Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Inventors' Fair
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control three or more artifacts, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice Inventors' Fair: Search your library for an artifact card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only if you control three or more artifacts.
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Myr Battlesphere
When this creature enters, create four 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature tokens. Whenever this creature attacks, you may tap X untapped Myr you control. If you do, this creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn and deals X damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.
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Big Targets
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Loot
Loot
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Feldon Boost
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
{R}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control. It gains haste and "When this token dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery. Blitz {1}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
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Feldon Boost
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Ramp
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Tibalt's Trickery
Counter target spell. Choose 1, 2, or 3 at random. Its controller mills that many cards, then exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card with a different name than that spell. They may cast that card without paying its mana cost. Then they put the exiled cards on the bottom of their library in a random order.
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Wild Magic Surge
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a permanent card that shares a card type with that permanent. They put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of their library in a random order.
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Interact
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Recursion
Daretti, Scrap Savant
+2: Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards. −2: Sacrifice an artifact. If you do, return target artifact card from your graveyard to the battlefield. −10: You get an emblem with "Whenever an artifact is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, return that card to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step." Daretti, Scrap Savant can be your commander.
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Audacious Reshapers
{T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an artifact card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This creature deals damage to you equal to the number of cards revealed this way.
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Demolition Field
{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
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Considering
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Cavalier of Flame
{1}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn. When this creature enters, discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards. When this creature dies, it deals X damage to each opponent and each planeswalker they control, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard.
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Firbolg Flutist
Enthralling Performance — When this creature enters, gain control of target creature you don't control until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste and myriad until end of turn. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
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Industrial Advancement
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that creature's mana value. You may put a creature card from among them onto the battlefield. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Enchantment
Overlord of the Boilerbilges
Impending 4—{2}{R}{R} (If you cast this spell for its impending cost, it enters with four time counters and isn't a creature until the last is removed. At the beginning of your end step, remove a time counter from it.) Whenever this permanent enters or attacks, it deals 4 damage to any target.
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Plaza of Heroes
{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a legendary spell. {T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary permanents you control. {3}, {T}, Exile this land: Target legendary creature gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Feldon of the Third Path – Primer"},{"attributes":{"header":1},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nIntroduction"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Welcome, everyone, to my favourite deck, the first ever deck I built. This is a mono red \"reanimator\" deck helmed by "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Feldon of the Third Path"}},{"insert":". I put reanimate in quotation marks because this deck doesn't really reanimate creatures per se, it only makes temporary, hasty copies of them from the graveyard. But hey, a temporary "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wurmcoil Engine"}},{"insert":" with haste ain't half bad. What the deck does do quite well, however, is "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"artifact reanimation. "},{"insert":"While this isn't the main theme of the deck, its role is to cover for Feldon when he isn't able to do his thing—we might not always be able to stick Feldon on the board, or we might lack the mana to use him efficiently. That is when the goblins come out to tinker—but more on that later. Let's go over the deck's main game plan and some cool lines. Afterwards, we'll break down the core components of the deck. Let's get started!\n\nGame Plan"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck can play one of two ways, but most of the time you'll be playing a combination of the two. The first and most basic way to play the deck is to use our commander to cheat out big, hasty monsters into play to smash our opponents repeatedly. The second method is to use our goblin tinkerers to reanimate all sorts of artifacts back from the grave...including big monsters.