MTG Salvation

Battle of Wits is a fun card, I've always loved it. Nice thing about a 200 card deck, you can put answers to almost ANY situation in said deck. Problem: What are your odds of drawing a 4 of card in a 230+ card deck? I know when it was Standard legal they ran 240 as a minimum. I have an idea of it using W/B for draw & control, B for tutors and G for ramp. The modern legal tutors are as follows...

CMC 2
Infernal Tutor

CMC 4
Mastermind's Acquisition
Diabolic Tutor

CMC 5
Razaketh's Rite
Liliana Vess
Increasing Ambition
Final Parting
Diabolic Revelation
Demonic Collusion
Dark Petition

CMC 7
Rune-scarred Demon
Behold the Beyond

CMC 8
Razaketh, the Foulblooded

CMC 9
Bringer of the Black Dawn

That's 13 different tutors, ran at 4 copies each would be 52. It's a little over kill to have THAT many tutors, especially since BOTBD is a nine drop. Razaketh is also too big at an 8 drop, including him being a sacrificial Vampiric Tutor. Diabolic Revelation is also too large you still have to 3BB in addition to X.

So that's out of the question. Although there's a number of seven drops, this is also a 240 card deck and the huge drops help out regardless. With so many large drops, it needs ramp and control, much like the tried and true standard versions worked in the past. It should work now.

Ramp Spells
Sakura-Tribe Elder: Chump Block + Rampant Growth
Llanowar Elves: Make mana
Birds of Paradise: Mana ANY mana
Sakura-Tribe Scout: Play additional lands
Primeval Titan: Get any two lands coming and swinging?
Rampant Growth: Get dem basikz.
Farseek: Finds shock lands and other basics fast.
Solemn Simulacrum: Get a basic land and draw a card.
Knight of the Reliquary: A beat stick that lets you find any land.
Explore: Play an additional land & draw a card.

If you believe I'm missing any, please note them. Some may find their way in, some may not.

Draw
Gifts Ungiven: Why not let your opponent pick their poison?
Serum Visions: Less powerful Preordain but still good.
Manamorphose: Get mana and draw.
Opt: Scry 1, draw 1, why not?
Sleight of Hand: Another nice peak n draw.

Control
Admonition Angel: She may be a six drop for 6/6, but any time you drop a land, you nail a nonland your opponent controls.
Mana Leak: Arguably the best counter in Modern.
Spell Pierce: Great counter.
Path to Exile: Why not? You can always find your own land.
Cryptic Command: Draw a card & counter? Why not.
Remand: The spell will return but you do get a card back.
Dismember: -5/-5 which does kill 90% of playable cards and gets isn't restricting like Doom Blade, Go For the Throat and Fatal Push.

Other Spells
Chord of Calling: Find creatures quickly.
Primal Command: Get 7 life back and get your graveyard back or find a creature you need.
Elixir of Immortality: You get 5 life back and your library back for Battle of Wits.

Enchantments
Oblivion Ring: Why not? Remove something problematic.
Detention Sphere: Grab something that's one the field and keep it out and prevent others from coming in.
Nevermore: Stop something fast.

Lands
These are a lot simpler: Fetch lands, shock lands and basic lands. I'm thinking about the check lands from Innistrad/Dominaria, they can't be found as easily BUT can still provide mana. The check lands however would be too slow as you're not very likely to get them in opening hands.

2x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
4x Polluted Delta
4x Flooded Strand
4x Marsh Flats
4x Windswept Hearth
4x Verdant Catacombs
4x Misty Rainforest
4x Kessig Wolf Run
4x Watery Grave
4x Temple Garden
4x Hollowed Fountain
4x Godless Shrine
4x Steam Vents
4x Overgrown Tomb
4x Breeding Pool
8x Plains
8x Island
8x Swamp
8x Forest

Now with all this mentioned, I believe my deck should look something like this...




I would like to get some opinions on this deck. I'd like to make it in person, but I doubt I can use sleeves and stack my deck in a 300 card box.

Bump

Bump

Unburial Rites, Bring to Light, and monster creatures is a true and true backup plan, for what its worth.

Can you actually shuffle it by hand, without splitting it ?

I think that's the main reason this deck will never be playable in a tournament, unfortunately.

Most of the time, people play the deck sleevless or possibly with penny sleeves. To my knowledge, you can ask a judge if you want to hold the deck in a small 300/400 card box, shuffle them (it never says how you have to shuffle) and place htem in the box, once your opponent has a chance to shuffle/cut your deck.

Besides, I was thinking about playing this in MTGO as it would be easier.

Bump