WU Humans + Equipment

[Silverfin]

So I've been trying to get back into competitive Magic, and since one of the top archetypes is WU Humans, I figured I'd try to riff on it.
When NPH was new I opened up playsets of Puresteel Paladin and Batterskull so I figured I'd try to put them to use. I realize that without SFM that Batterskull is ridiculously expensive, but it's worth a try. I don't know much about playing in the current Standard, so if you have any advice please go ahead and post it.

Main things I want to know:
- How feasible is it to rely on getting metalcraft? Am I going about it the right way?
- What kinds of removal can I expect to come up against most often?

Lands (23):
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Moorland Haunt
12 Plains
4 Seachrome Coast

Creatures (17):
4 Memnite
4 Puresteel Paladin
2 Snapcaster Mage
1 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Champion of the Parish
2 Thraben Doomsayer
2 Mirran Crusader

Artifacts (10):
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of Body and Mind
3 Batterskull
4 [Copper Carapace/Infiltration Lens/some other cheap equips]

Other (10):
4 Honor of the Pure
2 Midnight Haunting
4 Dismember

Obviously this is just a rough sketch of a list. It should be able to start cranking out bodies fast enough, but I don't really know what I'm racing against. I might take out a few creatures and replace them with Fiend Hunters or Relic Warders.
Also inb4 "play sword of war and peace lol": I'm just throwing this together based on what I already have. Might pick up some singles later if need be.

[LiaThistle]

Getting Metalcraft is extremely difficult to do without running Memnites and Signal Pests, and if you're doing that, building Tempered Steel is just easier and more synergistic.

Beyond that, I can't really help much. Typical removal is red (now with black's Tragic Slip), and most blockers are white (though with the green deck having come up recently, who knows what else you'll have to deal with?).

Edit: Gah, major typo. Corrected.

[Emrakul]

I can see this going one of 3 ways. Each deck has it own synergistic game plan and your subdividing them into a less synergistic whole.


Tempered steel
artifacts
4 Glint Hawk Idol
4 Origin Spellbomb

Artifact Creatures
4 Etched Champion
4 Memnite
4 Signal Pest
4 Vault Skirge

Creatures
4 Glint Hawk

Enchantments
1 Oblivion Ring
4 Tempered Steel

Instants
3 Dispatch

Legendary Artifacts
4 Mox Opal

Basic Lands
9 Plains

Lands
3 Gavony Township
4 Inkmoth Nexus
4 Razorverge Thicket

Sideboard:
4 Shrine of Loyal Legions
2 Spellskite
4 Hero of Bladehold
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Celestial Purge
1 Dispatch
2 Mental Misstep








W/u haunted humans
Artifacts
3 Sword of War and Peace

Creatures
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Doomed Traveler
3 Fiend Hunter
1 Grand Abolisher
4 Hero of Bladehold
2 Leonin Relic-Warder
3 Mirran Crusader
1 Phantasmal Image

Enchantments
4 Honor of the Pure
2 Oblivion Ring

Instants
2 Mana Leak

Legendary Creatures
2 Geist of Saint Traft
2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Basic Lands
11 Plains






PuresteelTezzerator
maindeck:

Artifacts
4 Flayer Husk
4 Mortarpod
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine

Artifact Creatures
3 Etched Champion
4 Vault Skirge

Creatures
3 Glint Hawk
4 Puresteel Paladin

Instants
2 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat


Legendary Artifacts
2 Mox Opal

Planeswalkers
4 Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

Sorceries
2 Day of Judgment

Basic Lands
5 Plains

Lands
2 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Isolated Chapel
4 Seachrome Coast

Lands
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Moorland Haunt
4 Seachrome Coast

Sideboard:
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Celestial Purge
2 Mana Leak
1 Negate
2 Gideon Jura
1 Revoke Existence






Puresteel Aggro
Maindeck

Creature [18]
4 Etched Champion
4 Vault Skirge
3 Glint Hawk
4 Puresteel Paladin
3 Invisible Stalker
Instant [4]
4 Dispatch
Artifact [16]
4 Flayer Husk
3 Silver-Inlaid Dagger
4 Mortarpod
3 Piston Sledge
2 Mox Opal
Land [22]
9 Plains
3 Moorland Haunt
4 Glacial Fortress
4 Seachrome Coast
2 Inkmoth Nexus

[oHoN]

Agree with above poster, you are basically making your deck unsynergistic by trying to make it do do much at once. Our Champion of the Parish and Honor of the Pure really don't like that we're running 4x Memnite for example.
Also, why are you running Snapcaster?
You want to run more Geist of Saint Traft, that bro is one of the most oppressive creatures in standard.