Almost Mono Blue

CMA-Flippi · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:25 am Post subject: Almost Mono Blue

// Lands
2 [MR] Stalking Stones
1 [OD] Swamp (1)
12 [OD] Island (1)
3 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
3 [ON] Polluted Delta
2 [RAV] Watery Grave
2 [GP] Steam Vents

// Creatures
4 [TSB] Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 [CHK] Meloku the Clouded Mirror

// Spells
3 [7E] Force Spike
2 [AP] Jilt
4 [DIS] Spell Snare
3 [IN] Fact or Fiction
4 [7E] Counterspell
4 [RAV] Remand
4 [AP] Fire/Ice
2 [AP] Prophetic Bolt
2 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
2 [PLC] Extirpate

// Sideboard
SB: 1 [7E] Force Spike
SB: 2 [IN] Lobotomy
SB: 4 [GP] Leyline of the Void
SB: 4 [7E] Deflection
SB: 4 [7E] Pyroclasm

Of corse, the Maindeck lacks answers vs Ichorid, but I can easily win game 2 and 3 with the Leylines (and Counterbackup)

Burn is a tough matchup, but once I gain control over the game with Shadowmage Infiltrators, it's winable even without the Sideboard. After sideboarding, the 4 Deflections are godlike (redirect Burn on their creatures for example)

Goblins are beaten by the Burn (Fire/ice and the number of counters) pretty easily, but the versions using Empty the Warrens are, if lucky enough to get 8 tokens on turn 2, are not defeated by this deck yet (that's why I put in the Pyroclasms in SB)

I didn't play against Ideal yet, but i think it's a very good matchup, seeing i play a lot of counters.

My most difficult matchups are most decks using Tron

UW (with or without Stuffy) Tron
and
Tooth and Nail

Force Spike is renedered effectless while i can't permanently coutner their Gifts, Thirsts and Fact or Fiction. They simply have too much card advantage generating cards that I cannot handle. Lobotomy is curently the only card I'd board versus these decks.

Anyone has an idea about more sideboard techs or just some strategy advice for these matchups ?
Sowing Salt or Blood Moon might be some solutions, however Blood Moon is easily destroyed with Dismantling Blow or Disenchant and Sowing Salt has a double-red in its mana cost.

Edit: the SB changed a bit:

// Sideboard
SB: 4 [GP] Leyline of the Void
SB: 3 [7E] Deflection
SB: 4 [7E] Pyroclasm
SB: 4 [ON] Dwarven Blastminer

Pyroclasm deals effectively with Weenies, Dwarfen Blastminer is the card I#ve been looking for vs Tron decks

KeySam · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 491

seems like detrivore is superior to blasterminer. Other then that i think it seems ok.

Aggroman · Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 27

R3wind · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 834

I would so drop the Force Spike for the Stick. It is a card advantage powerhouse. In the Tron match you can Imprint Fire/Ice (card drawing and tron tapping) or Counterspell (ugh). Plus it gives you a lot of game vs gobos. Extirpate is also great on a stick.