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JAEK says... #1

I'd recommend a playset of Arcbound Ravager and taking out Memnite completely to make way for one more Thoughtcast and one more Galvanic Blast .

Here's my list for reference Viva La Robolution!

April 18, 2014 4:53 p.m.

LineDart says... #2

I run Robots and I just started playing Thoughtseize sideboard, and I love to side it in when I know decks like UWR will be siding in Stony Silence and Wear / Tear , just to deal with hate before it hits.

April 19, 2014 5:13 p.m.

PrimeEpoch says... #3

Maybe Vandalblast for the mirror?

April 20, 2014 7:32 a.m.

Where've you been? That's alright we know where you've been!

April 20, 2014 8:45 a.m.

Scorprix says... #5

April 20, 2014 1:56 p.m.

TheGodofNight says... #6

@LineDart That is a possibility, but I don't know if that is ideal with this deck. you say you use it in yours? How consistent has it been? Are you running that as a 4 of in the sideboard? I do like the idea, but I'm concerned it won't be as effect as I'm imagining.

@nayaftw Excellent suggestion, I think I may give that a shot over Ancient Grudge .

@Scorprix LOL, +1 for that most awesome deck list.

April 20, 2014 4:35 p.m.

Zassalis says... #7

I don't know if you're willing to splash white, but Dispatch man, a Path to Exile with no compensation.

April 23, 2014 1:33 a.m.

TheGodofNight says... #8

@Zassalis I just ordered a playset of Dispatch to mess around with for the deck. It's a card I wanted to tinker with and was in my maybe board up until recently. I will try it out and get back to you, thank you for the suggestion.

April 23, 2014 1:37 a.m.

avrgeboy123 says... #9

how about Glaze Fiend ? this works well with your 0 drop artifacts.

April 23, 2014 4:05 p.m.

TheGodofNight says... #10

@avrgeboy123 I'll admit, Glaze Fiend is an interesting suggestion, and with all of the 0 CMC drops, could give me an explosive start on turn 2 or 3, although, to be perfectly honest, usually I can play my entire opening hand on turn 1; which can be incredibly hard to deal with for most other decks.

Overall, I am happy with a large portion of the deck, and I could tweak a few other things to make it perfect if I wanted to. I could add the 4th Thoughtcast , swap the Academy Ruins for a 4th Glimmervoid . I could drop the 2 Steel Overseer s for 2 Steelshaper's Gift . The beautiful thing about this deck is that my options are limitless. For now, I'm going to give the Vandalblast and the Mana Leak a little test drive. I suspect for the mirror though, that ultimately, the Vandalblast might actually be too slow. At present, I am extremely happy with the evolution of the deck this far.

Thanks to everyone for all the +1's and the helpful suggestions.

April 23, 2014 10:49 p.m.

PrimeEpoch says... #11

I'm not sure that Vandalblast will be too slow, you have moxes and drums, plus you can get some life back with Signal Pest , which should be a 4 of IMO.

April 24, 2014 8:27 a.m.

TheGodofNight says... #12

@ nayaftw I don't know if I would do 4 of them in the sideboard, maybe 3 tops, because then I have to sacrifice something else that I would sideboard in for another deck. Don't get me wrong, for the mirror match, Vandalblast is great, however, there are only a handful of artifacts in the deck that need to be destroyed to cripple an Affinity deck. Cranial Plating for example, if you remove that from an Affinity deck, the whole deck slows to a crawl, although, to make up for that, Arcbound Ravager with some combat tricks can still win the game, or even an Etched Champion with metalcraft. Ancient Grudge was favored because it is a 1 CMC card with flashback, also 1 CMC. I love the fact that Vandalblast is also 1 CMC, but more importantly the wording on it makes it an ideal board wipe in the mirror. My concern is that since I run less mana than a standard deck, that it might take a little but to get to a point that I have 5 mana available to overload the spell. However, if I do manage to, it would be devastating to an opponent. For now, I am playing around with Vandalblast , giving it a fair shot because I'd really like to use it.

April 24, 2014 9:33 a.m.

jcmbassist says... #13

why the hell is blood moon in your deck?

April 24, 2014 1:05 p.m.

@jcmbassist

The appropriate question would be "why isn't it in yours?"

April 24, 2014 1:08 p.m.

