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Reposting what I posted earlier in the Lux Cannon deck forum. I feel like this UB deck could be really good.
My deck that I have been turning has been sick. I have destroyed FNM the past 2 weeks and can beat UW and Ramp with ease. Lux cannon is the real deal. The Cannon has won every game that it has resolved. It is quite easy to resolve against any non blue deck, and takes careful playing around against U/x decks but wins the game outright. The only problem you might face is people packing in revoke existance. Which is why I have included some a strong discard/removal package in the maindeck. Creature decks are easy too since all the creatures in my deck are 2 for 1 guys. I really think this deck is lethal and should be further tested by people. I hate to blow out this deck list but I think it's the only way people can try and see how strong it really is. The only card slot I am debating is Frost vs Grave titan. I also think that the 4th Negate could be another flashfreeze with the Ramp/Elf decks roaming around.
Edit: Sadistic Sacrament has been fantastic, if not the best card in the deck. An early Inquisition to remove a counter, lets this card resolve and remove basically 3 of Valakut, Primeval, etc (whatever the hell will likely help them win).
The only thing that I really messed with was replacing the Jace package with Mimic Vat. I found that this deck does a poor job of protecting the Jace cards. As such, Jace TMS becomes (2)(U)(U): Brainstorm, and baby Jace becomes (1)(U)(U): Draw a card. That's just not enough card advantage for the mana.
As for the choice of playing Mimic Vat, I've found that it absolutely screws with opponents. They have to use 2 removal spells to permanently remove my cards, and when they're on mimic vat, they're actually stronger than normal. This works especially well against ramp, because unless that titan attack wins them the game that turn, it usually loses the game instead.
This is a list that I came up with and has been putting up rather decent results at my local FNM. Unfortunately, as we all know, FNM does not always bring top tier decks. That being said, I was wanting to get some feedback about the list I compiled. Any card choice questions please ask and feel free to be as candid as you want.
I guess a slightly unconventional take on the deck, although it's similar to the one that won the Virginia States tournament. More diversity of answers, plus my personal favorite include, Specter + Mimic Vat.
I'm not having a great-match up against Eldraziramp, anyone tipps or tricks for me? :/
#1 Sideboard - here it looks like you have the sb slot you need to win this matchup, in Consume the Meek, but waiting til turn 4 or 5 against elves isnt the best idea, so you have to be proactive in stopping them. you should include 2-3 ratchet bomb because it is a really important card in this meta, and is helpful because it does two things for the matchup. first it is a visible threat to the elf player's board, they now have to play around a sweeper that can hit the majority of their cards. They will now play around the bomb, buying you time. #2 it sweeps. need i say more?
#2 Playing against elves - you will face one of two different versions of elves. The aggro version "girl scouts" running copperhorn scout, which is a nasty deck because it can win in 5 turns, but it has no late game. It will get rocked by a well timed sweeper, it will vomit it's hand onto the board. Anything that creates card advantage will help against this deck.
The more controlling version will play genesis wave, and eldrazi monument. The key against this deck is timing, and once again card advantage. Their main source of CA is genesis wave, which is a killer, but they have to tap out to use it's potential. This means counterspells past turn... 4? also play around the monument. Into the roiling a monument is devastating, as well as a consume the meek in response to the monument being played.
4 Swamp
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
4 Tectonic Edge
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
4 Doom Blade
2 Into the Roil
2 Negate
4 Mana Leak
2 Cancel
3 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Mindbreak Trap
4 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Grave Titan
2 Consume the Meek
2 Disfigure
3 Flashfreeze
2 Smother
2 Duress
2 Sign in Blood
I encourage you to do the same. Instead of FNM try Friday Night Something Spontaneous. Instead of thousands of hours and dollars on plastic imagine it with a significant other or friends sharing something meaningful. I randomly typed a new password, so bon voyage itches i encourage you to follow suit! Cheers
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Non-Creature Spells: 33
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
2 Ratchet Bomb
4 Doom Blade
4 Mana Leak
2 Jace Beleren
3 Cancel
3 Stoic Rebuttal
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Consume the Meek
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Tectonic Edge
7 Island
6 Swamp
Currently Playing:
I don't even know right now.
