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Land (24)
Artifact (7)
- 3x Aethersphere Harvester
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1x
Aethersphere Harvester
- 2x Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
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1x
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
Instant (8)
Sideboard
Creature (3)
Sorcery (3)
Maybeboard
Sail the skies on the Skysovereign, Consul Flagship with Jhoira as your Captain.
+1 Upvote is appreciated if you like this deck.
C'mon, show some love.
May use 1x Peacewalker Colossus instead of 1x Aethersphere Harvester , if it turns out I am running out of Crew members.
Torrential Gearhulk is also under consideration.
This deck has been adjusted for Pioneer play. Cards in the Maybeboard were removed.
I see decks very differently than most people. I know what suits my play style, and my local meta.
I don't follow deck building "formulas".
Think before making a suggestion. If you are going to insist up front that it is the ONLY thing that can make this deck better, or make snide comments about my choice of cards/theme, or if you are going to be a jerk in general, then save us both the trouble and just go away.
Do some research before pointing out that my cards aren't Standard legal.
I usually know What's In Standard
Dive Down and Negate can be used at any time during the game to protect your Creatures.
Mulligan
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No less than two lands, one of which produces coloured mana.
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At least one Creature that can be played by Turn 2.
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Don't Mulligan lower than five cards.
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If you have already taken one mulligan you can keep a hand of six cards that has one land, and Merchant's Dockhand .
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You can keep a hand of six cards with at least two lands, and at least one 3CMC Creature.
Early Game
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Merchant's Dockhand is a good early play that can solo Crew Aethersphere Harvester , and allows for mid to late game draw. I almost always tap 1 Artifact for X, so I can draw a card without moving something valuable to the bottom of the library. If I'm digging for a particular spell, I will tap as many Artifacts as I can for X.
It can block Bomat Courier without dying, shutting down Aggro's draw strategy. -
Scrapheap Scrounger is the Creature that keeps coming back from the Graveyard, and can solo Crew any Vehicle in the Deck.
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Voltaic Servant rounds out the 2 drop slot. It's an all star in this deck as it allows you to untap an Artifact on your end step, including itself.
It's best target is Traxos, Scourge of Kroog , but Skysovereign, Consul Flagship is also good, if you can Crew it next turn.
It is outside Shock range, so it forces your Opponent to waste an Abrade or Lightning Strike to get rid of it.
Mid Game
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Aethersphere Harvester is a good early Vehicle that only needs one Creature to Crew it, is a great blocker, can get early Flying damage in, and can also give life.
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Chief of the Foundry boosts almost everything in the deck.
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Foundry Inspector makes most things hit the field faster.
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There is really no right choice for which of these cards to play first, as it's very dependent on the state of the game.
Late Game
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Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain gives you draw up the wazoo.
If you keep drawing Artifacts, and have Foundry Inspector on the field, you can keep casting them, which will then give you more draw. -
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog synergises well with Voltaic Servant . You can attack with it, then untap it on your end step, so it is ready to block. What's not to love?
If Voltaic Servant is not on the field, you can untap Traxos by casting any Creature in the deck. -
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship is an amazing card that deals damage to Planeswalkers and Creatures, and Flies.
[ Formerly: All aboard the Trample Train with Untethered Express . Choo chooooo!! ]
WIN CONDITIONS
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This deck wins through beat down. It's that simple.
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Chief of the Foundry pumps all Creatures up.
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Foundry Inspector lets you dump Creatures, and Vehicles, on the field faster. You have the potential to go very wide, VERY quickly.
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Traxos, Scourge of Kroog gives you useful mid game Trample.
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Aethersphere Harvester and Skysovereign, Consul Flagship have good evasion through Flying.
LAND
Lands produce more than , to allow Dive Down and Negate to be cast ASAP.
More is needed in the deck as a whole, as the only thing that requires is Jhoira .
Lands have been configured to avoid any coming in tapped.
Aether Hub gives Aethersphere Harvester an extra to play with or allows fixing, to return Scrapheap Scrounger from the Graveyard.
Arch of Orazca gives a chance for late game draw.
Inventors' Fair can help with a little bit of life gain, but is mostly used to tutor an Artifact into hand. Two copies are included, so that saccing one is not a big deal.
Scavenger Grounds can be sacced in response to an Opponent trying to return a Creature or spell from their Graveyard, while the ability is still on the stack. It also empties all Graveyards so that The Scarab God becomes useless. Always use it in response to an ability.
Spire of Industry is primarily used for , so that Scrapheap Scrounger can be returned to the field. It is also useful for other colour fixing.
Sulfur Falls helps to colour fix, and can usually enter the field untapped.
Disallow is good for Countering something like Rekindling Phoenix , The Scarab God , or Torrential Gearhulk . It has a myriad of other uses, like Countering a Planeswalker's ultimate.
Essence Scatter gives extra Counter spells to take care of pesky Creatures.
Hour of Devastation clears the board of just about everything EXCEPT your Vehicles. Yay!
Time it so that you have a Crew member you can cast after you have used it.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation makes life more difficult for Control decks, and those that run Abrade . If they've been holding on to Artifact removal for Skysovereign, Consul Flagship , their plans have now come to naught.
Sample deck:
mono-red-by-yam-wing-chun-1
No changes. This deck seems well set up for the matchup.
Sample deck:
blue-white-approach-playtesting-series
No changes. This deck outraces it.
