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abby315

Creature (16)

• 2x Aether Poisoner
• 2x Bastion Inventor
• 1x Cloudblazer
• 1x Dhund Operative
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Hinterland Drake
• 1x Merchant's Dockhand
• 1x Night Market Lookout
• 1x Quicksmith Spy
• 1x Quicksmith Spy
• 1x Shipwreck Moray
• 1x Vengeful Rebel
• 2x Weldfast Wingsmith

Land (16)

• 6x Island
• 1x Plains
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 8x Swamp

Artifact (5)

• 1x Cogworker's Puzzleknot
• 1x Glassblower's Puzzleknot
• 1x Inventor's Goggles
• 1x Mobile Garrison
• 1x Renegade Map

Instant (2)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Subtle Strike

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Battle at the Bridge

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Caught in the Brights
• 1x Revoke Privileges

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Fragmentize
• 2x Servo Exhibition

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Ended up switching from a medium white splash to just the barest white splash because mana-fixing was an issue; this list was SO fun and unlike what everyone else was building. I lost only to a nuts G/W Revolt deck in 3, but both games I lost were incredibly mana-screwed; hard to tell what could have been! Below is the final form of the deck; Maybeboard is the white splash I cut after round 2.

Cards that overperformed: Quicksmith Spy, Merchant's Dockhand , Hinterland Drake , Battle at the Bridge, Vengeful Rebel , Fatal Push, Inventor's Goggles

Cards that underperformed (based on expectations): Dhund Operative , Night Market Lookout (probably because I only had one vehicle), Weldfast Wingsmith --3/3 is very solid stats in this sealed environment, but the conditional flying REALLY hurts, especially because she would be such a good blocker for enemy fliers.

Also of note: I pulled T H R E E Rogue Refiners and Sultai may have been the better build, but there was a ton of tension between green slots and all of the artifacts I wanted to run for U/B, so it felt like the wrong choice. Rip Refiners :(

Also also of note: I loved 16 lands. Felt right for this curve.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Pre-release legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Rares 4 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	40
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Energy Reserve, Servo 1/1 C