Emeria player from 2016-2018 here, who upgraded their deck in the last weeks. I brewed 10 different lists (5 normal 60 cards lists, and 5 Yorion version of those decks): Jeskai/Azorius Blink, Azorius Stoneforge, Azorius Ranger-Captain, Bant Value & Esper LD.
After initially testing my 2018 Jeskai list and an updated 2022 list (non-Yorion and without Solitude/Ephemerate so far, but updated the lists now again with those) with mediocre results, I yesterday tested the Azorius Stoneforge list below and went 1st in a 11 man tourney with 3-0-1.
Game 1: Snow Tribal 2-0
Game 2: Hammertime 2-0
Game 3: UR Murktide 1-1 (lost 1st match unnecessarily due to a main deck Blood Moon I did not see coming)
Game 4: Burn 2-1
Activated Emeria only in one game (against Murktide, where I won), other wins were mainly with equipment beatdown. Kaldra is such a nice card, everyone had trouble dealing with it, and even if one uses Prismatic Ending on the germ, it's actually card disadvantage for them as I can reset the equipment with Flickerwisp or Teferi (+ Stoneforge) (even with instant speed, if one ephemerates Flickerwisp). Kaldra + Verdict is insane. Mortarpod was also doing so much work (sniping Esper Sentinels without triggering them for example), even won me a game against burn, where they put themselves at 1 life (due to an Eidolon of Great Revel on the battlefield) in an attempt to kill me, just so that I flash in Mortarpod with Stoneforge and snipe them instead. Kor Firewalker (equipped with Shadowspear) was extremely nice against Burn, and I'm thinking about upping it to 3 in the SB, but don't know what to cut. Pithing Needle can deactivate Roiling Vortex and Sunbaked Canyon there, too. 2 Solitudes seem to be the correct number, as we do not want to have too heavily clogged up starting hands with 3 Sun Titans and the expensive equipments maindeck.
All in all I always felt ahead and had solutions to things the opponents presented to me, while they simultaneously had to deal with the big equipments. Unfortunately I did not play against 4c piles here, as I wanted to test the matchup, but I think it will be much more favorable than with my other tested lists so far, as we do not rely so heavily on the graveyard anymore (don't know how to outgrind them late game with Emeria when they play 4 Endurance).
One thing one could think of would be -1 Ephemerate, +1 Prismatic Ending, but I'm not fully sure.
I don't think that I would want to play this version in the Yorion variant, as I really want to find Stoneforge Mystic asap and do not want to dilute the deck with good, but not busted cards like Charming Prince etc.
After initially testing my 2018 Jeskai list and an updated 2022 list (non-Yorion and without Solitude/Ephemerate so far, but updated the lists now again with those) with mediocre results, I yesterday tested the Azorius Stoneforge list below and went 1st in a 11 man tourney with 3-0-1.
Game 1: Snow Tribal 2-0
Game 2: Hammertime 2-0
Game 3: UR Murktide 1-1 (lost 1st match unnecessarily due to a main deck Blood Moon I did not see coming)
Game 4: Burn 2-1
Activated Emeria only in one game (against Murktide, where I won), other wins were mainly with equipment beatdown. Kaldra is such a nice card, everyone had trouble dealing with it, and even if one uses Prismatic Ending on the germ, it's actually card disadvantage for them as I can reset the equipment with Flickerwisp or Teferi (+ Stoneforge) (even with instant speed, if one ephemerates Flickerwisp). Kaldra + Verdict is insane. Mortarpod was also doing so much work (sniping Esper Sentinels without triggering them for example), even won me a game against burn, where they put themselves at 1 life (due to an Eidolon of Great Revel on the battlefield) in an attempt to kill me, just so that I flash in Mortarpod with Stoneforge and snipe them instead. Kor Firewalker (equipped with Shadowspear) was extremely nice against Burn, and I'm thinking about upping it to 3 in the SB, but don't know what to cut. Pithing Needle can deactivate Roiling Vortex and Sunbaked Canyon there, too. 2 Solitudes seem to be the correct number, as we do not want to have too heavily clogged up starting hands with 3 Sun Titans and the expensive equipments maindeck.
All in all I always felt ahead and had solutions to things the opponents presented to me, while they simultaneously had to deal with the big equipments. Unfortunately I did not play against 4c piles here, as I wanted to test the matchup, but I think it will be much more favorable than with my other tested lists so far, as we do not rely so heavily on the graveyard anymore (don't know how to outgrind them late game with Emeria when they play 4 Endurance).
One thing one could think of would be -1 Ephemerate, +1 Prismatic Ending, but I'm not fully sure.
I don't think that I would want to play this version in the Yorion variant, as I really want to find Stoneforge Mystic asap and do not want to dilute the deck with good, but not busted cards like Charming Prince etc.
5 Plains
1 Mistveil Plains
1 Island
4 Hallowed Fountain
1 Spara's Headquarters
4 Flooded Strand
2 Windswept Heath
3 Emeria, The Sky Ruin
3 Field of Ruin
//Creatures (19)
4 Wall of Omens
4 Stoneforge Mystic
3 Flickerwisp
3 Skyclave Apparition
2 Solitude
3 Sun Titan
3 Ephemerate
3 Prismatic Ending
4 Teferi, Time Raveler
4 Supreme Verdict
1 Mortarpod
1 Batterskull
1 Kaldra Compleat
2 Pithing Needle
1 Shadowspear
1 Unlicensed Hearse
1 Lion Sash
2 Kor Firewalker
2 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
4 Dovin's Veto
2 Dress Down
In the next weeks I will test the other versions, too. As of now I like this version extremely well, tho.