TheGodofNight says... #15

@ jcmbassist To be frank, Blood Moon cripples a lot of multi-colored decks. Since the majority of my deck uses colorless mana, and additionally uses artifacts to generate mana of any color, Blood Moon doesn't affect my deck, and is a great choice for crippling other decks. Although, I suppose the shorter answer would be, "Why isn't it in yours?"

@ fluffybunnypants Agreed.

April 24, 2014 2:33 p.m.

juicytoot says... #16

April 25, 2014 midnight

AffinityJesus says... #17

I do Spell Pierce over Mana Flare .It's essentially the same except cheaper, allowing you to have mana for it after dumping what's left in your hand t2 or t3 for those not so explosive t1 hands.It also allows you to refrain from holding back with your man lands, which can mean the difference between swinging for an extra 3.

April 27, 2014 9:05 p.m.

AffinityJesus says... #18

Mana Leak *My bad...

April 27, 2014 9:07 p.m.

Heinzelot says... #19

I personally think that i would cut the counterspells from the board alltogether. This deck operates on very little mana and almost on every turn wants to tap out for a threat, which, in the case of affinity, could ideally win the game. Thats why keeping up (colored) mana for a counter spell could be very reactionary and disrupt your own game plan more than your opponents.

in my humble opinion, permanent based disruption effects like more Blood Moon or Ethersworn Canonist are better suited for this deck. Also, i recommend running Ancient Grudge over Vandalblast because its overload effect might simply be too slow for the mirror, whereas Flashback is virtual card advantage that will generate value more often than not in a match where the individual cards are even on power level and trade one for one most of the time.

April 28, 2014 11:22 a.m.

birdman412 says... #20

Great deck, +1!

Here's a suggestion from a non-competitive player, so take it as you will. I have an artifact deck that uses white and my win condition is Quest for the Holy Relic which I use to pull Argentum Armor . With all of your low cost creatures getting five tokens is very easy, and a turn 2 armor on an ornithopter is, well, friggin awesome. Probably not competitive since you'd need 4x quests which would require you to take out a lot, but a fun idea.

April 28, 2014 5 p.m.

AffinityJesus says... #21

@Heinzelot I'd just like to note that the deck might only have 17 actual lands, but between 4 Mox Opal & 4 Springleaf Drum , the deck effectively has 25 lands all together, which is 1 more than a typical affinity deck. & by t2 or at latest t3, the deck will begin top deckng for threats that range from 0 to 2 cmc, so tapping out isn't exactly a problem even after dumping mana into man lands (especially considering the fact you won't want to dump everything you top deck on the field so you can have some back-up plan). Also permanent disruption is good for some match ups, but it would be wise to have some kind of counter magic in the board for other match ups as well in case your opponent might be running spells such as Shatterstorm , Ancient Grudge , or etc. In short, it's best to prepare for all possibilities.

April 29, 2014 12:31 a.m.

AffinityJesus says... #22

I'd also like to mention that I agree with your suggestion to replace Vandalblast with Ancient Grudge . On top of what you've mentioned, it's instant speed, allowing you to kill their Inkmoth Nexus /Blinkmoth Nexus when they activate them, which is pretty deadly.

April 29, 2014 12:38 a.m.

TheGodofNight says... #23

@ Heinzelot Thanks, you make some very valid points, although, I must admit, I agree with AffinityJesus here that the counterspells help to be prepared for whatever scenario comes my way. I know a lot of people think that Spell Pierce is the better choice over Mana Leak , I'm still up in the air about which one is the best choice. You make a great case for the use of Ancient Grudge over Vandalblast , additionally, I read over the card so many times and missed that it was sorcery speed. So Ancient Grudge will be returning back to the deck.

@ birdman412 I like your style. Those are definitely some fun cards to play around with. If I were to make this casual, I could see myself tinkering with those cards. Thanks for keeping it light and fresh.

@ AffinityJesus As I said before, I agree with your assessment that spell disruption is important for a well-rounded sideboard. And you argument for Ancient Grudge vs Vandalblast is also spot on. Thanks for the suggestions.

April 29, 2014 11:50 a.m.

Haha_chiefton says... #24

+1 for Pink Floyd

April 29, 2014 noon

AffinityJesus says... #25

No problem! Anything for a fellow affinity player.

April 29, 2014 9:02 p.m.

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