I have recently come across a set of Cranial Plating and I have decided to revise my Affinity deck with them. Since this is for casual paper play, the ban list doesn't apply.
One thing that has always bothered me about the standard Atog + Fling is the obvious destruction of your own artifacts to get the win. I would like to use that as a last ditch kill option rather then the main one. So I have put together an almost same method of kill, without the problem of destroying everything. With this current setup I included the free Ornithopter which would be my primary target for Cranial Plating because of his two toughness, but I also have a secondary target in Vault Skirge for the life link.
I feel I have the mana situation well under hand with both Springleaf Drum and Prophetic Prism, so running on sixteen lands should be ok enough as most creatures will either be free or very close to it. I have maintained the card draw with Thoughtcast and have upped the count of Fling to four so I can sacrifice whatever creature has Cranial Plating more often to get damage through. Galvanic Blast is nice spot removal, but I am unsure if that spot should be reserved for anything else.
The sideboard is your standard sideboard for this type of deck with counter and burn protection along with enchantment removal and mass creature removal.
I am open to suggestions or critique. All in all I believe this should be more effective then my previous Affinity deck which I will list directly below the new one but I want some input.
Looks solid although I'd probably run 1 less Fling since it's conditional. If you weren't running plating's would you just go back to wellsprings or would you run something like Bonesplitter?
Looks solid although I'd probably run 1 less Fling since it's conditional. If you weren't running plating's would you just go back to wellsprings or would you run something like Bonesplitter?
Without Cranial Plating I would have to rework the creature selection, so that being said I am not sure what I would do.
Fling being conditional does have two outlets though, one of which is to sac the creature with Cranial Plating on it, which would usually sac for around 10 damage by the time I am ready, or I can go back to the old Atog method and sac for roughly 20 if I really needed to.
One thing that has always bothered me about the standard Atog + Fling is the obvious destruction of your own artifacts to get the win. I would like to use that as a last ditch kill option rather then the main one. So I have put together an almost same method of kill, without the problem of destroying everything. With this current setup I included the free Ornithopter which would be my primary target for Cranial Plating because of his two toughness, but I also have a secondary target in Vault Skirge for the life link.
I feel I have the mana situation well under hand with both Springleaf Drum and Prophetic Prism, so running on sixteen lands should be ok enough as most creatures will either be free or very close to it. I have maintained the card draw with Thoughtcast and have upped the count of Fling to four so I can sacrifice whatever creature has Cranial Plating more often to get damage through. Galvanic Blast is nice spot removal, but I am unsure if that spot should be reserved for anything else.
The sideboard is your standard sideboard for this type of deck with counter and burn protection along with enchantment removal and mass creature removal.
I am open to suggestions or critique. All in all I believe this should be more effective then my previous Affinity deck which I will list directly below the new one but I want some input.
NEW
4 Atog
4 Ornithopter
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Vault Skirge
Artifacts
4 Prophetic Prism
4 Springleaf Drum
4 Cranial Plating
Instants
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Fling
Sorcery's
4 Thoughtcast
Lands
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
3 Disenchant
4 Hydroblast
4 Pyroblast
2 Rain of Embers
2 Standard Bearer
OLD
4 Atog
4 Auriok Sunchaser
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
1 Quicksilver Behemoth
3 Somber Hoverguard
Instants
2 Fling
4 Galvanic Blast
Artifacts
2 Chromatic Sphere
4 Ichor Wellspring
4 Prophetic Prism
2 Springleaf Drum
4 Thoughtcast
Lands
4 Ancient Den
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
2 Vault of Whispers
1 Disenchant
3 Hydroblast
3 Krark-Clan Shaman
1 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Pyroblast
1 Rain of Embers
2 Standard Bearer
W White Weenie
Rafiq of the Many UWG
Sedris, the Traitor King URB
Kaalia of the Vast RWB
Savra, Queen of Golgari GB
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice GW
Eight-and-a-Half-Tails EquipmentW
Without Cranial Plating I would have to rework the creature selection, so that being said I am not sure what I would do.
Something else I was considering was the possible inclusion of Accorder's Shield instead of Galvanic Blast.
Fling being conditional does have two outlets though, one of which is to sac the creature with Cranial Plating on it, which would usually sac for around 10 damage by the time I am ready, or I can go back to the old Atog method and sac for roughly 20 if I really needed to.
W White Weenie
Legacy:
RGWBUDredgeUBWGR
:symrg:Belcher:symrg:
WD&TW
Affinity
WGriffinsW (pauper)
U/thopter comboU/ (peasant)
:symbg:Moosebite:symbg: (peasant)
RGobo tokensR (peasant)
R slide R (peasant)
:symur:pingers:symur:
I decided I would keep Galvanic Blast, it really does smash things. At the very least it clears the field to allow something to blow through.
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