Your Head A Splode

Standard Artifact Budget UR (Izzet)

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Creature (16)

• 4x Generator Servant
• 4x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 4x Ornithopter
• 3x Scuttling Doom Engine

Land (22)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 2x Shivan Reef
• 4x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Ensoul Artifact

Artifact (4)

• 4x Springleaf Drum

Instant (14)

• 4x Lightning Strike
• 4x Shrapnel Blast
• 2x Stoke the Flames
• 4x Stubborn Denial

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 4x Phyrexian Revoker

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Singing Bell Strike

Instant (5)

• 2x Magma Jet
• 3x Shatter

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Arc Lightning

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 4x Monastery Swiftspear

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ghostfire Blade
• 1x Ugin's Nexus

Instant (2)

• 2x Stoke the Flames

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I have played this in a couple of events now and am convinced that there is a way to make it more competitive. As it is, this deck is fun to play but inconsistent.

Strategy:

Objective 1: Ramp into Scuttling Doom Engine using some combination of Generator Servant, Chief Engineer and Springleaf Drum .

Objective 2: Create a difficult-to-manage threat using Ensoul Artifact on Ornithopter, Darksteel Citadel, or Springleaf Drum .

Win Condition: After getting the opponent "in range" with the above tactics, burn for the win using some combination of Shrapnel Blast, Stoke the Flames or Lightning Strike.

Thoughts:

1. I was running Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time because I'm going to be losing card advantage due to Ensoul Artifact targets being removed or using Generator Servant's sac ability. Turns out, if it gets to the point in the game where I need to grind out card advantage to get the edge, I've already lost.

2. I am not sure what role Goblin Rabblemaster plays anymore. In this deck (format I guess) he eats removal all day, and so I end up with a goblin token to show for it sometimes. If I had more Stoke the Flames he would probably be more worth it.

3. I need to look at the mana base--I am getting screwed a little too much. I am looking at adding one Evolving Wilds to bring it up to 22 lands. If I hit 4 lands in a game, I am usually set.

4. Replacing Swiftwater Cliffs with more Shivan Reef would be highly desirable. I do not think scrylands would help--this deck does not really benefit from taking it slow.

5. I am curious to see if there is a role for Monastery Swiftspear in this deck, but I am not all that sure about it.

6. More maindeck burn might be in order--Magma Jet could help.

7. Considering Scouring Sands instead of Arc Lightning . When tokens are involved, I find myself needing to kill more than 3.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 1 Mythic Rares 13 - 4 Rares 26 - 5 Uncommons 12 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.18
Tokens	Goblin 1/1 R
Folders	FNM Decks?, coll stuff, Standard, Standard