Adam Haggerty's Bant Turbo fog
 
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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Edge of Eternities
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Main Deck - 68 cards, 22 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost P Modified
Rarity Color
Creature (2)
2 Murmuring Mystic
$0.29 Creature - Human Wizard 1 14-Nov-2018 18:30
Instant (30)
2 Blink of an Eye
$0.06 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:59
4 Chemister's Insight
$0.05 Instant 15-Nov-2018 15:22
4 Healing Grace
$0.04 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:54
2 Mission Briefing
$0.27 Instant 15-Nov-2018 15:05
3 Nexus of Fate
$5.59 Instant 14-Nov-2018 17:44
4 Opt
$0.13 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:58
4 Root Snare
$0.07 Instant 15-Nov-2018 15:14
3 Settle the Wreckage
$2.41 Instant 15-Nov-2018 15:25
4 Sinister Sabotage
$0.06 Instant 15-Nov-2018 04:07
Sorcery (2)
2 Cleansing Nova
$0.46 Sorcery 15-Nov-2018 15:25
Artifact (2)
2 Thaumatic Compass // Spires of Orazca
$1.18 Artifact // Land 15-Nov-2018 15:17
Enchantment (2)
2 Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
$1.81 Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land 14-Nov-2018 17:43
Planeswalker (3)
3 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
$2.40 Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi 15-Nov-2018 03:56
Land (27)
1 Arch of Orazca
$0.29 Land 14-Nov-2018 17:30
4 Forest
$0.09 Basic Land - Forest 14-Nov-2018 17:30
4 Glacial Fortress
$0.48 Land 14-Nov-2018 17:30
4 Hinterland Harbor
$0.51 Land 14-Nov-2018 17:30
5 Island
$0.07 Basic Land - Island 15-Nov-2018 15:26
1 Plains
$0.05 Basic Land - Plains 14-Nov-2018 17:30
4 Sunpetal Grove
$0.32 Land 15-Nov-2018 03:56
4 Temple Garden
$11.59 Land - Forest Plains 14-Nov-2018 17:30
Sideboard - 55 cards, 32 distinct
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Creature (10)
2 Carnage Tyrant
$3.23 Creature - Dinosaur 7 14-Nov-2018 17:30
3 Knight of Autumn
$0.40 Creature - Dryad Knight 2 14-Nov-2018 17:30
2 Lyra Dawnbringer
$2.75 Legendary Creature - Angel 5 14-Nov-2018 17:30
1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
$7.07 Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur 7 14-Nov-2018 17:30
1 Sai, Master Thopterist
$0.49 Legendary Creature - Human Artificer 1 14-Nov-2018 20:27
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
$1.52 Legendary Creature - Angel 3 14-Nov-2018 17:38
Instant (21)
1 Anticipate
$0.06 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:53
2 Devious Cover-Up
$0.05 Instant 14-Nov-2018 17:30
2 Disdainful Stroke
$0.15 Instant 14-Nov-2018 17:30
1 Invoke the Divine
$0.04 Instant 14-Nov-2018 17:42
4 Negate
$0.28 Instant 14-Nov-2018 17:30
3 Pause for Reflection
$0.10 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:53
4 Revitalize
$0.05 Instant 15-Nov-2018 15:26
1 Ritual of Rejuvenation
$0.04 Instant 15-Nov-2018 03:53
1 Spell Swindle
$0.92 Instant 14-Nov-2018 20:26
2 Unwind
$0.75 Instant 15-Nov-2018 04:08
Sorcery (10)
1 Banefire
$0.59 Sorcery 14-Nov-2018 18:38
4 Chart a Course
$0.19 Sorcery 15-Nov-2018 15:16
1 Entrancing Melody
$0.22 Sorcery 15-Nov-2018 15:10
1 Nature's Spiral
$0.10 Sorcery 15-Nov-2018 15:23
1 Selective Snare
$0.06 Sorcery 15-Nov-2018 15:10
2 Unmoored Ego
$0.25 Sorcery 14-Nov-2018 18:38
Artifact (4)
1 Fountain of Renewal
$0.51 Artifact 14-Nov-2018 20:27
1 Navigator's Compass
$0.13 Artifact 14-Nov-2018 20:27
1 Silent Gravestone
$0.34 Artifact 14-Nov-2018 18:08
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.08 Artifact 14-Nov-2018 18:09
Enchantment (8)
1 Ashes of the Abhorrent
$0.49 Enchantment 14-Nov-2018 18:08
1 Dawn of Hope
$0.27 Enchantment 14-Nov-2018 20:27
1 Drowned Secrets
$0.54 Enchantment 14-Nov-2018 17:52
4 Gift of Paradise
$0.06 Enchantment - Aura 15-Nov-2018 15:02
1 The Mirari Conjecture
$0.19 Enchantment - Saga 15-Nov-2018 15:24
Planeswalker (2)
2 Karn, Scion of Urza
$2.90 Legendary Planeswalker - Karn 15-Nov-2018 03:56

