Infinity [New Legacy Deck in Progress]

[AbyssTheMighty]

Ok, this deck is really unique. I can't think of any legacy decks that use "Banefire" or "Blaze" as their kill factor. This deck may not be perfect yet, but I have been testing it on Magic Work Station and it's been winning a lot of games. It's called "Infinity", and the theme of the deck is to get infinite mana, to burn your opponent for 20 billion damage with Banefire.

What do you think..?

// Lands
2 Mountain
4 Island
2 Scalding Tarn
4 Ancient Tomb
3 Great Furnace
4 City of Traitors
2 Volcanic Island

// Creatures
1 Blightsteel Colossus
3 Voltaic Construct
3 Spellskite
4 Metalworker
4 Wurmcoil Engine

// Spells
2 Gilded Lotus
3 Grim Monolith
3 Banefire
3 Thran Dynamo
3 Stroke of Genius
3 Trinisphere
3 Lightning Greaves
4 Staff of Domination

[rxavage]

Why not Banefire over Blaze?

[AbyssTheMighty]

Yeah I just fixed that now. Is playing with both Banefire AND Blaze, too much? (Not 4 of each, but maybe 4 Banefire and 2 Blaze..?)

[DreAmiN]

You can't have more than 4 of each card which is a non basic land, including Great Furnace and Vault of Whispers.

Moreover, you don't have anything to make an infinite mana pool.

[.Ix]

8 Vault and 12 Great Furnace? That's not even legal.

Voltaic Construct seems worse than Staff of Domination in general, and Staff is more compact. Staff lets you draw your deck, so you can run only 1 burn spell that way, or a Blightsteel and some number of Lightning Greaves.

[AbyssTheMighty]

You can't have more than 4 of each non basic land, including Great Furnace and Vault of Whispers.

Moreover, you don't have anything to make an infinite mana pool.

Oh yeah, I'll fix the lands. But, however, I do.
Metal Worker + Voltaic Construct + 2 Artifacts in hand

[DreAmiN]

Oh yeah, I'll fix the lands. But, however, I do.
Metal Worker + Voltaic Construct + 2 Artifacts in hand

Missed the Metalworker. Indeed, Staff of Domination is better than Voltaic construct. And you need things to protect your metalworker.

[AbyssTheMighty]

8 Vault and 12 Great Furnace? That's not even legal.

Voltaic Construct seems worse than Staff of Domination in general, and Staff is more compact. Staff lets you draw your deck, so you can run only 1 burn spell that way, or a Blightsteel and some number of Lightning Greaves.

Yeah I'm fixing the deck now.

[AbyssTheMighty]

Missed the Metalworker. Indeed, Staff of Domination is better than Voltaic construct. And you need things to protect your metalworker.

What do I use to protect it..? I have other creatures, but I don't have anyway to protect it incase it gets Swords to Plowshares or Lightning Bolted..

[civet five]

Kaervek's Torch is strictly better than Blaze.

Lightning Greaves is generally how MUD decks try to protect their Metalworkers.

[Darkenslight]

Here's a list I'll try out:

Land (23):

4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Great Furnace
4 Vault of Whispers
5 Swamp
2 Mountain

Robots (20):

4 Ornithopter
4 Memnite
4 Metalworker
4 Phyrexian Construct
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Spellskite

Gubbinz(17):

4 Staff of Domination
4 Mox Opal
4 Duress
4 Banefire
1 Ghitu Fire

The main reason you play fewer artilands is because you want to accelerate into a fast Worker+Staff. I almost considered dropping the black and going for a Blue splash, then you could add in Thoughtcast and either Master of Etherium or Vedalken Archmage.

[jamis]

Another option instead of Banefire is Mishra's Factory. Once you go off, just tap down their creatures and use staff to make the factory a 20/20. Chalice of the Void is also pretty good at protecting your Metalworkers.

[clavio]

What do you do if you don't have metalworker? Mulligan?

[FTW]

Here's how I would run the list.

Key components:
Metalworker + Staff (infinite mana)

Banefire (best X damage spell)

Sol Lands (faster Metalworker)

Lightning Greaves (protection + haste)

Chalice of the Void (shut down removal, slow down decks... you have no 1cc and you have sol lands so why not run Chalice?)

Blightsteel Colossus (alternate win condition if opponent has Leyline of Sanctity)

Serum Powder (this deck needs to mulligan into Metalworker. Also, this is an artifact!)

Spellskite (soaks up Abrupt Decay, artifact removal, etc.)



