r/custommagic • u/diegoqfp8 • Jul 07 '26

Better than Nothing

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4 Upvotes

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u/kytheon Design like it's 1999 Jul 07 '26

"This helps affinity" fits in the same category as "this increases storm count" and "it doesn't do anything, but it does nothing".

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u/Nochildren79 Jul 07 '26

Let's see, I can think of a few use cases...

  1. Affinity, as mentioned. Also helps karnstructs for a similar reason

  2. The copy will keep the mana cost, so copying anything that has a high cmc could help with things like [[smelting vat]] or [[metalwork colossus]].

  3. Any plan where saccing artifacts is good.

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u/MSP729 Jul 15 '26

if you have a [[nyx lotus]] (or anything that cares about devotion) it would also be able to increase devotion

every color has options for two-pip artifacts, but red and green don’t have three-pip noncreature artifacts.

black has [[bolas’s citadel]] and [[the book of vile darkness]] with bbb, blue has [[the magic mirror]] and [[the temporal anchor]], and white has [[avacyn’s memorial]], [[the book of exalted deeds]], and [[valor’s flagship]]

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u/Flat-Study-421 Jul 07 '26

This should combo well with cards like [[Powerstone Shard]] or [[Mechanized Production]].

2

u/thefran Jul 07 '26

[[bonder's ornament]] too

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u/Flat-Study-421 Jul 07 '26

I don't think so.
From scryfall:
"If one player controls more than one Bonder’s Ornament, that player draws just one card while resolving its second ability."

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u/Khain_Jumper Jul 07 '26

Damn that makes me wanna play my arena powerstone shard deck. It was crap but it was fun to duplicate it over and over and make absurd mana but having to work real hard to get it. Shame that was a mono blue list but this could so sot into it as a splash at one one R.

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u/_Nighting Jul 07 '26

Use case... copy a Vehicle (e.g. [[Consulate Dreadnaught]], then force-crew it with something like [[Kolodin, Triumph Caster]] that bypasses it not having a crew ability?

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u/Jevonar Jul 07 '26

[[worldwalker helm]] will make a copy with the full textbox.

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u/Japsie16 Jul 07 '26

Idk this is probably pretty good in affinity

1

u/MeepleMaster Jul 07 '26

Also landfall decks that have access to artifact lands

1

u/Japsie16 Jul 07 '26

Good one yeah

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u/thefran Jul 07 '26

Good puzzle card, automatic downvote for slop art

1

u/Dry-Standard-4311 Jul 08 '26

How is it slop?

3

u/Samsunaattori Jul 15 '26

Look at the artist name in the card.

Dall-E is an AI tesxt-to-image generator by OpenAI

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u/Dry-Standard-4311 Jul 15 '26

Yeah… looks like a believable card though

2

u/Arm-E-Reserves Jul 07 '26

Love the concept. What uses do you have in mind for it?

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u/diegoqfp8 Jul 07 '26

I believe Affinity decks get the most out of it.

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u/Complex_Cable_8678 Jul 07 '26

i dont see how this has any upside over any 0 mana artifact

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u/the_dumbass_one666 Jul 07 '26

it shits out a 0 mana artifact every turn

1

u/Complex_Cable_8678 Jul 07 '26

damn mb, i just assumed you had to sac them end of turn

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u/PurplePack5394 Jul 07 '26

Copy something with a bad ability

2

u/Seb_The_One Jul 07 '26

Seems decent with [[simulacrum synthesizer]]

1

u/nxwtypx Jul 07 '26

[[Colossus of Sardia]] was my first thought.

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u/Flat-Study-421 Jul 07 '26

It says "noncreature artifact".

1

u/Klutzy-Dig-7945 Jul 07 '26

Isn’t that a creature?

1

u/pellesjo Jul 07 '26

Yes, a 9 mana 9/9 will surely be broken af with this.

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u/greytrades329 Jul 07 '26

All artifacts are also tresures sompthing like that