The
Scuttling Doom Engine
is the coolest thing in M15 since sliced bread and anyone who thinks otherwise is a communist. And Y'know what we do with communists? We fling Scuttling Doom Engines at them... For Freedom.
This U/R Artifact deck is all about getting your Doom Engine flying at your opponents face as quickly and violently as possible. And M15 has given us a nice selection of tools to do it with. So let's start with the basics:
Step (turn) 1: Drop a land (any will do), Ornithopter and ideally Springleaf Drum (this will speed up the combo by 1 turn).
Step 2: Land and Generator Servant.
Step 3: Land. Sacrifice Generator Servant for 2 mana, then tap Ornithopter for 1 mana using Springleaf Drum and your 3 lands for the remaining 3 mana to drop the hasty
Scuttling Doom Engine
. Swing for 6.
Step 4: Swing again with the Doom Engine, then Shrapnel Blast it for 11 damage to the face. 6 + 6 + 11 = 23 damage.
Not only is the Doom Engine highly volatile; it gets past green's most potent early game blockers -
Sylvan Caryatid
and Courser of Kruphix.
The remaining cards are support acts to the main event that assist in pushing through the last points of damage should Magical-Christmas not come early this year. Magma Jet gives some much needed scry to hit the combo pieces we need, as well as pushes the last few points of damage through in a pinch. We've all had the thought of Ornithopter and Ensoul Artifact tickling our inner Johnny's, and
Volatile Rig
needed a home in standard before he fades (or blows up) into oblivion. A deck based around detonating machinery seemed just the place. Trading Post can interact with your entire boardstate to give card advantage, recur blown up artifacts and produce goats. Because who doesn't love goats? You guessed it... communists.
The sideboard is still under consideration. Izzet Charm is just too good not to include.
