Ixtun Palace V2

A different take on an Ixtun Palace deck, this time inspired somewhat by Manu's Winchest Zuberi list from the World Championships last year. Zuberi dying for no value to something like Slay is legitimately problematic, but fortunately this list has 16 cheap pieces (8 smugglers, 4 strategize, and 4 wisdom) to instantly gain value from him if that's something you're worried about in slower matchups. Whirling Duo gains life and wears a Withstand well, and the rest of the deck is fairly standard fire and primal smuggler draw and removal stuff. The market is the bit I'm most uncertain about atm. I think Deepforged Plate is a firm inclusion because pulling it with Red Canyon Smuggler puts a very firm clock on an opponent in a topdecking situation. Howling Peak is probably the best late-game powerhouse here, even if it rubs up against the maindeck Palaces, purely because Martyr's Chains costing JJJJ is fairly difficult for this deck to achieve off of only 12 justice sources. Bore is great. Skycrag Banner might be unnecessary, and Jawbone Greatsword could be a Burn Them All. I wish this deck had soemthing comparable to Statuary Maiden, something that all 8 smugglers could pull on turn 3 to play on turn 4 and force an aggressive opponent to have removal or be stonewalled. Unfortunately, I don't think these colours have access to anything of that nature and power level just yet.

Edit: It occurs to me that if you cut Wisdom of the Elders for Privilege of Rank, probably then finding room for Bulletshaper, then you could possibly justify Martyr's Chains in the market. An idea to explore.