Totally curious as I am playing around with the idea of tribal wizards myself....what's you wincons with mono-blue?
So far I've won by taking infinite turns, casting Omniscience and Enter the Infinite. Under those circumstances: Laboratory Maniac, infinite turns with unblockable Thassa hits, or drawing my library with Psychosis Crawler seeping their life away. Lab Maniac is the easiest.
Talrand was in the deck but I removed him because he felt too slow. The deck really only counters when relevant. He can get crazy with infinite combos but frankly I have the game when I go off anyway, so keeping track of their tokens was pointless. Especially with Thassa who can end players herself and put in work elsewhere. So I preferred her to him even if Talrand is a wizard.
Augur of Bolas is interesting. I do play Snapcaster Mage. I must have forgotten to list it.
I'm considering dropping Aetherspouts honestly. It hits only one player and only their attacking creatures. I already have Evacuation, Cyclonic Rift and Propaganda. Blue tends to need a lot of protection, but I'd almost rather have speed and win sooner as a method of protection
I'm considering Augur of Bolas as you mention, and Sea Gate Oracle as well. The new Baral will need a place in here too, as will the Homunculus for EMN.
I used to use Master of Waves, Rite and Archetype before as well. They're fun, but this deck is designed to be as efficient and cutthroat as possible. I could drop some counters for more draw power like Rhystic or Blue Sun, which I might do - but I am attached to most of them so IDK what to drop. Regardless, the idea is to be very efficient. Small, powerful wizards, infinite turns which I've used to bomb Planeswalkers, throw around unblock able Thassa, Lab Maniac, or just overwhelm with advantage. I had Psychosis Crawler but it's 5 mana and Paradox Engine is more fun.
Oh, no my deck is very different from yours in a lot of ways. Azami is powerful if used competitively, but I just wanted a fun tribal deck, and blue was my least used color, so...
Oh, no my deck is very different from yours in a lot of ways. Azami is powerful if used competitively, but I just wanted a fun tribal deck, and blue was my least used color, so...
I'm thinking of doing a second Azami deck that is janky and fun. Kamigawa themed - Wizards, Ninjas, Soratami, a few fun counters, some casual Jaces. I love Blue and Azami. This one is just that one competitive deck everyone has for those games my group likes where we all beat each other to death lol
I'm tweaking this to add Beacon of Tomorrows, Patron Wizard, Snap and Dispel. Considering Sea Scryer but I don't know yet.
- Enter the Infinite
- Mox Opal
- Mox Diamond
- Chrome Mox
- Scroll Rack
- Personal Tutor
+ Mission Briefing
+ As Foretold
+ Back to Basics
+ Brainstorm
+ 2 Island
Enter the Infinite is rather pointless. Mox Opal can brick often, I'd sooner draw an Island over Chrome Mox more often than not. Mox Diamond is amazing, but I am working on converting this idealized list into a budget one, but of all the rocks, Diamond is the one I'd miss having most. That said, I'd like to test As Foretold (free counters especially with extra turns) as a form of ramp, and Back to Basics to punish other decks of more colors.
Scroll Rack is powerful but redundant. I was using it to get Islands. Bye Felicia
1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Instant (28)
1x Brainstorm
1x Counterspell
1x Cryptic Command
1x Cyclonic Rift
1x Disallow
1x Dispel
1x Disrupting Shoal
1x Evacuation
1x Force of Will
1x High Tide
1x Long-Term Plans
1x Mana Drain
1x Mindbreak Trap
1x Mission Briefing
1x Muddle the Mixture
1x Mystic Confluence
1x Mystical Tutor
1x Negate
1x Pact of Negation
1x Remand
1x Stifle
1x Swan Song
1x Time Stop
1x Trickbind
1x Turnabout
1x Twincast
1x Unsubstantiate
1x Whir of Invention
1x Archaeomancer
1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
1x Cursecatcher
1x Glen Elendra Archmage
1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1x Laboratory Maniac
1x Lighthouse Chronologist
1x Martyr of Frost
1x Merfolk Trickster
1x Siren Stormtamer
1x Snapcaster Mage
1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1x Timestream Navigator
1x Trinket Mage
1x Vedalken AEthermage
1x Vendilion Clique
1x Venser, Shaper Savant
Sorcery (8)
1x Capture of Jingzhou
1x Expropriate
1x Flood of Recollection
1x Merchant Scroll
1x Temporal Manipulation
1x Temporal Mastery
1x Time Spiral
1x Time Warp
1x As Foretold
1x Back to Basics
1x Mind Over Matter
1x Omniscience
Planeswalker (2)
1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Artifact (5)
1x Paradox Engine
1x Sapphire Medallion
1x Sensei's Divining Top
1x Sol Ring
1x Thought Vessel
Land (35)
30x Island
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1x Reliquary Tower
1x Temple of the False God
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
-Future Sight
-Temporal Adept
+Martyr of Frost
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Augur of Bolas is interesting. I do play Snapcaster Mage. I must have forgotten to list it.
I'm considering dropping Aetherspouts honestly. It hits only one player and only their attacking creatures. I already have Evacuation, Cyclonic Rift and Propaganda. Blue tends to need a lot of protection, but I'd almost rather have speed and win sooner as a method of protection
I'm considering Augur of Bolas as you mention, and Sea Gate Oracle as well. The new Baral will need a place in here too, as will the Homunculus for EMN.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
-Aetherspouts
-Something (Lotus Bloom?)
+Disallow
+Baral, Chief of Compliance
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
-Propaganda
-Aetherspouts
-Preordain
-Island
+Chrome Mox
+Baral, Chief of Compliance
+Whir of Invention
+Disallow
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Testing Nimble Obstrucitonist. If it's poor, I may re-add Blue Sun or Rhystic in its place.
I'd love to try Stonybrook Banneret and Realmwright. But no room.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
WU Bruna UW | R Kiki-Jiki R | RB New Chainer BR
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I'm tweaking this to add Beacon of Tomorrows, Patron Wizard, Snap and Dispel. Considering Sea Scryer but I don't know yet.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
- Mox Opal
- Mox Diamond
- Chrome Mox
- Scroll Rack
- Personal Tutor
+ Mission Briefing
+ As Foretold
+ Back to Basics
+ Brainstorm
+ 2 Island
Enter the Infinite is rather pointless. Mox Opal can brick often, I'd sooner draw an Island over Chrome Mox more often than not. Mox Diamond is amazing, but I am working on converting this idealized list into a budget one, but of all the rocks, Diamond is the one I'd miss having most. That said, I'd like to test As Foretold (free counters especially with extra turns) as a form of ramp, and Back to Basics to punish other decks of more colors.
Scroll Rack is powerful but redundant. I was using it to get Islands. Bye Felicia
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||