Tevesh wrote: ↑2 years ago
Do you have a decklist? I want to see what you've dropped for these changes, you certainly have piqued my interest.
Sure!
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4545293#paper
As you can see, it is just a slight variation of yours. Notable mentions:
1) 3 Counters. Mainly against mass artifact destruction spells. Perhaps the deck needs more, but I dont want to go for the controlly route. It is not fun.
2)
Urza's Saga . This single busted card changed A LOT. More cmc1 artifacts in the deck (also, a
Trinket Mage ),
Thespian's Stage Schenanigans (if you dont know how this works, check it out) and, most of all, the deck's best play pattern.....
3) .....which is to bring
Expedition Map (through any tutor, even Saga itself) →
Academy Ruins → Take the Map back again → Go for either
Dark Depths/
Thespian's Stage line or
Treasure Vault loops.
4)
Treasure Vault is another card that deserves its own section. Artifact land (easily tutorable with everything), recurrable with
Academy Ruins, wincon with
Mechanized Production (you can even enchant it with it).
5) I try to avoid using the usual EDH Staples like
Rhystic Study (the deck has enough CA as it is),
Cyclonic Rift (4 mass bounce are enough) and
Mystic Remora (Apart from all the rest, I find no use for it, since I cant play it t1 and then pay the Cummulative upkeep, when this makes the "play Omenkeel t2 ->equip and attack t3" line impossible)
6) Perhaps its my local meta, but I ALMOST always find use for
Dermotaxi. I have skinned many creatures, from my own Padeem, to Elesh Norn and Kozilek.
7) I have a soft spot for
Retreat to Coralhelm since my constructed days with
Knight of the Reliquary . It is quite nutty with
Walking Atlas and even more with
Scaretiller (best creature in the deck?).
8) I recently cut
Roil Elemental from my list. Makes the deck too much a target and it is very easy to answer.
9) You may notice that I run many fetchlands in a mono-U deck. It is not because of the Mystic Sanctuary! It is because I like the option to, whenever I want to, ESPECIALLY after I have already accumulated a large number of lands in exile from my opponents, go the other route. The Cosima one! By using cards like
Surgespanner or
Crystal Shard , I can bounce the Omenkeel and play Cosima to fill my hand even more. It doesnt always works, but I like the option and I find it very fun to be able to (somewhat) change the playstyle of my deck at will.