MTG Salvation

Here is the deck after my first round of modifications.

The deck is a play on two of my old decks; Stasis, and one lovingly referred to as the Steel Curtain. Stasis was a Stasis-lock deck. The Steel Curtain was a deck that used Winter Orb to lock up mana, in combination with taxing effects like Propaganda and Pendrell Mists to clear my opponents board while hit them with a fatty, either mine or one I took control of.

It seems to run fairly well, but I thought I'd throw it up here and see if anyone has suggestions and/or advice.

Your running spell crumple you might wanna make room for tunnel vision 2 card mill out combo. Also i'd take out pongify and replace it with polymorphist's jest just to me a stronger card.

Love the concept. I was wondering what to do with Teferi, and this seems like a solid idea.

Would Ertai, Wizard Adept not be a good include as a source of repeatable countering without costing a card? Also, perhaps more lands that tap for more than one mana? Lotus Vale or Scorched Ruins? It will give more mana when Teferi untaps with his ability. And Academy ruins to go with that Unstable Obelisk. I'm also missing Capsize, if only to bounce your own Winter Orb. Last but not least, Sand Silos may have finally found a home.

I don't see the need for Nevinryall's Disk. Blows up too much of your own stuff imo.

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Love the concept. I was wondering what to do with Teferi, and this seems like a solid idea.

Would Ertai, Wizard Adept not be a good include as a source of repeatable countering without costing a card? Also, perhaps more lands that tap for more than one mana? Lotus Vale or Scorched Ruins? It will give more mana when Teferi untaps with his ability. And Academy ruins to go with that Unstable Obelisk. I'm also missing Capsize, if only to bounce your own Winter Orb. Last but not least, Sand Silos may have finally found a home.

I don't see the need for Nevinryall's Disk. Blows up too much of your own stuff imo.

I don't have an Ertai, Wizard Adept, but he seems like a fine addition! I was leery of Lotus Vale and Scorched Ruins because if they get destroyed, it's essentially a three for one, but definitely something to consider. I do need to grab another Academy Ruins, or take it out of another deck. Yeah, Capsize seems like a must. And I will definitely experiment with Sand Silos.

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Propaganda doesn't save your planeswalkers. I'd include Fabricate for combo The Cain Veil + Teferi. I don't really see the need for Arcane Laboratory, it doesn't combo with anything and Stasis effects already limit how many spells your opponents can play per turn. I'd include Trinket Mage as well as Mana Vault and Grim Monolith. The mage both blocks for Teferi and get you mana. The two mana cards are really good because Teferi can untap them and they both let you play turn 3 Teferi by them self. Cackling Counterpart seems like a very mediocre clone, being able to copy your opponents stuff is very important.

Propaganda was in there to help lock their mana, not necessarily to protect Teferi or the other planeswalkers. But it can be on the list of cards to cut. Arcane Laboratory was there for the times I don't see other locks. Fabricate, Trinket Mage, Mana Vault, and Grim Monolith all seem like valuable additions. And you're 100% correct on Cackling Counterpart, it's coming out.