//26 mana
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
2 Darksteel Citadel
3 Volcanic Island
1 Mox Opal
4 Grim Monolith

//16 business
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Trinisphere
4 Metalworker
4 Staff of Domination

//12 support
3 Lightning Greaves
2 Spellskite
3 Fabricate
4 Serum Powder

//6 win condition
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
2 Banefire


This deck can theoretically turn 2 Goldfish:
Ancient Tomb/City of Traitors -> Lightning Greaves. Turn 2 land, Metalworker revealing 4+ artifacts -> Staff, untap Metalworker, infinite mana, draw deck, Mox Opal, Banefire
Ancient Tomb/City of Traitors -> Grim Monolith -> Metalworker. Turn 2 tap Metalworker revealing 3+ artifacts, Staff, untap Metalworker, infinite mana, etc..

Other lines of playing include dropping Chalice/3sphere on turn 1 and slowing the game down until you can assemble a win.

This is a bit rough, but that's the shell I would use. Your important spells all cost 3+ mana so why not play Sol Lands, Chalice and 3sphere? Since this is combo-oriented I prefer the tutoring of Fabricate to the card draw of Thirst for Knowledge or Thoughtcast.

Serum Powder seems great for mulliganing into Metalworker, and then it counts as an artifact later to boost Metalworker mana. Metalworker combo is probably the deck where that card sucks the least.

I cut down on copies of X damage burn since they are bad unless you have the combo online, and if you have the combo online then you can draw your deck anyway. The singleton Mox Opal lets you generate red mana on the combo turn if you already used your land drop. More copies of X burn might be good due to Serum Powder possibly exiling some... will need to test that out.

Blightsteel+Greaves is an alternate infinite mana win through Leyline of Sanctity.

Wurmcoil is a staller/alternate win if the combo doesn't come online. Greaves+Forgemaster into hasty Blightsteel is another win without infinite mana.

It may be that this build has too much support and not enough business. One card that may be fun to run is Lodestone Golem, maybe over the Serum Powder slot, doubling as an alternate win condition and disruption piece.

Greaves and Spellskite give you additional protection on top of whatever Chalice and 3sphere don't block.

Defense Grid seems good in the SB. Maybe Tangle Wire against aggro?

Thoughts?

EDIT: You probably also want some way to deal with Phyrexian Revoker/Pithing Needle on Metalworker or Staff. Maybe SB Rushing River or red artifact removal or something.

[AbyssTheMighty]

Here's how I would run the list.

Key components:
Metalworker + Staff (infinite mana)

Banefire (best X damage spell)

Sol Lands (faster Metalworker)

Lightning Greaves (protection + haste)

Chalice of the Void (shut down removal, slow down decks... you have no 1cc and you have sol lands so why not run Chalice?)

Blightsteel Colossus (alternate win condition if opponent has Leyline of Sanctity)

Serum Powder (this deck needs to mulligan into Metalworker. Also, this is an artifact!)

Spellskite (soaks up Abrupt Decay, artifact removal, etc.)



//26 mana
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Great Furnace
4 Seat of the Synod
2 Darksteel Citadel
3 Volcanic Island
1 Mox Opal
4 Grim Monolith

//16 business
4 Chalice of the Void
4 Trinisphere
4 Metalworker
4 Staff of Domination

//12 support
3 Lightning Greaves
2 Spellskite
3 Fabricate
4 Serum Powder

//6 win condition
2 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Blightsteel Colossus
1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
2 Banefire


This deck can theoretically turn 2 Goldfish:
Ancient Tomb/City of Traitors -> Lightning Greaves. Turn 2 land, Metalworker revealing 4+ artifacts -> Staff, untap Metalworker, infinite mana, draw deck, Mox Opal, Banefire
Ancient Tomb/City of Traitors -> Grim Monolith -> Metalworker. Turn 2 tap Metalworker revealing 3+ artifacts, Staff, untap Metalworker, infinite mana, etc..

Other lines of playing include dropping Chalice/3sphere on turn 1 and slowing the game down until you can assemble a win.

This is a bit rough, but that's the shell I would use. Your important spells all cost 3+ mana so why not play Sol Lands, Chalice and 3sphere? Since this is combo-oriented I prefer the tutoring of Fabricate to the card draw of Thirst for Knowledge or Thoughtcast.

Serum Powder seems great for mulliganing into Metalworker, and then it counts as an artifact later to boost Metalworker mana. Metalworker combo is probably the deck where that card sucks the least.

I cut down on copies of X damage burn since they are bad unless you have the combo online, and if you have the combo online then you can draw your deck anyway. The singleton Mox Opal lets you generate red mana on the combo turn if you already used your land drop. More copies of X burn might be good due to Serum Powder possibly exiling some... will need to test that out.

Blightsteel+Greaves is an alternate infinite mana win through Leyline of Sanctity.

