Saturday, December 8, 2012

MtG:O Planeswalker U/B aggro artifacts

I have a lot of fun with Magic the Gathering:Online - Planeswalker format. One of my favourite decks is blue/black aggro artifacts.

Creatures
4 Ornithopter
4 Signal Pest
4 Steel Overseer
4 Glaze Fiend
4 Etherium Sculptor
4 Master of Etherium
2 Wurmcoil Engine

Artifacts
4 Wanderer's Twig
4 Executioner's Capsule
1 Sword of War and Peace

 Sorceries
1 Tinker

 Instants
4 Undermine

 Lands
11 Island
9 Swamp

This deck is all about flooding the board with cheap artifact creatures like Ornithopter and Glaze Fiend, with Etherium Sculptor making them even cheaper. Then you follow up the initial wave with Steel Overseer or Master of Etherium pumping all you creatures for a huge attack. Four Undermines give protection from sweepers and a bit of reach for the end game. Tinker into Wurmcoil Engine is a fantastic turn three play, or Sword of War and Peace can be grabbed for the more troublesome red decks. Wanderer's Twig and Executioner's Capsule are utility cards which are also artifacts helping to pump your Master of Etheriums and Glaze Fiends even more.

I played a few games with this deck to see how it runs:

Game one vs B/R aggro sacrifice

I lost the roll and kept two Swamps, two Islands, a Wanderer's Twig, an Executioner's Capsule, and an Etherium Sculptor. My opponent played a Mountain and cast a Vexing Devil, I elected to take the four damage. I drew an Island, played a Swamp, and cast Wanderer's Twig. My opponent had no turn two plays. I drew a Master of Etherium, played an Island, and cast an Etherium Sculptor. My opponent played a Terramorphic Expanse and sacrificed it for a Swamp which came into play tapped, then passed the turn back to me. I drew a Master of Etherium and played an Island. Before declaring attackers I cast a Master of Etherium making my Etherium Sculptor 2/3. I then attacked for two damage and passed the turn back. My opponent cast Innocent Blood so I sacrificed my Etherium Sculptor. He then cast another Vexing Devil which I allowed to resolve. I drew a Wurmcoil Engine, played a Swamp, and cast an Executioner's capsule which I immediately used to kill my opponent's Vexing Devil. I then attacked with my Master of Etherium for two. My opponent cast another Innocent blood on his turn. On my next turn I cast another Master of Etherium. On my opponents next turn he put a Bloodflow Connoisseur into play. I drew a Master of Etherium, played a land, and cast Wurncoil Engine. I then attacked for three damage with my Master of Etherium. My opponent played a Fume Spitter and a Reassembling Skeleton on his next turn before passing it back. I drew and cast an Executioner's Capsule and cast another Master of Etherium. I attacked with my 6/6 Master and 8/8 Wurmcoil. My opponent chose to block with his Reasemmbling Skeleton before sacrificing it to the Bloodflow Conniseur. However I had the game in hand and won with a final attack next turn.

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