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Here I'll attempt to (1) synthesize what I've learned from others, (2) explore hypothetical deck sketches, (3) use those sketches to advance my own contribution, and finally (4) layout the concrete design steps I believe will be necessary.

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Magic is fun even when you're not winning a lot, but eight straight losses has got to start to have a psychological toll.Īfter doing some studying of other lists here at Riptide, I believe I now have a much better understanding of how I want artifacts to function in my cube, and I have a series of very concrete steps toward achieving this vision. But all the expensive engine cards are 'supposed' to go in 'the artifact archetype', and because the strategy is so isolated, a few understandable drafting mistakes can irredeemably tank an evening. Frankly, even just a Duress and an Impulse would make an enormous difference. In fact, if you cut the Salvaging Station and the Mycosynth Lattice for Chromatic Star and Wayfarer's Bauble, the deck would probably be considerably more powerful. It's certainly possible to avoid this mistake, staying completely within the current cube list. If you just take the artifact tribal cards, but don't grab the good old vegetables, the game plan becomes flimsy. But it turns out that doesn't produce a functioning deck - artifacts produce a net of synergies and sub-engines which should augment and go alongside existing strategies. The drafter recognized those signals and moved in, drafting the artifact cards just like you would a typical tribal strategy. It's driven by some powerful and expensive artifact payoff cards, which signal very clearly their role in 'the Artifact Deck'. I thought of 'the Artifact Deck' as a distinct, stand-alone archetype.

Ultimately, as the cube designer I had set a trap and he had walked straight into it. The deck has the powerful KCI engine, and Marionette Master, one of the most explosive artifact win conditions in the cube. Bident of thasa is a similar effect with higher possible upside but performs the same in behind and parity quadrant.So what happened? The drafter is both a very good limited player, and has been playing Time Vault/Paradoxical Outcome with us in our Vintage group. I hope this helps depict why I will give this card the slot over military intelligence. I value the behind and parity quadrants the most. Parity: if you can't afford to attack this does nothing to help you Trampling opponents will be harder to deal with and defense may be too slow but it's there.Īhead: card advantage if you have 2 creatures that can attack (does nothing without 2 creatures) don't have to deal damage to draw cards.ĭeveloping: Can come down early in the game to help pull you ahead. Ghostfire blade lets your thopeters trade with real creatures and help bring you back in the game. Parity: token generation can go wide and give you expendable attackers to force blocks or get card advantage to pull you ahead of parity.īehind: slow defense but gives one chump block a turn while you dig to answers. Tokens can be used as ensoul targets, cheap Ghostfire equips, and extort fodder for silumgars sorcerer. TSN values assume you will reliably have an artifact, which the ensoul deck really should.Īhead: generate card advantage and increase your clock.ĭeveloping: comes down as your hand is empty and helps fuel back the cards spent. Having to attack with two creatures to get any value is a bigger downside to me than this value generating machine. I will take this over military intelligence in that shell any day. r/magicTCG is not produced, endorsed, supported by, or affiliated with Wizards of the Coast. Magic: The Gathering, including card images, symbols, and text, is © Wizards of the Coast, LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.

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