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3 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachrome Coast
4 Glacial Fortress
7 Plains
1 Island

4 Puresteel Paladin
3 Geist of Saint Traft (this card is pure win in this deck and the best reason to splash)
2 Fiend Hunter (wish I had more of these in here, but alas, nowhere to fit em)
4 Mirran Crusader

4 Flayer Husk
4 Mortarpod
2 Sword of War and Peace
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Batterskull
2 Nim Deathmantle (quite the underrated piece of equipment)
1 Sylvok Lifestaff

2 Mox Opal

4 Dispatch
4 Ponder


And thats what I'm rocking right now... geist is amazing.. seriously!

No love for blade splicer ?

And preordain is rotating, btw.

Also, perhaps including think twice for card draw other than paladin would be a good idea. Or perhaps g-probe. Ponder is ok, but not a good replacement for preordain.

Etched champion all the way. Porcelain legionairre has a 1 toughness. Yes it comes down a turn sooner, but it dies easily to row. I feel the etched is better in this regards as it's protected immediately. Since a t3 metalcraft isn't a problem. Also, in my experience (due to the fact that the shop owner and another pal of mine play puresteel every fnm) the etched champion is better since it prevents things like another pro sworded guy swinging in while your wailing on them. I've debated adding spellskite md, rather than sb.

Also, back to nexus's build, I don't think the moorland is gonna be a useful card as the deck doesn't run that many creatures. So a 1 maybe a 2 of the moorland haunt would be ok. Id still rather have my 4 inkmoth nexus.

Come catch up:
1.) I don't like Blade Splicer in the deck. It's a cute card but isn't really speeding us up at all.
2.) Etched Champion can wreck the mirror match. That's my opinion on the card.
3.) I haven't seen any list tested thoroughly yet. Let me know when you do so I can fill up the match up section. This archetype is waiting to be broken in a bad way.

I'm going to cut my personal list down a bit. I will be including Mentor of the Meek over the Pristine Talisman . The Argentum Armor is coming out for something -- possibly more removal or another Wurmcoil Engine . My list is slower than most, but this deck can move fast.

If you play with a full set of Inkmoth Nexus , a couple Mox Opal and deck manipulation, you can get and keep metalcraft very early in the game and plow ahead. The use of Ponder , Think Twice , Mentor of the Meek and Puresteel Paladin rush your deck into finding threats with ease. You should have a land drop every turn -- that is one caveat, and if you can afford it, the Mox Opal to help as backup mana.

I conversely in my meta want to prepare for a longer game, so I have some much higher costed stuff for the occasion. But yes, this deck can move very fast. I'd like to see some match ups in the new meta, I have no time to go out myself right now, so I'm hoping some brave souls here do!

Cheers.