nightshade81
01-10-2007, 04:27 AM
I was fooling around with a deck idea based on the mass land destruction provided by Parallax Tide, Stifle, Trickbind, Back to Basics, and recurring Wastelands. This actually started as a mono blue deck but was rather inefficient. I have made a UW version currently and it seems effective. I could also see potential in splashing other colors like black for instance.
Land (22)
4 Wasteland
5 Island
3 Plains
2 Tundra
3 Academy Ruins
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Windswept Heath
Spells (24)
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
4 Trickbind
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Enlightened Tutor
E Tutor Tool Box (11)
4 Parallax Tide
3 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Back to Basics
1 Pithing Needle/Seal of Cleansing
1 Moat
Kill (3)
Decree/Dragon/Angle/Morphling - I don't really care too much what ever is your fancy - not a point that I would like to get into heavy discuss about until the more pertinent info is discusses.
Intuition is card that I was unable to find room for in this deck that I found very powerful. It allowed for the inclusions of one The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale. I would Intuition for one Crucible, one Academy Ruins, and one Tabernacle and also be able to get it out there. Or do the same thing with Disk. This is one of the disadvantages of the white or any splash is the lack of card able to fit into the deck.
Cunning Wish has a potential to replace Trickbind entirely and only get the card when you need it. Although early game Trickbind operates like Stifle as fetch land destruction.
Back to Basics was a 3of in the mono blue version and is not as potent in a two color deck but the mana base has been constructed around it. Gro players are severely pissed off when this resolves.
I could very easily cut 2 Disks for 2 Wraths, and just keep the one for Tool Box. Although Academy Ruins Disk soft lock is very easy to get when you run 3 main deck with four E Tutors.
Cards to think about include Intuition, Tabernacle, Cunning Wish, additional Crucibles, additional Back to Basics, Fact or Fiction, Counterspell, one Vedalken Shackles for tool box, Wrath, Mishra's Factory, Standstill.
Matchups:
Combo: very positive, almost all Tendrils variants are a cake walk. Solidarity is around 50/50 and the best bet for them is to go off in response to a Parallax Tide on the stack.
Aggro-Control: even, one of Thres’s major weaknesses is its mana base and this deck exploits this. But Nimble Mongoose is a SOB to deal with and can win games as the only permanent they have on the board.
Disruption-Aggro: even-slightly unfavorable, traditionally this should be a bad match up but a resolved Parallax Tide, Moat, or Vedalken Shackles generally means game over for them. E Tutor is MVP vs. discard.
Aggro: unfavorable, generally anything that’s geared to beat Landstill can beat this deck. Specifically burn. Although E Tutor Moat does steal many game ones.
I hope people have some idea for this deck and it can be taken into many different directions. I really have only been thinking about it for a week and there probably a lot of ideas I haven’t thought of. I only did a little testing so don’t take the results as absolutes, and feel free to post your results if anyone actually wants to try anything with it. This is more or a brainstorming then anything close to a final list.
Land (22)
4 Wasteland
5 Island
3 Plains
2 Tundra
3 Academy Ruins
4 Flooded Strand
1 Polluted Delta
1 Windswept Heath
Spells (24)
4 Force of Will
4 Stifle
4 Trickbind
4 Brainstorm
4 Swords to Plowshares
4 Enlightened Tutor
E Tutor Tool Box (11)
4 Parallax Tide
3 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Back to Basics
1 Pithing Needle/Seal of Cleansing
1 Moat
Kill (3)
Decree/Dragon/Angle/Morphling - I don't really care too much what ever is your fancy - not a point that I would like to get into heavy discuss about until the more pertinent info is discusses.
Intuition is card that I was unable to find room for in this deck that I found very powerful. It allowed for the inclusions of one The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale. I would Intuition for one Crucible, one Academy Ruins, and one Tabernacle and also be able to get it out there. Or do the same thing with Disk. This is one of the disadvantages of the white or any splash is the lack of card able to fit into the deck.
Cunning Wish has a potential to replace Trickbind entirely and only get the card when you need it. Although early game Trickbind operates like Stifle as fetch land destruction.
Back to Basics was a 3of in the mono blue version and is not as potent in a two color deck but the mana base has been constructed around it. Gro players are severely pissed off when this resolves.
I could very easily cut 2 Disks for 2 Wraths, and just keep the one for Tool Box. Although Academy Ruins Disk soft lock is very easy to get when you run 3 main deck with four E Tutors.
Cards to think about include Intuition, Tabernacle, Cunning Wish, additional Crucibles, additional Back to Basics, Fact or Fiction, Counterspell, one Vedalken Shackles for tool box, Wrath, Mishra's Factory, Standstill.
Matchups:
Combo: very positive, almost all Tendrils variants are a cake walk. Solidarity is around 50/50 and the best bet for them is to go off in response to a Parallax Tide on the stack.
Aggro-Control: even, one of Thres’s major weaknesses is its mana base and this deck exploits this. But Nimble Mongoose is a SOB to deal with and can win games as the only permanent they have on the board.
Disruption-Aggro: even-slightly unfavorable, traditionally this should be a bad match up but a resolved Parallax Tide, Moat, or Vedalken Shackles generally means game over for them. E Tutor is MVP vs. discard.
Aggro: unfavorable, generally anything that’s geared to beat Landstill can beat this deck. Specifically burn. Although E Tutor Moat does steal many game ones.
I hope people have some idea for this deck and it can be taken into many different directions. I really have only been thinking about it for a week and there probably a lot of ideas I haven’t thought of. I only did a little testing so don’t take the results as absolutes, and feel free to post your results if anyone actually wants to try anything with it. This is more or a brainstorming then anything close to a final list.