3
Cognivore
4 Aether Burst
4 Boomerang
4 Brain Freeze
2 Chain of Vapor
2 Cunning Wish
4 Future Sight
3 Long-Term Plans
4 Mental Note
2 Metamorphose
4 Peek
20 Island
4 Lonely Sandbar |
 Sight
Unseen.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
Blue gets some wacky instants in Scourge. Long-Term Plans (called
Lazy Tutor in playtesting) is wacky. Three cards from the top? That’s
never been on a Magic card before. Metamorphose is wacky. One card goes
from Zone A to Zone B, then another goes from Zone C to Zone A. Brain
Freeze is wacky, and oh-so-tempting. The opportunity to mill 15 cards or
so in one shot is spine-tinglingly delicious. It also lets you
permanently dispose of whatever you may have Metamorphosed to the top of
your opponent’s deck.
The natural engine for busting out blue instants is Future Sight. You
can keep playing 1-mana and 2-mana instants off the top of your deck
until you hit a land or one of the few spells that isn’t a 1-mana or
2-mana instant. Even then, if you have a Peek or a Mental Note in hand,
you can clear out that obstacle at the top of your deck and keep going.
Is this enough to make Brain Freeze a victory condition all by itself?
Possibly, but it’ll be difficult. To keep an emphasis on cheap instants,
I didn’t include any other milling effects like Millstone or Wheel and
Deal. Maybe in a future deck, but not today. The main route to victory
here is Cognivore, who’s had Instant Week circled on its calendar for
ages. Take that, Ichneumon Druid! When the milling effects don’t defeat
your opponent, they’ll likely make Coggy nice and fat. And you can
expect to have an instant-rich graveyard yourself. Mental Note both
feeds Cognivore and turns your Long-Term Plans into Right-Now Plans by
putting the card you searched for right into your hand.
The rest of the deck is full of bounce. These spells are instants,
protect your Cognivores, and keep the board clear of threats. Chain of
Vapor is included because it only costs U and your entire deck has only
seven non-land permanents. It’s especially good, of course, before you
have any of them in play.
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