Build-a-deck #1: Sydri, Galvanic Genius.

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Postby DroppinSuga » Wed May 21, 2014 1:49 pm

I'll do it tonight when I'm not working, since my work computer is wonky. Also, I'm going to change the title of the thread so it says who our General is and whatnot.
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 3:25 pm

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Card: Argivian Find

Pros:
+ Recurs important artifacts if we don't have Academy Ruins, Trading Post, or similar effects on board.
+ Cheap mana cost.
+ Instant speed.

Cons:
- Can only recur artifacts or enchantments.
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 3:27 pm

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Card: Argivian Restoration

Pros:
+ Recurs important artifacts if we don't have Academy Ruins, Trading Post, or similar effects on board.
+ Puts the artifact on the battlefield

Cons:
- Expensive.
- Sorcery speed.
- Can only recur artifacts.
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 3:32 pm

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Card: Copy Artifact

Pros:
+ ...it copies artifacts.

Cons:
- It's an enchantment.
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 3:36 pm

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Card: Dispatch

Pros:
+ Exiles creatures (works around indestructible).
+ Instant speed.
+ A better Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares most of the time.

Cons:
- Conditional (though the condition is easy to meet in this deck.

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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 3:39 pm

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Card: Fabricate

Pros:
+ It's a tutor.
+ It's a tutor.
+ IT'S A TUTOR.

Cons:
- ????
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 4:02 pm

Cons: There are better tutors than that.

Demonic Tutor
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I'd call these no-brainers, barring an argument against having any tutors at all. Like having a ton of draw making them irrelevant.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 4:04 pm

Vampiric Tutor
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Cons: Only tutors to top deck, but tutors at instant speed which is unique.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 4:07 pm

Imperial Seal
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If we're only building the deck in theory, then in theory we can include this card.

Cons:
- Tutors to top deck, but does it for 1 mana.
- At $700, it's in the running for one of the most expensive Commander legal cards.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 4:09 pm

Enlightened Tutor
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Cons:
- Tutors to top deck, but does it for 1 mana.
- Only nabs Enchantments and Artifacts.


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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 4:20 pm

Okay, so there's one strictly better tutor than that.
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 21, 2014 4:38 pm

I mean, why not run Fabricate alongside Demonic Tutor?
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Postby DroppinSuga » Wed May 21, 2014 4:42 pm

Believe me, in Sydri, Fabricate is an all-star.
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Postby Alex » Wed May 21, 2014 4:47 pm

I also like Reshape a lot.

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Not gonna try and pros/cons on my phone but I think we all know why this is being thrown into the mix.




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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 8:03 pm

Nothing wrong with running both. Lets just be realistic about the actual pros and cons of things. It's a tutor that only hunts for Artifacts. This deck just happens to be able to entirely play around that drawback.

I can see considering that a card has no drawback within this context of this deck too, though. Different perspectives of looking at things.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 21, 2014 8:48 pm

Should be able to cheat this asshole out pretty early...

Magister Sphinx
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Pros:
- Basically a kill shot.
- Can bring someone with an out of control life gain engine back to heel.

Cons:
- Can be used against you with things like Bribery.
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Postby Alex » Thu May 22, 2014 12:29 pm

Sooooooo...this is happening in Conspiracy. Looks like this deck just got broken right open.

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Card: Muzzio, Visionary Architect.

1UU
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
3U, :symtap: : Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the greatest converted mana cost among artifacts you control. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.







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Postby DroppinSuga » Thu May 22, 2014 1:36 pm

Whoa.
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Postby Valdarith » Thu May 22, 2014 2:59 pm

That set is going to be so ballin'.
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Postby Alex » Sun May 25, 2014 1:45 am

I updated the OP and did some thanking. Sorry I've not been around for a few days, I've been out of town celebrating my birthday, and I came down with a nice case of strep on top of that. :highhorse:

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Postby DroppinSuga » Sun May 25, 2014 1:51 am

Where's my inspiration!?!?!
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Postby Alex » Sun May 25, 2014 2:32 am

Still in my apartment, which I haven't been to in almost 3 weeks. :(

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Postby DroppinSuga » Mon May 26, 2014 11:48 pm

Next submission: Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

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Pros:
Lets us dig through our library to find artifacts that we want
Gives us a similar effect that Sydri does

Cons:
No ultimate
Will probably die quickly

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Postby Alex » Tue May 27, 2014 12:06 pm

Get to voting, scrublords! I started deleting thanks on cards that have already been added to the list. It makes it a little (read: a lot) easier for me to figure out which ones I already have on the list.

