I have been working on the following list for a bit, its a fun combo deck that contains an infinite mana combo, the ability to draw your deck or combo off without going infinite.
The sideboard is still a work in progress, most of the main deck is fairly essential too the combo so sideboarding is tough, I would love feedback on it!
Infinite mana combo - Servant of the Conduit + Greenbelt Rampager + Paradox Engine + any nonland mana generator.
This generates infinite mana by continuously recasting card]Greenbelt Rampager[/card] and using Servant of the Conduit to drain that energy away so Rampager never sticks. Engine untaps the Servant and the additional mana generator allows you to go infinite.
Comboing off without the infinite combo - Its also very doable to combo off without going infinite, to do this you generally need Gilded Lotus plus Engine. With additional cards from Bestiary it becomes much easier to chain cards into mana and cast a winning Walking Ballista. Rampager is extremely helpful here as well, generating large amounts of mana with Engine and fueling you with cards through Bestiary. You can also use Aether Hub to drain energy if you do not have Servant and get more cast triggers out of Rampager.
Card Choices
The cards outside the combo either accelerate you and help you go off in the non infinite combos or help you find your combo pieces. I'd love to find room for a 4th Champion of Wits. I have flipped back and forth between the 4th Champion and 4th Bestiary but am going with Bestiary for now as it improves Crane and is incredibly important in grindy matchups.
Turn 1 - Elves
Turn 2 - Servant or Servant + elves if its the 2 elf version
Turn 3 - If 2 elves cast engine then go infinite. If one elf cast walking ballista for 0 then go infinite.
I was just thinking about this deck today and was planning on putting something up. Powerstone Shard I think is too good not to use in this kind of deck. Guardians of kolios also provide an infinite combo. Pull from Tomorrow is also really great once you get an Infinite mana combo going. Then you just draw into whatever it is you plan on winning with. Though the deck I was considering was going to be an artifact deck. Something along the lines of
I tried a version previously built around Powerstone Shard and Trophy Mage although I did not see the Guardians combo. I have been liking the version with Servant and Rampager as I think they are better cards in a non combo scenario than Guardians but that looks good too. I would definitely play Glint-Nest Crane as finding Paradox Engine is super important.
Bestiary is amazing and really helps you grind but drawing more than one can be really awkward and I wanted a way to deal with Thrashing Brontodon and Gate to the Afterlife main. Map is to try and bump the artifact count.
I have been working on the following list for a bit, its a fun combo deck that contains an infinite mana combo, the ability to draw your deck or combo off without going infinite.
List
3 Champion of Wits
4 Glint-Nest Crane
4 Greenbelt Rampager
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Naga Vitalist
4 Servant of the Conduit
4 Walking Ballista
4 Paradox Engine
4 Gilded Lotus
4 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
4 Aether Hub
4 Botanical Sanctum
4 Hinterland Harbor
1 Zhalfirin Void
7 Forest
1 Island
The sideboard is still a work in progress, most of the main deck is fairly essential too the combo so sideboarding is tough, I would love feedback on it!
4 Negate
3 Thrashing Brontodon
2 Aethersphere Harvester
2 Padeem Consul of Innovation
3 Confiscation Coup
1 Manglehorn
How the deck works
Infinite mana combo - Servant of the Conduit + Greenbelt Rampager + Paradox Engine + any nonland mana generator.
This generates infinite mana by continuously recasting card]Greenbelt Rampager[/card] and using Servant of the Conduit to drain that energy away so Rampager never sticks. Engine untaps the Servant and the additional mana generator allows you to go infinite.
Draw your deck - The above combo plus Lifecrafter's Bestiary
Comboing off without the infinite combo - Its also very doable to combo off without going infinite, to do this you generally need Gilded Lotus plus Engine. With additional cards from Bestiary it becomes much easier to chain cards into mana and cast a winning Walking Ballista. Rampager is extremely helpful here as well, generating large amounts of mana with Engine and fueling you with cards through Bestiary. You can also use Aether Hub to drain energy if you do not have Servant and get more cast triggers out of Rampager.
Card Choices
The cards outside the combo either accelerate you and help you go off in the non infinite combos or help you find your combo pieces. I'd love to find room for a 4th Champion of Wits. I have flipped back and forth between the 4th Champion and 4th Bestiary but am going with Bestiary for now as it improves Crane and is incredibly important in grindy matchups.
Fun Notes
You can kill on turn 3. You need
3 lands + 1 Llanowar Elves + 1 Servant of the Conduit + 1 Paradox Engine + 1 Greenbelt Rampager + 1 Llanowar Elves or 1 Walking Ballista + 1 Walking Ballista or Lifecrafter's Bestiary
Turn 1 - Elves
Turn 2 - Servant or Servant + elves if its the 2 elf version
Turn 3 - If 2 elves cast engine then go infinite. If one elf cast walking ballista for 0 then go infinite.
4 Guardian of Kolios
4 Llanowar Elves
4 Gilded Lotus
4 Paradox Engine
4 Impliment of insepction
4 Prophetic prism
2 Win-con of choice.
In my list I am trying
-1 Zhalfirin Void
-1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
+1 Sorcerous Spyglass
+1 Renegade Map
Bestiary is amazing and really helps you grind but drawing more than one can be really awkward and I wanted a way to deal with Thrashing Brontodon and Gate to the Afterlife main. Map is to try and bump the artifact count.