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Others:
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Preordain
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Doom Blade
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Smother
4 Mana Leak
3 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Cancel
2 Negate
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
4 Tectonic Edge
7 Island
4 Swamp
2 Grave Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Consume the Meek
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Flashfreeze
2 Smother
2 Duress
2 Jace Beleren
Xian says:
but now i dont have double vision,and stuff
i looks just like a normal person
3 Frost Titan
Instants - 18
3 Cancel
4 Doom Blade
3 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Mana Leak
2 Negate
2 Smother
Sorceries - 8
1 Consuming Vapors
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
Artifacts - 2
2 Mimic Vat
Lands - 25
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Drowned Catacomb
1 Mystifying Maze
4 Tectonic Edge
8 Island
4 Swamp
2 Duress
3 Flashfreeze
1 Frost Titan
3 Mindbreak Trap
2 Negate
1 Roil Elemental
1 Smother
2 Wurmcoil Engine
WUBRGPauper Battle BoxWUBRG ... and why I am not a fan of Wayne Reynolds' Illustrations.
7 Island
4 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
CREATURES 2
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
SPELLS 33
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Preordain
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Doom Blade
2 Into the Roil
2 Stoic Rebuttal
3 Mindbreak Trap
2 Cancel
2 Negate
4 Mana Leak
3 Flashfreeze
2 Consume the Meek
2 Grave Titan
2 Duress
2 Disfigure
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Vampire Hexmage
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned Catacomb
2 Mystifying Maze
7 Island
5 Swamp
Spells
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
4 Doom Blade
4 Mana Leak
1 Negate
2 Cancel
2 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Grave Titan
4 Vampire Hexmage
Planeswalkers
3 Jace, The Mindsculpor
4 Disfigure
2 Smother
2 Consume the Meek
3 Flashfreeze
4 Memoricide
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2x Ratchet Bomb
4x Doom Blade
4x Mana Leak
2x Negate
3x Stoic Rebuttal
2x Mindbreak Trap
2x Jace's Ingenuity
3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2x Venser, the Sojourner
2x Wurmcoil Engine
1x Grave Titan
3x Drowned Catacomb
3x Darkslick Shores
4x Creeping Tar Pit
2x Marsh Flats
2x Plains
5x Island
4x Swamp
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4x Spell Pierce
1x Inquisition of Kozilek
2x Flashfreeze
1x Negate
1x Ratchet Bomb
2x Memoricide
2x Consume the Meek
2x Volition Reins
3x Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1x Frost Titan
1x Wurmcoil Engine
Spells: 25
4x Doom Blade
4x Mana Leak
4x Preordain
4x Inquisition of Kozilek
3x Cancel
2x Negate
2x Jace's Ingenuity
2x Into the Roil
3x Jace Beleren
2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Land: 25
7x Island
4x swamp
4x Drowned Catacomb
4x Creeping Tar Pit
3x Darkslick Shores
3x Tectonic Edge
4x Flashfreeze
3x Grasp of Darkness
2x Consume the Meek
2x Duress
2x Volition Reins
2x Negate
3 Sea Gate Oracle
3 Frost Titan
3 Mimic Vat
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mana Leak
3 Negate
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Into the Roil
4 Doom Blade
3 Consuming Vapors
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
6 Swamp
4 Drowned Catacomb
3 Creeping Tar Pit
3 Marsh Flats
2 Tectonic Edge
2 Memoricide
2 Suffer the Past
3 Spreading Seas
2 Consume the Meek
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Revoke Existence
2 Plains
My deck that I have been turning has been sick. I have destroyed FNM the past 2 weeks and can beat UW and Ramp with ease. Lux cannon is the real deal. The Cannon has won every game that it has resolved. It is quite easy to resolve against any non blue deck, and takes careful playing around against U/x decks but wins the game outright. The only problem you might face is people packing in revoke existance. Which is why I have included some a strong discard/removal package in the maindeck. Creature decks are easy too since all the creatures in my deck are 2 for 1 guys. I really think this deck is lethal and should be further tested by people. I hate to blow out this deck list but I think it's the only way people can try and see how strong it really is. The only card slot I am debating is Frost vs Grave titan. I also think that the 4th Negate could be another flashfreeze with the Ramp/Elf decks roaming around.
