The idea behind going mono colored is to shut off non-basic hate (although fetches still can get stifled and blood-mooned). I'm trying to find ways to fit in more rishadan ports, but, as always, delver requires a higher density of insts/sorcs to be more effective.
There are glaring weaknesses of being mono-blue, as mono-blue has very weak interactions with permanents, which is the. U/R delver has bolt + chain lightning, both much more versatile than most things blue has to offer. Ultimately I'm trying to create a deck that can negate the weaknesses of mono-blue decks through colorless mana denial. In terms of removal, something like repeal might be better tempo-wise, cutting chain of vapor.
For adrupt decay, I havent got a solid sideboard yet so theres room for changes
I can see the appeal of going dual/tri-colored, but this is an attempt to create a mono-blue variant
The deck works by playing efficient creatures and then some mana-denial in the form of Stifle countering fetchlands, Wastelands and Rishadan Port. It aims to close out the game fairly quickly, similar to regular Delver strategies. Being Mono Blue gives it the ability to play Rishadan Port without worrying about color fixing.
There are glaring weaknesses of being mono-blue, as mono-blue has very weak interactions with permanents, which is the. U/R delver has bolt + chain lightning, both much more versatile than most things blue has to offer. Ultimately I'm trying to create a deck that can negate the weaknesses of mono-blue decks through colorless mana denial. In terms of removal, something like repeal might be better tempo-wise, cutting chain of vapor.
For adrupt decay, I havent got a solid sideboard yet so theres room for changes
I can see the appeal of going dual/tri-colored, but this is an attempt to create a mono-blue variant
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Curious Homunculus
2 Cosi's Trickster
2 Vendilion Clique
Spells
4 Force of will
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Stifle
4 Daze
2 Spell Pierce
4 Snap
2 Dismember
1 Chain of Vapor
4 Flooded Strand
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Wasteland
5 Island
2 Rishadan Port
The deck works by playing efficient creatures and then some mana-denial in the form of Stifle countering fetchlands, Wastelands and Rishadan Port. It aims to close out the game fairly quickly, similar to regular Delver strategies. Being Mono Blue gives it the ability to play Rishadan Port without worrying about color fixing.
Any thoughts/comments/suggestions are welcome
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded foothills
3 Windswept Heath
4 Savannah
1 Horizon Canopy
3 Forest
1 Plains
4 Food Chain
3 Enlightened Tutor
Creatures 33
4 Elvish Visionary
4 Wall of Omens
4 Carven Caryatid
4 Wall of Blossoms
4 Llanowar Empath
4 Fierce Empath
4 Woodland Bellower
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
1 Multani's Acolyte
2 Enlisted Wurm
This deck aims to chain Fierce Empath and Woodland Bellower via Food Chain to create enough mana to cast Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, earliest by turn 3.
Any thoughts or suggestions?