Wurmcoil is a staller/alternate win if the combo doesn't come online. Greaves+Forgemaster into hasty Blightsteel is another win without infinite mana.

It may be that this build has too much support and not enough business. One card that may be fun to run is Lodestone Golem, maybe over the Serum Powder slot, doubling as an alternate win condition and disruption piece.

Greaves and Spellskite give you additional protection on top of whatever Chalice and 3sphere don't block.

Defense Grid seems good in the SB. Maybe Tangle Wire against aggro?

Thoughts?

EDIT: You probably also want some way to deal with Phyrexian Revoker/Pithing Needle on Metalworker or Staff. Maybe SB Rushing River or red artifact removal or something.

Yeah I like it man. I had made a second list and it is very similar to what you came up with. It's a pretty well constructed deck now :tongue:

[rufus]

Skill Borrower could be fun, though you really want topdeck tutors like Enlightened Tutor or a deck stacker like Sensei's Divining Top to really make her work.

Is Banefire really the best win condition for this deck? Counterspells can hit other stuff, and something like Stroke of Genius means you have an extra engine card, and you don't have to splash for :r:.

[AbyssTheMighty]

Alright, I made another list for the deck for fun. This deck obviously can vary in its list, but this is an option.

// Lands
4 Great Furnace
1 Volcanic Island
3 Island
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Seat of the Synod

// Creatures
4 Metalworker
4 Voltaic Construct
4 Wurmcoil Engine

// Spells
4 Banefire
4 Mox Diamond
2 Thran Dynamo
4 Grim Monolith
4 Fabricate
3 Stroke of Genius
4 Staff of Domination
3 Trinisphere

[Darkenslight]

Alright, I made another list for the deck for fun. This deck obviously can vary in its list, but this is an option.

// Lands
4 [MR] Great Furnace
1 [U] Volcanic Island
3 [MM] Island (2)
4 [TE] Ancient Tomb
4 [EX] City of Traitors
4 [DDF] Seat of the Synod

// Creatures
4 [UD] Metalworker
4 [DS] Voltaic Construct
4 [SOM] Wurmcoil Engine

// Spells
4 [DPA] Banefire
4 [SH] Mox Diamond
2 [UD] Thran Dynamo
4 [UL] Grim Monolith
4 [MR] Fabricate
3 [US] Stroke of Genius
4 [FD] Staff of Domination
3 [DS] Trinisphere

Mox Diamond is objectively wrong. You want Mox Opal.

[jamis]

Mox Diamond is objectively wrong. You want Mox Opal.
Diamond lets you cast turn 1 Trinisphere/metalworker or chalice without a sol land, Opal doesn't.

[Darkenslight]

Diamond lets you cast turn 1 Trinisphere/metalworker or chalice without a sol land, Opal doesn't.

...In a deck with 20 lands? Highly unlikely. I would test at the very least a 2/2 split, or move to a higher number of lands. 20 simply isn't enough in a midrange meta, where the top-tier noncombo decks all pack Wastes.

[claudip]

Hi all, im testing this deck:

Lands:

4 Great Furnace
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Seat of the Synod
1 Crystal Vein
2 Island
4 Darksteel Citadel

23 Lands


Creatures:

4 Metalworker
3 Voltaic Construct
3 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Scarecrone

13 Creatures
Other Spells:

1 Banefire
2 Mox Diamond
4 Grim Monolith
1 Stroke of Genius
3 Staff of Domination
1 Spine of Ish Sah
3 Lightning Greaves
3 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Mox Opal
4 Fabricate

24 Other Spells

[AbyssTheMighty]

I've been thinking about playing with one or two Psychosis Crawlers for fun. It just seems like another immediate win factor for the deck, with staff of domination [Make opponent lose a lot of life by drawing, and even playing it with lightning greaves with enough cards in my hand to kill them]. Not sure how it would work though. Brightsteel Colossus is probably a better choice, but could it hurt to play with Brightsteel, and the crawler..?

[AbyssTheMighty]

Hi all, im testing this deck:

Lands:

4 Great Furnace
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors
4 Seat of the Synod
1 Crystal Vein
2 Island
4 Darksteel Citadel

23 Lands


Creatures:

4 Metalworker
3 Voltaic Construct
3 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Blightsteel Colossus
2 Scarecrone

13 Creatures
Other Spells:

1 Banefire
2 Mox Diamond
4 Grim Monolith
1 Stroke of Genius
3 Staff of Domination
1 Spine of Ish Sah
3 Lightning Greaves
3 Thirst for Knowledge
2 Mox Opal
4 Fabricate

24 Other Spells

Yeah that deck should definitely work. There is MANY variations of my deck Infinity obviously. This one should definitely be playable :laugh: