To Affinity and Beyond!

I was also thinking:
-Seat of the Synod
-Bident of Thassa
-Spire Golem
and maybe a
-Chimeric Mass

Awesome deck, though.

seat of synod isn't modern legal (or I'd have it in there). I had memnite in originally but I cut it for the thoughtcasts after messing with it a bit. Do you think I should cut an equipment over the memnite? I could probably cut the kite shields for it as they are probably the worst equipment in the deck. the bident might be cool, but I don't attack too often. when play testing I usually wait for a broodstar. I actually dont get many lands per game, so the spire golem would actually be a little slow. thanks for commenting though guys. lemme know what you think about switching the kites out for memnite

i think memnite > kite shield all day more creatures cant hurt :)

A'ight! Yeah, I have no real opinion on what to swap in Memnite for.

And sorry, I didn't know you were going for Modern either! I'd observed it was just a theme deck. And true - with the low Islands and Flyer-blocking already taken care of, I suppose you're right about Spire Golem.

But if you're serious about playing this deck modern, I would definitely put in some counters of some kind to protect your creature spells specifically - and maybe a Golem's Heart or 2 for life gain while you build?

golems heart may be a good idea. I'm not competitive, just like sticking to the format so more people wont mind playing me. Golem's heart is a good idea, I'll probably make a bit of a control thing for a sideboard.

I like your style. B^) Very refreshing.

I've thought about it, but I realized I didn't really need its second ability, and its still only a 4/5. I prioritized faster drops for it. I'll have to mess with it a bit. It might be right to have a few in there. I actually think I need another drawing mechanic. Thinking about putting in riddlesmith or sage of lat nam

also thought about it, wasn't sure what to take out for it. late game, it would be crazy though

early game its crazy too. put it in over spidersilk net imo

I play Affinity for Artifacts and Cranial Plating Wins games with Ornithopter.

yeah Im thinking I'm gonna have to put a few in as alt win condition. these kits are probably gonna have to leave. I'm also adding in riddlesmith I think cuz I need to draw more.

If you wanna check out my Affinty for Artifacts deck you are welcome to: http://www.mtgvault.com/invis/decks/affinity-for-artifactslegacy/

I like it! we went in different directions obviously but that looks really fun!

It is. it's a really funny deck, haha :)

if you go near where you see main deck, an add button should appear, click it. sometimes the add thing disappears

What about Rogue's Passage and/or even Dread Statuary instead of Darksteel Citadel?

ooo. i like the rogue's passage idea probably only need 1 or 2 though. Once the deck gets going, i'll probably end up drawing it regardless. Keeping the citadels though because they are artifacts and help with turn 1 frogmites.

Oh, nice! Admittedly, I didn't even realize the Citadels were artifacts! I say keep all 4, then!

Although, the Rogue's Passage is definitely a useful win condition. I thought it could use something that gave unblockable. I just went with something that didn't cost blue-specific mana (as opposed to Artful Dodge, Aqueous Form, etc...)

I totally agree actually, I was trying to think of ways to make stuff unblockable, and that land is was exactly what I think it needed.

i was literally thinking the same thing about the mana. mox opal is out of my price though unfortunately haha, though i was thinking of using paradise mantle. master of etherium is a great idea though. Also like the etched champion idea. I still feel like I need the riddlesmiths just because When i need different cards, he's pretty advantageous. dont really use him for the card advantage as much as use it to thin the deck out early game before I get the archmages. Love the suggestions though, need to play around with some permutations now.

If you need to tutor some artifact why not 'Fabricate'? :D

But another good card to make you draw is Chromatic Sphere.
The bad thing of Riddlesmith is that it's not an artifact and so slow down the whole deck.

Also another cardo to consider for mana is Glimmervoid in hte future, cause in some way you need to produce some black mana or the cranial is useless

I think i'm gonna do that. Kill the riddlesmiths, add in the master, take out too broodstars, put in paradise mantles. I do think I do need to splash black though so the glimmervoids are a good idea too. I actually might go the ad nauseum route, and maybe kill the broodstars off completely.

the cranials aren't useless. they just dont have instant speed equiping yet

Infact the cranial is a fantastic card, I was saying it waas useless cause you actually don't have noyhing that could make black mana, and you cannot equip it.

you dont need black mana to equip it. only if you want to equip instant speed

That'd require black mana. I was thinking more like Bident of Thassa maybe, because this is a bit more creature based. Or Conjurers Bauble or æther spellbomb possibly? :P

i made a deck similar to this using ad nauseum a few years ago. Same concept. with the broodstars in here, that could hurt though. Plus I'd rather not use black as the their isn't a lot of lands. I was thinking about the bauble too at one point. nixed it for other 0 drops.

yeah, its working alot better now with these changes. The master of etherium comes out alot quicker and I have more stable manabase for the archmages

yeah that is a good idea, but scared of putting in red just for that