One issue that UW has is a resolved Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver. You may want to cast Banishing Light, but even that card can be easily dealt with (via counterspells, Thoughtsieze/Duress, Vault, and Ugin). Plus Light is a little awkward if you also play your own Vault or Ugin.
In order to play this deck truly effectively your weapons must be patience, and skill in piloting it. Yes that can be said about many decks, but with this deck in this meta even more so.
The best cards for this matchup would be Drown in Sorrow, Bile Blight, and Foul-Tongue. Usually in that order.
If you are running Narset she would come out. Also some number of Dissolves, and other slower spells may need to come out too. Shaheen's article from Friday shows an example SB plan.
I think as long as Rabblemaster, and other tokens, are around then BB is a card that must be run. The lack of other control decks though makes me wonder why PLA is in the 75 at all. Also I like Arashin Cleric over the ram in the board. I doubt the deck has room for Foul-Tongue Invocation, but it would be nice.
With Anticipate being available I don't think so. If that is the best card in your hand when they Thoughtseize then you are already winning.
Could we go back and run Esper without Dragons, Silumgar's Scorn, and other "do you have a Dragon in hand/in play" cards? Sure. The Dragons are there to help finish the game though...at least in a more traditional (read: with creatures) manner.
Interesting. So this is taking the concept of Abzan Control and applying it here? I would say run Prognostic Sphinx/Resolute Archangel/Silumgar in the MD as well. Also add 1 Liliana Vess.
Yep I sure was. Thanks for the catch. While Radiant Fountain is helpful I need the UU early enough that Monastery helps with that, and thus that is why it is there. Devouring Light is too good to run as just a one of, imho. Now if the room is full of Stormbreath Dragons this may change.
I would keep the Last Breath MD. If you cut Banishing Lights, which you should if adding Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, then more Devouring Lights should be added. This could cause a problem if you spend your mana exiling an attacking creature when they cast something you need to counter on their 2nd main phase.
One issue that UW has is a resolved Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver. You may want to cast Banishing Light, but even that card can be easily dealt with (via counterspells, Thoughtsieze/Duress, Vault, and Ugin). Plus Light is a little awkward if you also play your own Vault or Ugin.
In order to play this deck truly effectively your weapons must be patience, and skill in piloting it. Yes that can be said about many decks, but with this deck in this meta even more so.
If you are running Narset she would come out. Also some number of Dissolves, and other slower spells may need to come out too. Shaheen's article from Friday shows an example SB plan.
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=12464
2 Dragonlord Ojutai
2 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
Planeswalkers (3)
3 Narset Transcendent
Lands (26)
5 Island
2 Swamp
1 Caves of Koilos
4 Polluted Delta
1 Radiant Fountain
4 Temple of Deceit
4 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Temple of Silence
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
2 Anticipate
2 Bile Blight
4 Dig Through Time
4 Dissolve
4 Hero's Downfall
4 Silumgar's Scorn
2 Ultimate Price
2 Utter End
3 Crux of Fate
1 Pearl Lake Ancient
3 Encase in Ice
1 Virulent Plague
2 Nyx-Fleece Ram
1 Dragonlord's Prerogative
2 Negate
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
3 Drown in Sorrow
I think as long as Rabblemaster, and other tokens, are around then BB is a card that must be run. The lack of other control decks though makes me wonder why PLA is in the 75 at all. Also I like Arashin Cleric over the ram in the board. I doubt the deck has room for Foul-Tongue Invocation, but it would be nice.
Could we go back and run Esper without Dragons, Silumgar's Scorn, and other "do you have a Dragon in hand/in play" cards? Sure. The Dragons are there to help finish the game though...at least in a more traditional (read: with creatures) manner.
I think this is something for Standard only I'm afraid.
3 Banishing Light
3 Last Breath
2 Devouring Light
4 Dissolve
3 Dig Through Time
3 Jace's Ingenuity
3 Nullify
2 Divination
2 Disdainful Stroke
1 Negate
2 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Resolute Archangel
1 Pearl Lake Ancient
4 Flooded Strand
4 Temple of Enlightenment
4 Tranquil Cove
3 Radiant Fountain
2 Evolving Wilds
2 Polluted Delta
2 Plains
1 Mystic Monastery
3 Brimaz, King or Oreskos
3 Arashin Cleric
2 Negate
2 Glare of Heresy
2 Soulfire Grand Master
1 Fated Retribution
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Erase