\n\nFeldon gameplan—The core experience"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"It's as simple as it gets:\nDiscard a big creature"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Play Feldon"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Activate Feldon"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Profit"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is the dream land the deck wants to live in. Sadly, our old man Feldon is quite frail, and the big monster in the graveyard looks very scary...This means that you generally won't get to untap with Feldon if you're playing against interaction-heavy decks, at least not in the early turns. After all, the threat of getting hit with a turn 4 Etali or Wurmcoil Engine isn't too appealing to most people. Still, if you have the resources and the courage, you could try to play Feldon turn 3 and hope for the best. If it works out, more power to you!\n\nI, however, preffer to wait. Depending on the game state, the earliest I'll play Feldon is when I have a way to give him haste and activate him in the same turn. With some luck, this can be turn 6 (or earlier if you've ramped), but it tends to be more like turn 8. Once you're this far in the game, you don't even need to worry about your Feldon dying, as you'll likely have the mana to just recast and activate him again next turn! But what to we do until then? Surely we don't just wait and do nothing until turn 8 right? That's where our suplemental plan comes in.\n\nArtifact gameplan—What to do when Feldon isn't available?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Due to one reason or another, you've lost access to Feldon, or you don't have the resources to use him yet. Either he died one too many times, or he's been turned into vegetable by Oko or some enchantment—that's where the goblins come in. It should be noted that our artifact reanimation gameplan shouldn't be considered as a plan B—it is simply another way our deck can play. This whole gameplan hinges on a few key cards. Firstly, we need a way to continuosly "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"reanimate"},{"insert":" our artifacts, and we also need to "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"find"},{"insert":" the key ones. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Welder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Scrap Savant"}},{"insert":" are the main cards that enable this gameplan in the first place. With these, our deck can play like an imitation of the actual Daretti deck, reanimating artifacts left and right. This gameplan is also less mana intensive then Feldon. Goblin Welder is only 1 mana for example, and we only need to play a cheap artifact and discard the one we wish to bring back. With some luck, you could bring back a Triplicate Titan or a Portal to Phyrexia out as early as turn 2. I'd also be remiss not to mention our strongest artifact reanimation spell by far, which is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scrap Mastery"}},{"insert":"—with the right set up, this is almost like a one sided mini Living Death, which also serves to Vandalblast our opponents—in fact, this replaced Vandalblast! \n\nOf course, we need to find the artifacts we'd like to reanimate. Due to this not being a full-on artifact deck, you could still end up being unlucky and not find any impactful ones. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Engineer"}},{"insert":" takes care of that by entombing what we need. But he is just one card, as are the other goblins. To solve this, we run "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"creature tutors"},{"insert":". While I generally dislike tutors, I use them only when I'm tutoring for just a few cards and I cannot tutor for much else. That's why instead of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gamble"}},{"insert":", which would get me exactly what I need, when I need it, I run "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Matron"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Imperial Recruiter"}},{"insert":". These can essentially be considered as extra coppies of whatever goblin I need to find at the moment. Imperial Recruiter is of course more versatile, as it finds a few other important creatures as well (Jaxis for more creature tokens, Solemn for ramp, Deal Broker for looting, Containment Construct for loot payoff or Dualcaster Mage if I need to be prepared for anything). In my experience, the sheer ammount of looting should be able to get us to these goblins fast enough to bring us into the game if Feldon isn't able to make an impact.\n\nCool play patterns I like"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"In no particular order, I'll list of some of my favourite interactions the deck has to offer:\nCool Feldon lines"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Solemn Simulacrum"}},{"insert":": Paying 3 mana for a land and a card? What more could you ask for."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Firbolg Flutist"}},{"insert":": Steal your opponent's commanders and use "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Myriad "},{"insert":"to sacrifice the original copy and benefit from your opponent's ETBs!"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Molten Primordial"}},{"insert":": Borrow your opponents creatures to block in a pinch and wreck their boards in the process."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dualcaster Mage"}},{"insert":": Who says red cannot interact on the stack? Make sure you always participate in the instant/sorcery goodness. Bonus: Pair it with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Big Score"}},{"insert":" "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mana Geyser"}},{"insert":" for some explosive gameplay"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Welder"}},{"insert":"/"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer"}},{"insert":": Reanimate an artifact, permanently"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Talon Gates of Madara"}},{"insert":": Phase out the creature you reanimated to keep the token forever! If you like this interaction, consider including a "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sundial of the Infinite"}},{"insert":". I just find it a nightmare to track in paper xd"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"BONUS TIP"},{"insert":": Activate Feldon in the end step of the opponent who is before you in turn order — That way, whatever you reanimated will stick around until your end step. Think of it like storing mana with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coalition Relic"}},{"insert":" — you don't use Feldon for one turn, so you get to use him 2 times....sort of.