Puresteel Armory

[DeathlyFoiend]

Puresteel Armory 75 cards, 15 sideboard 4 {Marsh Flats} 4 {Seachrome Coast} 4 {Creeping Tar Pit} 3 {Arid Mesa} 2 {Hallowed Fountain} 1 {Godless Shrine} 1 {Watery Grave} 2 {Plains} 1 {Island} 22 lands 4 {Puresteel Paladin} 4 {Dark Confidant} 3 {Leonin Shikari} 3 {Geist of Saint Traft} 14 creatures 4 {Steelshaper's Gift} 4 {Bonesplitter} 4 {Flayer Husk} 3 {Swiftfoot Boots} 2 {Basilisk Collar} 2 {Viridian Claw} 1 {Neurok Hoversail} 1 {Silver-Inlaid Dagger} 1 {Vorrac Battlehorns} 1 {Sword of Feast and Famine} 1 {Sword of Fire and Ice} 24 other spells Sideboard 3 {Spell Pierce} 3 {Mana Leak} 2 {Rest in Peace} 2 {Hurkyl's Recall} 2 {Dismember} 1 {Batterskull} 1 {Sword of War and Peace} 1 {Sword of Light and Shadow} 15 sideboard cards

[Wally]

 {Argentum Armor} could play well here

[Bman0121]

  {Inkmoth Nexus} or  {Darksteel Citadel} would be sweet lands to play also instead of  {Silver-Inlaid Dagger} and the trample only block by one creature equipment,  {Cranial Plating} would be sweet replacements

[Xaol]

You should run 2-3 {Sword of Fire and Ice} to help you draw into answers when you have no tutors. Obviously, you would side out swords for other swords in other matchups, which is a pretty smart sideboard strategy.

[DeathlyFoiend]

Willing to test {Darksteel Citadel}. Frankly it would help with metalcraft. I don't like too much of inkmoth because infect seems way too cheap. Argentum looks pretty cool as a finisher. Sideboard perhaps? Cranial could be useful, Vorrac is the closet thing to unblock able there is for equipments.

[Wally]

 {Etched Champion} should also be here.

[DeathlyFoiend]

 {Etched Champion} is a great card, don't get me wrong. As a creature,  {Geist of Saint Traft} does more in so many more matchups than  {Etched Champion}. Even in affinity, it is often sideboarded because  {Master of Etherium} is a better card in more matchup. 

[Wally]

Fair enough, I guess I started playing competitive when these guys were in their last legs of standard.

Tho I would argue the case for him. Once metal craft is activated, it's pretty much unblockable.  If you give him a sword (or two!) it's insane.

I also used to run  {Darksteel Juggernaut}s and  {Steel Hellkite}s in my artifact deck, so most people spend half their time trying to figure out what to deal with, and you just keep hitting them.. Lol.

[DeathlyFoiend]

Standard is completely different than modern. With  {Etched Champion}, you have to depend on metalcraft far too much. Even affinity has its weak ends and doesn't depend on metalcraft, that is why you would use  {Dismember} over  {Dispatch}. Metalcraft is too irreliable when there is already so much artifact hate sideboarded.

I ran  {Steel Hellkite} in Esper Mana Myrs and found it really useful, but going for something that costs 6 mana without it affecting the boardstate when it comes in is just too weak. Atleast with  {Batterskull}, it is a threat right already and could be one on more occasions than not.

The swords already hit of the protection from all colors with a great bonus. They are easily searchable with  {Steelshaper's Gift}. Easy to draw with either {Puresteel Paladin} or {Dark Confidant}.

With  {Dark Confidant} already, you never main board cards that cost more than 4 in my opinion becaus then it becomes too much of a suicide game already. But the extra card advantage is amazing early game. It just forces you to work with lower costing cards.

[DeathlyFoiend]

You should run 2-3 {Sword of Fire and Ice} to help you draw into answers when you have no tutors. Obviously, you would side out swords for other swords in other matchups, which is a pretty smart sideboard strategy.

I completely missed this...

Is  {Puresteel Paladin} and  {Dark Confidant} not enough for a draw engine without  {Steelshaper's Gift}? I might test for that engine. I used to use  {Mask of Memory} which was really strong, but I thought that it was just too much turn 5 onward because I kept drawing and had way too much to discard.