Arcanyst Vetruvian Decklist
Posted Feb 10, 2016, 9:39 PM UTC
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I've seen a couple posts of this type of deck in the last couple weeks.
I like your inclusion of Illusionists. They look pretty cool. I wonder if they're too slow/vulnerable, though. Maybe Dreamgazers would help boost out a board more, as they'd work well with the Aethermasters.
Have you noted anything particularly necessary to grab with Dominate Will? I might consider subbing Dreamgazers in for those instead.
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Oh sweet I hadn't seen that. I remember seeing this post on the forum a while ago which sort of inspired me to make this to some extent.
Well the point of the deck originally was to make it a pure Arcanyst deck, but I soon realised that having no healing was pretty risky. I find that the Illusionists are actually really useful - they give you disposable buff targets which are perfect for Cosmic Flesh etc. I will admit that they're frequently dead cards.
Dreamgazers would probably make the deck better, yeah, but I really wasn't out to create a competitive deck. I only want this deck to have fun, but Dreamgazers and Saberspine Tigers etc would definitely make this deck more viable.
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I've always thought that the arcanyst cards would go better with Songhai for cards like Lantern Fox, Mana Vortex, and Four Winds Magi. Unfortunately I don't have the acanysts to try it myself yet haha.
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I decided I wanted to start playing Vetruvian again (I stopped a couple seasons ago) but I really didn't want to play the standard Vetruvian Third Wish list that half the ladder's playing right now since I just find it frustrating.
While thinking of an alternative, I thought about the synergy between the various cheap Vetruvian buff spells and the Arcanyst tribe, so I came up with something similar to this, and tweaked it after a few games' experience.
I find this deck surprisingly enjoyable, and nobody's made an Arcanyst Vet deck since the Third Wish buff, so I wrote a short guide on the deck and a few of my thoughts about how it fits in the current meta, and possible card changes.
More than anything else, it's just an astonishingly fun deck to play - give it a go!
Will give it a go, thank you for sharing it!
Awesome, it is really fun! I don't pretend it's competitive (I mention in my forum post that I think it's worse than the normal Vet deck) but it is cool and if you can pull off the combos, it feels really satisfying.