4 Drowned Catacombs
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Tectonic Edge
7 Swamp
2 Island
3 Trinket Mage
2 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Grave Titan
2 Skinrender
4 Gatekeeper of Malakir
1 Molten-Tail Masticore
2 Lux Cannon
3 Ratchet Bomb
1 Brittle Effigy
4 Mana Leak
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Sadistic Sacrament
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Volition Reins
4 Negate
3 Duress
1 Sadistic Sacrament
2 Doom Blade
1 Flashfreeze
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Consume the Meek
Edit: Sadistic Sacrament has been fantastic, if not the best card in the deck. An early Inquisition to remove a counter, lets this card resolve and remove basically 3 of Valakut, Primeval, etc (whatever the hell will likely help them win).
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Frost Titan
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
Instant:
4 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Doom Blade
4 Mana Leak
4 Stoic Rebuttal
3 Mindbreak Trap
2 Into the Roil
2 Negate
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
2 Drowned Catacomb
6 Island
1 Scalding Tarn
3 Swamp
1 Marsh Flats
4 Tectonic Edge
3 Consume the Meek
3 Duress
3 Smother
3 Flashfreeze
2 Grave Titan
1 Mindbreak Trap
RRRR mono red aggro
GWGW selesnya aggro
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
4 Phylactery Lich
4 Trinket Mage
4 Vampire Hexmage
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Brittle Effigy
2 Consuming Vapors
3 Darksteel Axe
4 Doom Blade
1 Infiltration Lens
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
4 Drowned Catacomb
2 Island
3 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
7 Swamp
1 Brittle Effigy
4 Duress
2 Malakir Bloodwitch
3 Memoricide
1 Nihil Spellbomb
4 Spreading Seas
2x Ratchet Bomb
2x Everflowing Chalice
Creature: 10
3x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Molten-Tail Masticore
2x Frost Titan
4x Wurmcoil Engine
Instant: 13
3x Doom Blade
3x Grasp of Darkness
4x Mana Leak
3x Stoic Rebuttal
3x Jace Beleren
3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sorcery: 5
1x Consuming Vapor
4x Preordain
Lands: 16
4x Creeping Tar Pit
3x Darkslick Shores
3x Drowned Catacomb
2x Scalding Tarn
3x Tectonic Edge
1x Verdant Catacombs
3x Island
3x Swamp
2x Consume the Meek
2x Mind Control
1x Ratchet Bomb
2x Bojuka Bog
1x Nihil Spellbomb
2x Consuming Vapors
3x Gatekeeper of Malakir
2x Negate
Modern: Bant Geist-WUG
Legacy: Reanimator-UB-WRG
EDH:
Ramirez DePietro: Pirate Themed-UB
Riku of Two Reflections: "Oops I Win"-URG
8 Island
4 Swamp
2 Drowned Catacomb
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Tectonic Edge
Creatures (4):
2 Grave Titan
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Counters (14):
3 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Mana Leak
3 Cancel
2 Negate
2 Mindbreak Trap
3 Into the Roil
4 Doom Blade
Discard (3):
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
Card Draw (7):
4 Preordain
3 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Flashfreeze
3 Duress
3 Disfigure
3 Grasp of Darkness
2 Consume the Meek
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Frost Titan
3 Trinket Mage
Planeswalker
2 Jace Beleren
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Other Spells
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Elixir of Immortality
2 Everflowing Chalice
1 Consume the Meek
4 Doom Blade
2 Into the Roil
4 Mana Leak
1 Negate
1 Stoic Rebuttal
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Memoricide
4 Preordain
4 Creeping Tar Pit
2 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
6 Island
2 Misty Rainforest
3 Swamp
3 Tectonic Edge
1 Verdant Catacombs
4 Disfigure
1 Dispel
2 Flashfreeze
1 Jace Beleren
2 Memoricide
2 Negate
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Spell Pierce
Also, there were 3 other UB Control in the Top 10 of WWS Boston:
