[deck] Trinket Painter

[Griever9977]

So I've been working on my Trinket Painter list, because I can't afford Recruiters. Also because I already have Epic Painter built. I'm looking for suggestions on improving this list. I'm questioning the 3 Dazes. Thinking of dropping them for something else like Threads maybe. Here's the current list.....


Creatures:
4 Painter's Servant
2 Phyrexian Dreadnought
4 Trinket Mage

Spells:
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
3 Daze

Enchantments:
4 Counterbalance

Artifacts:
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Grindstone
3 Sensei's Divining Top

Land:
4 Wasteland
3 Flooded Strand
9 Island
1 Plains
3 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp


Thanks in advance guys.

[Wobbles The Goose]

Rush had a similar idea in the epic painter thread. Start reading from about here:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showpost.php?p=276780&postcount=56

That sums up the main problems people have with that plan.

The "all basic" mana is a pretty serious metacall considering you lose access to things like Krosan grip and a non-combo creature plan.

[Griever9977]

I was thinking of Splashing White for access to StP. But I wasn't too sure about that. Though I do loves me some Dreadstill. I'd love to add that in.

[Gibbie_X]

I have a version, but it is BW, so I want to post it, but I don't know if I would get Red Inked again....

My advice, drop a Explosives for a Pithing Needle and add Academy Ruins. Or even drop a Dreadnought. You should probably add an artifact land.

[holkenborg]

I played this deck at the Dutch nationals and finished 6th of 142, because of bad play in quarter finals.

1 Academy Ruins
3 Flooded Strand
2 Island
4 Polluted Delta
1 Swamp
4 Tropical Island
3 Underground Sea

4 Dark Confidant
4 Painter's Servant
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Trinket Mage

4 Brainstorm
3 Counterbalance
4 Daze
2 Engineered Explosives
4 Force of Will
2 Grindstone
1 Ponder
2 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Smother
3 Spell Snare

// Sideboard
1 Counterbalance
1 Engineered Explosives
3 Extirpate
4 Hydroblast
3 Krosan Grip
1 Pithing Needle
1 Spell Snare
1 Tormod's Crypt

My experiences:
- The hardest part is to keep Painter's Servant in play
- Smother should be replaced with Diabolic Edict because of Tombstalker :)
- Spell Snare could be exchanged with Stifle (my original build)
- Now I have 4 Tormod's Crypt in sideboard. I like it over Extirpate.
- I'm going to put 2 Engineered Explosives in sideboard. Very handy card.

I am now busy finding a way to get easier access to Painter's Servant and was thinking about Fabricate instead of Trinket Mage or splashing white for Enlightened Tutor and StP.

Another issue is that I'm now splashing green for Tarmogoyf only. Maybe I could change it with Tombstalker / Phyrexian Dreadnought. The Dreadnought would be great, because then I could play Uw, but I don't like Phyrexian Dreadnought after sideboard, because of all the artifact hate in there..

[Ch@os]

Congratz to your finish, but i would add some more Ponder, helps dropping a CB t2 or find another Painter.
And how worked Daze out for you? Really needed in this build?
Iam testing something very similar at the moment:


Mainboard:

4 Underground Sea
3 Tropical island
1 Bayou
3 Flooded Strand
3 Polluted Delta
2 Island
1 Swamp
1 Academy Ruins
1 Volrath's Stronghold

4 Painter's Servant
4 Tarmogoyf
3 Dark Confidant
3 Trinket Mage

2 Grindstone
2 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Force of Will
4 Counterbalance
3 Thoughtseize
3 Smother
1 Engineered Explosives


Sideboard:

3 Krosan Grip
4 Blue Elemental Blast
3 Extirpate
2 Tormod's Crypt
3 Tombstalker



Works very well for me, especially the Seize and against artifact hate or CB heavy decks the Stalker out of the board.