Bluish Steel

Modern Aggro Artifact GU (Simic)

nocipher

Creature (31)

• 4x Ancient Stirrings
• 4x Chief Engineer
• 4x Faerie Seer
• 4x Grand Architect
• 4x Lodestone Golem
• 2x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 3x Sage of Epityr
• 4x Walking Ballista
• 2x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (20)

• 4x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 3x Breeding Pool
• 3x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Forest
• 4x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Artifact (9)

• 2x Chalice of the Void
• 4x Smuggler's Copter
• 3x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

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Sideboard

Artifact (7)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 3x Damping Sphere
• 3x Grafdigger's Cage

Creature (4)

• 1x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 3x Tribute Mage

Instant (4)

• 4x Veil of Summer

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Artificer's Assistant
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Merchant's Dockhand
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistcaller
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Tribute Mage

Artifact (4)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Damping Matrix
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Land (3)

• 3x Waterlogged Grove

Instant (1)

• 1x Force of Negation

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A modified take on Zac Elsik's Blue Steel. This focuses more on top deck manipulation to help smooth out draws and reach its goals consistently. The engine of the deck consists of cheap 1 mana blue creatures combined with either Grand Architect or Chief Engineer. Both of these are able push out a turn 3 Lodestone Golem which often buys enough time to close out the game. With Smuggler's Copter to upgrade a 1/1 to a 3/3 with card draw and a Throne of the God-Pharaoh, the game can be closed out quickly, even while assembling the engine. Walking Ballista gives some needed interaction in case the engine is too slow and Wurmcoil Engine is there to go over the top and allow stabilization. Mausoleum Wanderer can help ensure that the key creatures are able to stick to the battlefield.

The deck felt good before the introduction of companions, though I haven't had much of chance to play in the new meta. I think this has more lines of plays, more outs than the original deck, gets to do its thing more consistently.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Splash colors	G
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 37 - 4 Rares 0 - 10 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.88
Tokens	Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Modern
Based on	Blue Steel with Thought Prison nocipher MDN