Lands:
4 Faerie Conclave
4 Flooded Strand
4 Hallowed Fountain
7 Island
5 Plains
Creatures:
4 Devoted Caretaker
3 Faerie Swarm
4 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
4 Merfolk Looter
4 Painter's Servant
4 Thought Courier
Other Spells:
3 Deep Analysis
3 Earnest Fellowship
3 Flash of Insight
4 Muddle the Mixture
1 Quiet Speculation |
  Blue
Period.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
...Of course, black isn't the only colour that
can get hosed. With Painter's Servant naming blue, Red Elemental Blast
and Pyroblast become one-mana Counterspells that double as instant
Vindicates. Jaya Ballard, Task Mage can trade cards in hand for opposing
permanents. Seedtime and Eyes of the Wisent punish your opponent for
trying anything on your turn. Spinal Villain becomes Visara the
Dreadful, and Spellbane Centaur says, "Keep your hands off my stuff, um,
everybody." Blue gets to fight back with its own Blasts, as well as
Douse, Dream Tides, and, in a way, Chill. There are many more
possibilities. Check your local card database for details. Or simply
continue reading.
Robby B. (a.k.a. Redland Jack) took the Painter's
Servant + colour hoser combo in an old, yet new, direction. He writes:
"An update on an old classic, Painter's Servant + Llawan, Cephalid
Empress seems far superior to the old Llawan + Alter Reality (the first
combo I ever discovered"). Being able to play the pieces out separately
can allow you to crush your opponent's dreams with four lands instead of
waiting for six."
Following up a Painter's Servant naming blue with
Llawan, Cephalid Empress will bounce all of your opponent's creatures.
Better yet, since those creatures will be blue once they get to your
opponent's hand, he or she will not be able to replay them. Furthermore,
he or she will not be able to play any other creatures, either, since
they will also be blue (This is another reason the combo is superior to
one involving Alter Reality and the like). While your opponent is
creatureless (except, I guess, for man-lands, tokens created by
noncreatures, and creatures put directly into play by something like
Zombify or Elvish Piper), you can "beat down" with Painter's Servant and
Llawan.
Robby added a few more interesting twists as well.
Earnest Fellowship protects your creatures from removal and makes them
unblockable, but it makes your opponent's creatures unblockable as well.
"It's a double-edge sword. Flash of Insight also seems to pick up a bit
of additional utility with the Painter, as even your lands power up the
flashback cost." I made some minor changes to Robby's deck, trimming a
few cards to add the Faerie Swarms for a faster kill and swapping Pact
of Negation for Muddle the Mixture, which can be used to protect or
transmute for Painter's Servant. |
