Is Erayo a potential Sideboard plan? I'm thinking as a way to get the blue count higher whole also providing a soft lock alongside Ethersworn canonist. Aggro g1, prison g2 but leaving in Cannoneer to still close games fast.
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
4 Spire of Industry
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Ancient Den
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Mishra’s Factory
4 Memnite
4 Ornithopter
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Frogmite
4 Thought Monitor
4 Sojourner’s Companion
4 Michiko’s Reign of Truth
4 Cranial Plating
1 Nettlecyst
3 Springleaf Drum
4 Thoughtcast
My son went 3-1 at a local event with the above list. He didn't use the sideboard much except for 2 Tormod's Crypt and 2 Nether Spellbomb, so we will adjust for the future. He beat UR Delver, Dredge (me), and another list. He lost to HelmLine in his last match due to Karn, the Great Creator.
Edit: The main deck costs less than $70 according to mtggoldfish (and 15 tix on mtgo), so this is slightly cheaper than Manaless Dredge in paper and slightly more expensive on mtgo (excluding sideboards).
Excellent! I feel that the core of 8cast aggro is pretty competitive. I am still tweaking on occasion. My next test is Lotus Petal over Springleaf drum. Drum feeds Affinity and plating, petal allows for more explosive starts. I am also trying 2x Ethersworn Sphinx over 2x myr enforcer, it's a blue card for sideboard forces and it always cascades into something useful, occasionally Monitor or Thoughtcast to really take off.
My current list:
4x Ornithopter
4x memnite
4x frogmite
4x Sojourner's Companion
4x thought monitor
4x Kappa Cannoneer
2x ethersworn Sphinx
4x springleaf drum
3x mox opal
4x cranial plating
4x thoughtcast
1x cursed Scroll
1x Aether spellbomb
2x welding jar
4x seat of the synod
4x ancient den
4x darksteel citadel
3x Urza's Saga
Sideboard
4x force of will
2x force of negation
1x hurkyl's recall
1x reality Heist
1x pithing needle
1x grafdigger's cage
1x tormod's crypt
1x soul guide lantern
3x swords to plowshares
Brainstorm Realist
I close my eyes and sink within myself, relive the gift of precious memories, in need of a fix called innocence. - Chuck Shuldiner
Thoughts on cutting Urza's Saga for 16 artifact lands and speeding up a turn? I'm focusing on U/B/W for Ethersworn Canonist and having my whole hand on the board by T2.
Is that a strategy you want in a meta of Meltdown, Serenity, Energy Flux and friends? Artifact hate is at an all-time high.
The successful artifact decks use a lot of draw effects to refill the hand, instead of dumping their hand on the board as fast as possible.
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