No, really. why Shape Anew ?

FDMDorelMinxQ, you Shape Anew on the token from Wing Splicer , and it finds Blightsteel Colossus by default because there are no other artifacts in the deck.

It also works on Inkmoth Nexus because it becomes an artifact creature.

FDMDorelMinxQ it's called brutality!

have you thought of Quicksilver Amulet just in case you draw into your Blightsteel Colossus before your Shape Anew ? same mana cost

I did consider it. However, with Liliana of the Veil , I have the chance to use her discard ability to great effect, and get rid of the Blightsteel Colossus in my hand. I've run into it in a few games, where I had both of them in my hand, and discarded both of them via Liliana.

this is really nice, never seen a U/B Blightsteel deck. +1. A few days ago i got a box and got 2 Blightsteels, at the end of the day had 4. A few days after that got some more besieged packs, first one, i pulled a fifth one, this may finally have given me something to use them in.

by the way, if you are only being blocked by a single creature you must assign all combat damage to that creature.you can't just say "oh I'll assign one dmg to and the rest to you"the only time you can split up your combat dmg is if you are being multiblocked, then you can assign 1dmg to each of the defending creatures.

Actually since its trample all he has to do is assign 1 when it has deathtouch since any damage from a deathtouch source is considered lethal infect or not. Deathtouch is checked as a state based action and trample's rule states that once lethal damage is dealt to all blocking creatures the rest may be assigned to the defending player (702.2b+702.17b)

510.1c A blocked creature assigns its combat damage to the creatures blocking it. If no creatures are currently blocking it (if, for example, they were destroyed or removed from combat), it assigns no combat damage. If exactly one creature is blocking it, it assigns all its combat damage to that creature. If two or more creatures are blocking it, it assigns its combat damage to those creatures according to the damage assignment order announced for it. This may allow the blocked creature to divide its combat damage. However, it cant assign combat damage to a creature thats blocking it unless, when combat damage assignments are complete, each creature that precedes that blocking creature in its order is assigned lethal damage.

Look at trample .. the ability is a rule modifier.. it states that once lethal damage is assigned the rest may be assigned to the player

702.17a .. states that "trample is a static ability that modifies the rules for assigning attacking creature's combat damage."

Yeah, anyone with rules questions, refer to the bottom of my description. It'll point you to the relevant rules that I'm abusing.

The trample thing is pretty well known tech in the Wolf Run Deck too. It's part of the reason Kessig Wolf Run is so insane w/ Inkmoth Nexus .

The 702.18b is for vigilance lol that may be some of the confusion

Did I really type the wrong rules, I could have sworn I just copied over the text from the comp rules. Well, I tell ya way. I'm going to just post the full rules in the description, for easy reference.

haha not necessarily just write the 17 instead of the 18 no biggie lol

So, I'm looking at the comprehensive rules right now, and rule 702.17a says "Shroud is a static ability. "Shroud" means "This permanent or player cant be the target of spells or abilities"

However, 702.18b (I'm copying and pasting this directly from the comp rules...)

702.18b The controller of an attacking creature with trample first assigns damage to the creature(s) blocking it. Once all those blocking creatures are assigned lethal damage, any remaining damage is assigned as its controller chooses among those blocking creatures and the player or planeswalker the creature is attacking. When checking for assigned lethal damage, take into account damage already marked on the creature and damage from other creatures thats being assigned during the same combat damage step, but not any abilities or effects that might change the amount of damage thats actually dealt. The attacking creatures controller need not assign lethal damage to all those blocking creatures but in that case cant assign any damage to the player or planeswalker its attacking.

So, I was right in my rules referencing.

Also, Vigilance is 702.19

i must be working with old numbers .. /sigh time to update the app on my phone lol my bad friend

No worries :) You gave me a reason to open up the comp rules again and browse through them. The last update was September 30, 2011 for the Comprehensive Rules, if that helps you out at all.

yea now i'm wondering what keyword ability on my rules on my phone is missing

at least we both agree that you're right. you wanna see shenanigans for combos look at the spirit deck i have posted that one is FAR more questionable than yours haha

I enjoy Blightsteel decks. At first glance, I was concerned that you wouldn't have enough artifact tokens in play to be able to sacrifice to get get your Blightsteel out.

In Insanity's build, it was all about how fast can the Blightsteel be brought into play.

I'm guessing yours if for a slower game? Are you successful in getting the Blightsteel out when you play and set up with the death touch? I feel you may need more artifact tokens.

I worried about that at first, but it turned out to not really be a concern. Thanks to the heavy amount of control, I can hold off my opponent til I can pop the combo. Plus, I don't just have the Wing Splicer to sacrifice to my Shape Anew , I can also turn my Inkmoth Nexus into an artifact, and then go digging.