U Control

Desmonthesis · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

Some of my friends said I was crazy to make a straight blue deck nowadays, but I figured what the hell. Threw this together with a little guidance from some of my friends:

Land
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
19 Island

Creatures
4 Thieving Magpie
1 Belltower Sphinx
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 x Arcanis the Omnipotent

Sorceries
2 Index
4 Compulsive Research

Instant
4 Counterspell
4 Peek
4 Cancel
4 Remand
2 Boomerang
1 Pulse of the Grid
1 Spy Network

Artifacts
3 Isochron Scepter
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Thran Foundry
1 Cloud Key

I'm trying to decide what to sideboard, and what (if any) modifications to the main deck to implement.

Cause · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare, spell snare!
omg spell snare!
4 of it!
it counters everything relevant in the format!
i think you should play chrome mox or something and drop compulsive research and play thirst for knowledge instead, its instand speed which is amazing
also you should play vedalken shackles

out of curiosity, are you just a T2 player shifting formats?

Spyx · Joined: 31 Oct 2004 Posts: 835

a blue deck without force of will and brainstorm? Shocked

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also, feldon's cane is better then thran foundry.

Flamancipatr · Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 24

-2 Index
-1 Spy Network
-1 Belltower Sphinx
-4 Cancel
-1 Cloud Key

+4 Brainstorm
+4 Force of Will
+1 Sapphire Medallion (if that's what you intend to do with Cloud Key)

Equinox- · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 49

Not quite mono blue but here is a solid list

1 - Tundra
2 - Plains
12- Island
4 - Flooded Strand
4 - Polluted Delta

2 - Morphling

4 - Brainstorm
3 - Fact or Ficton
4 - Counterspell
1 - Back to Basics
4 - Swords to Plowshare
4 - Manaleak
4 - Force of Will
3 - Spell Snare
4 - Impulse
2 - Vedalken Shackles
2 - Engineered Explosives

SB
1 - Back to Basic
1 - Vedalken Shackles
1 - Engineered Explosives
3 - Echoing Truth
4 - Meddling Mage
3 - Blue Elemental Blast
2 - Hydroblast

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 880

Hmm what about Man-O-War? It is one of the best tempo cards ever.

Desmonthesis · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

Glull · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 25

CMA-Flippi · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject:

forbid and capsize (together with the Magpie)
Instead of the Compuslive, i'd play any instant carddraw (inspiration etc)

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 880

Forbid is better then cancel. Sounds like you are going to need some medalions 3-4 would be great. Also Rainbow Effreet is good if you have no Morphlings. You should post an updated list with the changes.

Shamon · Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

Try to work from a list like this that did ok.

creature [7]
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Morphling
4 Ophidian
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

instant [23]
4 Brainstorm
4 Counterspell
3 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
3 Impulse
4 Mana Leak
1 Stroke of Genius

sorcery [1]
1 Ancestral Vision

enchantment [3]

1 Arcane Laboratory
2 Back to Basics

artifact [4]
2 Powder Keg
2 Vedalken Shackles

land [23]

19 Island
1 Quicksand
3 Wasteland

Sideboard:

2 Control Magic
2 Chalice of the Void
1 Shadow of Doubt
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
9 Island

Shamon · Joined: 31 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

double post minus the sb Confused

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 880

You forgot the Man-O-War on the sb. Also I played Disk in the main. As a 4 of it is better WoG in some ways but not as good for removal. I would not even play Mono U without 3-4 main.

Cause · Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

this thread makes me want to go take a shower

Desmonthesis · Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

I've been tinkering with this deck for a bit, and here's the new list:

Land
1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
19 Island

Creatures
4 Thieving Magpie
1 Belltower Sphinx
1 x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 x Arcanis the Omnipotent

Instant
4 Counterspell
4 Peek
4 Brain Freeze
4 Remand
4 Brainstorm
4 Mana Leak
2 Boomerang
1 Pulse of the Grid

Artifacts
3 Isochron Scepter
2 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Thran Foundry
1 Cloud Key

Also, is Gush banned in Extended? I've heard from two reliable sources that it both IS banned, and ISN'T banned.