\nOther"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rings of Brighthearth"}},{"insert":" + Fetch Lands: Who says we can't land ramp in mono red?"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Welder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Scrap Savant"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer"}},{"insert":" + "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coveted Jewel"}},{"insert":": Ramp and card draw, for no one but yourself"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Engineer"}},{"insert":" + Random artifact: Tutor up your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Stone"}},{"insert":" to blow the board up in a pinch, or get your "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand-Year Elixir"}},{"insert":" to give Feldon haste. Or perhaps "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rings of Brighthearth"}},{"insert":" to just double every single activated ability? The possibilities are endless"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nMain categories"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The deck can be roughly divided into a few broad categories (ramp, card draw, interaction, etc.), but I want to first focus on the \"Feldon specific\" ones, so to speak. I am of course talking about "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"looting effects, Feldon reanimation targets,"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Feldon enhancers. "},{"insert":"After I'm done with those, I'll dive into the more \"broad\" categories. Let's dive right in:\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Looting—Forget adding fuel to the fire, we have to start the fire first!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" As you might imagine, no graveyard deck works without a graveyard. Sure, you could eventually hardcast your threats, but where is the fun in that when we can cheat most of them out for as little as 3 mana (after we've paid for Feldon of course, which "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"technically "},{"insert":"makes it 6 mana for the first one, but I digress). \n\nFirst, we have the most "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"basic looters"},{"insert":": "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Faithless Looting"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cathartic Reunion"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thrill of Possibility"}},{"insert":" are our cheapest and simplest options. Faithless has the upside of having flashback, which makes it extra useful, but these sort of shape our early hands—discard your clunky late game cards and reanimation targets and draw those sweet sweet cards. To be honest, I am most looking forward to draw lands, as that enables me to keep hitting land drops throughout the whole game, which is especially important in a mana hungry deck like this. I know that Thrill of possibility is not the best pick and I would be better off running something like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Demand Answers"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Saheeli's Lattice // Mastercraft Raptor"}},{"insert":", but I run it simply because of the pretty Karlach art. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Big Score"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unexpected Windfall"}},{"insert":" are basically the same, but have the upside of \"storing\" mana in the form of treasures if you don't crack them straight away. And if you do, they are basically a Thrill of Possibility that you can only use with 4 mana or more.\n\nWe also have "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"repeatable looters"},{"insert":", such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Deal Broker"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion"}},{"insert":", and perhaps "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaxis, the Troublemaker"}},{"insert":" if you squint hard enough. These provide us with a steady stream of (hopefully) useful cards for the cost of discarding the ones we can't use at the moment. It isn't really card advantage, but in this deck, it almost feels like it. \n\nLastly, there are "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"wheels"},{"insert":". I did mention Neheb, which counts as both a repeatable looter and a wheel in my eyes, as well as a form of ramp. But we also have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cavalier of Flame"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ruin Grinder"}},{"insert":". These are just my wheels of choice, but you could also go for cards like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wheel of Misfortune"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dragon Mage"}},{"insert":", or the simple "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wheel of Fortune"}},{"insert":".\n\nNow, I've also been tinkering with the idea of getting some sort of payoff from all the discarding, which I will cover later in the "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"card advantage"},{"insert":" section.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Feldon reanimation targets—What are we looking to bring back?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Now that we've filled up our graveyard, what are we looking to bring back? I learned that instead of including like 15 possible targets, it's better to run just a few, with each doing a specific task. Still, I would be lying if I didn't say I included some just cause they are cool, or cause I got attached to them because they used to be the strongest thing I could bring back in earlier iterations of the deck. Generally, you'll do well by just playing your favourite big red and colorless creatures, as long as they have some sort of attack, enters, or death triggers. Now, let's go over my personal choices.