3 Wurmcoil Engine
Planeswalker
2 Jace Beleren
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Other Spells
3 All Is Dust
4 Doom Blade
3 Everflowing Chalice
3 Into the Roil
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
2 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Volition Reins
4 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
7 Island
1 Mystifying Maze
3 Scalding Tarn
2 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
1 Consuming Vapors
4 Disfigure
4 Flashfreeze
2 Mind Control
3 Negate
1 Skinrender
2 Grave Titan
2 Wurmcoil Engine
Planeswalker
2 Jace Beleren
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Other Spells
1 Cancel
1 Consume the Meek
4 Doom Blade
4 Duress
4 Everflowing Chalice
2 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Mana Leak
1 Mindbreak Trap
1 Negate
3 Preordain
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned Catacomb
5 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
3 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
1 Verdant Catacombs
** Sideboard was not correctly reported for this deck, so it's not listed.
2 Frost Titan
Planeswalker
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Spells
2 Cancel
4 Doom Blade
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Into the Roil
3 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Mana Leak
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Negate
4 Preordain
2 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned Catacomb
7 Island
4 Swamp
4 Tectonic Edge
** Sideboard was not correctly reported for this deck, so it's not listed.
"I saved a life... my own. Am I a hero? I can’t really say...... but, yes."
-Michael Scott
2 Frost Titan
1 Grave Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
Spells: 28
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Preordain
4 Mana Leak
4 Doom Blade
2 Smother
3 Into the Roil
2 Cancel
2 Negate
1 Consuming Vapors
2 Jace's Ingenuity
1 Volition Reins
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Lands: 25
4 Drowned Catacombs
2 Darkslick Shores
4 Creeping Tar Pit
3 Tectonic Edge
2 Bojuka Bog
2 Swamp
8 Island
3x Frost Titan
2x Wurmcoil Engine
3x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2x Jace Beleren
4x Preordain
2x Jace's Ingenuity
4x Mana Leak
2x Stoic Rebuttal
1x Negate
2x Doom Blade
1x Disfigure
1x Smother
2x Into the Roil
2x Consuming Vapors
1x Volition Reins
4x Creeping Tar Pit
4x Drowned Catacomb
4x Darkslick Shores
1x Jwar Isle Refuge
5x Island
3x Swamp
1x Scalding Tarn
3x Negate
3x Flashfreeze
1x Skinrender
1x Doom Blade
2x Memoricide
2x Consume the Meek
1x Jace's Ingenuity
1x Jace Beleren
1x Volition Reins
4x Trinket Mage
3x Frost Titan
2x Wurmcoil Engine
1x Grave Titan
Artifact:
2x Brittle Effigy
1x Elixir of Immortality
2x Everflowing Chalice
4x Mimic Vat
Sorcery:
1x Memoricide
4x Preordain
2x Foresee
4x Doom Blade
1x Consume the Meek
4x Mana Leak
1x Stoic Rebuttal
Land:
3x Tectonic Edge
2x Creeping Tar Pit
4x Drowned Catacomb
2x Darkslick Shores
6x Swamp
7x Island
1x Elixir of Immortality
2x Brittle Effigy
2x Consume the Meek
2x Memoricide
4x Flashfreeze
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
1x Duress
The only thing that I really messed with was replacing the Jace package with Mimic Vat. I found that this deck does a poor job of protecting the Jace cards. As such, Jace TMS becomes (2)(U)(U): Brainstorm, and baby Jace becomes (1)(U)(U): Draw a card. That's just not enough card advantage for the mana.
As for the choice of playing Mimic Vat, I've found that it absolutely screws with opponents. They have to use 2 removal spells to permanently remove my cards, and when they're on mimic vat, they're actually stronger than normal. This works especially well against ramp, because unless that titan attack wins them the game that turn, it usually loses the game instead.
