Chief Engineer
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Posted on June 27, 2014, 9:22 p.m. by Blizzicane
This card seems like its begging to be broken somehow. :O
Unforgivn_II says... #5
Darksteel Forge finally has a purpose in Standard. Now we just need worthwhile artifacts...
June 27, 2014 9:44 p.m.
McSleuthburger says... #6
Im kinda surprised it is a 1/3, I was expecting a 1/1. He will be broken soon enough im sure haha
June 27, 2014 9:44 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #7
Between Mox Opal and Springleaf Drum , Affinity basically already has convoke.
June 27, 2014 9:48 p.m.
Hmm...is this Sydri, Galvanic Genius worthy? I'm not sure yet.
June 27, 2014 9:52 p.m.
Unforgivn_II says... #10
@JWiley129 - Uh, yeah? Its an early 2 mana investment to make all your artifacts 2 mana cheaper (assuming you tap both him and Sydri, which seems advantageous since they aren't good attackers)
June 27, 2014 9:57 p.m.
byepolarbear says... #11
Cloudfin Raptor -> Chief Engineer -> Thassa, God of the Sea -> Master of Waves + a free Soul of New Phyrexia.
Untap with Nykthos and win?
June 27, 2014 10:24 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #12
Jesus. This card is nuts. And I love it. We have Ornithopter coming too! What's it that told me artifacts will stay on the sideline this Standard? Hmmm...I'm starting to think they were mistaken. Awesome.
Maybe some kind of artifact focus in Tarkir? I hope so.
June 27, 2014 10:32 p.m.
JakeHarlow says... #14
Heh, oh yeah. This guy is my chase card, I don't care how much he is!
June 27, 2014 10:40 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #17
You guys are thinking small. Go big or go home: Mycosynth Golem and Mycosynth Lattice ..
June 28, 2014 12:06 a.m.
JakeHarlow says... #18
Yeah, possibly. But I don't think those will be Standard...if they are, I'll need to go change my pants.
June 28, 2014 12:09 a.m.
Nooooooooo! They wasted the name Chief Engineer!! Who is my Steamflogger Boss going to work for!?!?!?
June 28, 2014 12:13 a.m.
KnightsBattlecry001 says... #20
God I'm loving this set. All the new toys. It's just like Christmas.
June 28, 2014 12:31 a.m.
The Doctor says... #21
Can you tap for Convoke if they have summoning sickness?
June 28, 2014 3:09 a.m.
TheDoctor - After looking on the internet I think that you can tap a creature for a Convoke cost since you aren't activating an ability of the creature, but are tapping it for a cost. Much like you can tap Azami, Lady of Scrolls the turn she comes in since her ability isn't "Tap" but "Tap an untapped Wizard."
June 28, 2014 3:14 a.m.
The Doctor says... #23
Gotcha. For future reference, there's a space in the name.
June 28, 2014 3:53 a.m.
The Doctor - Huh, I didn't realize spaces counted. Oh well, you learn something new every day.
June 28, 2014 3:59 a.m.
The Doctor says... #25
JWiley129 I might have to remove the space anyway, there's some bug with spaces in names and TappedOut.
June 28, 2014 12:43 p.m.
Dalektable says... #27
So...affinity could now play this card for a possible turn two or three Wurmcoil Engine ? Sounds legit...
June 28, 2014 1:47 p.m.
Dalektable says... #28
T1 Land Memnite / Ornithopter x2, Springleaf Drum , Mox Opal into Chief Engineer
T2 Land, tap for convoke then tap two lands and Mox Opal for a Wurmcoil Engine . GG?
I mean, yeah sure it would require some luck but It's possible. I expect to see some rogue-ish affinity builds using this to do stupid things like that. Steel Hellkite , Platinum Angel , Sundering Titan ....I'll be back in a few guys, definitely not brewing...
June 28, 2014 1:58 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #29
Something tells me that there will be an Affinity/Mono U tron merger deck kicking around the meta.
June 28, 2014 2:03 p.m.
Dalektable says... #30
If anyone's interested I think I was the first to try to brew something around this so here, turn two Wurmcoil Engine s are fun is the moral of this story.
June 28, 2014 2:18 p.m.
GoldGhost012 says... #31
I doubt straight-up Affinity will play this. A merger sure, but I think I'd rather play Arcbound Ravager or Cranial Plating than this.
That said, I really like the idea of dropping Wurmcoil Engine T3 without relying on Tron lands.
June 28, 2014 2:21 p.m.
kungfuturtle says... #32
So I have been playing a Grand Architect creature tron deck in modern for a while, I'll just go ahead and say these two things,
Grand Architect feels no love, it gives double convoke and is a lord so why does this guy get so much love.
I would like to personally thank whoever designed this card, it is fantastic and It feels like it was specifically made for my creature tron deck.
June 28, 2014 3:18 p.m.
Dalektable says... #33
kungfuturtle It's a good card, but the "double convoke" is very specific because you have to tap a blue creature. People are freaking out over this because of the synergy with affinity.
June 28, 2014 3:56 p.m.
The Doctor says... #35
I am freaking out because Mono-Blue now has a chance post rotation.
June 29, 2014 1:35 a.m.
Dalektable says... #37
scottemery Ehhh I deleted it cause no one seemed interested. Basically a pretty standard list, 16 lands. All the cheap drops (Ornithopter /Memnite , Signal Pest , etc) and mana ramp (Mox Opal and Springleaf Drum ) and a playset of the engineer. Then about six copies of differing numbers of Wurmcoil Engine and the other cards I mentioned. It could function as normal affinity or pump out the big guys.
June 29, 2014 3:35 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #38
Grand Architect is a 3 drop that only "lords" for the things he allows you to cast if you invest mana. (Same for the convoke if you were to want to tap Ornithopter for mana.)
This new guy is a 2 drop that can easily be dropped T1 and allows you to easily use creatures like Memnite , Ornithopter , and Frogmite as mana dorks to cast stuff like Wurmcoil Engine .
June 29, 2014 9:58 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #39
(Also, UU in a colorless deck can be a bit rocky to achieve.)
June 29, 2014 9:58 p.m.
@The Doctor I am pretty sure you can since it is not an activated ability from the creatures themselves.
JakeHarlow says... #2
Affinity just got access to convokedness. Amazing.
June 27, 2014 9:34 p.m.