WUBG Control Deck--help appreciated

jacs25 · Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

The objective of this deck is to be the most mana-efficient deck as possible, given how slow control usually is, and to deck the opponent once I've established control of the game. Any help would be appreciated. If you suggest cards to take out, please tell what you would replace it with (note: Power Nine cards are out as I don't have the money to spend on them frivously). I also would appreciate what card I should include to make my spell count 36. Here's my deck thus far:

White
1 Balance (foil, DCI)
1 Enlightened Tutor (foil, Arena)
1 Humility (Tempest)
1 Ivory Mask (foil, 9th Edition)
1 Moat (Legends)
1 Wrath of God (foil, 9th Edition)

Blue
4 Brainstorm (foil, Mercadian Masques)
4 Counterspell (foil, Mercadian Masques)
1 Mystical Tutor (Mirage)
2 Pact of Negation (foil, Future Sight)
1 Tinker (foil, Urza's Legacy)
1 Traumatize (foil, 9th Edition)
1 Tunnel Vision (foil, Ravnica: City of Guilds)

Black
1 Bitter Ordeal (foil, Future Sight)
1 Damnation (foil, Planar Chaos)
1 Demonic Tutor (Beta)
1 Vampiric Tutor (foil, DCI)

Green
1 Fastbond (Beta)

Multi-coloured
4 Glimpse the Unthinkable (foil, Ravnica: City of Guilds)

Artifacts
1 Candelabra of Tawnos (Antiquities)
1 Crucible of Worlds (foil, Fifth Dawn)
1 Mindslaver (foil, Mirrodin)
1 Reito Lantern (foil, Champions of Kamigawa)
1 Sol Ring (foil, DCI)
1 Zuran Orb (Ice Age)

Lands
1 Academy Ruins (foil, Time Spiral)
1 Azorius Chancery (foil, Dissension)
1 Dimir Aqueduct (foil, Ravnica: City of Guilds)
4 Gemstone Mine (foil, DCI)
4 Glimmervoid (foil, Mirrodin)
1 Hallowed Fountain (foil, Dissension)
1 Library of Alexandria (Arabian Nights)
1 Nimbus Maze (foil, Future Sight)
1 Scrubland (Beta)
1 Strip Mine (Antiquities)
1 Tolarian Academy (Urza's Saga)
2 Tundra (Unlimited)
2 Underground Sea (Beta)
2 Watery Grave (foil, Ravnica: City of Guilds)

I included the Tolarian Academy because, although I only have 6 artifacts, I find that I can usually produce 2-3 blue mana, and that's better than just one blue. Also, I don't need to produce an insane amount of mana. I thought Bitter Ordeal would combo well with Crucible of Worlds/Zuran Orb/Fastbond. I've been toying with the idea of Door to Nothingness/Mirari's Wake combo as an alternative win condition, but if you think this is a good combo, which cards should I take out? Is Calciform Pools and/or Dreadship Reef (card name?) better than Azorius Chancery and Dimir Aqueduct? Thanks for the suggestions/comments.[/u]

Kaiser · Joined: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 313

you posted this twice because....?

I see no force of will. You need force of will x4. You splash green for a combo that only has 1 of's. Run 3-4 crucibles because even if you don't have the combo, wasteland blows ( so does strip mine). Id say cut fastbond altogether, you dont have any draw cards and you only have 1 crucible, 1 fastbond (obv) and 1 orb. This combo splashes nicely as a secondary win condition for decks such as oath, but not as a primary win con.