American Jedi

Standard* Aggro Artifact Burn Combo

Phil1McCrackin

Creature (13)

• 1x Anax and Cymede
• 4x Chief Engineer
• 1x Opaline Unicorn
• 4x Ornithopter
• 2x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker

Land (21)

• 3x Battlefield Forge
• 3x Darksteel Citadel
• 6x Island
• 3x Mystic Monastery
• 3x Shivan Reef
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Triumph

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Ensoul Artifact
• 4x Jeskai Ascendancy

Artifact (8)

• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 2x Briber's Purse
• 2x Cranial Archive
• 3x Springleaf Drum

Instant (8)

• 2x Dissolve
• 1x Negate
• 4x Retraction Helix
• 1x Stubborn Denial

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Taigam's Scheming

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Dig Through Time

Sorcery (1)

• 1x End Hostilities

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The path of enlightenment for the Jeskai can be long and arduous, or short and with much ease. There is no way to tell but the way itself. Much like a snake shedding it's skin one can only become enlightened as fast as the way provides and no quicker. For no force of will but time will pull the old skin from the snake.

So the Jeskai seek astronomers, oracles, and omen speakers to read the signs burried along every curve of the way. They travel first to the Temple of Epiphany, and with new awareness to the Temple of Triumph. Mastering their greatest enemy, themselves, they proceed to the Temple of Enlightenment. Here they are given the tools to reach the heights of a conscious being and become truly aware. They receive first the technique of meditation. This practice is comprised primarily out of the will to be here now. By retracting from the ego, the Jeskai transcends into a helix of awareness and being. This state is a brief glimpse of true awareness. And is to be practiced as often as possible. Only once the ego is well on it's way to being crushed is the Jeskai taught the second technique to reach pure awareness, that being self mortification. From lightning and fire to exile and poverty each Jeskai much find the way set aside for him. Jeskai Ascendancy is the final end sought by all Jeskai.

So Jeskai Ascendancy is in play and you need one creature either with haste or all ready in play. You then cast Retraction Helix on that creature, lay down a zero cost non-creature artifact (Astral Cornucopia or Briber's Purse). Repeat casting the zero cost, using Retraction Helix to pick it up, until your creature is large enough to swing for the win (Jeskai Ascendancy's first ability) and you have a Void Snare in hand to guarantee the win (Jeskai Ascendancy's second ability).

Alternate win cons are1.) Altar of the Brood in addition to the combo above. 2.) Ensoul Artifact alone or with burn, i.e. Shrapnel Blast.3.) Scuttling Doom Engine + Shrapnel Blast

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 21 - 3 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.69