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I'm incredibly bored. I can't sleep. I refuse to study (but I'll still make A's), and I'm seriously addicted to playing magic and listening to AFI. At the same time, or separately. I also noticed a surprising (to me) amount of traffic on my initial "for the sake of fun/boredom" blog post, so here we go again.

So, my last entry displayed a relatively untested standard format UW control deck that hadn't really faced a wide variety of matchups. I'd only been thinking about said matchups in the abstract. As it turns out, I am still only thinking about most of them in the abstract. One of these days I will get out to an FNM and see what the players are like around here.

Speaking of "around here," a friend picked up mtg again just recently (I guess my talk of modern, innistrad, and just

My little sister wanted to place her deck list on here so that she can get help.  I told her to refine the amount of creatures she had.  This is just so we can show some friends and get input.

She everntually wants a red/white dragon based deck...

This is what she has now:

Creatures

1 x [c]Inquisitor Exarch[/c]
1 x [c]Aegis Angel[/c]
1 x [c]Chandra's Phoenix[/c]
1 x [c]Sun Titan[/c]
1 x [c]Shattered Angel[/c]
1 x [c]Volcanic Dragon[/c]
1 x [c]Cathedral Membrane[/c]
3 x [c]Porcelain Legionnaire[/c]
1 x [c]Moltensteel Dragon[/c]
1 x [c]Flameblast Dragon[/c]
2 x [c]Blinding Souleater[/c]
1 x [c]Immolating Souleater[/c]
2 x [c]Kemba's Skyguard[/c]

Spells/Abilities

1 x [c]Solemn Offering[/c]
1 x [c]Marrow Shards[/c]
1 x [c]Mycosynth Wellspring[/c]
3 x [c]Spirit Mantle[/c]
1 x [c]Swiftfoot Boots[/c]

So, the most recent incarnation of my (vain) attempt at a Standard format UW control still feels a little underwhelming. I'm trying to design it so that I have answers to the strong aggro that is available in the format. I'd also like it if it were competitive against some things like Extended format Jund and any kind of deck that runs Flying creatures. Hopefully this incarnation has enough answers that I can, at the very least, hold my own in those kind of match-ups.

The List:

Instants/Sorceries:

4  [c]Mana Leak[/c]
2  [c]Negate[/c]
2  [c]Psychic Barrier[/c]
3  [c]Day of Judgment[/c]
3  [c]Stave Off[/c]
2  [c]Divination[/c]
4  [c]Ponder[/c]

Enchantments:

3  [c]Oblivion Ring[/c]
2  [c]Pacifism[/c]

Creatures:

4  [c]Griffin Sentinel[/c]
4 

Hello all. Last time I talked about the colours of mana in my deckbuilding experiences, next I'll talk about what I call "Ace Cards" [which pretty much are just what I call my favorite cards].

Ace Cards are your really good cards that help 'ya win. I'm not talking about an obvious Chandra Ablaze or Sorin Markov, I mean good cards that tend to be up to mythic rare without being legendary, maybe even just rare or common.

If your "Ace Card" is a Doom Blade or a Go for The Throat, then there's some issues. I've noticed they tend to be a Permanent or a Sorcery, something that can either do tons of damage or keep all your creatures alive. Some of mine include:

Overwhelming Stampede, a Sorcery that gives ALL your creatures trample and +X/+X, X is the highest power among the creatures out, so

Well, I guess I've made a deckbuilding blog. I guess I'll go through some of my ups downs struggles and accomplishments in this.

This post is about the different colours and my struggles or triumphs with each.

I got started probably last year around the time Scars of Mirrodin was still in. Before truly getting into it I decided I'd start with Green. What's so hard about getting a giant wurm to smash things? So I got the Path of Blight Green/White deck, jumping straight into Infect. Infect was okay, but other than one other guy I know I'm the only one I'm aware of that likes infect. So I got a 2011 Core Set fat pack(?) with all the colours.

After lots of deck editing trials and errors and lots of help from friends, I made my own custom-built-from-scratch deck, which I like to call "Roar

Posted by Jeremy Blair on Jun 13, 2011 on GatheringMagic.com

The veil has been lifted. Counterpunch . Mirror Mastery . Devour for Power . Heavenly Inferno . Political Puppets . The decks, once shrouded in mystery, have been revealed. Nearly nine months ago, whispers about a new product spread around Internet forums. Wizards announced a Commander product to be released in the summer of 2011....

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My Deck

Build with withe and artfacts plus planeswalkers

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This is a basic deck designed to draw cards, control your opponents spell casting abilities while burning their life and creatures away.  It's cheap to build and a great starter deck for anyone looking to build a deck with punch and power.

[DECK]
8 Island
8 Mountain
4 Evolving Wilds
4 Terramorphic Expanse

4 AEther Adept
4 Kiln Fiend
4 Neurok Commando
2 Pyromancer Ascension
4 Preordain
2 Mana Leak
4 Deprive
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Staggershock
2 Burst Lightning
3 Red Sun's Zenith
2 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Dissipation Field
1 Chandra Ablaze
1 Jace Beleren

Sideboard
4 Into the Roil
2 Into the Core
1 Traumatize
2 Flashfreeze
2 Crush
2 Burn the Impure
2 Mind Control
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