Inkmoth Nexus , a land that will leave its stain on constructed...

One of the most outstanding cards Mirrodin besieged has given us in the form of this land, let's check its abilities:

Tap:add (1) to your mana pool

(1): Inkmoth nexus becomes a 1/1 artifact creature with infect and flying until end of turn.Its still a land.

This manland has made huge difference with the old worldwake man lands .

First of all forget all about enters the battlefield tapped manlands , this one loses you no tempo , it is a land that enters ready to produce any mana you may need for your turn.

Furthermore this land is an ARTIFACT creature so it may be an excellent addition to most artifact decks that 

will emerge with the current set of magic or the next one.It is  a legal target for a shape anew that will make our nexus a 11/11 infect trample indestructible blightsteel colossus.All that for the mana cost of (3)U plus one , the cost for the nexus to activate it self into an artifact body.

Nexus has also some other synergies in the new contructed and gives us a lot of choices to exploit it .

It is viable for a tempered steel deck

It is viable for the steel overseer 'pump' effect

It is a colorless infector that will make a usefull addition to any infect  or proliferate deck.

It is a way to trigger metalcraft as an extra artifact 'land'.

It is an every turn plague stinger with haste for your infect deck for the cost of (2) each turn!

This land offers evasion too, it might easily take a place in the jace wars as it is able to poke enemy jaces for one at the cost of (2)  which is far less than the cost of (4) for an activated creeping tar pit.

If we even consider the new removal Go for the throat , our nexus is even more amazing as it is no legal target when enemy tar pits ARE.

I believe this card will be a must have playset for  most of the competitive type 2 decks and will certainly have its  place in regural play.

Its current price tag at 12$ is stll low and i will prompt anyone of the magic players to acquire this card as this card sees only possibility for a higher price tag than the current and certainly no less.

We could also look at previous lands that bear similarity to inkmoth nexus.

First of all 

This card is from darksteel it is almost the same as the currrent nexus but for fact, it has no infect but the ability to pump another manland of its type, this makes our newer nexus significantly stronger as it is an effecient 2/1 flier , somehow stronger than the older 1/1.

Another card was :

We all know it and this land still sees play in legacy and is rather a strong addition to some legacy decks as is mutavault currently dominating extended tournaments.

See the abilities of those older powerhouses and our current inkmoth nexus which also offer a significant factor,evasion which most of  those older manlands didnt offer.

Ending this ode to inkmoth nexus i offer a deck list that finished first in the last magic league tournament, the first after mirrodin besieged launched.The results are up to you:

UB Shape Anew 1st - mr_thompsom Main Deck Sideboard 1 See Beyond 1 Everflowing Chalice 2 Go for the Throat 4 Shape Anew 2 Inquisition of Kozilek 3 Duress 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 4 Preordain 2 Jace Beleren 4 Mana Leak 4 Trinket Mage 1 Blightsteel Colossus 2 Grave Titan 3 Swamp 4 Island 3 Inkmoth Nexus 4 Creeping Tar Pit 4 Drowned Catacomb 4 Darkslick Shores 3 Tectonic Edge 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Jace Beleren 1 Duress 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Go for the Throat 3 Black Sun's Zenith 2 Memoricide 2 Disfigure 2 Flashfreeze 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Negate