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2 years ago ::
Dec 14, 2010 - 5:09PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Building on a Budget, which goes live Wednesday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 14, 2010 - 10:10PM
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Feb 14, 2010
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I'll be honest, this deck just seems amazing. I kinda want to go out and buy the cards for it just to have it. Both fun and competitive - the best kind of deck.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 1:50AM
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no love for Sarkhan the mad? he seems strong to me. (non budget version) T1 play etb tapped land and chill T2 nest invader T3 thrinax (swing for 2) T4 (swing for 5) cast StM (using spawn), turn nest invader into a dragon, T5 turn thrinax into a dragon and cast torrent of souls (returning thrinax). Swing for 32 Just seems better than Sarkan Vol to me. Although the stealing ability on Sarkhan Vol is always nice I guess.
Now obviously this is the nuts draw but the deck will always have some sort of token for StM to morph into a dragon token. Leaving two threats to deal with; Sarkhan and the 5/5 dragon, and the dragon makes it hard to swing at Sarkhan. I've been playing with two copies of StM in my Furnace celebration deck, and I'm always happy to draw one.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 3:38AM
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Another entertaining article. Seems to have got the format right over the last few weeks (in my opinion) of:
deck
discuss the cards
match reports (although I'd love to see more of these)
non-budget version
Anyone know what the "Steel Artifact" deck list is/was?
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 4:40AM
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Feb 13, 2006
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Another entertaining article. Seems to have got the format right over the last few weeks (in my opinion) of:
deck
discuss the cards
match reports (although I'd love to see more of these)
non-budget version
Anyone know what the "Steel Artifact" deck list is/was?
They did a Deck Tech of this at Worlds: www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.a...
I like it.
@JvL: Like the Jund deck. Cascade is powerful. I wish WotC (and even Star City Games/TCGPlayer) would support Extended. I still miss my Lightning Helix
Edit: The list in the Deck Tech
Steel Artifact - Johnathan Smithers
4 Court Homunculus
2 Etched Champion
4 Master of Etherium
4 Memnite
2 Ornithopter
3 Ranger of Eos
4 Steel Overseer
4 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Mox Opal
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Tempered Steel
2 Thopter Foundry
4 Thoughtseize
4 Darkslick Shores
1 Fetid Heath
4 Marsh Flats
3 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast
1 Swamp Sideboard:
2 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Celestial Purge
2 Disfigure
1 Duress
3 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Leonin Arbiter
1 Ranger of Eos
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 5:06AM
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Anyone know what the "Steel Artifact" deck list is/was?
This is why I read the mothership from the bottom-up. It's today's Daily Deck!
www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.a...
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 6:04AM
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Thanks guys
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 9:30AM
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before the last standard rotation I was playing a red green aggro deck with four sarkhan vol and cards like kozilek's predator and siege-gang commander to abuse sarkhan's + ability. with sarkhan in the deck I don't think I ever lost a single game to the polymorph decks. good call JVL.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 10:42AM
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Great article. He tested it against tier 1 decks in the meta, and played matches through to completion. A relatively cheap deck, fast, aggressive, effective, and fun. This is what all BoaB should be.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 15, 2010 - 1:08PM
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Mar 18, 2008
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Jake--thanks for the shoutout!
Keep up the good work!
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