\n\nI'll start with the "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"value"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"targets. For me, these are creatures that are there specifically to give me more cards, or benefit me in some other way. For this, I picked "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Etali, Primal Storm"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trumpeting Carnosaur"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hellkite Tyrant"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Combustible Gearhulk"}},{"insert":". Etali and the Carnosaur are more or less guaranteed to cast me a lot of cards for free, and Etali especially can just win games if it goes unanswered for too long. Hellkite Tyrant is useful because it doesn't just remove problematic artifacts—it gives them to me, which is even better. Even at it's worst, taking a signet or two doesn't feel bad, especially if you can do it as early as turn 4. Combustible Gearhulk is technically a card advantage creature, since it either mills me or draws me cards. It's especially fun if you get to create multiple gearhulks in a single turn and target the same person, since they will most certanly give you cards. Would you be willing to take a chance with this deck milling 12 or more cards and dealing damage to you equal to their cmc? I certanly wouldn't. There is also the less impactful but ever versatile "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak"}},{"insert":"—if you didn't play it as a land, being able to continously regrow instant and sorceries in the grave is pretty neat.\n\nNext up is creatures that "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"leave something behind"},{"insert":" when they die, as well as "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"finisher"},{"insert":". I will count all of them as finishers because these creatures in multiples end games pretty convincingly. These are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wurmcoil Engine"}},{"insert":", which provides us with some much appreciated life gain, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Triplicate Titan"}},{"insert":", which is already teriffying on it's own...now imagine having 3 of them swinging at you. Lastly, there is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myr Battlesphere"}},{"insert":"—while it certanly gets the job done in terms of spawning a lot of bodies and being a game ending threat, I don't think it's necesary, at least not anymore, and certanly not for my list. However, when the deck was still in it's infancy, it was the mighty Battlesphere and Wurmcoils that were the premiere threats, so Myr Battlesphere has reserved a spot in the deck, for better or for worse. But if I'm already talking about finishers, I'd be rude not to mention the best of them all—"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Molten Primordial"}},{"insert":". We all know that even one good primordial has the potential to end games, but multiple? You've just built your own "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Insurrection"}},{"insert":", and you got some 6/4 hasters to boot. As a honorable mention, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Cavalier of Flame"}},{"insert":" can deal silly ammounts of damage accross the board, but that is not his specific purpose. Still, if you get the chance to make multiples of him, you're probably secured the win.\n\nLastly, there are the "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"goblins"},{"insert":". They serve their own role, and are generally unreleated to Feldon himself. But the likes of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Welder"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer"}},{"insert":", and to a lesser degree, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Engineer"}},{"insert":", have quite the unique interaction with Feldon. Since Feldon's creature tokens are artifacts in addition to their other types, these three fellas can all sacrifice themselves as part of their cost to bring back an artifact from the grave. This means that as long as you have any of them in your graveyard alongside your other big targets or just generic artifacts, your flexibility increases dramatically, and you always have the chance to build up your board even more solidly if you feel like pure aggro and beaters won't solve your problems. That being said, I use these goblins the most to cheat out "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Portal to Phyrexia"}},{"insert":", which is a finisher in its own right, as well as card advantage artifacts like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coveted Jewel"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Mightstone and Weakstone"}},{"insert":". And remember, each of these artifacts can be sacrificed with the goblins to generate even more value by repeatedly bringing them back!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Doubling Feldon's goodness—Get two or more creatures for the price of less...sometimes"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is fairly straightforward. Why bring back one creature per turn cycle if we could bring back multiples? Firstly, there are the two "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"untappers"},{"insert":": "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sting, the Glinting Dagger"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thousand-Year Elixir"}},{"insert":". Both alow us to tap Feldon more than once per turn cycle (in Sting's case, up to four additonal times per turn cycle!). Oh and they both provide haste, which is quite important for us. Still, untapping Feldon means we have to pay for his activation, which we might not always be able to do. Regardless, I consider Sting to actually be the single best doubler for Feldon in the whole deck, because it has the highest ceiling, and we are often able to reach that ceiling due to our somewhat greedy ramp package which we'll go over later.