"Muzzio , Visionary Architect EDH:Thoughts of Steel , Reality of Steel"

 

"Muzzio , Visionary Architect EDH:Thoughts of Steel , Reality of Steel"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

EDH decks normally have tons of Tutor effects at their disposal but none of those normally put things unto the battlefield(except Bribery I think). Even in Mirrodin there is a Vedalken card that lets you look at X number of cards on top of your library but only allow you to put it into your hand. Now the exciting thing about Muzzio , Visionary Architect is that he lets you look at X number of cards, where X is the highest converted mana cost of artifacts you control. So let us say in an EDH game where you have no creatures you would likely have a Chromatic lantern or Darksteel Ingot out for your mana acceleration.Both cost 3 mana. So you could pay 4 mana and then look at the the top 3 cards of your library. You choose an artifact card and put it directly into play.Let me type that Slowly...Reveal...an...artifact...and....put it into play!(I went fast on that last one sorry)...It has no other condition. Pay the 3 colorless mana and one blue and that is it.Dig through your library and reveal the best artifact you have or until you get it at least.Amazingly you could use this ability at the end of your opponents turn as well , making sure that whatever you get you could use on your turn.

So I got excited over the fact that you could actually get to look at a Blightsteel Colossus or Inkwell Leviathan and put them into play for a measly cost of 4 mana. Who knows it might even be Memnarch or the Mirari or a Vedalken Orrery. At the worst case scenario it could just be another mana accelerating "rock". Whatever it is that you get will surely be an advantage and at a bargain price too.Remember to put artifact lands too because you never know when a Seat of the Synod and Darksteel Citadel will be needed.

Muzzio , Visionary Architect works well in an environment of artifice. At the cost of 3 mana , he could be a commander to a mono blue commander deck that would feature a lot of cards from the original Mirrodin block as well as from Scars of Mirrodin. I mean every time that he would be looking deep into your library there will always be something useful that he will bring to the floor. And with bigger artifacts arriving your way , the bigger the chances of getting your combo pieces into play. I mean a Mindslaver or a Spine of Ish Sah landing on your side of the board for crying out loud! My friend Nolan would love this guy , he not only lets you scour your library as this guy is prone to do , he lets you play something from it too.Not to mention the fact that he also has the Tezzerrets to boost his EDH decks.

So what happens to the card that you do not need? they get relegated to the bottom of your library in any order. This is smelling like a set up for a combo of some sort and Goblin Charbelcher seems to fit the bill , I mean if you get this particular artifact into play with all the Land cards that you would be burying deep into your library chances are it would be a long time before you hit a land card. Imagine looking at 20 non land cards in succession and dealing 20 damage to an opponent. This could be possible with multiple activations from Muzzio , Visionary Architect. Since we have this combo , we could also put in Jalira, Master Polymorphist into this mix , as it could bring out a big Non-legendary artifact creature into play to interact with Muzzio's ability , the draw back is that it cannot set up the Goblin Charbelcher since it would only allow you to rearrange the bottom of your library in random order. Enter one of my most favorite cards from the Mirrodin block then. The Proteus staff that pretty does the same thing as Jalira , only it allows you to fix your library when you can no longer find creatures to put on the battlefield. Old Proteus staff decks only put 3 killer creatures in their library and set it up for the Goblin Charbelcher kill as an alternate win condition. It works pretty well in a 60 card deck , I wonder how things would play out in a 100 card EDH deck though. Well who is to say that it cannot work? I will surely be taking notes like a good Phyrexian Researcher.

I am excited to play Muzzio , Visionary Architect. He has a reach unlike any other commander out there. And when it comes to the Library he reaches deep to provide you with the things you need to win. Oh yeah give him an Illusionist Bracers. He'd love that. You'd love what he will be bringing to the table.If you already have a Blightsteel Colossus and you have to dig 22 cards deep into your library I am sure you would already have your win condition on hand. Just make sure that Muzzio , Visionary Architect is protected and the win is yours.