazing Torch
1 Infiltration Lens
2 Sword of Body and Mind
3 Mox Opal
2 Brittle Effigy
1 Elixir of Immortality
2 Ratchet Bomb
1 Chimeric Mass
Spells: (3)
3 Turn Aside
Lands: (24)
2 Celestial Colonnade
1 Halimar Depths
4 Seachrome Coast
2 Glacial Fortress
1 Arid Mesa
1 Scalding Tarn
9 Plains
4 Islands