I maintain an Old Border Nostalgia cube - 420 cards, 33 artifacts at the moment. It's running the best old border cards that it can, short of the power 9 and cards that cost just WAY too much that I don't already have (Juzam Djinn, I'm lookin at you!). Currently I don't have Tinker in the cube. There don't seem to be any good targets for it outside of Phyrexian Colossus. But then again, it can still be used for its original purpose - to simply cycle through artifacts and tinker for something a bit better.
How many artifacts would one need to run to justify Tinker? It it worth the inclusion without game-winning targets? What other artifacts do people like to tinker for? Again, this cube only runs old border cards.
Memory Jar is okay, but probably not what you're looking for.
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Processor was often the target in the good old days of Urza Saga T2 since you could just pay 10 life or something and KO the opponent. In a cube with more answers to artifacts paying 4 and getting a 4/4 every turn is still pretty brutal.
Colossus with Voltaic Key was also popular since you avoid the whole eight life thing.
Mishra's Helix was pretty good in the beginning of our cube, back in 2009. Tinker will be less of a Tier 1 card, but it will be a good toolbox card, with a occasional I woin effect, instead of the other way round.
I maintain an Old Border Nostalgia cube - 420 cards, 33 artifacts at the moment. It's running the best old border cards that it can, short of the power 9 and cards that cost just WAY too much that I don't already have (Juzam Djinn, I'm lookin at you!). Currently I don't have Tinker in the cube. There don't seem to be any good targets for it outside of Phyrexian Colossus. But then again, it can still be used for its original purpose - to simply cycle through artifacts and tinker for something a bit better.
How many artifacts would one need to run to justify Tinker? It it worth the inclusion without game-winning targets? What other artifacts do people like to tinker for? Again, this cube only runs old border cards.
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Mishra’s helix, Phyrexia processor, masticore, etc.?
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Colossus with Voltaic Key was also popular since you avoid the whole eight life thing.
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