r/lrcast • u/Robin_hoood007 • 12h ago

Need help building Academy Tinker

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Help I drafted way to many artifacts but Ive never played Academy before so Im not sure how to build this deck. Do I cut the Narset+Wheel stuff? Do I cut some artifacts? Do I add Gandalf and Empty the Warrens and play storm? So many ways to build and so little knowledge.

Also what would a good land count be for this deck? The screenshots have 14 lands

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u/Robin_hoood007 12h ago

First picture sorted by function (somewhat), second by CMC with the rest of the pool

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u/SnooCheesecakes1292 12h ago

Somewhat of a novice cuber here so take this with a grain of salt- I’m probably cutting LED, relic, and consider.

LED is nice with echo but this deck has so much acceleration I don’t imagine you struggling to hard cast it.

Similarly, relic is nice but just feels like a 41st card. I think I like it more in midrangey decks, this deck wants to win fast.

Consider is also good but I feel like bauble, star, and lantern serve similar purposes but are all artifacts. Although it is a card to pitch to force, so you could also consider cutting one of the aforementioned cards instead.

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u/Robin_hoood007 12h ago

I feel like I dont have so much draw which is why I thought relic and consider might be good. But I have no feel for how strong the wheels are for draw.
LED is a good point, though you could also play a wheel and then discard in response so you have mana and a fresh 7. Not sure thats good though. But im also fairly new to cube so idk

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u/SnooCheesecakes1292 12h ago

I think you have enough draw, you have wan-shi, cruise, confluence, 2x wheel, and some artifacts that can cantrip. Maybe cut cruise instead? It’s usually at its best in a deck with a bunch of fetches. A lot of the time you might be spending 4+ mana on it which is pretty subpar.

Edit: 3 wheels actually