mossivo1986
04-06-2010, 01:36 PM
J.C.S. is a deck that has gone under many evaluations and revisions from various different sources. The original attempt was to create a shell of stax pieces in order to create a win condition as well as draw spells under 3sphere, Chalice, and the like. The win conditions were As follows:
Painters servent- Grindstone
Mana Severance- Charbelcher
Metalworker-Staff of Domination
The problem we had was that while we were dominating board positions in the mid-game, getting that second piece for said combo was too difficult. That is when Hitman82 and spencerforhire helped create a faster shell with goblin welder and tangle wire. In doing this we needed to drop the clunky win conditions and go for pure speed. Metalworker while useful was simply too weak in this format of STP, P2E, and Bolt.
Eventually the problem was finding redundancy while maintaining the speed that the deck has.
With the release of world-wake I hadn't even put a second thought to the deck as it was in remission. But then it hit me. Why am I running Tezzeret over simply better cards like jace the mind sculpter. This is literally something I just pieced together, but it looks quite promising.
// Lands
4 [ZEN] Scalding Tarn
1 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [B] Volcanic Island
3 [B] Island (3)
3 [TE] Mountain (1)
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
2 [EX] City of Traitors
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
4 [UL] Goblin Welder
4 [SHM] Painter's Servant
3 [CFX] Inkwell Leviathan
// Spells
3 [SH] Mox Diamond
3 [TE] Grindstone
4 [NE] Tangle Wire
3 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 [TE] Intuition
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
2 [B] Red Elemental Blast
1 [IA] Pyroblast
4 [AL] Force of Will
Painters servent- Grindstone
Mana Severance- Charbelcher
Metalworker-Staff of Domination
The problem we had was that while we were dominating board positions in the mid-game, getting that second piece for said combo was too difficult. That is when Hitman82 and spencerforhire helped create a faster shell with goblin welder and tangle wire. In doing this we needed to drop the clunky win conditions and go for pure speed. Metalworker while useful was simply too weak in this format of STP, P2E, and Bolt.
Eventually the problem was finding redundancy while maintaining the speed that the deck has.
With the release of world-wake I hadn't even put a second thought to the deck as it was in remission. But then it hit me. Why am I running Tezzeret over simply better cards like jace the mind sculpter. This is literally something I just pieced together, but it looks quite promising.
// Lands
4 [ZEN] Scalding Tarn
1 [ON] Flooded Strand
4 [B] Volcanic Island
3 [B] Island (3)
3 [TE] Mountain (1)
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
2 [EX] City of Traitors
1 [TSP] Academy Ruins
// Creatures
4 [UL] Goblin Welder
4 [SHM] Painter's Servant
3 [CFX] Inkwell Leviathan
// Spells
3 [SH] Mox Diamond
3 [TE] Grindstone
4 [NE] Tangle Wire
3 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3 [TE] Intuition
4 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
2 [B] Red Elemental Blast
1 [IA] Pyroblast
4 [AL] Force of Will