When playing in 1v1, I would swap River's Rebuke over Crush of Tentacles, by the way.įinally, Curse of the Swine, Reality Shift, Rapid Hybridization, and Pongify are valuable because they are some of the very little perma-removal that blue has access to. Overall, bounce effects are the bread and butter of our temporary removal. Meanwhile, we have mass bounce effects from Cyclonic Rift, Thing in the Ice, Crush of Tentacles, and Wash Out, in addition to repeatable targeted bounce from Capsize and "bounce" effects from AEtherspouts. Cephalid Constable, Mistblade Shinobi, Sigil of Sleep, and Arm with AEther can bounce opposing threats upon combat. Most of our battlefield disruption is based on bounce effects - making our opponent cast each permanent 5 times forces them to waste mana, and gives us many more opportunities to counter them. Don't forget that 6/1 creatures are still unblockable due to Tetsuko's ability, but 6/2s are not. When playing this deck according to the 1v1 banlist, the deck adds a few other "fast" win-cons as well. In order to win in a reasonable amount of time, we have several methods to boost creatures' power while still leaving them unblockable ( Umezawa's Jitte, Runechanter's Pike, etc), use infect ( Inkmoth Nexus), use Quietus Spike, or create our own pseudo-Annihilator ( Cephalid Constable). The goal is to control at least a few creatures that draw cards upon connecting with opponents, so that you draw 4+ cards per turn, and use this card draw to dig for answers and counterspells. The goal is to slowly whittle down our opponents' hand and resources, counter whatever wincons they try play, and beat them to death with our army of tiny blue beaters. The deck is built around combat damage triggers, particularly ones that draw cards or disrupt opponents.
It's optimized for 1v1 play (where your counterspells do the most work), although it still definitely works in multiplayer. You either die a hero, or live to see yourself become the villain, as they say. Okay, I'll admit it, it turns out that I'm a bit of a control freak.
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