Illustrated by Anna Steinbauer Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Artifacts are a very popular archetype, but they are also historically colorless, so a four color general seemed like more of a hindrance in 2016, whereas the proliferation of colored artifacts following War of the Spark meant that Breya allowed you to take on new cards in ways that Bosh, Iron Golem and Memnarch would not have allowed
Players can expect to see Bonehoard Dracosaur get played in a variety of MTG formats
or a Double Rainbow Foil Serialized Elven, Dwarven, or Human "Sol Ring" card
Since we're a Vehicles deck and all vehicles are artifacts, it makes sense to take advantage of artifact synergies, which I deliberately steered the deck into: we're running all the artifact mana cost discounts from Foundry Inspector to Semblance Anvil, drawing cards off Canoptek Spyder and Sanwell, Avenger Ace, and protecting our board with Leonin Abunas and Bronze Guardian
And finally, theres the more difficult but very real reason: Sometimes you simply need the money