Wizards!

[1337erhosen]

There was a list of U/W wizards that got a SCG deck tech a few months back, and I was inspired by the use of Patron to build Wizards myself. Here's the link to the deck tech: http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/legacy/21495_Deck_Tech_Wizards_with_Alexander_Lapping.html. I liked the concept of it, even if the list and player were both a bit lacking.

A few comments on that list:
Burrenton Forge-Tender seems like a pretty awful choice, as against the aggro match-up all the relevant creatures are green, not red.
Azorious Guildmage however, seems pretty strong. I played some initial matches with the deck at my local Wednesday night Legacy, and that guy was great all night. I like two of him, because he's only relevant when you have open mana late game to take advantage of him.
Seeing him running U/W and not running Meddling Mage seemed really bad to me, so I threw them into the main my initial testing. He seemed strong later in the matches, feeling weak game one, so for now they're in the board.
His deck really lacked card advantage, so I thought I'd play arguably the best 2 drop in Legacy, which also happens to be a wizard. Splashing Black seemed logical for Dark Confidant, and Vialing him in seemed really good too.

Here's my list so far:
4 Sage of Epityr
4 Cursecatcher
4 Dark Confidant
4 Spellstutter Sprite
2 Azorious Guildmage
4 Patron Wizard
3 Sower of Temptation
1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls

4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Aether Vial
4 Daze

4 Flooded Strand
4 Polluted Delta
2 Underground Sea
4 Tundra
8 Island

SB:
4 Force of Will
3 Perish
3 Serenity
3 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Elspeth, Knight Errant


Let me know what you think.

[Darth Nihilus]

brainstorm? FoW?


why to hell is FoW in the SB but daze main? no mental misstap? and again BRAINSTORM where is it???

[lavafrogg]

Darth, read the link! The sage doubles as a pseudo brainstorm and the deck will counter many of spells as it is.

[1337erhosen]

Yes, one of the conditions of making your Patron Wizards good is you have to play a reasonably large number of Wizards. So cuts have been made to accommodate for this.

Spellstutter Sprite acts as pseudo Mental Misstep after turn 2, and Daze has got you covered if you're on the play.
Sage of Epityr is run instead of Brainstorm because he effectively does the same thing. You're not drawing a card, but you look a card deeper, which is worse, but you need the Sage in order to make Patron Wizard relevant. I might consider cutting the Guildmages and a Sower and Azami so I could run both.
As for Force of Will, even though you are running Dark Confidant, card disadvantage still really hurts the deck. It is necessary against certain match-ups, but against decks most decks you just want to bury them in Wizards so they can't play spells regardless.

If your meta is light on creature decks, you could try cutting white and run this instead:
4 Sage of Epityr
4 Cursecatcher
4 Dark Confidant
4 Spellstutter Sprite
4 Patron Wizard
3 Sower of Temptation
1 Azami, Lady of Scrolls

4 Brainstorm
4 Aether Vial
4 Daze
2 Smother

4 Polluted Delta
4 Flooded Strand
4 Underground Sea
10 Island

[Tiago_B.]

One guy at my old school ran this deck, only monoblue and with most wizards from Onslaught block. It was very annoying. That Patron Wizard can be a major pain in the ass. He also had that Wizard from legions (?) that when its turned face up has a redirect effect. I remember getting hit by my own Urza's Rage (kicked). lol.

The deck is good, but a single Volcanic Fallout can wreck you. I wish i had that back then ^^