Nimble Innovator

Creature — Vedalken Artificer

When Nimble Innovator enters the battlefield, draw a card

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Dandan	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Judge's Tower	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

Argy on

6 years ago

Start with 24 lands and adjust up or down from there.

I would remove:

1x Angler Drake
1x Naga Oracle
2x Nephalia Moondrakes
2x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
1x Salvage Scuttler
1x Shimmerscale Drake
1x Wind Drake
1x Nimble Innovator
1x Reduce / Rubble
1x Cartouche of Knowledge
1x Trial of Knowledge
1x Edifice of Authority
1x Hazoret's Monument
1x Kefnet's Monument
1x Luxa River Shrine
1x Sequestered Stash

The Artifacts you have are great in Limited, but not so good in Standard.

See how many cards that leaves you with, do some playtests against decks in my Amonkhet folder, and tag me once you've got some results on how this plays.

Catduit on No Deck, No Problem

7 years ago

If you are trying to slim down the deck, try removing anything that seems out of place for the goal you have in mind for the deck. Since you are trying to make a self-mill deck, try removing some of the cards that don't work all that well towards that goal. Cards such as Grotesque Mutation -might have a place in another deck, but right now it's a sub-par card that doesn't add much to the synergy. Next you want to consider each card individually, and remove cards that don't work as well as others or are inefficient uses of mana. Things like Nimble Innovator and Mnemonic Wall fit that description pretty well, as they work towards the goal, but for a cost that isn't worth it value-wise (Nimble Innovator is pretty much paying 2 mana to draw a card, which isn't great). While doing this, however, you need to be careful not to take out so many of a certain card type that you never have them when you need them. It may be worth leaving a bad card in just to have a card that does a specific job.

All that said, I would probably take out the creatures that draw cards when they die. You want to be getting your win condition as quick as possible, and having cards that need to be in play for a few turns before you get the value out of them doesn't seem like a great way to stay ahead of your opponent.

As for the deck itself, the idea is awesome, and I can't wait to give it a shot.

AlarmedNine on Ancestral Animar

7 years ago

I am currently running Rashmi, and as you have mentioned, cascade isn't very good in this deck. So I am looking for another cantrip creature. As of right now Masked Admirers, Nimble Innovator, and Shaman of Spring stand out. On other hand I could just add another bounce creature like Quickling

RicketyEng on MS: Revolution Begins

7 years ago

Vedalkens with hair: Shrewd Negotiation, Nimble Innovator.

Maybe with hair: Glimmer of Genius, Curio Vendor?

QED

In other news, I liked the story a lot. Sram seems like a reasonable fellow. He was pragmatic and straight forward enough to recognize the situation for what it was and concede control of the Aether Hub without putting himself or his engineers and technicians in any unnecessary harm. I like that.

I disagree with DemonDragonJ about the planeswalkers' goal of destroying the planar bridge. I think it is pretty easy to see that the potential for bad far outweighs any potential for good that the technology surely has. The dangers of New Phyrexia alone are reason enough to eliminate any chance of a planar bridge falling into their control. The Gatewatch and friends may not even know about New Phyrexia (maybe Elspeth told Ajani?) but if they did, their resolve would be pretty strong.

Rashmi's dedication was very moving. May the Heart of Kiran be a flagship of the future.

RabidDragon on Campfire with Energy

7 years ago

Welcome back!

I think the first thing you should do is get 3x more Empyreal Voyager and 3x more Architect of the Untamed, then use them to replace Nimble Innovator and Dukhara Peafowl. That should make it much easier to pay Aethersquall Ancient or Architect of the Untamed's energy costs.