Monothopters

Unknown Artifact Combo Mono-Blue Theme/Gimmick

Argy

Buff Thopters (11)

• 4x Chief of the Foundry
• 4x Ensoul Artifact
• 3x Ghostfire Blade

Trouble for the Opposition (9)

• 3x Clash of Wills
• 4x Claustrophobia
• 2x Dissolve

Make Mana (24)

• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 18x Island
• 2x Rogue's Passage

Thopter Assistants (6)

• 3x Frost Walker
• 3x Gudul Lurker

Make Thopters (10)

• 4x Ornithopter
• 3x Thopter Spy Network
• 3x Whirler Rogue

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 4x Aetherspouts
• 2x Cranial Archive
• 2x Dissolve
• 4x Orbs of Warding
• 3x Quickling

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Maybeboard

Other (27)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Artificer's Epiphany
• 1x Dance of the Skywise
• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Disperse
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Foundry of the Consuls
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Harbinger of the Tides
• 1x Into the Void
• 1x Maritime Guard
• 1x Mizzium Meddler
• 1x Negate
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Reduce in Stature
• 1x Renowned Weaponsmith
• 1x Ringwarden Owl
• 1x Runed Servitor
• 1x Scrapskin Drake
• 1x Separatist Voidmage
• 1x Sidisi's Faithful
• 1x Sigil of Valor
• 1x Silumgar's Scorn
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Tower Geist
• 1x Weave Fate

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Mono-Blue Thopter Deck

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Philosophy

After looking at all the Thopter decks around at the moment, and mucking around with my own R/U version, I started to realise that a Mono-Blue variant might work better.

Especially due to the Legendary nature of Pia and Kiran Nalaar , and the fact that it seems to take a while to fully utilise their ability. Whirler Rogue is the same cost, with an ability that doesn't make you lose your Thopters, and you can have more than one copy on the field. Even better, you can use its ability immediately.

So now I present to you ... Monothopters!!

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Concept

Utilise cards that support Thopters.

Mechanics

• The usual combos of Chief of the Foundry buffing Ornithopter which can also be boosted with Ensoul Artifact and allow Thopter Spy Network to make new Thopters.

• Interrupts in the form of Counter spells and Auras, which are tools that Red lacks.

• An unblockable Gudul Lurker allows for a steady stream of small damage.

• Whirler Rogue allows for more unblockable damage, as does Rogue's Passage.

Frost Walker

Not many people seem to understand the role of Frosty "No Friends" Walker in this deck. This is how I use it:

1. Get big opportunistic damage through if the Opponent has no blockers.

2. Wreck a Creature with 4 toughness that is attacking.

3. Trade for a Deathtouch Creature.

4. Take mana dorks out early.

If you don't like Frosty then make a version of this deck without it. I love it, want to marry it, settle down, and have children with it.

You are wasting your time if you tell me to swap Frosty for Hangarback Walker. I've tested it extensively and don't Iike how it works in this deck.

Land

An important thing for this deck is to get moving as fast as possible and keep early momentum up. It is also important for this deck not to lack mana in the early game.

24 lands is just right for that.

It's important to remember that if Darksteel Citadel is ensouled with Ensoul Artifact it is unlikely to be tapped for mana.

You can speed this deck up Post-Sideboard by taking some lands out and replacing them with cheap Counter spells.

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As always, +1 is appreciated.

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 9 years ago
Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Unknown legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 8 Rares 30 - 5 Uncommons 6 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.14
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C, Thopter 1/1 C
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