This deck was an attempt to build something that could hang with the Momir Vig / Niv-Mizzet crowd -- even if just barely -- while still being a fun deck for the fellas rockin' Silvos.
I organized it in a way that made sense to me -- apologies if the typical breakdown by type is more to your taste.
A few notes:
*Hakim's a weird card. You can activate his auras-from-graveyard ability any number of times, but only while he's not enchanted -- so, yes, you can pay 8 during your upkeep to get four auras, as long as you do it one go.
*I most often play against mid-level voltron generals (Kemba, Drana), token decks (Rith), some MUC-combo, MBC and some aggro-combo (Balthor).
*I play almost exclusively in 4- or 5-person pods.
*Nonbasic hate is a recurring theme in my meta, hence the high number of Islands. Seat of the Synod is there for Trinket Mage / Fabricate (it's rarely relevant, but it's nice to have).
*No Bribery, Mana Drain, Mana Crypt, Recurring Insight, Consecrated Sphinx. I'm kinda tired of seeing them everywhere.
Actually, that's a really good call, MRdown2urth. Stasis Cell's pretty terrible, so it's an easy swap -- and I've had Eldrazi Conscription and Drake Umbra stuck in my hand more often than I'd care to admit.
1 Hakim, Loreweaver
Hakim's auras
2 Auramancer's Guise
3 Corrupted Conscience
4 Drake Umbra
5 Eldrazi Conscription
6 False Demise
7 Infiltrator's Magemark
8 Protective Bubble
9 Stasis Cell
10 Volition Reins
Tutors, Draw
11 Ancestral Memories
12 Drift of Phantasms
13 Fabricate
14 Fact or Fiction
15 Intuition
16 Merchant Scroll
17 Muddle the Mixture
18 Mystical Tutor
19 Trade Secrets
20 Trinket Mage (Wizard)
21 Vedalken Aethermage (W)
Removal and Bounce
22 Capsize
23 Evacuation
24 Giant Oyster
25 Oblivion Stone
26 Polymorph
27 Pongify
28 Ratchet Bomb
29 Reweave
30 Sand Squid (A squid, this is very important)
31 Sensei's Divining Top
32 Tormod's Crypt
33 Aether Adept (W)
34 Azami, Lady of Scrolls (W)
35 Deepchannel Mentor
36 Glen Elendra Archmage (W)
37 Lighthouse Chronologist (W)
38 Magus of the Unseen (W)
39 Meloku the Clouded Mirror (W)
40 Patron of the Moon
41 Sage of Fables (W)
42 Serendib Sorcerer (W)
43 Sigil Tracer (W)
44 Stonybrook Banneret (W)
45 Stormtide Leviathan
46 Surgespanner (W)
47 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (W)
48 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
49 Vendilion Clique (W)
50 Wake Thrasher
51 Willbender (W)
And the rest
52 Crown of the Ages
53 Crystal Shard
54 Dissipate
55 Elixir of Immortality
56 Erratic Portal
57 Gather Specimens
58 Gauntlet of Power
59 Hinder
60 Jester's Cap
61 Reins of Power
62 Rite of Replication
63 Sol Ring
64 Academy Ruins
65 Riptide Laboratory
66 Seat of the Synod
67 Strip Mine
68 Vesuva
69 Wasteland
31x Island
I organized it in a way that made sense to me -- apologies if the typical breakdown by type is more to your taste.
A few notes:
*Hakim's a weird card. You can activate his auras-from-graveyard ability any number of times, but only while he's not enchanted -- so, yes, you can pay 8 during your upkeep to get four auras, as long as you do it one go.
*I most often play against mid-level voltron generals (Kemba, Drana), token decks (Rith), some MUC-combo, MBC and some aggro-combo (Balthor).
*I play almost exclusively in 4- or 5-person pods.
*Nonbasic hate is a recurring theme in my meta, hence the high number of Islands. Seat of the Synod is there for Trinket Mage / Fabricate (it's rarely relevant, but it's nice to have).
*No Bribery, Mana Drain, Mana Crypt, Recurring Insight, Consecrated Sphinx. I'm kinda tired of seeing them everywhere.
(U/B)(U/B)(U/B) JUMP IN THE LINE, ROCK YOUR BODY IN TIME
(R/W)(R/W)(R/W) RISING FROM THE NEON GLOOM, SHINING LIKE A CRAZY MOON
(U/R)(R/G)(G/U) STEALIN' WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYIN'
Thanks!