Re: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice - STAX BEATDOWN - Artifacts Only
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:26 pm
Something I like about this deck is that it has a lot of room to grow as new artifact sets come out. I feel like there is a critical mass of cards to make this deck viable, which wasn't true a couple of years ago, at least in my meta.
BROTHER'S WAR
Cityscape Leveler - i think this is pretty good. works well with Mycosynth Golem and other things that care about creatures.
Haywire Mite - this thing is so dang efficient and direct swap in for Dispeller's Capsule. Not only does it exile, but it's a creature so it triggers things like The Great Henge.
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter - not sure how important flash really is in this deck. Haven't had a ton of success with Vedalken Orrery. Mostly i want card advantage or removal stuff.
Portal to Phyrexia - i think this has potential, however that's a steep mana cost.
Phyrexian Fleshgorger - this is a strong beatstick. has some major advantages over our old standby Wurmcoil Engine. Prototype means this is usable early and menance is arguable better than deathtouch in this deck.
Razorlash Transmogrant - i feel like there is combo potential here for sure. regardless a recurrable sac target is quite good.
Urza's Sylex - i think this is a very decent board wipe. bonus points in that you can use it the turn it enters the battlefield. unique in that it hits excess lands.
Clay Champion - I think this card is neat but this isn't really a +1/+1 counters deck and probably not any better than Steel Overseer although it can put counters on atraxa.
WARHAMMER
The mono black necron deck brought us a ton of new artifact toys, however I'm not sure if anything truly fits. Most things are very graveyard centric which this deck doesn't do a whole lot of. I could see a lot of this being decent in Glissa, the Traitor or similar.
Sicarian Infiltrator - gotta be some cool stuff you can do with this guy, if nothing else it's a way to make a bunch of artifact token creatures.
Imotekh the Stormlord - very strong effect but again, i don't consistently reanimate things.
OTHER STUFF
Perilous Vault - this flew under my radar until the reprint, but i think this is pretty fantastic as a panic button. exiling everything in colorless is great.
Aetherflux Reservoir i think this could be a fantastic finisher for the deck in combination with sensei's top and my top-of-library stuff. Even without the combo, i can still dome people just with Atraxa's lifegain.
BROTHER'S WAR
Cityscape Leveler - i think this is pretty good. works well with Mycosynth Golem and other things that care about creatures.
Haywire Mite - this thing is so dang efficient and direct swap in for Dispeller's Capsule. Not only does it exile, but it's a creature so it triggers things like The Great Henge.
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter - not sure how important flash really is in this deck. Haven't had a ton of success with Vedalken Orrery. Mostly i want card advantage or removal stuff.
Portal to Phyrexia - i think this has potential, however that's a steep mana cost.
Phyrexian Fleshgorger - this is a strong beatstick. has some major advantages over our old standby Wurmcoil Engine. Prototype means this is usable early and menance is arguable better than deathtouch in this deck.
Razorlash Transmogrant - i feel like there is combo potential here for sure. regardless a recurrable sac target is quite good.
Urza's Sylex - i think this is a very decent board wipe. bonus points in that you can use it the turn it enters the battlefield. unique in that it hits excess lands.
Clay Champion - I think this card is neat but this isn't really a +1/+1 counters deck and probably not any better than Steel Overseer although it can put counters on atraxa.
WARHAMMER
The mono black necron deck brought us a ton of new artifact toys, however I'm not sure if anything truly fits. Most things are very graveyard centric which this deck doesn't do a whole lot of. I could see a lot of this being decent in Glissa, the Traitor or similar.
Sicarian Infiltrator - gotta be some cool stuff you can do with this guy, if nothing else it's a way to make a bunch of artifact token creatures.
Imotekh the Stormlord - very strong effect but again, i don't consistently reanimate things.
OTHER STUFF
Perilous Vault - this flew under my radar until the reprint, but i think this is pretty fantastic as a panic button. exiling everything in colorless is great.
Aetherflux Reservoir i think this could be a fantastic finisher for the deck in combination with sensei's top and my top-of-library stuff. Even without the combo, i can still dome people just with Atraxa's lifegain.