@Suga: I'm gonna send out your cards today. I finally had a chance to sit down and figure out what I wanted to send. :D

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Postby Alex » Tue May 27, 2014 12:16 pm

Also, I'm gonna throw a card in that I'm sure a lot of people forgot about, but seems incredibly good here.

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Card: Remember the Fallen

Pros:
+Recurs relevant engines that may have been milled or destroyed.
+Basically targets two things most of the time.
+Has sweet Elspeth art on it.

Cons:
-It's a sorcery, and is a little too conservatively costed for what it does.






I used to think this card was bad, but I played around with it a little bit in another artifact deck and was very shocked at how often it was exactly the card I wanted to put me back into the game. In my Tajic, Blade of the Legion deck, it basically read "Return target equipment and creature to put it on from the graveyard to your hand." which is great when the equipment you're
recurring is something like a Sunforger and the creature is a Brion Stoutarm.

In this deck I could see it grabbing Trading Post and Magister Sphinx. Which, hell, isn't a bad place to be.

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Postby DroppinSuga » Tue May 27, 2014 2:58 pm

Cards make Suga a happy man.
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Postby DocLawless » Tue May 27, 2014 6:08 pm

Evidently I proposed Enlightened Tutor after Val had already done it. Between the two posts it has two votes.

Also, if we're voting in cards that grab things like Magister Sphinx and Trading Post, we should probably also vote in Magister Sphinx and Trading Post.
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Postby Alex » Wed May 28, 2014 5:11 am

So when I was flipping through bulk to find stuff for Suga today, I came across a card that I forgot about that's pretty sweet.

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Card: Spine of Ish Sah

Pros:
+Is recurrable spot removal with artifact sacrifice outlets, which the deck already plays.
+Turns into a rather sizeable creature due to having a converted mana cost of 7.
+Makes for a decent mana dump late into the game, and even allows you to "combo off" when you have infinite mana and a sac outlet by destroying everyone's...everything.
+Great tutor target to have in your toolbox.

Cons:
-It costs 7, which is both a blessing and a burden in this deck.
-It isn't that great in your starting hand since it doesn't do much without a sac outlet.
-Doesn't go to the graveyard, so no shenanigans with it from the yard.

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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 28, 2014 2:26 pm

Between Doc and myself there are three votes for Enlightened Tutor (Doc posted it awhile after I did).
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 28, 2014 2:43 pm

Val posted it first. He should get credit for the submission.
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Postby DroppinSuga » Wed May 28, 2014 3:07 pm

To be fair, none of you will get credit and you'll like it.
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Postby Alex » Wed May 28, 2014 3:08 pm

I'm going to give it to Val since Doc has more submissions already in. :)

Edit: Shut up Suga!

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Postby Alex » Wed May 28, 2014 3:08 pm

The above post is a prime example of quality community building, the type you can only find on Dies to Removal. :sherlock:

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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 28, 2014 3:23 pm

Your face is quality community building.
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Postby Alex » Wed May 28, 2014 3:24 pm

#shotsfired

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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 28, 2014 3:26 pm

#deweydecimalsystem
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Postby Valdarith » Wed May 28, 2014 3:34 pm

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Card: Buried Ruin

Pros:
+ Recurs an artifact
+ It's a land

Cons:
- Must sacrifice it
- Only produces colorless mana
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Postby DroppinSuga » Wed May 28, 2014 3:35 pm

I don't think we need to worry as much about colorless mana in this deck since a fair amount of our deck will be colorless.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 28, 2014 3:38 pm

Wurmcoil Engine
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Pros:
- Serious threat.

Cons:
- 6 cmc sucks, I guess.
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Postby DocLawless » Wed May 28, 2014 3:39 pm

Have we submitted this one yet?

Bribery
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