Many Magic the Gathering players have been porting over powerful Standard decks and bolstering them with older cards as they transition into the Pioneer format.
In this build we turn that on its head and attempt to port a popular Modern deck into Pioneer and see where it takes us.
Today we Are looking at a Pioneer Jeskai Combo Brew.
A couple of notes as we move forward...
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
functions in this brew in a similarly capacity as
Urza, Lord High Artificer
in the modern version of this deck. While not as Versatile as its Modern counterpart, both are used to draw through you deck while "comboing" off.
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
sits in the same spot on the mana curve as
Urza, Lord High Artificer
and is still legendary to turn on
Mox Amber
.
She also sits as a 3/3 which gets her just big enough to survive
Wild Slash
esk* Removal making her slightly more resilient than say
Artificer's Assistant
.
Paradoxical Outcome
helps to churn through the deck by allowing you to recast your zero drops and draw even more cards of
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
.
O.K. so with that out of the way, let's get into the meet and potatoes of this brew:
With
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
and either
Jeskai Ascendancy
or
Paradox Engine
you can get as much stuff outta the graveyard as you need. The card your looking to combo here is
Mox Amber
. The cast trigger will un-tap Emry, and the legendary rule will sacrifice the Amber as long as you have 2. This means you can tap an Amber for one mana before you cast the second and sacrifice the tapped amber to the legend rule. This will net you infinite
Mana.
With any of these combo in play, you can either outright win by overrunning your opponent with a massive creature through
Jeskai Ascendancy
, or go wide by making infinite creatures using either
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
or
Sai, Master Thopterist
.
These cast triggers build a storm count to finish your opponent off with
Aetherflux Reservoir
If you aren't trying to kill with the raw damage of either going wide with Thopters/Servos or pumping with with ascendancy. _You can also draw though your whole deck using
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
If you need to dig for a kill. _
As Far as interactions, when you are trying to combo out and kill with damage, there are ways to stack un-tap triggers and with the use of
Retraction Helix
you can use the extra un-taps to bounce your opponents whole board so that you can swing freely. Since this Version of the deck does not necessarily need to win using
Retraction Helix
it can freely be used as a general purpose removal spell. This and
Paradoxical Outcome
are great tools for overcoming problematic
Oko, Thief of Crowns
turning things like your
Aetherflux Reservoir
into a 3/3.
