This is a mostly post-rotation Izzet artifact burn/aggro deck that only needs a few changes to main and side boards when KTK drops.
The main goal is to use Ensoul Artifact on one of the many artifact creatures in the deck to put pressure on an opponent. It then utilizes Shrapnel Blast and Scuttling Doom Engine to finish games.
Chief Engineer
and Generator Servant provide Mana ramp for the Doom Engine while Thassa, God of the Sea provides scry and on demand unblockable. The Lightning Strike and
Stoke the Flames
provide creature control when necessary and burn otherwise.
The sideboard attempts to provide answers for the most common standard decks that I've seen in my local meta but will certainly change when new decks appear after rotation.
AEtherspouts and
Polymorphist's Jest
are there against aggro decks to help clear the opponent's board.
Circle of Flame
is there to provide defense against Elspeth, Sun's Champion tokens and Rabble Red decks. It synergizes very well with
Polymorphist's Jest
.
Bident of Thassa is there for extra card draw if needed and to help even more with the clearing of the opponent's board. Synergizing nicely with
Polymorphist's Jest
, AEtherspouts, and
Circle of Flame
, it can even be effective against higher power creature decks like Mono-Black Devotion, G/W Aggro and Green/Gruul/Jund decks around Xenagos and Polukranos, World Eater.
Negate is there to come in against control and burn decks, and
Gainsay
is there specifically to play against U/W Control and Mono-Blue Devotion.
Nightveil Specter is there to go against spell decks to steal the opponent's drops and to provide additional devotion for Thassa and/or Keranos in case more aggro is needed.
Keranos, God of Storms
is there to provide extra draw and extra burn against spell decks but could probably be adapted to a variety of matchups.
As always, comments and suggestions are welcome and I hope to take some people by surprise during these last days of pre-KTK standard!
