Contact | What is particularly odd about this card was that it could generate infinite combos from the beginning with stuff like Mana Vault and Basalt Monolith. I’d lead off with mana and Disrupting Scepter on the first turn, and activate it every turn I can until the opponent deals with it. Do not be afraid to use Power Artifact on Tome or Disrupting Scepter if it will help you get ahead in the interim, before you are ready to combo off. Welcome to Old School Month on Eternal Central. Definitely better than any 3 mana rock. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site. Use Power Artifact on Basalt Monolith to get infinite mana. This one stretches the mana a bit to include all of the most hideously broken spells in Old School, kind of like The Deck (5C Control). It can easily be disrupted with Strip Mine, but the payoff is so high that I’m going to keep it. Well, a first turn Sylvan Library is good enough. The persistent -1/-1 counter cancels out against Grumgully’s +1/+1 counter, and then you can repeat this as often as you like to generate infinite mana and to deal infinite damage. This is a keeper, and depending on what you think the opponent will do, or what they are playing, should inform your line of play here with how aggressive you want to be. With our pre-game scry we’ll be seeking more mana or draw spells, and bottoming probably anything else (other than maybe Balance). If this would reduce target artifact’s activation cost below 1, target artifact’s activation cost becomes 1. With the above combo, Scuplting Steel and Metalmorph do the same thing, Disciple and Bitter Ordeal are the win cons. Artifacts are a returning mechanic from the original Risk of Rain title that have made their way over to Risk of Rain 2.They modify the way you replay the … Everything else in the deck basically draws cards, or counters the opponent’s attempt to disrupt you or kill you. If they do, you have Sylvan Library to replenish your resources, and Chaos Orb to protect against anything threatening on the battlefield. Rock-wise, it's not as good as a signet or talisman most of the time, but considerably more flexible. Here are ten randomly drawn opening hands with the deck (in order, and not manipulated in any way), and a few brief words with how I might look to play said opening hands. Old School MVP Chaos Orb is also present as a colorless way to deal with any nagging permanent or threat. I like 1-2 Strip Mines in here exclusively as an answer to Library of Alexandria. Imagine they have a Grim Monolith on board and 6 cards in hand with a Splinter Twin and Power Artifact in the graveyard. 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This will allow you to power out threats faster on your turn, and have access to more mana for a large Power Sink on your opponent’s turn, to tap them out, and allow you to go off on your next turn. My others are various power levels, but nothing I would feel can compete with most anything. This helps ensure that their removal is dead Game 1, and add a layer of protection to your combo components in Games 2 and 3. Search for the perfect addition to your deck. Blue’s old standby of Jayemdae Tome also serves this deck well. As more artifacts were printed, this card became increasingly stupid-good. This operates as a pretty straightforward and fast combo deck, and gives little consideration to trading one for one with many removal spells. The most synergistic kill conditions when making infinite mana are ones that can absorb all of the mana to do a large amount of damage. Versions that are only Blue-Red, or Blue-Black-Red will probably end up playing one of these though. Thanks for reading. This combo is reminiscent of the Melira combo that saw lots of play in Modern back in the days. Harvester. Welcome to Old School Month on Eternal Central. Power Artifact combos in some artificer decks, most notably with Bassalt Monolith & Grim Monolith. Combo: Relic : 12000 Necromancy +60% Skeletons, Walking Dead, Wights or Liches: Cape/Necklace/Feet Dragonbone Greaves: Feet: Treasure: 2000 Knowledge +1 Power skill +1: Part of Power of the Dragon Father Boots of Speed: Feet: Minor: 6000 Hero Movement points +600 Dead Man's Boots: Feet: Major: 6000 Necromancy +15%: Part of Cloak of the Undead King