Steel of Tarkir

Standard Artifact Budget GU (Simic)

dfhenson

Creature (24)

• 4x Elvish Mystic
• 4x Hewed Stone Retainers
• 4x Ornithopter
• 4x Pilgrim of the Fires
• 4x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 4x Whisperer of the Wilds

Land (20)

• 12x Forest
• 8x Island

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Ensoul Artifact

Artifact (12)

• 4x Briber's Purse
• 4x Ghostfire Blade
• 4x Tormod's Crypt

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An artifact deck... in the Khans block?

The muscle of this deck is Hewed Stone Retainers. A 4/4 for 3 is pretty sweet, and mana dorks and 0-drop artifacts like Ornithopter and Briber's purse (which can be payed for later in the game for a handy bit of board control) ensure that you're able to cast it turn 2 or 3. Ghostfire Blade is ridiculously effective with Retainers, allowing for an easy 6 damage on turn 4 even without mana ramp from Renowned Weaponsmith. Now as you can guess, I'm only running Weaponsmith for it's first ability, which is great enough on its own in a deck that takes advantage of it. With Retainers triggering ferocious, Whisperer of the Wilds will also be generating 2 mana per tap in many cases, allowing for some serious ramp. Pilgrim of the Fires is the deck's alternate beater and later game bomb. With it in hand it can usually get played by turn 5, if not 3 or 4.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.80