Type: Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) vinVintage
Approx. Value:
$999.98

0 Likes 4 Comments
Avg. CMC 4.17
Card Color Breakdown
Card Type Breakdown

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Main Deck - 100 cards, 79 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (29)
1 Body Double
$0.25 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Clone
$0.49 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Consecrated Sphinx
$23.83 Creature - Sphinx
1 Duplicant
$0.28 Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Elite Arcanist
$0.33 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Empress Galina
$8.39 Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
1 Erayo, Soratami Ascendant // Erayo's Essence
$4.63 Legendary Creature - Moonfolk Monk // Legendary Enchantment
1 Gilded Drake
$240.90 Creature - Drake
1 Hypnotic Siren
$0.26 Enchantment Creature - Siren
1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
$5.34 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
1 Lighthouse Chronologist
$12.16 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Magus of the Future
$0.26 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Memnarch
$9.12 Legendary Artifact Creature - Wizard
1 Morphling
$10.37 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Mulldrifter
$0.23 Creature - Elemental
1 Phantasmal Image
$7.64 Creature - Illusion
1 Phyrexian Ingester
$0.09 Creature - Phyrexian Beast
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
$5.65 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
1 Sakashima the Impostor
$8.57 Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
1 Sakashima's Student
$17.55 Creature - Human Ninja
1 Snapcaster Mage
$15.52 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Sower of Temptation
$1.00 Creature - Faerie Wizard
1 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
$8.47 Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
$1.87 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Thassa, God of the Sea
$4.71 Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
1 True-Name Nemesis
$2.81 Creature - Merfolk Rogue
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
$0.90 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
$21.80 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
$0.21 Creature - Shapeshifter
Instant (11)
1 Brainstorm
$1.16 Instant
1 Counterspell
$1.08 Instant
1 Force of Will
$65.71 Instant
1 Hinder
$0.27 Instant
1 Mana Drain
$31.59 Instant
1 Mana Short
$1.35 Instant
1 Mystical Tutor
$9.35 Instant
1 Spelljack
$1.83 Instant
1 Stroke of Genius
$0.47 Instant
1 Turnabout
$2.20 Instant
1 Twincast
$3.52 Instant
Sorcery (8)
1 Bribery
$7.96 Sorcery
1 Fabricate
$5.01 Sorcery
1 Hidden Strings
$0.24 Sorcery
1 Ponder
$2.45 Sorcery
1 Preordain
$0.80 Sorcery
1 Rite of Replication
$3.87 Sorcery
1 Time Stretch
$3.50 Sorcery
1 Time Warp
$13.61 Sorcery
Artifact (6)
1 Caged Sun
$2.10 Artifact
1 Gilded Lotus
$1.68 Artifact
1 Lightning Greaves
$4.71 Artifact - Equipment
1 Mimic Vat
$0.39 Artifact
1 Mindslaver
$4.29 Legendary Artifact
1 Sol Ring
$1.16 Artifact
Enchantment (7)
1 Control Magic
$0.91 Enchantment - Aura
1 Curse of Echoes
$0.38 Enchantment - Aura Curse
1 Followed Footsteps
$3.61 Enchantment - Aura
1 Mind Control
$0.10 Enchantment - Aura
1 Omniscience
$7.07 Enchantment
1 Rhystic Study
$40.52 Enchantment
1 Treachery
$45.33 Enchantment - Aura
Planeswalker (4)
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
$20.15 Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
1 Karn Liberated
$7.14 Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
$5.34 Legendary Planeswalker - Tamiyo
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
$21.36 Legendary Planeswalker - Tezzeret
Land (35)
1 Academy Ruins
$16.23 Legendary Land
1 Halimar Depths
$0.57 Land
1 Homeward Path
$15.87 Land
22 Island
$0.09 Basic Land - Island
1 Maze of Ith
$4.94 Land
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
$52.79 Legendary Land
1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
$36.70 Legendary Land
1 Reliquary Tower
$1.72 Land
1 Seat of the Synod
$1.97 Artifact Land
1 Strip Mine
$14.99 Land
1 Temple of the False God
$0.12 Land
1 Thespian's Stage
$1.42 Land
1 Vesuva
$16.43 Land
1 Wasteland
$24.81 Land
Sideboard - 22 cards, 22 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (12)
1 Alexi, Zephyr Mage
$0.33 Legendary Creature - Human Spellshaper
1 Blind Seer
$0.46 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Fog Bank
$0.30 Creature - Wall
1 Invisible Stalker
$0.60 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Lorthos, the Tidemaker
$0.43 Legendary Creature - Octopus
1 Neurok Transmuter
$0.17 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Quicksilver Elemental
$0.44 Creature - Elemental
1 Renegade Doppelganger
$0.28 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Shapesharer
$6.09 Creature - Shapeshifter
1 Trinket Mage
$0.45 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Vedalken Certarch
$0.12 Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1 Vendilion Clique
$4.23 Legendary Creature - Faerie Wizard
Instant (2)
1 Dispel
$0.25 Instant
1 Mindbreak Trap
$39.49 Instant - Trap
Sorcery (2)
1 Concentrate
$0.21 Sorcery
1 Last Thoughts
$0.04 Sorcery
Artifact (1)
1 Gauntlet of Power
$2.75 Artifact
Enchantment (4)
1 Back to Basics
$11.30 Enchantment
1 Curiosity
$0.23 Enchantment - Aura
1 Thought Reflection
$0.86 Enchantment
1 Volition Reins
$0.16 Enchantment - Aura
Planeswalker (1)
1 Jace, Memory Adept
$4.41 Legendary Planeswalker - Jace

Notes
 
Though I try to avoid the mono-color decks, blue is blue. Lacking mana ramp shouldn't be too much of an issue so long as you can copy or steal your opponent's strategy. Add card draw and counter effects to that and it's tough to beat.
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  • Joshua Whorton (27-Jun-2013 21:18)

    If you're going to run the control magic setup, you defintely need Treachery.  It costs 5 but untaps 5 lands, making it either free or net mana.  You do, though, need to worry about Homeward Path and Brooding Saurian when attempting the strategy.


    Ancestral Recall is banned in commander, as is Time Walk.  I have the official banned list posted as a deck on my profile at http://deckbox.org/sets/281546.

     
    • hitchbuff (27-Jun-2013 22:57)
      Thank you for that info. I made those changes and added Treachery. Good tips. I would hope that I would get a Wasteland or Strip Mine out to wreck Homeward Path.
       
    • hitchbuff (30-Jun-2013 16:20)
      I was told that Primeval Titan is banned. Is that coorect? It's not on your list.
       
      • Joshua Whorton (Edited 30-Jun-2013 17:48)

        It is banned. For some reason, I had forgotten to put it on the list when I was changing it back to the original list. Sorry. Paul, Donovan and I had agreed to some specific changes to the banned list that Donovan and I later agreed we wouldn't implement in this new group.