Hey everyone. I've been meaning to fix up my Grand Arbiter Augustin IV EDH for a long time now but it seemed like such a big undertaking...it definitely needs help.
I was hoping some people here might have some helpful card suggestions and could help me to decide what needs to be cut. Here are some things about me, the deck, and the issues I have:
The main focus of the deck is 1 vs 1 because that's mainly what I play, but I also like to play some multiplayer-focused cards just in case I ever get into a multiplayer game. My playgroup avoids infinite combos, heavy tutoring and "jerk" cards like Armageddon.
Deck problems: The deck is just waaay too slow. When I threw it together, I put in a ton of bomb U/W cards. Way too many. As a result, the deck is VERY top heavy and has very little mana ramping, which often ends up with me having opening hands with a few lands and multiple 5+ CC cards. The deck can hold people off well if I get the right cards, but it has trouble recovering and artifact/enchantment hate really hurts.
I was hoping some people here might have some helpful card suggestions and could help me to decide what needs to be cut. Here are some things about me, the deck, and the issues I have:
The main focus of the deck is 1 vs 1 because that's mainly what I play, but I also like to play some multiplayer-focused cards just in case I ever get into a multiplayer game. My playgroup avoids infinite combos, heavy tutoring and "jerk" cards like Armageddon.
Deck problems: The deck is just waaay too slow. When I threw it together, I put in a ton of bomb U/W cards. Way too many. As a result, the deck is VERY top heavy and has very little mana ramping, which often ends up with me having opening hands with a few lands and multiple 5+ CC cards. The deck can hold people off well if I get the right cards, but it has trouble recovering and artifact/enchantment hate really hurts.
Here's the deck list as it stands:
1x Grand Abolisher
1x Fog Bank
1x Guard Gomazoa
1x Wall of Denial
1x Peacekeeper
1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1x Fatespinner
1x Hannah, Ship's Navigator
1x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1x Magus of the Tabernacle
1x Windborn Muse
1x Loxodon Gatekeeper
1x Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
1x Phyrexian Metamorph
1x Spelltithe Enforcer
1x Godhead of Awe
1x Archon of Justice
1x Luminarch Ascension
1x Ghostly Prison
1x Propaganda
1x War Tax
1x Aether Barrier
1x Web of Inertia
1x Rhystic Study
1x Pendrell Mists
1x Norn's Annex
1x Sphere of Safety
1x Teferi's Moat
1x Chronomantic Escape
1x Azorius Signet
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Dismantling Blow
1x Return to Dust
1x Dominate
1x Reins of Power
1x Bribery
1x Desertion
1x Hallowed Burial
1x Austere Command
1x Final Judgment
1x Phyrexian Rebirth
1x Recurring Insight
1x Spelljack
1x Gather Specimens
1x Blatant Thievery
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1x Steel Hellkite
1x Duplicant
1x Sun Titan
1x Draining Whelk
1x Consecrated Sphinx
1x Keiga the Tide Star
1x Angelic Arbiter
1x Inkwell Leviathan
1x Chancellor of the Spires
1x Chancellor of the Annex
1x Stormtide Leviathan
1x Blazing Archon
1x Hallowed Fountain
1x Mystic Gate
1x Celestial Colonnade
1x Azorius Chancery
1x Azorius Guildgate
1x Sejiri Refuge
1x Boreal Shelf
1x Coastal Tower
1x Calciform Pools
1x Adarkar Wastes
1x Flood Plain
1x Terramorphic Expanse
9x Plains
10x Island
1x Halimar Depths
1x Tolaria West
1x Kor Haven
1x Prahv, Spires of Order
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Urza's Factory
Cards I'm in the process of trying to get:
Replenish
Terminus
Mistveil Plains
Glacial Fortress
Nimbus Maze
Serra's Sanctum
Cards I can't get:
Tundra
Flooded Strand
Academy Rector
Cards I'm thinking of adding:
New Pravh Guildmate
Sphinx's Revelation
Cards I'm thinking of cutting:
Web of Inertia
Dominate
Keiga, the Tide Star
Spelljack
Gather Specimens
Phyrexian Rebirth
Blatant Thievery
Chancellor of the Spires
Chancellor of the Annex
Inkwell Leviathan
Blazing Archon
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