Sample deck:
Mardu Vehicles by _kg
OUT
4x
Dive Down
1x
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
4x
Negate
IN
2x
Magma Spray
3x
Sweltering Suns
4x
Welding Sparks
Sample deck:
pro-cats
OUT
4x
Dive Down
3x
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
4x
Negate
IN
2x
Disallow
3x
Hour of Devastation
3x
Magma Spray
3x
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Sample deck:
uw-control-by-jandrees
OUT
4x
Dive Down
2x
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
3x
Negate
IN
2x
Disallow
4x
Essence Scatter
3x
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Sample deck:
wb-aggro-by-crookedjay
OUT
IN
Sample deck:
1-red-aggro
OUT
4x
Dive Down
3x
Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
2x
Negate
IN
2x
Disallow
4x
Essence Scatter
3x
Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Don't be afraid to play more defensively. Hold mana open in the early game if you have an Essence Scatter .
Sample deck:
2-red-black-aggro
OUT
IN
Sample deck:
esper-control-by-ernest-lim-pei-jin
OUT
IN
Sample deck:
Azorius Control by Gerry Thompson
OUT
4x
Aethersphere Harvester
1x
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship
IN
1x Blackblade Reforged
1x Bloodwater Entity
1x Bomat Courier
2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
1x Conqueror's Galleon
1x Crook of Condemnation
2x Eager Construct
2x Earthshaker Khenra
1x Edifice of Authority
2x Enigma Drake
1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
1x Golden Guardian
3x Heart of Kiran
1x Implement of Combustion
1x Implement of Examination
3x Inventor's Apprentice
1x Karn, Scion of Urza
3x Magma Spray
1x Metalwork Colossus
1x Mox Amber
2x Peacewalker Colossus
3x Perpetual Timepiece
1x Pia Nalaar
1x Pia's Revolution
2x Protean Raider
3x Search for Azcanta
1x Silent Gravestone
3x Sorcerous Spyglass
2x Speedway Fanatic
4x Spirebluff Canal
2x Storm Fleet Sprinter
1x Supreme Will
3x Sweltering Suns
2x The Immortal Sun
2x The Locust God
1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh
2x Torrential Gearhulk
2x Treasure Map
3x Unsummon
1x Untethered Express
4x Walking Ballista
2x Weatherlight
2x Welding Sparks
2x Whirler Virtuoso
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I didn't really feel like playing tonight, but I dragged my arse down to the LGS anyway.
Probably a good thing that I did.
Not so much because I won, but because the people I played against were very nice, and the matches were interesting.
1-0 Control
I played this fella last week, and our only game ended in a draw.
I had thought over that game and realised that I could probably have hit him with everything, forcing him to lose some Creatures through trading.
All I needed to do was some maths.
We both went very wide in our first game, similar to last week.
This time I added everything up, and worked out that he would need to block, to stop me winning, and he would lose more important Creatures than I would.
That play set me up for a win.
He had one chance of stopping me. I hit with everything. He played Settle the Wreckage. I played Negate. He Negated my Negate ... then I Negated HIS Negate.
There was a crowd of people around us by that stage, and it went OFF.
There were only six minutes left, so we didn't get time to finish our second game.
2-1 Merfolk
I had beaten this bloke 2-0 last week.
For the first game I had a nut draw, and was able to play all my Creatures on curve.
Unfortunately for him I eventually had three Aethersphere Harvesters on the field, and his deck can't deal with fliers.
At one stage he was on 3 life, and I was on 31. That was due to him bouncing one of my Aethersphere Harvesters, and also because Inventors' Fair was giving me life.
He got me in the second game. He was able to buff some unblockable Merfolk and just hit me until I was dead.
I had a bad draw, starting with four lands, and drawing a land on most turns.
At one stage he Explored and showed a Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca, which he left on top of his library.
When it was my turn I drew an Essence Scatter, which I had Sided in, so I was able to counter the Kumena when he cast it.
It wasn't enough to save me, but it felt good.
I probably could have gotten myself out of trouble by tutoring for something with my Inventors' Fair, which I forgot about for a couple of turns.
In the third game I was able to get Traxos, Scourge of Kroog out on Turn 4, and already had Voltaic Servant on the field.
Since I was able to strike for 7 each turn, and then untap Traxos on my End Step, my Opponent couldn't get any real damage in.
He also didn't have enough Creatures to block and kill Traxos.
Then a Chief of the Foundry hit the field and it was gg
2-1 Tempo Pirates
This is my partner StuBi's deck.
Once again I had a nut draw for my first game. Merchant's Dockhand, into Scrapheap Scrounger, Chief of the Foundry, then Traxos, Scourge of Kroog.
I was then able to keep untapping Traxos by casting Creatures in my Second Main Phase.
The game was over fairly fast.
He Sideboarded Fatal Push in against me and with that, Walk the Plank, and Hostage Taker, he was able to leave me with only one Creature on the field during his turn.
Then he would hit me with two Glint Sleeve Siphoners and a Fathom Fleet Captain. Since they all have Menace, I was unable to block any of them.
The Glint Sleeve Siphoners gave him draw up the wazoo.
Another quick game.
In the final game of the night I was able to play Skysovereign, Consul Flagship on curve, which helped me to dispatch his smaller Creatures when it entered the field and attacked.
I got an Aethersphere Harvester back by killing the Hostage Taker that had captured it.
He was on 6 life when he played a Siren Stormtamer. It was his only flier. When I attacked I dealt 3 damage to it with Skysovereign, Consul Flagship, and hit unblocked for match.
I won a Dominaria Bundle for coming 1st.
My deck feels really balanced at the moment.
I like the Sideboard, although I rarely use Disallow. At this stage I will keep it in as I'm sure there will be a deck I can use it against.
It's a very fun deck to play, and has a lot of options:
- Buffs
- Cheap Casts
- Draw
- Evasion
- Lifelink
- Ongoing Creature Damage
- Tutoring
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