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+1's are much appreciated if you like the deck, always open to suggestions too!

WIN CONDITIONS

Arcbound Ravager - If you know about affinity or robots then chances are you know about this guy. He is win condition number one in this deck, get him as big as you possibly can and swing in. Tips for using him would be to make sure you always have out one other creature to take advantage of modular and if one of your creatures is removed then, to get as much value as you can from it I would recommend sacrificing it to Arcy to pump him more. If someone straight up kills Arcy then in response I would suggest you sacrifice any useless artifacts (A 1/1 Memnite, a tapped Springleaf Drum this means you can now move more +1/+1s than before.)

Cranial Plating - The secondary win condition. Equip this to Etched Champion, Vault Skirge or even Ornithopter and you could be looking at a very lethal swing.

Inkmoth Nexus - The third win condition is actually my second favourite. I love transforming ol inky and slapping on a Cranial Plating in order to swing for 10 poison counters in one turn. Or go full glass cannon and sac all of your artifacts to Arcbound Ravager and then Ravager to itself throwing the counters onto Inkmoth Nexus

Master of Etherium - Although not always a win condition but he gives that extra +1/+1 that pushes you over the edge into lethal. He counts as an artifact so he helps Cranial Plating and slapping it onto him means insane amounts of damage!

LANDS ANDMANA PRODUCERS

Blinkmoth Nexus - To help pump up Inkmoth Nexus to save it from removal or to swing in for more.

Glimmervoid - A fantastic card that gets the job done

Springleaf Drum - The poor mans Mox Opal. This will help you out of a jam and raise your metalcraft or Cranial Plating up.

Mox Opal - A fantastic mana producer that is the heart and soul of the affinity build.

SORCERIES, INSTANTS AND ENCHANTMENTS

Galvanic Blast - Brilliant removal for a 1 drop. I chose it over Dispatch because it means you can finish off a player as well. I considered Shrapnel Blast but it being 2 mana put me off a bit.

Thoughtcast - Great card draw which is something this deck lacks. Its the closest thing to an Ancestral Recall in modern you can get.

Ensoul Artifact - Ensoul is a great card to help break out some early aggression. It puts a lot of pressure onto the board. The main targets for Ensoul would be Mox Opal, Darksteel Citedal and any other weaker artifact creatures ( Memnite, Ornithopter )

CREATURES

Steel Overseer - Pumps all of your creatures whilst theyre attacking. (You can pump them in response to blockers being declared or not).

Vault Skirge - Its rare that this will be a two drop, youre likely to be paying (1) and two life for it, its a great target for Cranial Plating as it has evasion and life gain built in.

Memnite - Hes a great little blocker and a good target for Ensoul Artifact

Etched Champion - This guy is very scary, its rare that Ill cast him and an opponent will remain silent. Hes a big threat and he draws a lot of heat.

Signal Pest - One of the unsung heroes of this deck, that one extra damage may not seem like much but without him youd be in trouble.

SIDE BOARD

Thoughtseize - Good against anything combo based or built around one card so basically most of modern

Ancient Grudge - Against the mirror-match

Blood Moon - Fantastic in this meta where everyone plays nonbasics

Dismember - If they're playing white they have Kataki, War's Wage put this in!

Spellskite - One of the best cards in the sideboard, if you know your playgroup well and find yourself side boarding him in a lot then you can just main board him. Hes a great spell sponge.

Spell Pierce - Bye bye Stony Silence, Fracturing Gust, Shatter Spree, Shatterstorm

Wear / Tear - Bye bye Stony Silence

Whipflare - Strong one sided removal

Suggestions

Updates Add

It's a hard decision to come to as it does slow down the deck a bit but Mox Opal had to go! just from a financial perspective right now I simply cannot afford to spend nearly £50 on a single card. I've upped the Springleaf Drum count to 4 now just to make up slightly for removing Mox. If they come down in price to around £30 then maybe I will buy them and update you here.

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Revision 23 See all

(8 years ago)

+2 Ancient Grudge side
+2 Dismember side
+2 Ensoul Artifact main
-1 Etched Champion main
-2 Ethersworn Canonist side
-1 Galvanic Blast main
+1 Island main
-1 Island main
+2 Memnitefoil main
-2 Rest in Peacefoil side
+3 Spell Pierce side
+1 Spellskite side
+4 Springleaf Drum main
-4 Springleaf Drum main
-1 Steel Overseer main
-1 Thoughtcast main
-2 Torpor Orbfoil side
+2 Wear / Tear side
-3 Wear / Tear side
-2 Welding Jar side
and 21 other change(s)
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Date added 10 years
Last updated 8 years
Legality

This deck is not Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 2 Mythic Rares

22 - 3 Rares

23 - 7 Uncommons

11 - 3 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 1.63
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