Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
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About the Deck
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur has a reputation as being a rough card, and rightfully so, but when your opponents know that he is coming instead of being surprised out of nowhere, and can see your boardstate develop it really isn't that bad in practice. Playing this deck you are hard-casting a 10 CMC commander, this isn't the usual scary reanimation plan.
With my commander chosen, I started thinking about including other non-standard win conditions to see how many I could reasonably attempt. With Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur drawing a decent amount of cards, and blue in general being decent at that, I figured surely I could try to kill people with Atemsis, All-Seeing. All of the draw also led me to think there is a chance maybe I could deck myself and win with Laboratory Maniac (this has not been super viable and has been removed). Finally, since I had to lean heavily towards artifacts due to Mirrodin Besieged, I figured Mechanized Production wouldn't be unreasonable to try.
This deck is a bit unfocused, naturally, but in practice it is pretty fun and works fairly well. I am sure there are some cards I have been overlooking in the months I've been playing this, the deck is definitely not in any sort of finalized state.
Other Cards Under Consideration
Energy Tap - It seems like this weird old blue ritual could generate a pretty significant amount of mana for just .
Jace's Archivist - Repeatable Windfall seems really good and could also aid in a mill alternative kill.
Rite of Replication - This is a card I really like and it synergizes with Mechanized Production very well.
Narset, Parter of Veils - It has obvious synergy with Teferi's Puzzle Box that basically establishes a lock. Also brutal with Windfall. I don't know if I want to go that direction with this deck though.