Pioneer - Izzet Ensoul Sac

Pioneer Artifact Jegantha, the Wellspring Sacrifice Tokens UR (Izzet)

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Land (22)

• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 2x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 4x Shivan Reef
• 1x Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
• 4x Spirebluff Canal
• 4x Steam Vents

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Case of the Filched Falcon
• 4x Ensoul Artifact

Creature (12)

• 4x Spyglass Siren
• 4x Voldaren Epicure
• 4x Gleaming Geardrake

Artifact (6)

• 2x Diamond Pick-Axe
• 2x Legion Extruder
• 2x Cryptic Coat

Instant (10)

• 3x Torch the Tower
• 4x Shrapnel Blast
• 3x Metallic Rebuke

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x The Royal Scions

Companion (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 2x Into the Flood Maw
• 1x Torch the Tower
• 2x Voltage Surge
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Mystical Dispute

Creature (1)

• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring

Artifact (2)

• 2x Grafdigger's Cage

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Brotherhood's End

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render

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This is a slightly different version of my usual Izzet Ensoul Artifact list for Pioneer that revolves less around Inti and Smuggler's Copter and more around the artifact sacrifice synergies between Gleaming Geardrake and Legion Extruder, which allows us to also lean more heavily into synergistic cards like Diamond Pickaxe, Metallic Rebuke, and Case of the Filched Falcon. This version seems to be less generically powerful, but more cohesively focused on what the deck does best.

With 14 ways to make an artifact on turn 1, a turn 2 Ensoul that can attack is possible 91.3% of the time that we draw it while adding a turn 2 Geardrake to the board is also quite threatening - especially when it solves a Case of the Filched Falcon immediately. Our ideal turn 3 play would be a Cryptic Coat/The Royal Scions, but basically the entirety of the game past that point can be played at instant-speed. Once a board of creatures and artifacts are established, we will be able to simply draw-go our opponents and react to whatever they try to do with counterspells and interaction while also holding open activations on things like Legion Extruder, Case of the Filched Falcon, Cryptic Coat, Channel lands, and various artifact tokens to be extra tricksy with our open mana. The sideboard amplifies this game plan with more relevant counterspells and potent interaction.

Date added	3 months
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is not Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 5 Rares 26 - 7 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.74
Tokens	A Mysterious Creature, Blood, Clue, Fish 1/1 U, Golem 3/3 C, Map, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure