https://archidekt.com/decks/7373340/copy_of_masters_of_evil_precon
here is the list of cards in the precon, im making the commander cult of skarro
#Davros precon budget upgrades
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
[[the beast]]
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
[[the beast, dethless]]
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
[[the beast deathless prince]]
spark steepleBOT
forest forge
Are you keeping the commander as Davros?
spark steepleBOT
waxen monolith
you should put that in your opening post.
robust breach
you should put that in your opening post.
yep
fair
fixed it
[[research theif]] and [[faerie mechanist[[ are cards i would add
spark steepleBOT
waxen monolith
Well again, a bunch of the cards in your deck are not with your artifact stragety and should be removed.
robust breach
[[faerie mechanist]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
Here's where I'd start cutting:
Davros, Dalek Creator
Clockwork Droid
Missy
Renegade Silent
Sontaran General
Sycorax Commander
The Beast, Deathless Prince
The Flood of Mars
The Master, Formed Anew
The Master, Gallifrey's End
The Master, Mesmerist
The Master, Multiplied
The Rani
The Valeyard
Time Reaper
Vashta Nerada
Vislor Turlough
Zygon Infiltrator
that's absolute minimum, because none of those creatures apply to your strategy
forest forge
waxen monolith
hmm, i dunno about additonal combat steps.
forest forge
you basically wanna attack with the cult as often as possible. Would recommend having as many ways to attack more than once a turn as you can justify
waxen monolith
Skarro is random chance I feel.
forest forge
Skarro is random chance I feel.
I mean...yeah but more combat steps, more chance.
And its not like any of the outcomes are bad
waxen monolith
Like the best thing to do is captalize on the fact that two of your four choices are based on artifact creatures.
supple knoll
More cuts:
Midnight Crusader Shuttle
Ensnared by the Mara
Great Intelligence's Plan
Hunted by The Family
Day of the Moon
The Sound of Drums
The Toymaker's Trap
Wound Reflection
This Is How It Ends
waxen monolith
one is a good draw, and the last one is kind of meh
supple knoll
well, I'd do a little of both, more combat steps gives you more chances at a good option
robust breach
[[relentless assult]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
but ideally you focus on making the dalek tokens and cybermen good, first
because you know what you're getting with those
robust breach
[[military intelligence]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
what's that one creature that's just "artifact creatures cost 1 less"
[[Foundry Inspector]] ?
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Creature — Construct
Artifact spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
Automaton inspectors ensure that the Consulate's stringent standards for mass production are upheld.
3/2
supple knoll
ah even better, spells
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast.
The greatest masters of the craft abandon tools altogether, shaping metal with hand and mind alone.
1/2
supple knoll
you should get Foundry Inspector and Etherium Sculptor ASAP
waxen monolith
[[Emry, Lurker of the Loch]]
spark steepleBOT
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.
When Emry, Lurker of the Loch enters the battlefield, mill four cards.
: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
1/2
spark steepleBOT
Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
When Urza, Lord High Artificer enters the battlefield, create a 0/0 colorless Construct artifact creature token with "This creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact you control."
Tap an untapped artifact you control: Add 
.
: Shuffle your library, then exile the top card. Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
1/4
robust breach
[[$urza lord high artifacer]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
i think he's cheapish now? if he's still expensive maybe hold off
oh he's only $10 now, nice
robust breach
out of my current price range
supple knoll
yeah, then hold off until you can
robust breach
if im spending 80 dollars on a precon
supple knoll
but he's a pretty big upgrade for the deck because he's a win condition
robust breach
im not spending 10 dollars on a signle card
supple knoll
this may not be what you wanna hear but it may be better to get the pieces you actually want individually
waxen monolith
[[Enthusiastic Mechanaut]] too
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Creature — Goblin Artificer
Flying
Artifact spells you cast cost less to cast.
"Greetings, fellow inventors!" the akki shouted, attempting a friendly smile. To her dismay, the greeting was met only with shrieks and alarms being activated.
2/2
supple knoll
since so much of the deck should be cut
waxen monolith
Yeah
supple knoll
thats an assessment you have to make for yourself, though
robust breach
[[susicous bookcase]]
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Creature — Wall
Defender
, : Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
The great library in the Museum of Old Capenna has a million volumes on display—and miles of passages hidden behind them.
0/4
waxen monolith
lemme draft a deck
supple knoll
weirdly, most of the removal in this deck is actually fine
it's not great, but it can suffice
robust breach
[[lorien brooch]]
spark steepleBOT
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature has nonbasic landwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a nonbasic land.)
Equip 
"Not idly do the leaves of Lórien fall." —Aragorn
supple knoll
yeah, making things unblockable is very helpful
robust breach
[[assualt suit]] is just a funny thing to add
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
supple knoll
[[Rogue Class]]
spark steepleBOT
Enchantment — Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.
: Level 2
Creatures you control have menace.
: Level 3
You may play cards exiled with Rogue Class, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
supple knoll
you might not want rogue class specifically but you want that menace effect
and i think one of the angraths gives that?
robust breach
supple knoll
yep, research thief is a good pick here
robust breach
[[faerie mechanist]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
oh, and [[Covert Technician]]
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Creature — Human Ninja
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Covert Technician deals combat damage to a player, you may put an artifact card with mana value less than or equal to that damage from your hand onto the battlefield.
2/4
robust breach
[[darksteel citadel]]
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Land
Indestructible
: Add 
.
Structures built from darksteel yield to neither assault nor age.
supple knoll
if you have evasion you might as well be playing cards for free
robust breach
[[drossforge bridge]]
spark steepleBOT
Artifact Land
Drossforge Bridge enters the battlefield tapped.
Indestructible
: Add or 
.
The path to ruin is forged in pain.
robust breach
the precon is lacking artifact lands
supple knoll
yeah, the tapped artifact bridges are probably a good start
you probably want [[Spire of Industry]] as well?
spark steepleBOT
Land
: Add .
, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control an artifact.
A beacon of prosperity to some, a shadow of oppression to others.
robust breach
ill keep some of the other ones
the precon lands
but ill add some of the bridges
supple knoll
[[$spire of industry]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
yeah, cheap still
from the new set, i dont know how expensive it is yet but
[[Great Train Heist]] is your #1 pick for bonus combats
spark steepleBOT
Instant
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
- — Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
- — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
- — Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.
supple knoll
because it also lets you generate treasures
robust breach
it would give you 3 cult of skarro triggers
supple knoll
[[$great train heist]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
it would give you 3 cult of skarro triggers
you might wanna read the card again
"Nonlegendary"
robust breach
you might wanna read the card again
myriad
oh
that sucks
still helpfull though
supple knoll
yeah it's not great but is still a useful dude for copying creatures, especially if they make tokens when they come in
gotta be careful because myriad copies dont get attack triggers
robust breach
but they are attacking
supple knoll
they dont declare an attack though
robust breach
huh
supple knoll
which is what's required for a "when this attacks" trigger
they just enter already attacking
definitely grab a copy of train heist though when you can, i know they might be hard to find rn since set's not quite out yet
robust breach
ooo it has blasphemous act
supple knoll
yes it does
robust breach
[[silas renn]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
Silas Renn is good if you've got it
supple knoll
yeah that's a good pickup then
robust breach
especially with evasion
robust breach
yeah that's a good pickup then
is [[military intelligence a good add]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
it's probably fine until you can get a better option
robust breach
i own it
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
[[$baleful strix]]
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
there you go, about a dollar
and it's in your colors, draws you a card, and is a solid attacker since it comes with evasion and deathtouch
robust breach
and it's in your colors, draws you a card, and is a solid attacker since it come...
is [[cyber conversion]] good
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
its about as good on removal as you're gonna get for the price
robust breach
so they get the death trigger
robust breach
they reprinted progoganda too???
supple knoll
"You will not get a death trigger. At the time of death it was a nameless creature with no abilities and so it had nothing to trigger."
i was wrong
and yes propaganda was in the precon
robust breach
and yes propaganda was in the precon
that good
why do they all of a sudden want to put a ton of good cards in precons
supple knoll
yeah, it's not great in this deck but it is less bad than a lot of the cards in the deck, so probably keep it in until you need to replace it
they've always done that
robust breach
they missed lots of chances in the 2020 obuun precon
like adding swiftfoot boots or lighting greaves
or blackblade reforged
robust breach
https://archidekt.com/decks/7373965/we_four_daleks_of_skarro_are
you just made this?
supple knoll
thats a very reasonable list to upgrade the precon
and you can go further from there very easily
sour bough
this is my list
waxen monolith
Yeah I made that list up
sour bough
more spellslinger/copy/burn focused
supple knoll
you kept the beast in there 
sour bough
but there are some good generic pieces
waxen monolith
Did I miss it? Lol
supple knoll
YES
waxen monolith
Yeah take that our for like, [[counterspell]] or something
spark steepleBOT
supple knoll
please replace it with The Great Train Heist
sour bough
an offer you cant refuse
spark steepleBOT
Instant
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
- — Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
- — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
- — Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.
sour bough
i am blind then
supple knoll
gives you an extra combat spell that's also a combat trick and/or a mana generator
robust breach
Here's where I'd start cutting:
Davros, Dalek Creator
Clockwork Droid
Missy
Rene...
just noticed you did not cut [[rassiollion]] the war president
spark steepleBOT
robust breach