4 Grave Titan
2 Wurmcoil Engine
3 Sea Gate Oracle
SPells: (24)
4 Mana Leak
4 Doom Blade
3 Stoic Rebuttal
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Disfigure
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Memoricide
2 Negate
6 Swamp
4 Island
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Halimar Depths
4 Drowned Catacomb
2 Tectonic Edge
2 Consume the Meek
3 Duress
2 Memoricide
4 Grasp of Darkness
2 Negate
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Mindbreak Trap
GRAggroRG
Smouldering decay
Take your breath away
Millions of our years
In minutes disappears
5 Island
4 Swamp
Lands
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacomb
2 Tectonic Edge
Creatures:
2 Frost Titan
2 Grave Titan
1 Wurmcoil Engine
2 Ratchet Bomb
2 Everflowing Chalice
Spells:
4 Preordain
4 Mana Leak
2 Memoricide
4 Grasp of Darkness
4 Stoic Rebuttle
2 Consuming Vapors
2 Jace's Ingenuity
1 Volition Reins
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Liliana Vess
This is a list that I came up with and has been putting up rather decent results at my local FNM. Unfortunately, as we all know, FNM does not always bring top tier decks. That being said, I was wanting to get some feedback about the list I compiled. Any card choice questions please ask and feel free to be as candid as you want.
1 Vampire Hexmage
2 Grave Titan
2 Frost Titan
4 Liliana's Specter
4 Mana Leak
4 Preordain
3 Doom Blade
2 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Grasp of Darkness
1 Jace's Ingenuity
1 Volition Reins
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
2 Liliana Vess
1 Jace Beleren
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Swamp
4 Creeping Tar Pit
3 Darkslick Shores
5 Island
1 Marsh Flats
3 Scalding Tarn
1 Volition Reins
1 Jace Beleren
2 Consume the Meek
3 Flashfreeze
3 Negate
3 Duress
2 Memoricide
I guess a slightly unconventional take on the deck, although it's similar to the one that won the Virginia States tournament. More diversity of answers, plus my personal favorite include, Specter + Mimic Vat.
4 Swamp
6 Island
4 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Darkslick Shores
4 Drowned Catacombs
2 Jwar Isle Refuge
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
3 Inquesition of Kozelik
4 Doom Blade
3 Jace's Ingenuity
4 Preordain
4 Mana Leak
2 Cancel
2 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Negate
3 Sign In Blood
4 Jace, The Mind Sculptor
3 Smother
4 Flashfreeze
3 Duress
2 Memorcide
1 Consume The Meek
2 Consuming Vapors
3 Hideous End
2 Into the Roil
3 Mana Leak
2 Mindbreak Trap
2 Negate
1 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Staggershock
Planeswalkers - CA/Control
4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Sorceries - Digging, Removal
4 Preordain
2 Pyroclasm
3 Contagion Clasp
Combo
3 Archive Trap
4 Bloodchief Ascension
Basic Lands
4 Island
4 Swamp
1 Mountain
Lands
4 Creeping Tar Pit
4 Darkslick Shores
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Drowned Catacomb
2 Tectonic Edge
2 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
4 Flashfreeze
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Consume the Meek
1 Cancel
2 Haunting Echoes
UB Ascended Control
4x drowned catacomb
4x creeping tar pit
3x tectonic edge
7x island
5x swamp
3x duress
3x inquisition of kozilek
4x preordain
4x mana leak
4x doom blade
2x consume the meek
2x into the roil
4x jace TMS
2x Jace Beleren
2x grave titan
2x Sphinx of jwar Isle
3x sea gate oracle
1x consuming vapors
3x everflowing chalice
3x mimic vat
4x clone
2x volition reins
3x ratchet bomb
#1 Sideboard - here it looks like you have the sb slot you need to win this matchup, in Consume the Meek, but waiting til turn 4 or 5 against elves isnt the best idea, so you have to be proactive in stopping them. you should include 2-3 ratchet bomb because it is a really important card in this meta, and is helpful because it does two things for the matchup. first it is a visible threat to the elf player's board, they now have to play around a sweeper that can hit the majority of their cards. They will now play around the bomb, buying you time. #2 it sweeps. need i say more?
#2 Playing against elves - you will face one of two different versions of elves. The aggro version "girl scouts" running copperhorn scout, which is a nasty deck because it can win in 5 turns, but it has no late game. It will get rocked by a well timed sweeper, it will vomit it's hand onto the board. Anything that creates card advantage will help against this deck.
The more controlling version will play genesis wave, and eldrazi monument. The key against this deck is timing, and once again card advantage. Their main source of CA is genesis wave, which is a killer, but they have to tap out to use it's potential. This means counterspells past turn... 4? also play around the monument. Into the roiling a monument is devastating, as well as a consume the meek in response to the monument being played.