Historic - Masterful Artifacts (Dimir)

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Midrange Jank

Hello friends!It is that time again to visit the bank of jank and withdraw a shiny decklist! The list I have for you today is rotation proof and uses Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage to discount your planeswalkers and creatures, using my favorite planeswalker Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage to create a ton of 1/1 artifact creatures. Once the board is full of artifacts slam the metal man down Karn, the Great Creatorimage and grab no one's favorite creature Sphinx of the Guildpactimage then cast Masterful Replicationimage and send your newly minted army of Sphinxes,(Sphinxii?) into your opponents face! 
Ok Lets get into the juicy details...
To start lets talk about the last revision to the list, Guild Globeimage is actually a really interesting card with some cool interactions in the deck. Originally I had put Guild Globeimage in to speed the deck up and be a cheap artifact and it does that really well. I figured the mana ability would come in handy eventually but after playing the first game with it in I found a pretty powerful interaction that it has with Renowned Weaponsmithimage. Yep, Guild Globeimage unlocks the weaponsmith mana to be used for any other card meaning you can get a turn 4 6 drop. These two cards in tandem give the deck more consistency which is vital in combo style decks.
On top of the synergy with Guild Globeimage, Renowned Weaponsmithimage also fetches Vial of Dragonfireimage which can get you a Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage proc, or function as creature removal. Renowned Weaponsmithimage also helps to pay for some of the non-creature artifacts in the sideboard which is pretty cool.
I still don't know how I feel about Mystic Forgeimage. Sometimes it helps, and in theory it should filter through your deck. The forge hasn't really helped me win a game but it has helped to win harder. So one in the mainboard feels good right now but the idea of cutting it and just using Karn, the Great Creatorimage to fetch it also seems fine, play around with it see what works for you.
There are a good number of planeswalkers in this deck, and the reason for that is that Karn, the Great Creatorimage allows us to fetch all of our important creatures when we are ready to play them. 
Karn, the Great Creatorimage essentially gives us 15 more slots in our deck to play with at no extra cost.  Karn, the Great Creatorimage 's flexibility is really powerful, the metal man is one card that plays like 10 distinct cards. On top of his fetch ability Karn, the Great Creatorimage is also colorless which means you can cast him for free with Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage and off the top deck with Mystic Forgeimage. The key to playing this deck lies in choosing the right cards out of your sideboard with Karn's ability.

I've said it before and I'll say it again Mu Yanling, Sky Dancerimage is an early game time bomb. If the opponent does not deal with her then you now have an endless value generator. Mu Yanling, Sky Dancerimage can also help to protect your key early game cards like Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage.
That brings us to the obvious MVP of the deck, Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage. When you are running only 8 creatures Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage puts in work, and when each of the 1/1 tokens she creates discounts your cards, it becomes clear why the legendary artificer is vital to this deck. Even in games where you cannot find Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage Saheeli can still carry the deck, combined with Steel Overseerimage those 1/1's become big very quickly! You can also use a token to copy another artifact to use its ability, good targets include, Steel Overseerimage, Vial of Dragonfireimage, or Mana Geodeimage
The other vital card to this deck is Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage, who unlocks the ability to play all the expensive artifacts and creatures for more manageable costs, and eventually for free! Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage's other two abilities are also very powerful. His +2 can just win the game by itself sometimes. The -3 doesn't happen that often but it can still grab some really good cards from the grave if the opportunity arises.
The other three planeswalkers in the deck are pretty straight forward in their use, Ugin, the Ineffableimage can be a 0 cost so that is awesome and worth playing for that reason alone. Liliana, Dreadhorde Generalimage is a bomb and deserves a spot in most black decks, also when you play her for 2 mana it feels really good. Narset, Parter of Veilsimage does her thang, stopping draws and filtering your deck. 
Ideally you curve straight into Renowned Weaponsmithimage, Saheeli, Sublime Artificerimage, Karn, the Great Creatorimage, and  Tezzeret, Master of the Bridgeimage. With those on board you play a Sphinx of the Guildpactimage and turn all of your artifacts into copies of the sphinx with Masterful Replicationimage and hit for 35 max damage on turn 6 with 5/5 fliers. 
Overall I found that Masterful Artifacts was a really fun deck to play, it is definitely unique and has some cool little interactions, it is rotation proof, and it is surprisingly a decent deck. By no means will this be a meta shattering deck but I do think it is worth playing if you want something different!


As always Gamers good luck and I hope you have fun!

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Scassacasse
I look at this deck and it seems to be at the circus...it makes me laugh
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Last Updated: 14 Oct 2019
Created: 27 Jul 2019
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Mainboard - 60 cards (17 distinct)

Creature (8)
$0.21€0.070.03
$1.99€0.790.02
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (11)
$0.40€0.260.02
$0.15€0.080.05
$2.25€1.940.17
$0.18€0.080.03
Land (23)
$0.15€0.230.04
$0.15€0.020.03
$12.90€11.740.26
$0.20€0.070.03
Planeswalker (18)
$23.72€9.530.07
$0.45€0.210.03
$14.65€9.940.13
$1.71€1.530.02
$1.06€0.730.10
$6.88€7.237.00
$2.20€1.380.17

Sideboard - 15 cards (10 distinct)

$0.24€0.100.03
$0.20€0.060.03
$1.74€1.870.58
$0.20€0.060.03
$0.25€0.090.03
$0.25€0.080.03
$2.25€1.940.17
$0.59€0.210.03
$0.25€0.070.03
$0.24€0.080.03

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