ensoul artifatct

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Posted on July 15, 2014, 2:38 a.m. by saltyk

how do well do you think affinity standard would be with Ensoul Artifact do you guys think this could potentially be a tier one standard deck

Osang says... #2

It doesn't do too well against mono-blue devotion since that deck is explosive and swarms with Master of Waves .

Reclamation Sage gets rid of Ensoul Artifact out of Jund's sideboard.

Supreme Verdict , Banishing Light , Detention Sphere get rid of the threat/enchantment.

Mono-black devotion can kill it with Hero's Downfall unless the Ensoul Artifact is on a Darksteel Citadel or Darksteel Ingot .

There's too little amount of significant artifacts and artifact support to make a top tier deck. I do want the pros to prove me wrong, but I see it having trouble with the current meta.

BBD brewed up a U/R artifact list that did not fare too well with Jund Monsters here.

July 15, 2014 2:53 a.m.

derKochXXL says... #3

You mean the deck with Ornithopter , Darksteel Citadel , Shrapnel Blast and Ensoul Artifact ? I think it won't have that much of an impact since you get two-for-oned quite easily. There is a huge setup to ensouling your stuff. I mean you play ornithopter and ensoul it, opponent Naturalize s it. It's a good two card synergy don't get me wrong but you have two cards fewer in hand that could actually do something. Darksteel Citadel might be a better target. I know it's the whole "dies to Doomblade "-argument, but since it concerns loosing to cards i think it's very viable.

July 15, 2014 2:55 a.m.

Schuesseled says... #4

A Darksteel Citadel would be very unlikely to be 2for1'd.

July 15, 2014 7:36 a.m.

derKochXXL says... #5

exept through Banishing Light , Detention Sphere or Devour Flesh . Also the Ensoul Artifact could be Naturalize d midcombat which would suck. I do also love the card, but it's very feeble.

July 15, 2014 8:16 a.m.

jr92_2000 says... #6

Wouldn't Banishing Light and Detention Sphere miss it because of the nonland clause. An enchanted Darksteel Citadel would be an indestructible Artifact Creature Land, right?

July 15, 2014 8:47 a.m.

derKochXXL says... #7

true. sorry missed that. But they could hit the enchantment never the less.

July 15, 2014 9:01 a.m.

TehCoopeh says... #8

If you can get a turn two Darksteel Citadel 5/5 you'll definitely have an early advantage though.

July 15, 2014 10:18 a.m.

Schuesseled says... #9

Thus not being able to 2for1 you. As i said.

July 15, 2014 11:45 a.m.

kriskurse says... #10

"It dies to doom blade." its always the same thing with people. lol

July 15, 2014 12:05 p.m.

TehCoopeh says... #11

Tarmogoyf dies to doomblade. Dying to doomblade isn't a real argument.

July 15, 2014 12:13 p.m.

derKochXXL says... #12

Wait a second, kriskurse! I put that in quotation marks and was actually making a different argument. I was saying that you're likely to get two-for-oned! And the argument is not that bad since it spawned a whole archetype with boggles.

July 15, 2014 12:17 p.m.

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