4 Fog Bank
4 Cephalid Vandal
4 Spawnbroker
4 Drift of Phantasms
2 Woolly Razorback
4 Dreamborn Muse
3 Tolarian Serpent
4 Paradox Haze
4 Propaganda
3 Crystal Shard
1 Donate
10 Island
4 Hallowed Fountain
4 Forbidden Orchard
3 Azorius Chancery
2 Maze of Ith |
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Haze.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
All of a sudden, I had a flashback to Cephalid
Week. It seems that Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar had some more spectacular
plans for Cephalid Vandal. As fun as Shredding your own library can be,
it can't be as fun as Shredding your opponent's library. That's why Jay
decided to Donate the Vandal. Besides Vandal-Donate, our decks are not
very similar at all. Jay used Oath of Druids in a near-creatureless
control deck. I'm going to use a ton of creatures, including the Monty
Hall of Ravnica, Spawnbroker. Let's make a deal! How about I trade my
Tolarian Serpent for your Azorius Guildmage? Seems fair to me. How about
I trade my Woolly Razorback for your Keiga, the Tide Star? Are we
square? How about I send you a Cephalid Vandal for that colourless
Spirit token I just gave you with Forbidden Orchard? Even steven?
Now, giving your opponent a 7/7 Serpent, like my moped,
has the potential to backfire. Hopefully, the combination of Fog Bank,
Propaganda, Maze of Ith, and Crystal Shard-enhanced chump-blocking (block,
then before damage is dealt, return your own creature to your hand) will
keep the Serpent at bay while at the same time prevent you from being
swarmed while you set up your combo. Drift of Phantasms provides some
early defense, as usual, but it can also be transmuted for several key
cards, including Propaganda, Spawnbroker, and Paradox Haze.
Walking Archive could also fit in this deck. Unlike
similar cards such as Howling Mine and Kami of the Crescent Moon, Walking
Archive allows each player to draw extra cards during his or her upkeep
step, and not during his or her draw step.
Maybe you'd prefer a U/W control deck, with Ith, High
Arcanist, the Blue and White Hondens, some other life-gaining cards like
Ivory Crane Netsuke, and perhaps you could win by speeding up the process
of removing Omen counters from Celestial Convergence. Darksteel Reactor
might be a fine win condition in such a deck as well. |
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