MTG Salvation

mtgs is just slacking Commander 2019 Spoilers 59/302

did they suspend spoiler season?

i dont know a flying gravedigger, itd be more helpful to actually quote the card
i already run the signets but as said, i refuse to add fillercards just because theyre artifacts, so no borderposts or other crap
yesh the archetype is not quite there yet, but i bet we see more payoffs in the next cpl of sets. and i just dig onedrops, so might as well permaturely include it.

a lot of archetypes "railroad" you like spells matters and whatnot.

as said, metalcraft is a nono, we would need a lot of artifact creatures to enable it wihout running useless filler artifacts.
im aware on the lack of 2 drops (mentioned in the opener)
so yeah, tappping into equip matters might be right to have more flesh.

• Auriok Glaivemaster
  
• Kitesail Apprentice
  
• Leonin Den-Guard
  
• Leonin Squire
  
• Sunspear Shikari
  
• Skyhunter Cub
  

not too many 2 drops still though,
good reason to bring back Vulshok Morningstar for curving out

also there is trinket mage, i think uw is the colors you want for this. one random dude in another color doesnt help.
also overlooked Ethercaste Knight

i dont understand why artifact matters automatically triggers affinity dellusions..
the cards i run there just need one artifact to activate. everything more is unplayable.

and no, control is not an archetype in my book, its a strategy and half of the usual azorius cards are the epitome of boring.

you guys want to blow it up way too much. just want to use the opportunity cards that interact with artifacts. no way "affinity as archetype" can ever work in a normal cube. at best you will consistently have 2 artifacts in play.
only equip matters can work if you find the slots for 3 Leonin Scimitar
at that point it replaces too many regular cards for my taste though.

the payoff is a low curved uw aggrodeck and a guild identity. metalcraft is still crap and unreliable. no idea why you come up
with all those trashcards, its not a "deep artifact deck" in the first place. Artificer's Epiphany seems ok.
shieldmage is already pretty pushed as is.
you are right about clues though, which gives us

Thraben Inspector

a lot of the cards i want to run are already floating in the "cubable" terrain, so the archetype doesnt come with a high cost.

ok friends, for most of us Azorius is kinda the lost guild, at least for me it was. Ususally UW flier was the most to get out of it. maybe blink. both are pretty vanilla archetypes without much guild support though.

Relooking into the guild I might have discovered the missing archetype. Not sure if T1 worthy, but thanks to pretty lowcuved material, it has potential:


UW Artifacts matter "core":

• Gearsmith Prodigy
  
• Court Homunculus
  
• Esper Stormblade
  
• Ethersworn Shieldmage
  
• Sanctum Gargoyle
  
• Esper Cormorants
  

(artifact lands)

It lacks some decent 2 drops to give it a nice curve right now Vedalken Outlander being the next best thing. If you want you can expand the archetype into black i guess. not sure how viable esper (3c) is though.
might give them a try in my next testdrafts (still on xmage)

why is salt still not banned lol

i think even maro said most players usually go for value

yeah weird question. i think the best idea of the playability is to look at the kicked cost card, since most of the time you wont cast the unkicked card any wayy

whats the use of this thread?
i also dont agree with a lot of those outdated ratings anymore
for example
Deftblade Elite plays more like a convoluted lawkeeper. its borderline.
Caravan Escort borderline as well. its way too slow and manacostly.
Benevolent Bodyguard borderline. way too many cubable onedrops nowadays to find a spot.

cc3 rocks are usually just bad and too slow. only the lockets are fine since thex turn into a drawspell later

i still dont see an archetype that needs a black cc5 finisher. we just run angler or gary. its also weak to bolts

thief attacking once is already a rager
this is a pauper topic btw

gj
Silumgar Scavenger borderline thouggh imo