During Kamigawa block I played a fairly hilarious block deck that attempted to Twincast or Uyo one of the Epic spells. Nostalgic for that deck I am now attempting to build an EDH deck based around my favorite blue creature.
Things you need to know about my deck:
I play on MTGO, that means I do not have access to many cards due to strange availability.
I am pseudo budget; it is much easier to get cards on the cheap for MTGO so I am not too worried about budget but stuff like Force of Will prices are obscene.
I am not concerned about power level issues. I quite a few infinite mana combos and stuff like that so feel free to suggest Spike Cards.
Ok now onto the deck list, this is literally the second day I have been able to play around with the deck so consider it in beta testing.
Cards I am looking at but haven't added for monetary reasons or just haven't gotten yet. Force of Will, Grim Monolith, Mystical Tutor, Academy Ruins, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Consecrated Spinx, Time Warp
It cant easily be played out like a combo deck but what makes me really want to play the deck is resolving multiple epic triggers, I want to aim for as many Eternal Dominions as possible (last night I had two going per turn and timed myself out). I hope to learn so some super secret tech for my deck as I am mostly aware of all the format staples and top 50 for each color.
I haven't had much success with Gather Specimens and Lightning Greaves seems redundant when I am playing the control deck and would rather counter spells than have shroud. Reality Spasm gives me another infinite mana combo and Gauntlet allows me to more easily go infinite with Palinchron or Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + A land bounce outlet.
I feel like I need more tutors/draw since this deck is quickly becoming almost pure combo and so I need help deciding what to cut and what to add.
Cards I am looking at: Consecrated Sphinx Mystical Tutor (if I want to spend the money)
Looking for other suggestions.
Edit: Just had a fun game, I had been behind all game but had a Mnemonic Wall out and a rite of replication along with high tide in hand. Played high tide, kicked the rite getting back Time Stretch, Turn About, High Tide, Commandeer and Rite of Replication. Played Turn About which gave me 10 mana for time stretch. It was pretty amusing going from not a threat at all to infinite turns in on go.
So played a few games last night and it became abundantly clear that I did not have enough lands in my deck. So with that in mind I made the following changes,
-1 Time Stop and -1 Knowledge Pool for +2 Islands. I had a fairly amusing game last night where I went turn 5 Magus of the Future, Turn 6 Uyo, Silent Prophet, Turn 7 Capture of Jingzhou (Uyo'd), Turn 8 Temporal Manipulation (Uyo'd) and then finally turn 9 Time Stretch. It is fun being able to cast Time Stretch 3 times in a row.
Problems I have still been having: Early beats I am considering adding Propaganda or Meishin the Mind Cage type cards to help deal with that.
Generals that hit really hard and have some sort of protection, Uril, the Mist Stalker is a bit of a pain and so I am not really sure what to do about that aside from adding more evacuation type effects.
A few more changes can be found in the change log. Notably adding Nevinrryal's Disk and Blue Sun's Zenith as another finisher/good spell to copy.
Things you need to know about my deck:
I play on MTGO, that means I do not have access to many cards due to strange availability.
I am pseudo budget; it is much easier to get cards on the cheap for MTGO so I am not too worried about budget but stuff like Force of Will prices are obscene.
I am not concerned about power level issues. I quite a few infinite mana combos and stuff like that so feel free to suggest Spike Cards.
Ok now onto the deck list, this is literally the second day I have been able to play around with the deck so consider it in beta testing.
1x Uyo, Silent Prophet
1x Sol Ring
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Gilded Lotus
1x Coalition Relic
1x Mind Stone
1x Darksteel Ingot
1x Gauntlet of Power
1x Hinder
1x Counterspell
1x Boomerang
1x Dissipate
1x Capsize
1x Draining Whelk
1x Evacuation
1x Sunder
1x Tidespout Tyrant
1x Commandeer
1x Rewind
1x Trinket Mage
1x Body Double
1x Clone
1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1x Mnemonic Wall
1x Personal Tutor
1x Kederekt Leviathan
1x Magus of the Future
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1x Acquire
1x Capture of Jingzhou
1x Knowledge Exploitation
1x Blatant Thievery
1x Time Stretch
1x Temporal Manipulation
1x Eternal Dominion
1x Tidings
1x MullDrifter
1x Trade Routes
1x Reccuring Insight
1x Blue Suns Zenith
1x Planar Portal
1x Cloudstone Curio
1x Rings of Brighthearth
1x Mirari
1x Relic of Progenitus
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Voltaic Key
1x Crystal Shard
1x Proteus Staff
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Duplicant
1x Palinchron
1x Turnabout
1x Echo Mage
1x Reality Spasm
1x Paradox Haze
1x Patron of the Moon
1x Amulet of Vigor
1x Twincast
1x Strip Mine
1x Temple of the False God
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Coral Atoll
1x Remote Isle
1x Lonely Sandbar
36x Island
Cards I am looking at but haven't added for monetary reasons or just haven't gotten yet.
Force of Will, Grim Monolith, Mystical Tutor, Academy Ruins, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Consecrated Spinx, Time Warp
It cant easily be played out like a combo deck but what makes me really want to play the deck is resolving multiple epic triggers, I want to aim for as many Eternal Dominions as possible (last night I had two going per turn and timed myself out). I hope to learn so some super secret tech for my deck as I am mostly aware of all the format staples and top 50 for each color.
Edit: Changelog
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-Gather Specimens + Reality Spasm
-Lightning Greaves + Gauntlet Of Power
I haven't had much success with Gather Specimens and Lightning Greaves seems redundant when I am playing the control deck and would rather counter spells than have shroud. Reality Spasm gives me another infinite mana combo and Gauntlet allows me to more easily go infinite with Palinchron or Patron of the Moon + Amulet of Vigor + A land bounce outlet.
I feel like I need more tutors/draw since this deck is quickly becoming almost pure combo and so I need help deciding what to cut and what to add.
Cards I am looking at:
Consecrated Sphinx
Mystical Tutor (if I want to spend the money)
Looking for other suggestions.
Edit: Just had a fun game, I had been behind all game but had a Mnemonic Wall out and a rite of replication along with high tide in hand. Played high tide, kicked the rite getting back Time Stretch, Turn About, High Tide, Commandeer and Rite of Replication. Played Turn About which gave me 10 mana for time stretch. It was pretty amusing going from not a threat at all to infinite turns in on go.
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-1 Time Stop and -1 Knowledge Pool for +2 Islands. I had a fairly amusing game last night where I went turn 5 Magus of the Future, Turn 6 Uyo, Silent Prophet, Turn 7 Capture of Jingzhou (Uyo'd), Turn 8 Temporal Manipulation (Uyo'd) and then finally turn 9 Time Stretch. It is fun being able to cast Time Stretch 3 times in a row.
Problems I have still been having: Early beats I am considering adding Propaganda or Meishin the Mind Cage type cards to help deal with that.
Generals that hit really hard and have some sort of protection, Uril, the Mist Stalker is a bit of a pain and so I am not really sure what to do about that aside from adding more evacuation type effects.
A few more changes can be found in the change log. Notably adding Nevinrryal's Disk and Blue Sun's Zenith as another finisher/good spell to copy.
Like smashing face? Like not worrying about pitiful tokens or life gain? Check out Stonebrow, Krosan Hero for all your face smashing needs