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In testing I actually beat Dredge without much problems.
After boarding I had 4 Extractions and 3 Extirpate.
I allowed him to dredge some stuff and EOT I fetched with Hedron Crab in Play, played...

After some testing I have to conclude that Visions of Beyond + Snapcaster is incredible.
With those, you really need just one or two mill spells to "go off".

In my experience you really never want to cut Hedron Crab. Its just too good (and reusable, without mana investment) to not play 4 of them.
For reference, those are the lists I played:

Control:
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I think Polymorph and/or Proteus Staff + Emrakul should be enough to win and easier to put together.
For a while I played a Staxx-ish build, something like:


4 Ancient tomb
4 City of Traitors...

I'd suggest going UGW for Daze, Brainstorm, Fathom Seer and also Vinelasher Kudzu.
If you also add 2-3 Undiscovered Paradise you aren't that vulnerable to yardhate anymore (and you get more draw and...

I also tested something similar to this, though I played more staxx-ish.
I'd suggest 1-3 Rings of Brighthearth as it allows some incredible awesome stuff. Copying Tezzerets search ability, copying...

Have a look at this:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?8332-Deck-Demon-Stompy-%28Black-Chalice-Tomb-Aggro%29&highlight=demon+stompy

I assume the "by spells and ablilities" clause in Decay is there to make it clear it can be countered upon resolution due to illegal target.

I think Decay is incredible, as there isn't much it...

I was testing it an affinity shell running Genesis Chamber together with Baleful Strix, Esperzoa and Sol lands.
Especially with Esperzoa to reuse the cascade trigger you got some incredible powerful...

I'd do something like:

4 Chalice of the Void
4 Root Maze
3 Sylvan Library
4 Garruk, Primal Hunter
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Smokestack
3 Winter Orb
4 Tangle wire

I think the differences are significant enough to warrant seperate discussion (besides I really don't like to necro old threads). Deep Blue is exactly the deck I meant in my opening post, edited...

Fixed, thx

Well, I'm bored so I decided to post a deck I have been playing for some time now.
Basically it's a lovechild between Affinity and Faery Stompy, but not entirely like DeepBlue.

Current list (more...

Obviously that is true, but I was pointing out that deckspace is very limited for any lockpieces and wincon you might play, if you want to be able to reliably play them.
While Trinisphere also is...

In the limited testing I have done so far, I always either sat on a Tax that wouldnt activate (because the opponent just stopped playing land), or I had a bunch of tax triggers and struggled to play...

How about adding Howling Mine effects?
Seems bad, but you actually pretty much always profit more from them than your opponent.
Something like:

4 Great Furnace
14 Mountain

4 Howling Mine
4...

You are aware that Mana Vault, Vampiric Tutor and Windfall are banned?
What's left of the deck really isn't as dangerous as it was.

How about

4 Tolarian Academy
4 Tropical Island
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta

4 Chrome Mox
4 Mox Opal
4 Lotus Petal

But you cant get the mana for Colossus much faster than the mana (from Cities/Tombs) for Lodestone or Wurmcoil Engine.

And regarding storming:
What would it do better than Hightide does?

Ooops

4 Taiga
4 Marsh Flat's
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Underground Sea
4 Ancient Tomb

4 Chrome Mox
4 Academy Rector

Exactly what I was saying.
Though MUD cant really proft from Academy THAT much.
It lacks the low costing artifacts to power an early big academy.
(Though you could get some really nice plays like...

I'd suggest a more controllish build getting omniscience into play with Academy Rector.

Something like


4 Taiga
4 Marsh Flat's
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Underground Sea
4 Ancient Tomb

What I could come up for Academy

4 Tolarian Academy
4 Ancient tomb
2 City of Traitors
4 Seat of the Synod
4 Darksteel Citadel

4 Master of Aetherium
4 Esperzoa

Well, I am all for trimming the list a bit.
They really should unban Vise and Library of Alexandria, reprint both of them and see what happens^^

It also does not much on its own.
But it is immune to Wasteland!:laugh:

Seriously, the only existing decks I can think of that would generate absurd amounts of mana from Academy is Affinity...