Get aggressive with artifacts!
Ensoul Artifact - The reason for the deck. You can put it on any artifact, and it becomes a 5/5. If you put it on an Ornithopter or Smuggler's Copter, it becomes a 5/5 flier, which usually wins you the game.
Shrapnel Blast - Another reason to play the deck. An easy way to close out the game after beating with a 5/5 artifact creature. It only takes 3 hits with a 5/5 plus a Shrapnel Blast to close out the game! Also a way to sacrifice your Hangarback Walker in response to an exiling effect.
Ghostfire Blade
- Yet another synergistic card that makes playing artifacts worth it. 1 mana, 1 equip, +2/+2. I'll take it any day.
Unlicensed Disintegration - 3 mana unconditional removal spell that also deals 3 damage to a player. Easy 4-of.
Smuggler's Copter - Artifact? Check. Cheap? Check. Flying? Check. Most played card in standard right now? Check.
Ornithopter - The best thing to put an Ensoul Artifact on. Also a great way to block early game 1-powered creatures. Also the best sacrifice target for Shrapnel Blast. Also great with
Ghostfire Blade
.
Hangarback Walker - A great mana sink that can close out the game quite fast. An opponent that can't deal with Hangarback Walker can easily lose. When it dies, it makes Thopters which are great targets for Ensoul Artifact.
Scrapheap Scrounger - Another reason to splash black. A 3/2 that can just keep coming back is great. Sure it can't block, but usually you wouldn't want to be blocking with it anyways. Great for discarding to Smuggler's Copter. Scrapheap Scrounger is the main thing you want to be sacrificing with Shrapnel Blast.
Thopter Engineer
- A great 3 drop that makes a Thopter which can be a good target for Ensoul Artifact, can be sacrificed to Shrapnel Blast, and equipped with
Ghostfire Blade
. Also gives everything haste, which is extremely relevant.
Bomat Courier - 1 mana 1/1 with haste that can generate card advantage if not dealt with. Mainly just a filler.
Darksteel Citadel - A colorless land that counts as an artifact. The indestructibility is hilarious with Ensoul Artifact.
