Mainboard (60)
Creatures (13)
Instants (3)
Sorceries (4)
Artifacts (22)
Enchantments (4)
Boros Energy applies early creature pressure with Ocelot Pride and Ragavan while Thraben Charm and Galvanic Discharge provide artifact interaction. Your goal is to survive the early onslaught and assemble the combo before Goblin Bombardment turns their board into reach. Dismember handles key threats like Guide of Souls and Ocelot Pride before they snowball, while Into the Flood Maw cleanly answers token-heavy boards or a Phlage. Metallic Rebuke is weak here because they go under you and rarely give you time to hold up mana.
Jeskai Blink grinds hard with Solitude, Phelia, and Ephemerate generating repeated removal and value. Their Prismatic Ending and Galvanic Discharge hit your key artifacts, so you need to fight through interaction rather than race. Force of Negation protects your combo turn from Solitude or a timely blink, and Consign to Memory counters their key spells efficiently. Dismember answers Phelia before she starts flickering their board. The game is less about finding pieces and more about forcing them through interaction.
The Affinity mirror hinges on Urza's Saga and who assembles their engine first. Their Kappa Cannoneer is a huge threat that can attack through your board while growing, and Pinnacle Emissary provides card advantage. Consign to Memory counters their Mox Opal and key artifacts cheaply, while Haywire Mite already in the main handles Urza's Saga and problematic artifacts. Engineered Explosives sweeps their zero and one-cost artifacts. Bring in Pithing Needle to name Kappa Cannoneer or their Saga.