[Deck] Mono-Blue Painter

[NecroYawgmoth]

OK, that I got this idea was completely random.
A friend talked with me about Imperial Painter Decks, and at that moment I remembered about a Mirrodin card named Fabricate... at this moment I thought: "hmm, same costs as Imperial Recruiter... later I began to thought if blue has a card, that could be work like Jaya, just in blue for red spells, so Douse came in my mind...
than it hits me like a flash... couldn't you build a more consistent Painter deck?
A Deck like Imperial Painter, only in blue??? You have better carddraw (Brainstorm and Ponder), a search engine for the same cost (Fabricate), and better Protection (Force of Will),and many other tricky stuff like Countertop, because it's Mono-Blue, you also have 8 Blasts, and a permanent that counters new stuff...

so I tried to build a Decklist and this came out:

Mono-U Painter (Beta)

4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Fabricate
4 Sensei's Divining Top
3 Counterbalance
4 Painters Servant
1 Grindstone
2 Morphling
4 Force of Will
4 Blue Elemental Blast
4 Hydroblast
3 Douse
1 Academy Ruins
3 Polluted Delta
3 Flooded Strand
12 Islands

Now, after I build this foundation, I have so many other new ideas like playing it with a C.Wish-toolbox, or a Trinket Mage.toolbox, or adding more Counterspells, Back to Basics (worse replacement for Magus of the Moon, but still good), Chill and so on...

I'm sorry that I can't post testing results, because I haven't tested MUs because it's just an idea atm, but I think it has a good MU against Goblins and Dragon Stompy^^

So... What do you guys think of trying to build an Mono-U Fabricated Painter instead of the red Imperial Painter, and what do you think will it be good, what will be it's weaknesses, or problems by building this deck, or what could be done?

so far YawG

[Rood]

http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11924

There's already a couple of threads talking about MU Painter and the last one actually got locked. That being said, BEB/Hydro seem like junk without Painter. I think you're alot better off running REBs in those slots and splashing Volcs.

[Jak]

The only thing that I see which may make this deck considerably worse from Imperial Painter is the speed. They run 8 two-mana lands and 4 Chrome Mox. They can get the combo into play faster and tutor for the combo faster. I would also definitely add Trinket Mage

[NecroYawgmoth]

...you are right, but it shouldn't be a problem to change the mana base to

10 Island
4 Ancient Tomb
4 City of Traitors

and I am sure you can add 4 Chrome Mox by cutting 1 Top, 1 Ruins, 2 Blasts or something...