\n\nNext are cards that "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"copy"},{"insert":" Feldon's ability. These are "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Illusionist's Bracers"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rings of Brighthearth"}},{"insert":". Both are actually quite costly, and they need to copy multiple Feldon activations to actually be worth it. But if they get to stick around, or if they are paired with the untappers, these can certainly be game ending. Oh, and Rings double as ramp when combined with fetchlands and some other lands. I'm considering swapping the Illusionist's Bracers for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Battlemage's Bracers"}},{"insert":", since they provide haste, but they also cost more to use. I cut them from the deck innitially because I had too many doubling effects, but maybe in this itteration of the deck they could be worht it.\n\nLastly, we have the "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"token makers"},{"insert":". These are:\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Determined Iteration"}},{"insert":", which is the least costly and most efficient one, but also the one with the lowest ceiling. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jaxis, the Troublemaker"}},{"insert":", which not only makes tokens but also gives us a way to loot (we discard cards to make copies, and we draw cards when those copies die). Jaxis can also end up drawing us cards if we copy her ability with the afforementioned ability copiers."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki"}},{"insert":" is the replacement for "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker"}},{"insert":". However, people always get alarmed when they see Kiki, as they should. Even if I tried to play him fairly, he wouldn't last long enough to be worht the 5 mana investment. Also, not much point in keeping him around if I'm not comboing with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zealous Conscripts"}},{"insert":" like I used to earlier on. Still, Fable does also provide a bit of ramp and looting, which comes in quite handy."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"As alluded to with Jaxis, we can stick the untappers and ability copiers on Jaxis and flipped Fable to produce tokens of our big creatures more cheaply once we've made the initial Feldon token...or if we just happen to have the creature on the field. Good stuff.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"The other main categories—Ramp, card advantage, and interaction"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" I'll quickly go over the rest of the categories. I won't point out every specific card, as they aren't as important. I will highlight the main parts of each category though.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Ramp:"},{"insert":" This deck is trying to land ramp as much as possible. If you don't like this approach, you could easily put in mana rocks and be done with it, it works. I just prefer to ramp lands, even if it is more work, since one of my boardwipes that I can loop would destroy my mana rocks. Also, my approach allows me to build up much more mana than with mana rocks if the game goes long enough, primarly by coyping/reanimating "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Solemn Simulacrum"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scampering Surveyor"}},{"insert":".\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Card advantage:"},{"insert":" This deck doesn't really have many ways of generating consistent card advantage. The most prominent ones would be "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Monument to Endurance"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Containment Construct"}},{"insert":", but they only work if I alredy have a way to discard cards. With repeatable looters, these cards are almost like a Phyrexian arenas! The other main sources of card advantage would be looping "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Coveted Jewel"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Mightstone and Weakstone"}},{"insert":", though that requires the goblins to work.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Interaction:"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"Someone once said that less is more. Well, I kind of took that to heart when it comes to interaction in this deck. I wouldn't say my deck is unable to interact at all, but it usually does so later in the game. This deck sadly has no space for cheap spot removals like Abrade and friends, because we'd rather be looting and ramping early to get our plan online for later. What I did include, though, are boardwipes and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reverberate"}},{"insert":" effects. With reverberates, I can piggyback off of other people's removals, as well as copy other important spells. At worst, they are used to double my loot spells, which results in card advantage. As for boardwipes, I run the standard colorless suite of boardwipes, along with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Blasphemous Act"}},{"insert":". "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oblivion Stone"}},{"insert":" in particular deserves a mention, since it is tutorable with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Goblin Engineer"}},{"insert":" as well as recurable with it and the other goblins. Generally, we don't commit much to the board early, so by the time we wipe the board, we will still have plenty of resources left over to start our own attack. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dualcaster Mage"}},{"insert":" also deserves a special mention, since he can also be a Feldon target to continuosly interact on the stack—something red isn't exactly good at. \n\nWhat direction could the deck go instead?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I could dive into many, many more specific interactions I've found while playing this deck, but I feel that would spoil the fun. But instead, I feel like a fun topic is exploring a bit more of what's possible with Feldon, if you were to make him your own. I'll point out some gameplans, in no particular order, most of which I considered or played at some point before settling on the current build:\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Extra combats:"},{"insert":" While not exactly a concrete direction for the deck to go in, running extra combat cards is a neat way to untap Feldon and get in more damage at the same time. I decided to instead just copy Feldon's ability and creatures because my secondary gameplan of turning into a Daretti deck doesn't mix well with extra combats."