Quincy Norton's My brain hurts
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) modModern
Approx. Value:
$126.29

0 Likes 5 Comments
Avg. CMC 2.0
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Main Deck - 61 cards, 13 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (22)
3 Grand Architect
$0.82 Creature - Vedalken Artificer
4 Lord of the Unreal
$0.54 Creature - Human Wizard
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
$1.18 Creature - Human Ninja
4 Phantasmal Bear
$0.06 Creature - Bear Illusion
4 Phantasmal Image
$7.85 Creature - Illusion
3 Snapcaster Mage
$14.85 Creature - Human Wizard
Instant (10)
4 Mana Leak
$0.18 Instant
1 Spell Snare
$0.64 Instant
3 Telling Time
$0.32 Instant
2 Vapor Snag
$0.21 Instant
Artifact (7)
4 Aether Vial
$5.95 Artifact
3 Vedalken Shackles
$4.08 Artifact
Land (22)
22 Island
$0.09 Basic Land - Island
Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct
No cards here. :(

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  • [avatar]
    Pierce (21-May-2013 15:53)

    This seems to have a very strong emphasis on Aether Vial. Why 4?

     
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      Quincy Norton (Edited 21-May-2013 16:15)

      Aether Vial is a very powerful card for this deck. An Aether Vial set to 2 allows me to flash in uncounterable versions of almost everything in my deck for free. Which in turn leaves mana open for Mana Leak, Telling Time, etc. Also, as an instant, Thirst for Knowledge is very strong. Discarding extra Aether Vials while digging for Vedalken Shackles seems like a good play. This deck is meant to be a quick aggressive deck, and Aether Vial means I can play offensively with my creatures, and defensively with my counterspells, all because I don't have to decide  whether to allocate my mana for offense or defense. They also allow my 4 Phantasmal images to function as 4 extra Snapcaster Mages.

       
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        Pierce (21-May-2013 23:48)

        OK, you had me until "They also allow my 4 Phantasmal images to function as 4 extra Snapcaster Mages." How?

         
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          Quincy Norton (22-May-2013 03:48)

          It places them on the battlefield. Phantasmal Image ETB as a copy of any creature already there. So I can copy my (or an opponents) Snapcaster Mage and get a new ETB trigger from the Phantasmal Image/Snapcaster Mage. Aether Vial can place the creature on the battlefield at instant speed.

           
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            Pierce (22-May-2013 04:30)

            Woops. I was thinking of phantasmal bear for some reason.