Finished up my UBW control deck a little while back. While browsing through cards (old? new? I'm not sure.) I found these really cool cards I liked! After searching around a bit more, I threw together this deck.
It looks like a hell lot of fun, but idk if it works or not. From experience, what do you guys think?
Keep in mind I'm not looking to do tournaments or whatever, just a little bit of fun.
1. Run Time Warp
2. Why Grove of the Burnwillows?
3. Isochron Scepter seems bad here. A copy of a spell does not count as a spell cast, so you wont get additional counters on Pyromancer's, nor a second copy of the spell.
Time Warp, to me, feels like a win more card. Is it?
Grove of the burnwillows... because I don't know what else to run.
Doesn't the text in isochron scepter say "you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost". Doesn't that count?
T should work, you may also want to add a couple of Runechanters Pike so you can slap it on a token and swing without using one of your pyromancers or snapcasters
To me, it looks like a Pyromancer Ascension value deck. I would run Memory Lapse, since that creates a soft-lock on an Isochron Scepter. Grove of the Burnwillows is a little confusing, but you could drastically increase the power of the Willows by running Punishing Fire. The Fire is such a gross combo with the Willows, you get to kill whatever creatures bother you since the opposing lifegain recurs the Fire. I would run some more value cards to get copied with the Pyromancer Ascension. Wildfire is a gross one, Prophetic Bolt is another one that nets a ton of value, Empty the Warrens is really gross, especially if you cast many spells before it and Cryptic Command is totally bonkers, especially copied and Snapcaster Mage'd.
Hm, I don't know how to play around bad draws. When the deck doesn't cooperate, I don't really know what to do. I just end up drawing into lands and lands and lands.
I don't understand what you mean "bad cards." And yes, Isochron Scepter would activate Pyromancer Ascension, since you cast the spell that's imprinted, but only if the same spell is in your graveyard.
Oops, sorry. I thought the Scepter only put a copy of the spell onto the stack, without casting.
I ask about Grove, and Breeding Pool for that matter, because I dont see where you are using any green mana? Seems to me that UR are the only two colors you need to cast all of your spells.
4x Steam Vents
4x Sulfur Falls
3x Breeding Pool
3x Grove of the Burnwillows
3x Mountain
6x Island
4x Snapcaster Mage
4x Pyromancer Ascension
3x Isochron Scepter
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Lightning Strike
4x Manamorphose
4x Preordain
4x Gitaxian Probe
4x Rune Snag
4x Remand
It looks like a hell lot of fun, but idk if it works or not. From experience, what do you guys think?
Keep in mind I'm not looking to do tournaments or whatever, just a little bit of fun.
2. Why Grove of the Burnwillows?
3. Isochron Scepter seems bad here. A copy of a spell does not count as a spell cast, so you wont get additional counters on Pyromancer's, nor a second copy of the spell.
Grove of the burnwillows... because I don't know what else to run.
Doesn't the text in isochron scepter say "you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost". Doesn't that count?
Major thanks to Traprootkami for the signature.
Major thanks to Traprootkami for the signature.
To me, it looks like a Pyromancer Ascension value deck. I would run Memory Lapse, since that creates a soft-lock on an Isochron Scepter. Grove of the Burnwillows is a little confusing, but you could drastically increase the power of the Willows by running Punishing Fire. The Fire is such a gross combo with the Willows, you get to kill whatever creatures bother you since the opposing lifegain recurs the Fire. I would run some more value cards to get copied with the Pyromancer Ascension. Wildfire is a gross one, Prophetic Bolt is another one that nets a ton of value, Empty the Warrens is really gross, especially if you cast many spells before it and Cryptic Command is totally bonkers, especially copied and Snapcaster Mage'd.
BG Spanish Inquisition BG
RG Belcher RG
Modern
UBRG Necrotic Ooze ComboUBRG
Standard
Ha Ha!
Pauper
B Suicide B
EDH
UG Momir Vig, Simic Visionary UG
Casual
BURW Tokens BURW
UR Grand Affinity UR
Tiny Leaders
W Rune-Tail Soul Sisters W
BG Spanish Inquisition BG
RG Belcher RG
Modern
UBRG Necrotic Ooze ComboUBRG
Standard
Ha Ha!
Pauper
B Suicide B
EDH
UG Momir Vig, Simic Visionary UG
Casual
BURW Tokens BURW
UR Grand Affinity UR
Tiny Leaders
W Rune-Tail Soul Sisters W
BG Spanish Inquisition BG
RG Belcher RG
Modern
UBRG Necrotic Ooze ComboUBRG
Standard
Ha Ha!
Pauper
B Suicide B
EDH
UG Momir Vig, Simic Visionary UG
Casual
BURW Tokens BURW
UR Grand Affinity UR
Tiny Leaders
W Rune-Tail Soul Sisters W
I ask about Grove, and Breeding Pool for that matter, because I dont see where you are using any green mana? Seems to me that UR are the only two colors you need to cast all of your spells.