So, this is what I have down on paper right now. Looking to see what the community thinks (or any ideas/changes you can think of) before I start purchasing. I am not looking to go out and win tournaments or anything, but something fun and strong to bring to the table at the shop. All insight would be greatly appreciated.
I do not plan on playing in tournaments just yet, but when I do I will adjust the list accordingly to accommodate for the banned items. Those expensive, janky spells actually do not cost that much when you consider Sol Ring adds (2), Sapphire Medallion reduces spells by (1), and Extraplanar Lens, Gauntlet of Power, and Caged Sun will be doubling my Islands when tapped. Commandeer is practically free and will only cost me two discarded cards. I would like to squeeze in Spell Pierce and Daze though as well as Gilded Drake. If I go for the more Commander-oriented list (Voltron I think is what they call it) I will Squeeze in Tezzeret the Seeker and the rest of the artifact equipment.
1 Vendilion Clique
Creatures:6
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Trinket Mage
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Consecrated Sphinx
Draws:
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Brainstorm
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Fact or Fiction
Counters:
1 Pact of Negation
1 Syncopate
1 Counterspell
1 Dissipate
1 Forbid
1 Cryptic Command
1 Foil
1 Desertion
1 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
Tutors:
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Personal Tutor
1 Merchant Scroll
1 Scroll Rack
1 Fabricate
1 Intuition
1 Long-Term Plans
1 Pongify
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
Bounces:
1 Repeal
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Into the Roil
1 Capsize
1 Crystal Shard
Mana Rocks:
1 Sol Ring
1 Sapphire Medallion
1 Extraplanar Lens
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Caged Sun
Tuck/Techs:
1 Hinder
1 Spell Crumple
1 Spin into Myth
1 Tunnel Vision
Steals:
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Control Magic
1 Rite of Replication
1 Acquire
1 Bribery
1 Telemin Performance
1 Treachery
1 Gather Specimens
1 Spelljack
1 Commandeer
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Lands:40
1 Academy Ruins
1 Blasted Landscape
1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Cephalid Coliseum
24 Island
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Remote Isle
1 Riptide Laboratory
1 Strip Mine
1 Temple of the False God
1 Tolaria West