MTG Salvation

Okay, so first, here's the decklist:



It's a pretty straight-forward Godo build. The idea is of course to win via commander damage, with the equipments and creatures providing decent threat levels as a fallback.

The various problems include this: you can probably tell that my curve is a bit high, and I could use even more artifact mana. What I'd want to add (but don't have atm) are Mana Vault and Thran Dynamo, possibly even Gilded Lotus. Is this a good idea?

Additionally, there are even further cards that are missing from the build just because I don't have the budget for them yet -- specifically, Crucible of Worlds, Sword of Fire and Ice, Sword of Light and Shadow, and perhaps even Umezawa's Jitte. I'm hoping that my current equipment package is good enough to tide me over until I can get some of those cards.

Finally, I have a ton of other cards I'd like to add, but simply ran out of room before getting to them. To name just a select few:

Bogardan Hellkite
Banefire
Magma Jet
Mimic Vat
Stuffy Doll
Leyline of Punishment
Comet Storm
Blades of Velis Vel
Mindslaver

I could go on, but I'd rather not make this post too long. Oh, and a note about my playgroup: it's usually a 4-6 player game, and the decks I tend to encounter are:

Player 1: Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Player 2: The Mimeoplasm, Maga, Traitor to Mortals
Player 3: Kaalia of the Vast, Geth, Lord of the Vault, Uril, the Miststalker
Player 4: Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind, Omnath, Locus of Mana
Player 5: Edric, Spymaster of Trest (non-traditional build, not a weenie rush -- more or less Fungus-based)

So...what do you think? I've only playtested it on one of our weekly gatherings, and the results were mostly mediocre. I got hated out way too fast, though part of it could've been that I put in Godo too early in each of the games. Oh, and my artifact mana got wrecked pretty regularly (1st game of the night: turn 1 Sol Ring, turn 2 Worn Powerstone, Turn 3 into Godo with Argentum Armor...and I think a turn or two after that Austere Command hit and I sat around like an idiot for the rest of that game). Also, as you might be able to tell, mana ramp is a huge contributing factor to people's ability to win games. As such, I'm not at all opposed to mass land destruction anymore. I clearly need to playtest further than I have, but I'd also like some input from the community here.

Thanks in advance for any advice, constructive criticism, etc.!

The mana curve definitley needs to come down on it. More artifact ramp would go well with a land destruction theme. I'm not sure if the extra equipment would add much, not saying they arn't good and wouldn't help. Maybe you could try some steal and extra attack phase effects?

I like Abolished suggestions quite a bit.

My suggested cuve-lowering cuts would be:
Flameblast Dragon
Akroma
Knollspine Dragon

I'd also cut Molten Disaster (too much mana for not enough reward) and Taurean Mauler (too easy to chump/remove).

Some things I'd consider adding:

• Mimic Vat
  
• Comet Storm
  
• Mana Vault
  
• Thran Dynamo
  
• Everflowing Chalice
  
• Dreamstone Hedron
  
• Avalanche Riders
  
• Ravenous Baboons
  
• Anger
  
• Shattering Pulse

Crucible of Worlds would be fantastic in this deck, although it is expensive. I'm not sure you need the other equipment you listed, although it's hard to go wrong with Sword of Fire and Ice.

Cheers,
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Yes its a good idea to put in Gim Monolith, Gilded Lotus and Thran Dynamo.

Some cards that I would suggest

Seething Song - mana ramp
Geosurge - mana ramp
Journeyer's Kite - alot better than scrying sheets it guarantees a land
Aggravated Asasult - goes well with sword of feast and famine
Rage Reflection - double strike for godo is awesome
Strangle Hold - a bane for all tutors
Shattering Pulse
Darksteel Forge - costly but it keeps your artifacts alive
Wormcoil Engine - this card is just pure win
Sculpting Steel - just copy someone's atifact ramp