Just Add Water

Just Add Water 60 cards, 15 sideboard 20 Island 4 Buried Ruin 24 lands 4 Grand Architect 2 Wurmcoil Engine 2 Steel Hellkite 4 Delver of Secrets 4 Precursor Golem 16 creatures 3 Vapor Snag 2 Blue Sun's Zenith 4 Mana Leak 3 Shape Anew 1 Caged Sun 4 Cackling Counterpart 3 Apostle's Blessing 20 other spells Sideboard 2 Spellskite 3 Master Thief 4 Flashfreeze 1 Soul Conduit 2 Psychic Surgery 2 Negate 1 Contagion Engine 15 sideboard cards

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Just a fun deck idea I had. There are a few combos/card synergies, but the ultimate combo is to hit a precursor golem with a cackling counterpart, giving you eight golems if my math is correct (the three that were out plus five new ones) and then hit all eight with a shape anew and presto, you have an instant army of every artifact in the deck out (just add water...) Of course it can be tricky to get there since precursor golems are so vulnerable, hence the apostles blessing, vapor snags and mana leaks to help keep them.

As for the sideboard, it is pretty self explanatory except for the contagion engine for token/cheap aggro, and soul conduit for fast decks when I find myself behind. The psychic surgery is for decks that search a lot, mostly land ramp decks, just because it is so fun to reverse preordain someone.

It is one of the funniest combos I have played when it comes off correctly.

Whether it's easy to pull off or not, that is one of the sickest 2 card standard combos I've seen as of late. I especially love the fact that it's an artifact deck. And the name makes me think of a Chia pet or something. Throw on a little water, and BAM! Garden.

... And the name makes me think of a Chia pet or something. Throw on a little water, and BAM! Garden.

Reminded me of Gremlins ... just don't feed Precursor after midnight ... 😜

Quote from: InfinitiveDivinity on December 31, 2011, 07:50:57 PM

... And the name makes me think of a Chia pet or something. Throw on a little water, and BAM! Garden.

Reminded me of Gremlins ... just don't feed Precursor after midnight ... 😜

What would they become? Blightsteels? =O

Heh, I thought of including a Blightsteel Collosus or two, but found them to be too slow without the combo, and with the combo you pretty much win with or without them (with the exception of a Day of Judgement getting played, in which case the Just Add Water comes from me crying uncontrollably).

What would they become? Blightsteels? =O

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For our own good, I have just locked the cupboard!!!

Could you add something like Argent Mutation to combo with Master Theif, stealing perms of theirs?

I like that idea a lot, but it would cost 7 mana to pull off. Not impossible with Caged Sun out, but unlikely without it. I'll play test it some and see how it does.

Man!  I LOVE this combo w/ Precursor Golem!  💜💜

I wish I had thought of it first. 😭 ...or did I... I need to check something. BRB

Edit:  *whew* I DID think of it too. Its in "My Precious" in Casual. Not that you got it from me, I'm just glad I'm not losing my touch. 🏆🍀😁
I do like the Shape Anews though. 👍

My friend kept beating me with a shape anew/Pre-cursor into Blightsteel. This combo is stupid amounts of huge though.

Treasure Mage = more gas.

Treasure Mage = more gas.

Yeah, I keep going back and forth between him and Bue Suns Zenith which helps transform Delver of Secrets and can draw a sick amount of cards with Caged Sun. Then again, Treasure Mage can help find Caged Sun, and works with Grand Architect to help pay for the artifacts.

Decisions decisions.

I don't like Delver in this deck. You might have lots of instants/sorceries mow, but then you're going to cut them. Simply put: I don't think that he's going to transform much.

Hmmm, I'll take another look at him, but right now he is my only one drop, has a one in three chance to transform each turn, and gets pumped and can tap with the Grand Architect with or without flipping. In play testing he typically transforms about the second turn after dropping on average.

Anyone have any ideas for a better one or two drop blue critter?