Hello everybody. I finally decided to do away with my budget life and buy a competitive deck. From what I've heard, U/W control is top tier, so am I doing it right?
Oh yes I only looked at the spells and took the lands for a given but 26 or 27 lands are essential. Hitting land drops is one of the most important things, especially in the mirror and Sphinx's Revelation has pretty powerful synergy with lands after all
Oh yes I only looked at the spells and took the lands for a given but 26 or 27 lands are essential. Hitting land drops is one of the most important things, especially in the mirror and Sphinx's Revelation has pretty powerful synergy with lands after all
That it does. Should I cut the Quickens or divinations? (Or one of each?)
Oh yes I only looked at the spells and took the lands for a given but 26 or 27 lands are essential. Hitting land drops is one of the most important things, especially in the mirror and Sphinx's Revelation has pretty powerful synergy with lands after all
That it does. Should I cut the Quickens or divinations? (Or one of each?)
I would take out one or the other. Which one is a personal choice I think. There could be arguments made to remove either of them. Divination is solid against Black Thoughtseize decks and just another way to see more cards. Quicken only cycles but once in a while you will live the dream and blow someone out with an instant-speed Supreme Verdict.
You don't need Elixir if you're running AEtherling main. I just play 1x AEtherling + 2x Espeths and never have trouble killing opponents.
The main reason to play UW over Esper is that you can play four Mutavault; it's almost a strict upgrade. Also, you can easily fit in two more scrylands for value.
You should really play four Detention Sphere. It's the best answer in the deck, hits anything, and is very important in basically every matchup. Cut some combination of Azorius Charm, Last Breath, and Syncopate.
Quicken is too cute, especially when you're not even playing Divination. I'd rather just play two Divination instead.
Sideboard is way too geared towards red aggro, which is a minor part of the meta at best. Put more counters in there, like Gainsay, Negate, Dispel, etc.
4x Supreme Verdict
Land (27)
2x Azorius Guildgate
4x Hallowed Fountain
8x Island
2x Mutavault
7x Plains
4x Temple of Enlightenment
Creatures (1)
1x AEtherling
3x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
4x Jace, Architect of Thought
Instant (17)
3x Azorius Charm
4x Dissolve
2x Last Breath
4x Sphinx's Revelation
2x Syncopate
2x Celestial Flare
4x Detention Sphere
1x Archangel of Thune
2x Blind Obedience
1x Fated Retribution
1x Elixir of Immortality
2x Fiendslayer Paladin
1x Glare of Heresy
2x Jace, Memory Adept
1x Pithing Needle
2x Gainsay
2x Revoke Existence
There is nothing that stands out as being bad or anything. You can take that list and then tune it to your liking
Not enough lands.
Seriously in a control deck. You want AT LEAST 26, most often 27.
Cut the 2 Quicken's or 2 Divinations for 2 lands and your set
Thanks Hero's of the Plane
Modern
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That it does. Should I cut the Quickens or divinations? (Or one of each?)
I would take out one or the other. Which one is a personal choice I think. There could be arguments made to remove either of them. Divination is solid against Black Thoughtseize decks and just another way to see more cards. Quicken only cycles but once in a while you will live the dream and blow someone out with an instant-speed Supreme Verdict.
You could do...
-1 Sypnocate
-1 Azorius Charm
Modern:
BR Control
Grixis Bloo
EDH:
Food Chain Prossh
Land Wipe Maelstrom Wanderer
Selvala, Hearth of the Wilds Eldrazi
Azorius Charm, Celestial Flare, Last Breath, (In response to the discard trigger), Detention Sphere. Any counter. I have many solutions for those two.