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2 years ago ::
Jun 13, 2011 - 10:33AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 16, 2010
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2 years ago ::
Jun 13, 2011 - 11:23AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 23, 2007
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I think you could run a few cards that synergize nicely with your general if you can gain access to them. lightning greaves  can protect your general shrine of loyal legions  can really explode with your general precursor golem  with your general is instant metalcraft and is 18 total power for 5 mana. thopter assembly  making it all the way around the table gives you 5 4/1 creatures with flying rapacious one  can also lead to a game over if it isn't killed very quickly I'm not sure what you have access to, budget, and whether you play multiplayer or 1v1, so this advice is restrained a bit. To be quite honest, you are running a very large number of weak cards, but that is perfectly fine and I am in fact jealous of people who get away with playing magic having NOT spent thousands of dollars.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 13, 2011 - 12:17PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 14, 2010
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Mostly what Karthage said, you have a large number of very sub-par cards for the format. Usually since everything is singleton you want every card to either require an answer or have some sort of multiple effects, key being anything that gains card advantage. For instance, Solemn Offering  should be replaced with something like Return to Dust  or Into The Core  . You're probably gonna have to search through all the cards that have an effect you desire and pick the best ones. Most of your creatures seem weak so I'd advise finding stronger options. If its scary and requires your opponent to answer it immediately, then that should be a sign of something to pick. Also you're a little land light for my tastes, I run between 36-40, 36 with either lots of mana artifacts or land fetch. Idk if you ever have mana issues but I'd suggest upping the count.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 13, 2011 - 2:08PM
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Cut these cards: Incite White Sun's Passage Panic Attack Soul Parry Angel's Mercy Golden Urn Grafted Exoskeleton And replace them with lands, and you're on the right track for a pretty decent deck! If you want to easily supplement your deck, go out and purchase the R/W Planechase deck, or one of the Commander decks that's coming out this weekend, you'll be able to fill up on a lot of R/W staple cards like Akroma, Lightning Helix  , Glory of Warfare  , some of the more exciting non-basics in your colors, and more. You can also try to get ahold of the R/W and colorless artifact lands, especially Darksteel Citadel  . Also, try to get ahold of anything that makes token creatures, and especially artifact token creatures. One of Mr. Kadeen's greatest advantages is that he's very explosive with token creatures, so try to take advantage of that. Also also, Darksteel EVERYTHING, although avoiding the Myr  is a good idea. The harder it is for you to lose Metalcraft, the better.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 13, 2011 - 7:06PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 20, 2008
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There are too few lands in here. I start with 40 and take 1 out for everything 2-3 pieces of acceleration that I run. darksteel ingot  , boros signet  , thran dynamo  and sol ring  are all worthwhile. The problem with a lot of the cards in here is that they don't do much, are too small, or create significant card disadvantage. Cards like incite, white sun's passage and angel's mercy are pretty much useless. I disregard any life gain card in edh, unless it's really big  . For the auras, replace them with equipment. Trusty Machete  is a great substitute for holy strength and kite sail  can replace nimbus wings. Equipment are usually better than auras because they're reuseable. I'd drop most of the damage prevention cards. They're not awful, but they're only worthwhile when they are reuseable  or have side-benefits  . Cards like bladetusk boar  and canyon minotaur  are pretty small and insignificant in this format. Dig up some big fatties to replace them. Any dragons or angels that you have are usually worth an inclusion. Cards like lightning bolt are equally weak. They're not terrible, but their effect on the game is usually so insignificant that thier inclusion isn't usually worth it. It's not a bad list, but definitely needs a lot of improvement.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 14, 2011 - 5:51AM
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Date Joined:
Mar 29, 2010
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Honestly, your number 1 problem is gonna be that you are never going to achieve Metalcraft with 13 artifacts in a 100 card deck. My Jor Kadeen deck uses 28 artifacts and I still can't even guarantee that I will get enough artifacts for Metalcraft by the time I want to drop him on the field. There are a ton of low mana cost cards that will do the two things this deck seems to want to do, enable metalcraft to make your guys bigger, and boost your guys anyways. Shrine of Loyal Legions  , Skullclamp  , Leonin Sun Standard  , Konda's Banner  and Nemesis Mask  to get all your attackers through.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 14, 2011 - 1:12PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 16, 2010
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2 years ago ::
Jun 14, 2011 - 2:20PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 29, 2010
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Hey, forgot two other clutch cards for this deck, the red and white artifact lands which will give you metalcraft much earlier as well as Darksteel Citadel . Also, is this being run on a budget/newer card kick? Even if its just newer cards, Thopter Assembly  and Wurmcoil Engine  should both be included and will help you out tremendously.
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2 years ago ::
Jun 14, 2011 - 2:39PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 10, 2005
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you should go more rw metalcraft/battlecry using Court Homunculus, Ethersworn Canonist, Metallurgeon, Porcelain Legionnaire, Sanctum Gargoyle, Scourglass, Moltensteel Dragon Ardent Recruit, Auriok Edgewright 
Tempered Steel, Accorder Paladin, Goblin Wardriver, Hero of Bladehold, Hero of Oxid Ridge, Kuldotha Ringleader, Loxodon Partisan, Signal Pest, Blade-Tribe Berserkers, Concussive Bolt, Dispatch, Dispense Justice, Etched Champion, Galvanic Blast, Kuldotha Phoenix, Steel Overseer 
try the artifact lands and other 0 cost artifact cards
maybe even load of equip tutors
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2 years ago ::
Jun 14, 2011 - 4:17PM
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Date Joined:
Feb 12, 2010
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you have very little synergy between your general's effect and your deck list. I've started building him as my general and seen what he's good at and bad at. here's some ideas you need to use creatures/makers like Luminarch Ascension  amazing if you drop this turn 1 or 2 Nuisance Engine  gets you creatures and satisfies metalcraft Rakka Mar  Make a 3/1 haster every turn Nobilis of War  Hit harder White Sun's Zenith  Can turn the tide Hero of Bladehold  Beat stick for tokens Goblin Offensive  Another token maker Mirror Entity  a must if you are playing with tokens Rise of the Hobgoblins  Kuldotha Ringleader  Helps with battlecry Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs  amazing guy to slow down opponents or speed you up Darien, King of Kjeldor  Use your life as a creature making resource Martial Coup  Wrath + get tokens Nomads' Assembly  double your creature force ... twice Shrine of Loyal Legions amazing card Myr Turbine  great card Thopter Assembly another great card Precursor Golem  hits metalcraft with one card You also need buff effects like Glorious Anthem  Marshal's Anthem  can turn around games aswell True Conviction  deal twice as much damage and gain life, whats not to like Waves of Aggression  you have a beat deck, this makes you nuts especially with retrace Leonin Sun Standard for when mirror entity isn't around Glory of the Warfare  nice enchantment all round Sword of the Paruns  essentially the same as glory of the warfare or game winners like Insurrection  You will need the usual wrath effect cards and the well known white removal What i've found is that card's like Aura Shards  can just shut you down completely. A good card to have in the deck that stops this and a helluva lot of other problem cards is Torpor Orb  . This card just saves you.
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