It is important to hit four mana in this deck, and Pilgrim's Eye has its uses when searching out our fourth land. As an artifact 2/2 for two, Runed Servitor is on curve, but generating card advantage for the opponent when it dies feels bad. They are necessary because we need artifacts to wear Ghostfire Blade and trigger Thopter Spy Network. I don't want to imaging playing the deck without it.īoth of these creatures are filler artifacts. Plus, it fits right in with the artifact theme. Hangarback Walker might be the best two drop in the format. One of the biggest problems with UR Thopters without Hangarback Walker is the lack of good early game plays. In the end I bit the bullet, decided that I'd have to accept the fact that Hangarback Walker would double the cost of the deck in paper and quadruple it on Magic Online, and started to win matches. The CreaturesĪs I mentioned earlier, I tried my best to build a functioning version of UR Thopters without Hangarback Walker, and I found it was impossible. I'm not sure what fraction of a card a 1/1 Thopter token represents, but it is pretty small. When we force our opponent to spend a "real" card to kill one, we come out super far ahead. Watching an opponent Ruinous Path, Stasis Snare, and Murderous Cut Thopter tokens in an attempt to keep Thopter Spy Network from triggering is not only hilarious, but game winning. My favorite thing about Thopter Spy Network is how it puts the opponent in an awkward position. It creates a steady stream of 1/1 flying Thopter tokens which are great at chump blocking and can eventually go on the offensive to close out a game. Half Bitterblossom, half Joe Biden of Thassa, Thopter Spy Network is an extremely powerful card in a deck that can trigger it consistently. When we play it on turn one, we are more or less guaranteed to trigger Thopter Spy Network in the mid to late game. The other benefit of Ghostfire Blade is that, unlike our artifact creatures, it's extremely hard to kill. In our deck, it makes our two-drops aggressive threats and turns our 1/1 Thopters into legitimate ways of closing out the game. It's pretty much Super Bonesplitter, boosting toughness along with power. Ghostfire Blade is one of the most aggressive equipments ever printed, assuming you always have a colorless creature to equip. Ghostfire Blade and Thopter Spy Network are the reason we are willing to warp our deck, and both are extremely powerful in their own way.
Obviously, building a deck where every creature is either an artifact or produces artifact tokens is a fairly big deck building restriction.
THOPTER SPY NETWORK SUMMONING SICKNESS SERIES
If you enjoy the Budget Magic series and the other video content on MTGGoldfish, make sure to subscribe to the MTGGoldfish Youtube Channel to keep up on all the latest and greatest. Let's get to the videos, then I'll talk more about the deck. Once I did that, everything came together, and the deck ended up not only super powerful, but extremely fun to play! I decided to accept the tax and play with Hangarback Walker. Alchemist's Vial was the second best two-drop artifact I could find, which didn't fit the definition of playable. Without Hangarback Walker, UR Thopters is severely lacking in early game plays. Second, I tried to build the deck without Hangarback Walker for the sake of staying on budget, and it simply didn't work. First the three most powerful cards in the deck are four-drops, which can lead to some clunky draws. In the past, when trying to build UR Thopters I kept running into two problems. It feels wrong that no one is taking advantage of these cards, so we are going to rectify the situation! Pia and Kiran Nalaar, Hangarback Walker and Whirler Rogue). Thopter Spy Network and Ghostfire Blade) and a few good enablers (e.g. This week I figured it out, and I'm ready to unveil UR Thopters! There are several powerful "artifacts matter" cards in Standard (e.g. This week we are heading to Standard for a deck I've been trying unsuccessfully to make work for months. Kamusta Budget Magic lovers! It's that time again.
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