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Temporary Theft:"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"This is one of the more fun versions of the deck I owned, but it does relly a lot on what your opponents are doing and how good their creatures are. This version replaces a lot of the reanimation targets with theft creatures like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Zealous Conscripts"}},{"insert":". This can be either used for aggressive purpuses—or, what I think is much more fun—using Feldon in other people's turns when they attack you. That way, you could steal an opponent's creature and block with it to hurt multiple opponents at once!"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":" "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Big dumb threats:"},{"insert":" This is perhaps the most common way to play Feldon. I have a sort of toolbox approach here, but most just play the meanest, biggest creatures (usually dragons) they can find and jam like 15 of them. This playstyle is how I used to play Feldon, although I didn't have access to top-tier dragons. Still, I have to point out that some Eldrazi like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Breaker of Armies"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pathrazer of Ulamog"}},{"insert":" are absolute monsters—nothing feels better than hitting someone with multiple Pathrazers or with the Breaker and utterly decimate their board. "},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"bold":true},"insert":"Combo:"},{"insert":" By adding some combinations like Kiki-Jiki+Zealous Conscripts, Electroduplicate+Dualcaster Mage, Thornbite Staff+Priest of Urabrask+Sac Outlet, you can easly turn the deck into a combo toolbox, allowing you to recur the combo pieces from the graveyard to easily win the game."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWhere staples?"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"I try to avoid playing staples. If you want to power the deck up, add Sol Ring, Jeska's Will, Gamble, Underworld Breach....I just don't like running too many generic cards. I feel dirty with my Mana Geyser already. I suppose if I were to add any of these, it would be "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Underworld Breach"}},{"insert":", as it's the one card that actually fits the theme of the deck. I am scared it would win by itself though...Further testing is required.\n\nClosing remarks"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Wow, this turned out a bit longer than expected, and I still barely covered a third of how this deck can function. I didn't even get into the specific lands and my janky ramp package, which is arguably one of my favourite parts of the deck:p\nI hope that this primer helped inspire you to build your own Feldon of the Third Path list, and if I did, that's good enough for me. Lastly, I'd like to thank the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.mtggoldfish.com/series/commander-clash"},"insert":"MTG Goldfish Crew"},{"insert":" for inspiring many of my card choices and allowing me to discover my favourite brand of decks. I would also love nothnig more than to see this played during the viewer submited episodes, this would be a dream come true. Or better yet, me playing the deck myself against my favourite creators when I eventually go to a Magic Con! I am looking forward to it:) \n\nLastly, I'd like to mention how this deck came to be. It is a continuation of a project that another friend tasked me with—you see, I "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"love "},{"insert":"reanimation. So my friend tasked me with building a reanimator deck. But it wasn't a normal black or orzhov reanimator, oh no. He told me to build a reanimator deck without black or white! So, I set out to build a "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/4759479/temur_reanimator_in_this_economy"},"insert":"reanimator deck in Temur"},{"insert":", which I am sometimes still working on. But yeah, the deck didn't (and still doesn't) perform as it should. However, when the deck did perform, it was because of Feldon. One day, I simply had enough—I decided to stop working on the deck, dissasembled it, and gave up. But when I saw Feldon among the unsleeved cards, something just clicked. I knew this was the answer to the puzzle I was looking for. I didn't need more colors—I needed "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"less. "},{"insert":"And wouldn't you know it, even it it's first draft, made from the remains of the already rough Temur deck, the deck worked. The deck has issues that I've been ironing out ever since, and I've probably worked more on this deck than all of my other decks "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"combined. "},{"insert":"I truly believe this is my best deck—not in terms of power, but creativity. And while some of that creativity is bisible in the card choices, I notice it most while actually playing the deck. Each turn in the mid to late game is a puzzle to be solved, and you almost never end up winning the same way as you did before. Sometimes you have to improvise. I once drew all of my doubling effects and no other creatures except for Dualcaster Mage. And that game was won by copying an extra turn spell 8 times, during which I beat everyone up slowly with my many Dualcaster Mages. Or Etali, which managed to exile both Exuisite Blood and Sanguine Bond from two different players at once. Sometimes, you just make an army of Myr Battlespheres to blast your opponents. Point is, no matter how you build the deck, you will surely find something that will make Feldon unique for you, as it did for me. If you made it this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I hope I managed to inspire you just a bit on your deckbuilding journey:)\n\nWant to contact me and chat about Magic? I'll be glad!\nDiscord: zamudek \n"}]}
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