Overview:

This Shao Jun deck is an artifact-centric strategy focused on generating Treasure, Clue, and Thopter tokens to fuel damage triggers and equipment synergies. The primary win conditions involve pinging opponents through artifact ETB/damage triggers (Reckless Fireweaver, Ingenious Artillerist) amplified by Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might, while using equipment to generate combat damage/value. The deck has moderate combo potential through token multiplication with Academy Manufactor and Worldwalker Helm, but lacks infinite loops.

Primer:

Core Strategy: The deck operates in three phases:

1. Artifact Generation: Use equipment (Beamtown Beatstick, Goldvein Pick), token makers (Efficient Construction, Third Path Iconoclast), and Treasure producers (Guild Artisan, Brass's Bounty) to flood the board with artifacts.
2. Damage Amplification: Leverage Ghyrson Starn (converting 1-damage pings to 3) and Ojer Axonil (boosting red sources) to magnify incremental damage from artifact triggers and Shao Jun's Rope Dart ability.
3. Card Advantage Engine: Maintain momentum through Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain draws and Saheeli, Sublime Artificer token generation, using equipment to turn creatures into value engines.

Key Interactions:

• Academy Manufactor + Professional Face-Breaker creates 3 tokens per combat damage
• Dramatic Reversal + Unwinding Clock enables repeated artifact activation
• Worldwalker Helm doubles token generation while providing Map tokens for card selection

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3 lands including artifact lands
• Prioritize early artifact generators (Enthusiastic Mechanaut, Etherium Sculptor)
• Ensure at least one damage payoff (Reckless Fireweaver, Ghyrson Starn)

Weaknesses:

Critical:

• Vulnerable to artifact wipes (Vandalblast, Farewell) with limited recursion
• Relies on 3-4 key damage amplifiers that are prime removal targets

Moderate:

• Slow recovery from multiple removal waves
• Limited instant-speed interaction for protecting combos

Minor:

• Somewhat susceptible to graveyard hate due to Goblin Welder

Most Important Cards:

• Academy Manufactor
• Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
• Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might
• Reckless Fireweaver
• Ingenious Artillerist
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• Professional Face-Breaker
• Efficient Construction
• Third Path Iconoclast
• Dramatic Reversal

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10
Can establish lethal damage by T8-9 through incremental triggers. Brass's Bounty + Academy Manufactor creates 15+ Treasures in late game for explosive turns.

Resilience: 5/10
Moderate recovery via Goblin Welder and card draw engines, but fold to consecutive artifact wipes. Key damage amplifiers lack protection.

Consistency: 7/10
12+ token generators and 8 cost reducers provide redundancy. Worldwalker Helm and Saheeli's Artistry enable token copying as backup plans.

Interaction: 5/10
Limited to 5 counterspells and 3 targeted removal. Relies on Blasphemous Act as primary board wipe without stax elements.

Rating Justification:

The deck sits between Optimized Casual (5.0) and High-Power Casual (5.5) in the rubric. It outpaces typical Precon decks with focused token/damage synergies but lacks:

• cEDH-level fast mana/tutors
• Infinite combos
• Stax/resource denial
• Free interaction

While capable of T8-10 wins through accumulated value, it can't consistently threaten earlier victories against tuned decks. The artifact focus gives it strong midgame scaling but creates vulnerability to common removal types.

Power level: 5.0 - 5.5