[Standard] Standard BW Tokens

[BlueMage]

Standard BW Tokens

The deck wants to generate servos and eventually overwhelm with 12 lords, and Anointed Procession. Splashes blue for The Scarab God because it's really good and I couldn't think of a better 6 mana black or white bomb.

[G. Moto]

I'm not sure if these would be considered "bomb" enough for you but as far as 5/6 drops go these are some possible options: Sly Requisitioner and Herald of anguish may be adequate for your deck build. If not then perhaps you may want to make this deck full on ESPER instead of simply splashing the blue. It'll give you more options and variety with your battle strategies.

[BlueMage]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not sure if Sly Requisitioner would be good because of the "non-token" clause. I do like Herald of Anguish. The increased consistency and utility we gain by removing The Scarab God and shifting to BW might offset the loss of power.

[Soren841]

I don't understand why you think the Scarab God is good here? You aren't making zombies. Yes he's good but u can't just use the logic that he's good in a lot of places to put him in every deck

[BlueMage]

I like The Scarab God because it's a powerful finisher and interaction with Angel of Invention is great. I'm not tied to the card, just went looking for a 6 drop to bust through in the late game and couldn't come up with anything better.

[Soren841]

Honestly he's not strong in this deck, he's pretty bad

[BlueMage]

Here's a modified list without blue.


// 60 Maindeck
// 2 Artifact
2 Renegade Map

// 15 Creature
1 Oketra the True
1 Bontu the Glorified
4 Master Trinketeer
4 Chief of the Foundry
4 Angel of Invention
1 Herald of Anguish

// 10 Enchantment
4 Hidden Stockpile
3 Cast Out
3 Anointed Procession

// 4 Instant
4 Fatal Push

// 25 Land
3 Evolving Wilds
1 Field of Ruin
4 Concealed Courtyard
3 Ifnir Deadlands
3 Shefet Dunes
3 Plains
3 Swamp
4 Forsaken Sanctuary
1 Cradle of the Accursed

// 4 Sorcery
4 Servo Exhibition


// 15 Sideboard
// 1 Creature
SB: 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury

// 1 Enchantment
SB: 1 Cast Out

// 5 Instant
SB: 2 Vraska's Contempt
SB: 2 Slash of Talons
SB: 1 Forsake the Worldly

// 2 Planeswalker
SB: 2 Gideon, Martial Paragon

// 6 Sorcery
SB: 4 Duress
SB: 1 Fragmentize
SB: 1 Never // Return


Maybe board cards that might work are Legion's Landing, Start // Finish, or another Anointed Procession, but I'm not sure what to cut.

[Soren841]

You can always go in the card search, filter in your colors and CMC 6 and then search token

[BlueMage]

I know how to search. What I mean is, I think scarab god is more powerful than any 6 drop in standard.

[Soren841]

Like everything it is situational

[G. Moto]

 The scarab God can work in this deck if you make it a full on esper deck, and this is why: metallic mimic can boost your other zombies that you create with the scarab god. He's an artifact so having him die to a creature such as defiant salvager on the field will help give you a growing board presence by resurrecting it AS a 4/4 zombie AND by naming zombie you will be giving i other zombies that you bring back from the grave an added +1/+1 counter.
    A possible way that I see you running this deck is using the scarab god to resurrect artifact creatures that you kill off using defiant salvager and the herald of anguish. The fodder in this deck could be creatures such as filigree crawler, scrap trawler, and treasure keeper would aid you in a recycling engine where you can turn your robots....in to ZOMBIE BOTS!!! what do you think?

[BlueMage]

The scarab God can work in this deck if you make it a full on esper deck, and this is why: metallic mimic can boost your other zombies that you create with the scarab god. He's an artifact so having him die to a creature such as defiant salvager on the field will help give you a growing board presence by resurrecting it AS a 4/4 zombie AND by naming zombie you will be giving i other zombies that you bring back from the grave an added +1/+1 counter.
    A possible way that I see you running this deck is using the scarab god to resurrect artifact creatures that you kill off using defiant salvager and the herald of anguish. The fodder in this deck could be creatures such as filigree crawler, scrap trawler, and treasure keeper would aid you in a recycling engine where you can turn your robots....in to ZOMBIE BOTS!!! what do you think?

Your ideas are creative and awesome. Defiant Salvager is really interesting. It's nice that it's possible to sac as many as needed for one shot. I was considering Plague Belcher for a 3 drop spot, but salvager makes way more sense. Filigree Crawler and Scrap Trawler are also cool and synergistic. I'm going to brew now with these and see what happens. There are almost too many good things.

[BlueMage]

The scarab God can work in this deck if you make it a full on esper deck, and this is why: metallic mimic can boost your other zombies that you create with the scarab god. He's an artifact so having him die to a creature such as defiant salvager on the field will help give you a growing board presence by resurrecting it AS a 4/4 zombie AND by naming zombie you will be giving i other zombies that you bring back from the grave an added +1/+1 counter.
    A possible way that I see you running this deck is using the scarab god to resurrect artifact creatures that you kill off using defiant salvager and the herald of anguish. The fodder in this deck could be creatures such as filigree crawler, scrap trawler, and treasure keeper would aid you in a recycling engine where you can turn your robots....in to ZOMBIE BOTS!!! what do you think?

What do you think about something like this?

// 60 Maindeck
// 3 Artifact
3 Renegade Map

// 17 Creature
1 The Scarab God
3 Herald of Anguish
4 Chief of the Foundry
4 Scrap Trawler
1 Angel of Invention
4 Treasure Keeper

// 7 Enchantment
4 Hidden Stockpile
3 Anointed Procession

// 4 Instant
4 Fatal Push

// 25 Land
4 Concealed Courtyard
4 Evolving Wilds
2 Fetid Pools
2 Forsaken Sanctuary
1 Ifnir Deadlands
1 Shefet Dunes
3 Plains
3 Swamp
1 Island
2 Irrigated Farmland
2 Field of Ruin

// 4 Sorcery
4 Servo Exhibition

[G. Moto]

  This deck is definitely shaping up into something that can function on a stable level. If you were to focus more on the actual sacrifice engine of the deck using the herald of anguish then you'd be able to have a strong W/B deck. If you were to focus more on the recursion and even using blue spells such as arcane adaptation, dive down, herald of secret streams, and siren's ruse would be good candidates for your back up as far as spell protection goes. If you wish to stick more towards Kaladesh you could always use cards such as dramatic reversal, aether tradewinds, and my favorite disappearing act. Fortuitous find and glint-nest crane would be good side board material if it helps.