I have no idea what my local meta will look like as we are just starting up next Friday but am open to suggestions. My main plan is to simply remove all active threats, attack with the planeswalkers or creatures and plug away, resetting life with the Sphinx. I will be looking at getting some mana leaks, I have a few somewhere in my boxes, just not sure where. I think I have one other Path to Exile as well. That pretty much taps me out for older stuff as I am just starting up and mostly play commander and standard.
Replace a couple plains for stubborn denial and replace the verdicts with leaks or remand. I would SB one rift and cut the revelations for cloudshift so you can bounce queller and resto when needed.I would cut another basic plains for the other path and try to get the last two fetches.
Mind you these are budget options that should be easily available.
If you can get a playset of serum visions that would help dig and set up delver flips.
Thanks for the suggestions. I was able to locate a 4th Hallowed Fountain and a 3rd Flooded Strand. I was also able to get a 3rd Path to Exile and Restoration Angel as well.
I wont be able to get Serum Visions or Remands for this tournament, as no one local has them.
What would be some non-budget recommendations, if I were to want to be competitive?
UW Control is an existing archtype and MTGS has some good discussion in the link. You can find sample decklists, and the OP contains rundowns on cards that you see appear in decks or which have been considered options at some point. I'd suggest going there for help with UW control decks.
This is what I have so far for a build, based on what I already own.
3 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Angel of Jubilation
2 Restoration Angel
4 Spell Queller
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Detention Sphere
4 Supreme Verdict
3 Sphinx's Revelation
3 Cyclonic Rift
1 Path to Exile
4 Azorius Charm
4 Glacial Fortress
3 Hallowed Fountain
2 Flooded Strand
10 Plains
6 Island
I have no idea what my local meta will look like as we are just starting up next Friday but am open to suggestions. My main plan is to simply remove all active threats, attack with the planeswalkers or creatures and plug away, resetting life with the Sphinx. I will be looking at getting some mana leaks, I have a few somewhere in my boxes, just not sure where. I think I have one other Path to Exile as well. That pretty much taps me out for older stuff as I am just starting up and mostly play commander and standard.
Thanks for looking.
Mind you these are budget options that should be easily available.
If you can get a playset of serum visions that would help dig and set up delver flips.
I wont be able to get Serum Visions or Remands for this tournament, as no one local has them.
What would be some non-budget recommendations, if I were to want to be competitive?
Thanks.
Notably the builds featuring Restoration angel tend to not include serum visions or remand. This is because they would rather be playing defensive creatures like wall of omens and kitchen finks while using any spare tempo to put celestial colonnade into play.
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Azorius Control UW
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I will put focus on obtaining Kitchen Finks and another Resto Angel and securing a playset of the Collandes.
I'll continue reading the post and update here as my deck progresses. Thanks.