poor attempt at first standard deck

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

i want to run myrs with blue field control for support. this is what i came up with. help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

Lands (12):
12 Islands

Creatures(21):
4 Alloy Myr
2 Darksteel Myr
2 Ichorclaw Myr
3 Myr Galvanizer
4 Myr Sire
4 Perilous Myr
2 Silver Myr

Artifacts (7):
2 Decimator Web
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Isolation Cell
1 Mirrorworks
2 Myr Turbine

Spells (20):
2 Turn Aside
2 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Vapor Snag
2 Disperse
2 Mana Leak
4 Psychic Barrier
2 Unsummon
2 Cancel

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

ha, so i just noticed i have an elixir of immortality in there and its from core set 2011.... oops.

so lets take that out and add a mana leak,

-1 elixir of immortality
+1 mana leak

kumagmd · Joined: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 306

You *will* need more lands. I'd suggest at least 24, which has a higher chance of getting you 3 lands on turn 3 (which you'll need, as you're blue).

Trim down your spells to the cards which you will use - the cards which you will almost always be happy to draw. The key to standard is consistency - you want to be able to do what you want to do to win as often as possible.

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

24 land??? that almost half the deck..... isnt that a bit much? i had the mana producing myrs in here to compensate for that.... i think the most i could put in is 18, but i wouldnt know where to take stuff out....

Mr_Weebles · Joined: 22 Aug 2005 Posts: 151

4 Silver Myr
4 Myr Superion (beater)
4 Perilous Myr

4 Myr Reservoir (makes 2 mana which superion needs, and gives you reusable myrs)
4 Palladium Myr (makes 2 mana which superion needs)

3 Myr Turbine
2 Myr Battlesphere (ramp to it or turbine fetch it)

4 Vapor Snag
4 Mana Leak
4 Stoic Rebuttal (strictly better than cancel)

20 Island
3 Buried Ruins (no reason not to run these)

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

ok weeble, i had to order some of those cards. ill test both ways when the cards come in and see which fits my playstyle better.... thanks. any other ideas folks???

GoneBananas · Level 1 Judge Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 328

I woud also try to run 4 grand Architect as it works well with myr superion and all your myrs.

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

i like grand architect, and i can see his potential for most decks, or decks built around him alone. but doesnt he seem a bit redundant with the myrs already there that produce land for the other myrs?? also, i have to tap a blue creature. which hed be the only one. idk, perhaps im overthinking it.

pg8 · Joined: 27 Feb 2011 Posts: 259

12 lands is good for a deck like Dredge that wants to play 1 land the entire game. Not for a deck that wants to play 5-mana spells. Land is good. Mana screw sucks. Play at least 22.

Elixir of Immortality was reprinted in M12, making it standard legal. It's still not a good card in the maindeck. Mana leak is better.

Mana from Myr Reservoir can't be used to cast Myr Superion.

You might want to add a couple Azure Mages and a single Blue Sun's Zenith, just for fun. 2 Myr Galvanizer + Palladium Myr = Infinite colorless mana. If you also have a Silver Myr, you get infinite Blue mana. Both the mage and the zenith are good cards already, so having a free "oops, I win" is always fun.

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

i like the looks of those cards, ill be trying to get my hands on the zenith soon. i think i may have a couple mages already...... thanks....

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

so i just realized i dont even have a sideboard for this deck. any ideas how to make one for the typical decks i may encounter without sacrificing the main theme???? or hell, maybe 15 cards that would change the theme altogether..... really keep people on their toes.... lol. thanks guys.

phatlee · Joined: 27 Feb 2012 Posts: 43

ok so this is the deck i settled on guys. im going to my first tournament with it friday night. i aquired most of the cards for both ways to try this and played a little bit and tweaked as i went. sadly the only deck i have to play test against outside of tournaments is a vintage elf deck. its holds up 50/50 against it. here it is and please help....

Lands:
18 Islands

Creatures:
4 Perilous Myr
4 Alloy Myr
2 Silver Myr
2 Myr Superion
3 Myr Galvanizer
4 Palladium Myr
2 Ichorclaw Myr

Artifacts:
3 Isolation Cell

Instants:
3 Mana Leak
4 Psychic Barrier
4 Vapor Snag
4 Stoic Rebuttal
2 Disperse
1 Unsummon

for some reason i didnt oreder more unsummons and i dont know why. here are the cards i have left to work with....

1 Mirrorworks
4 Myr Sire
2 Darksteel Myr
3 Myr Turbine
2 Silver Myr
4 Myr Turbine
2 Myr Battlesphere
2 Myr Superion
1 Mana Leak
1 Disperse
2 Turn Aside

i tried the myr turbines and didnt like them that well. they spent a lot of time in my hands.... i never really got resevoir up and running so i scrapped that idea as well.... not sure how to make it better. frankly i dont necessarily have to have a deck that comes in first every time. i just want to adjust so that i dont look like a complete idiot at my first tournament. i think its going to do ok though. thanks in advance for any help i get.