The proactive setup is primarily applicable in matchups against combo archetypes or other decks that don’t generate an early board presence, in other words, in matchups where you have to be aggressor, but it’s obviously not something you can do every game, as you have to have a pretty specific hand for the setup to work. The general goal is to end the chain on a Shion (or two), however, there are two specific combo setups to be aware of: firstly, there’s the early-game proactive setup, which involves setting up a 12-14-power board with simply Analyzing Artifacts and a Shion, usually done on turns 3-4. The basic “combo” of Artifact Portal is to get 2 mana-refunding effects up (ideally, an Acceleratium and an Augmentation, but the deck can still function, albeit worse, with duplicate enablers) and then play Analyzing Artifacts to clear the opponent’s board and generate a tempo lead by getting mana refunds. Identifying cards: Mechanization, Biofabrication, Mechagun Wielder, Metaproduction, Artifact Call, Acceleratium, Augmentation Bestowal, Shion, Mercurial Aegis.Īrtifact Portal is a tempo deck with some combo elements that revolves around cheating mana costs with Acceleratium/Augmentation Bestowal.

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