Sword of the Meek is unbanned, so it obviously means it is time to abuse this while we still can.
Welcome back Thopter Foundry/Sword of the Meek decks!
Sadly I wasn't around for extended but I am excited to see one of my fave artifacts become unbanned and now playable in a format I am new to. So obviously we are making a deck around comboing this bad boy off.
It has the usual cards you would expect for combo:
Sword of the Meek
+
Thopter Foundry
+
Krark-Clan Ironworks
and even
Time Sieve
to a lesser extent for infinite turns.
I decided to lean towards going more Esper (BWU) instead of Azorios (UW) simply because there are some cheeky black cards which this combo can downright abuse (
Disciple of the Vault
anyone?)
you're play style for this deck is somewhat cautious, but at the same time you don't really care too much on the control side, counter spells are in there simply for if someone tries to counter or destroy your goodies.
suprme verdict is in there for when you have your combo pieces, but your opponent has a decent board state as well. Why this over
Wrath of God
though? Simple. Cannot be countered. I mean sure the wrath stops your opponent from regenerating, but verdict I feel brings more to the table of what we are after.
Mentor of the Meek
is something a friend of mine brought up (huge thankyou) and I am testing it out to see how it goes, for a different option, i also want to test
Puresteel Paladin
as we run so man artifacts.
NOTE thopters are also artifacts and both of these cards are when artifacts on your side enter the battlefield, so insert evil maniacal laugh here
Finally, you probably have seen that I am not running either
Flooded Strand
or
Marsh Flats
this is because:
A) regrettably I don't own any (plus my only strand mysteriously disappeared)
B) will probably add 1/2 strands later on, but so far really isn't needed too much. It would be nice for deck thinning, but as the deck also runs
Muddle the Mixture
to get our swords, and
Thirst for Knowledge
for some kickass draw, it really isn't necessary I feel.
Please let me know what you think of the deck, plus any changes that would be necessary! The modern meta is changing once again thanks to no
Eye of Ugin
so this is an interesting time to be in modern! As always I appreciate all feedback and do my best to reply to all of it.
UPDATE
totally forgot about
Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas
which is an alternate win condition. Plus gives us dig for artifacts.
UPDATE
HUGE OVERHAUL!!!
I realised after a lot of play-tsting and brainstorming with friends that this deck currently sits between control and combo. SO there has been a massive change and will most likely change more!
