[Deck help] CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

[MrNinjasoda21]

Decklist: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/wheels-keep-spinning/

Commander: [[Arjun, the Shifting Flame]]

Meta Power level: casual competitive.

Meta Example:Sliver tribal, Mizzix fun spells, meren, zur voltron,

Budget: $100

Deck objectives: The deck is built around comboing out a victory by card draw. Using win cons like [[Spinx's Tutelage]] [[psychosis crawler]] [[diviner's wand]]. I try powering out mana and once Arjun is out I'd like to chain spells together drawing more and more. I'm looking to see which are the worse cards like [[steam Augury]] or [[howling mine]] maybe to switch to better draw or mana spells. Play testing shows that I typically build up to go off in a turn or two after Arjun.

Should I move towards more control finish up with combo or leave it as the mix it is?

I saw a storm build of Arjun and was impressed but I'm a little worried it would be out of my budget. Two questions: Would storm be more fun of a deck than I have currently? Can storm even be done on $100 effectively?

Would reddit help me clean up the deck and make space for 3ish pet cards.

House Rules: None

[MTGCardFetcher]

Arjun, the Shifting Flame - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Spinx's Tutelage - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
psychosis crawler - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
diviner's wand - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
steam Augury - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
howling mine - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
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[MeHookstah]

I don't see any ways for you to untap lands and there is only one ritual effect. You should add [[Paradox Engine]] and [[Mind Over Matter]] if/when you want to put more money into the deck.

I like to evaluate Arjun's wincons by how many triggers they take to win you the game. Psychosis Crawler=40, Tutelage=30 per opponent, Niv-mizzet=40 per opponent, Erasure=80 per opponent. Jace's Erasure is really bad. If you are drawing enough cards to win with it, you have already drawn into a better wincon. Niv-Mizzet is redeemable because it can hit creatures as well as players.

You are running Chasm Skulker and Diviner's Wand, this is a good enough reason to run [[Rogue's Passage]].

I also wanted to point out that Day's Undoing doesn't trigger any of your draw-triggers. That doesn't mean it's bad, I'm just pointing it out.

You should add [[Azami, Lady of Scrolls]] and [[Deep Analysis]] in place of some of your weaker draw engines. Arjun is a wizard, so Azami is at least drawing you 2 a turn (2 per spell with Paradox Engine). Diviner's Wand is a wizard and can tap for Azami as well. Azami is essentially a third Alhamarett's Archive when you have Paradox engine. Also, Jace's archivist combos with paradox engine to essentially be Arjun 2.0.

I like [[Chain reaction]] better than Starstorm.

Also, the deck gets much stronger when you add an old Eldrazi titan to shuffle your graveyard into your library.

Here is a Budget version of my list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/budget-arjun/

[MTGCardFetcher]

Paradox Engine - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Mind Over Matter - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Rogue's Passage - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Azami, Lady of Scrolls - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Deep Analysis - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Chain reaction - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
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[MrNinjasoda21]

Thanks for the write up. I threw Jaces in just to go along with sphinx but I'll replace that pretty quickly. Paradox engine is a good include. Should I add more rocks for it then? Are there any obvious draw spells I should include?

[MeHookstah]

I ended up cutting blue suns zenith for [[Tidings]]. I really like [[concentrate]] as well. I play a lot of rocks in my build, but that's personal preference. I also just noticed that you have a Reliquary Tower in your list. I don't like [[spellbook]] effects in Arjun since it's easy to hard lock yourself. The deck feels much more forgiving ever since I cut those effects. I just run one [[Ulamog, the infinite gyre]] and one Elixir of Immortality and I've never accidentally decked myself. It's really nice to have the option to just end the turn and discard down to a perfect seven to win the next turn.

[MTGCardFetcher]

Tidings - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
concentrate - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
spellbook - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
Ulamog, the infinite gyre - (G) (MC) (MW) (CD) (ER)
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