[Peasant] Affinity

[Anusien]

The deck is broken.  We know it.  And Skullclamp is uncommon, and Atog is common.

Peasant Affinity:
// Lands (19)
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
1 Mountain
2 Island

// Creatures (28)
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Ornithopter
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Cranial Plating
4 Disciple of the Vault
4 Atog

// Tech: AKA Other Shit (8)
4 Thoughcast
2 Trinket Mage
2 Fling

// Uncommon Brokenness (5)
4 Skullclamp
1 Aether Vial

Sideboard:
4 Tormod's Crypt
11 ?

I didn't pilot the deck all throughout 1.x or T2, so this is a rough draft.  Specifically, it was suggested to go more like 3 Aether Vial (to maximize the chances of drawing one early, and 2 Skullclamp because you fetch them out with Trinket Mage.  I'm going 4/1 right now, just because Skullclamp is broken.  In addition, I feel Trinket Mage would be better as a 3-of, but it's hard to cast.

Broken Uncommons that we're not running.  Should we: ?
Tinker (!!!)
Sol Ring

[Britanny]

Aether Vial is so much better than Skullclamp in Affinity. It gives you an awesome mana base, you really need these. And Cranial Plating made Skullclamp obsolete in these builds.

I'd go for 4 Chromatic Spheres, for Affinity and for a better colour balance. These are crucial to the Extended / Standard decks, so I doubt It would change in Pez.

Fling looks so-so only with the no Glimmervoid mana base and with no Arcbound Ravager. I'd cut them for versatile utility cards, such as Pyrite Spellbomb. I never liked 4 Myr Enforcers, since It's pretty weak in opening hand. You want one by turn 3 usually.

Basically, I would do (based on my T1X and T2 testings with the deck)

-2 Trinket Mage
-4 Skullclamp
-1 Cranial Plating
+3 Aether Vial
+4 Chromatic Sphere

Then maybe

-2 Fling (-1?)
-1 Myr Enforcer
+X Pyrite Spellbomb / Welding Jar

[Jujulautre]

EDIT : I guess I just hijacked Britanny's account
-Toad

As i read the first line I had a doubt... and went directly to the end to see this, phew

Britanny speaking magic? You frightened me Toad :lol:

But speaking of this build, is aether vial really worth it with only 8 1cc creatures, 4 2cc and no ravager? Or you want to put frogmite into play with a 4-counter vial?

[Matt]

Sol Ring is way better than Vial. Way, way better.

Honestly I would drop the Disciple/Atog combo entirely and just go for the retarded Plating kill:

Peasant Affinity:
// Mana (22)
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Vault of Whispers
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Great Furnace
2 Island
4 Chromatic Sphere

// Threats (24)
4 Arcbound Worker
4 Ornithopter
4 Frogmite
4 Myr Enforcer
4 Cranial Plating
4 Somber Hoverguard

// Tech: AKA Other Shit (6)
4 Thoughtcast
2 Trinket Mage
2 Æther Spellbomb
1 Pyrite Spellbomb

// Uncommon Brokenness (5)
2 Skullclamp
3 Sol Ring

I don't know the exact rules for Peasant Magic so if Sol Ring is still restricted make it 1 Ring 3 Clamp and one free slot that could be clamp #4 or possibly Zuran Orb. If you have three Sol Rings then Myr Enforcer is a perfectly reasonable 4-of.