Notes
 
This is the riskiest and highest ceiling of the three decks I'm considering thus far. If 80% of the meta is aggressive decks trying to win through combat and burn, a lifegain turbo fog deck seems like I'm going to get a lot of byes. Basically out of aggro decks I care about bane fire/fight with fire/negate/spell pierce/duress/firemind's research/Niv-mizzet. That's it. I should be able to blank combat for an absurd amount of time and finish one of several ways. I should also be able to build a shell that utilizes the lifegain cantrips to cycle through for fogs and buffer my life total. Using Mirrari conjecture also adds a layer to the deck. Finding the build that fits the best will be key, but not overly difficult as I already have a lot of experience with turbo fog variants and understand how to build for expected metagames. This is not all that different from maze's end or eldrazi winter, and really the only tough aggro matchups are the ones that back up their threats with counter spells and recursive damage like research, niv, and planeswalkers. I can build specifically to over come this game plan.

The other part of the metagame is control, and should slightly less represented than normal. I've long since hypothesized that a bant control shell that utilizes carnage tyrant would destroy in mirrors. Most of my sideboard would be dedicated to control, so all 6-8 fogs could be switched for CT and counter spells.

If my hypothesis of a 70% aggro metagame skewed to beat aggro is correct, and a 30% meta of control skewed to beat aggro is correct, then this deck should win a large amount of game 1's, and have functional byes through many rounds of magic. I have enough knowledge and skill base to use the card pool to more than change percentages in match ups. I have to be very confident in this approach and finding though, at this will require to gat aquire nexus of fates, carnage tyrants, and some amount of karns, all of which are irreplaceable, and have significant price tags. This can be an extra hundred dollars of investment if I can't borrow the cards.

Packages:
1.)High surveil count, dig through deck naturally, chain fogs, reduce deck down to nexus of fate more quickly, reduce 4 of Teferi and other kind of clunky 4th cards with more efficient cards. Mission briefing really overperformed in mill. This has no alternative costs, but this is another deck that prefers surveil 2 to a 2/1 body. It functions as another fog or cantrip for 4 and adds selection. If real fog was in this format it would be a complete all-star, but no such luck as of yet. Would combo with opt being in the deck as well, but would constrain an aspect of the manabase, which already has some trouble. Still, adds a great dimension to the deck.
2.) Density of lifegain cantrips. Dig deeper, buffer life, draws out early turns. dawn of hope combo, synergizes with fountain of renewal, navigator's compass, gift of paradise, thaumatic compass, and becouse of those artifacts Karn.
3.) Chart a course/Nexus of Fate/Search for Azcanta/Chemister's Insight.
4.) Using Mirrari Conjecture to replace some number of Nexus. Creates budget, explosiveness, functions similarly. Nature's spiral turns it into recusive loop.
5.) Murming mystic is well positioned. It helps to invalidate the aggro match ups while also providing an army in a can against control. Allows some amount of closing speed with chain of cantrips and infinite turns.
6.) Notably, gift of paradise adds some long game light splash options which should beconsidered in the control matchups. Unmoored ego and Banefire would be excellent against control and they would never see it coming. This can not be used for our aggro matchups, as it's just the ealry game we have to get past.
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