{"ops":[{"insert":"My girl Gallia is still partying despite "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"checks notes "},{"insert":"some whacko trying to \"fix\" the multi-verse. And honestly, as soon as I saw "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Gallia, the Merrymaker"}},{"insert":" inspiration struck and I knew she was going to lead some kind of Modular deck. \n\nWhy Modular, you might be asking. Well... much like her og card, Merrymaker has two effects, one of which is much more useful than the other. The effect we are built around is the one that gives haste to \"each other creature creature you control with +1/+1 counter on it\" (something, something small indie company) and I really wanted to take advantage of it as much as possible without relying on her second effect to add a +1/+1 counter to any one creature that entered this turn. Which means that I wanted my Creatures to enter with +1/+1 counter(s) on them, and - it being me - I immediately thought of the Arcbound creatures and their not-technically-Modular brethren. Who said that robots can't dance?\n\nSpecifically, we have eight of the... Modular Creatures of all time. The deck features "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Stinger"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Tracker"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Crusher"}},{"insert":" as evasive beaters, the latter two of which grow themselves overtime as we cast more spells and/or artifacts. Next, we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Reclaimer"}},{"insert":" for recursion, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Scrapyard Recombiner"}},{"insert":" as both a tutor and - alongside "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Ravager"}},{"insert":" - a sac outlet. Lastly, we have "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Slith"}},{"insert":" to Slith it up and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Arcbound Worker"}},{"insert":" as another Modular body for +1/+1 counter shenanigans. \n\nAs for our not-technically-Modular cards; "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Iron Apprentice"}},{"insert":" is the guy that Arcbound Worker's girlfriend told him not to worry about, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Myr Scrapling"}},{"insert":" is useful for giving haste to the small amount of our Creatures who do not enter with +1/+1 counters, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Oreplate Pangolin"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Patchwork Automaton"}},{"insert":","},{"insert":{"card-link":"Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Machinesmith Automaton"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Surge Conductor"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Big Mother Mouser"}},{"insert":" are more examples of growers rather than showers, while "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Steel Overseer"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade"}},{"insert":" are must kill threats for our opponents if we have any kind of board presence. We also have a small suite of X cost 0/0 artifact creatures who enter with a X +1/+1 counters on them - namely "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stonecoil Serpent"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hangarback Walker"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Marketback Walker"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Walking Ballista"}},{"insert":". I love these guys, and they are actually pretty good here, scaling to whatever turn we draw and/or need them. Finally, we have a few utility artifact creatures that also care about +1/+1 counters in the form of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter"}},{"insert":" to give most of our stuff flash, and then "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Technodrome"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mindless Automaton"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Towashi Guide-Bot"}},{"insert":" for card draw.\n\nFrom there, we take advantage of Gallia being Red by throwing in some non-artifact +1/+1 counter and modify synergies. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crawling Barrens"}},{"insert":" is neat here as it serves its normal purpose as a slow building threat out of our manabase, as well as a 5 mana 2/2 haste when Gallia is out - if we want that for some reason. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Inti, Seneschal of the Sun"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Laelia, the Blade Reforged"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kami of Celebration"}},{"insert":" are all impulse draw engines that grow into beaters very quickly, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Taurean Mauler"}},{"insert":" just gets absolutely huge in a four person pod. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Agitator Ant"}},{"insert":" is mainly here to accelerate our own +1/+1 counter growth, but we will take the protection and incidental damage that goad offers. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Exocrine"}},{"insert":" is one of our board wipes, while "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lux Artillery"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thundering Raiju"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"All Will Be One"}},{"insert":" give us reach by turning +1/+1 counters into burn damage. Lastly, we have several finishers in the form of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Uncivil Unrest"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Akki Battle Squad"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirror-Style Master"}},{"insert":".\n\nWith all that in mind, I think our plan is clear: we are going to play Gallia, play +1/+1 counter creatures, punch our opponents in the face and then burn any survivors out of the game.\n\nBut parties aren't all about the dancing and the fighting, there is also the logistics to consider - such as card draw, ramp and removal. Gallia would never be a tragic host, so our deck has plenty of vegetables in it.\n\nFor card draw, I am running 16 total pieces - most of which deal with our artifacts in some way. For instance, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Demand Answers"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Vision of Love"}},{"insert":" and Technodrome let us sacrifice an artifact (say a Modular creature that has been targeted by a removal spell) to draw some cards. On the other hand, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Casey Jones, Jury-Rig Justiciar"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mystic Forge"}},{"insert":" specifically get us more artifacts from our deck. I have also included some of my personal staples - such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"War Room"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Endless Atlas"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge"}},{"insert":" - and we have actually talked about the rest of the deck's card draw above, because it is all "},{"attributes":{"underline":true,"italic":true,"bold":true},"insert":"synergistic"},{"insert":".\n\nRamp wise, the deck's average MV is 2.57 and we have a Commander who encourages an aggro gameplan. At this party, we curve out and pray that it is enough.\nThat being said, I did sneak in four pieces of 1 mana ramp to give us the occasional burst of mana. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Sol Ring"}},{"insert":" needs no introduction, but it's great here because it can cast a lot of our Modular or X cost creatures by itself. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Rite of Flame"}},{"insert":" let's us cast Gallia on T1 or power out a hasty beater above curve early if she is already on board. Finally, both "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Curse of Opulence"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Springleaf Drum"}},{"insert":" take advantage of things this deck wants to do - attacking and having our 2 MV commander on board respectively - and ramp us well enough that they are worth it as T1 plays.\n\nSince the deck is looking to just curve out and hit our opponents with robots, we run fewer removal spells than I normally would at 13 pieces. There is a copy of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle"}},{"insert":" (and 23 mountains) hiding in the manabase, but everything else is fairly standard and straight forward. We have Exocrine and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Delete"}},{"insert":" as boardwipes/burn spells, several MDFCs such as "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs"}},{"insert":", and as well as some staples like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wild Magic Surge"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Chaos Warp"}},{"insert":". The rest of my removal is very much themed around +1/+1 counters - with obvious stuff like All Will Be One as well as more obscure modified payoffs like "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Flame Discharge"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kami's Flare"}},{"insert":" and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Volt Charge"}},{"insert":".\n\nThe rest of the deck is a moshpit of cards that care about +1/+1 counters, artifacts or deal burn damage. We actually have an extensive burn package to help us convert our early game aggression into late game victories, and the most important of these card we have not yet talked about is "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mechanized Warfare"}},{"insert":". There is also "},{"insert":{"card-link":"The Ooze"}},{"insert":" to preserve our counters and to stop any graveyard shenanigans, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Animation Module"}},{"insert":" to creatue blockers/threats, and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Spider-Punk"}},{"insert":" to stop our opponents from stopping us.\n\nWelcome to the party! Gallia is out on the dance floor that is Theros, but her robots will be with you shortly to ensure that you are having a merry time.\n"}]}