I've been playing magic since Onslaught block, but I've never once participated in a sanctioned format apart from Limited. The other day I made up this deck to play with a friend of mine. It was pretty fun to play, and it also seemed decent enough to take to an FNM and mess around with even though I don't really know what the local FNM scene is like here. I'll start off by just posting the deck list to look over. I am aware that this is only 58 cards, I omitted two cards that are not standard legal.
Crux of fate is something that is for sure going into the deck as either a 3-of or a 4-of. I think I really want to add in more merciless executioner, because he's got great synergy with grim haruspex out. My 2 biggest concerns are: not wanting to spend much money on cards from Theros block since it will be rotating in the future, and trying not to just turn this deck into the current U/B control list (even though I know that deck is very strong.) Also, since I've never played a constructed format, I know very little about sideboarding. Any and all suggestions on that front will be very welcome.
First point... More land. If you are wanting to be able to consistently cast spells of both colours, then you will want to run at least 25-26 land. UB control decks are running 26-27 right now.
Which brings me to the second point... are you wanting to play UB control, or something else? The fact that you want Crux, UP and a Silumgar suggests you want to control the game, but your creature selection says that you just want some blue and black creatures to do fun stuff with. If you want the synergy between Executioner and Haruspex to be the focus, then fair play... but put four of each in, and then focus the deck around that - draw/tutors to find them, counters to keep them. Also, you don't really seem to have a clear win condition right now.
2x Polluted Delta
4x Dismal Backwater
12x Island
4x Swamp
1x Drowned Catacomb
Creatures (19)
1x Dragonlord Silumgar
3x Grim Haruspex
4x Icefall Regent
2x Sidisi's Faithful
1x Merciless Executioner
4x Silumgar Sorcerer
1x Stratus Dancer
3x Palace Familiar
4x Anticipate
2x Dig Through Time
1x Treasure Cruise
4x Dissolve
2x Despise
4x Ultimate Price
Crux of fate is something that is for sure going into the deck as either a 3-of or a 4-of. I think I really want to add in more merciless executioner, because he's got great synergy with grim haruspex out. My 2 biggest concerns are: not wanting to spend much money on cards from Theros block since it will be rotating in the future, and trying not to just turn this deck into the current U/B control list (even though I know that deck is very strong.) Also, since I've never played a constructed format, I know very little about sideboarding. Any and all suggestions on that front will be very welcome.
Thanks!
Which brings me to the second point... are you wanting to play UB control, or something else? The fact that you want Crux, UP and a Silumgar suggests you want to control the game, but your creature selection says that you just want some blue and black creatures to do fun stuff with. If you want the synergy between Executioner and Haruspex to be the focus, then fair play... but put four of each in, and then focus the deck around that - draw/tutors to find them, counters to keep them. Also, you don't really seem to have a clear win condition right now.
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