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Flag briman16 • October 7, 2012 6:57 PM PDT

Creature (19 x )

4 x x Grand Architect

4 x x Jace's Phantasm

4 x x Lord of the Unreal

3 x x Phantasmal Dragon

4 x x Phantasmal Image

Instant (9 x )

Land (24 x )

Sorcery (8 x )

2 x x Rite of Replication

Sideboard (15 x )

2 x x Unsummon

2 x x Wurmcoil Engine

3 x x Dismember

3 x x Sword of War and Peace

2 x x Grafdigger's Cage

3 x x Cyclonic Rift

So this deck looks basically great in my opinion. I'm just not sure on two things. Whether I should run phantasmal bear

instead of Jace's Phantasm. Also I think I should probably run propaganda

, while I'm getting my creature base ready, but I can't imagine what to drop in it's palcee, I want to be able to run at least 3, if I run it otherwise it's pointless. One last thing, I want to run phyrexian metamorph as well, but I'm not sure what to drop, if any cards.

Flag greenmeanie72 • October 7, 2012 8:24 PM PDT

Fyi your autocard is messed up. Drop the Grand Architect

for Adaptive Automaton

. Your not playing with any artifacts to take advantage of the mana so the architect is only giving a bonus. You need something to protect your lord. Something like Lightning Greaves

or Swiftfoot Boots

will work. Problem with Jace's Phanstasm

is your opponent has to have so 10 cards in there graveyard. I would put in its place Krovikan Mist

Flag Sleeping • October 7, 2012 8:58 PM PDT

Rough outline, but I'd build it like this:

20 x Island
-
4 x Phantasmal Bear
4 x Lord of the Unreal
4 x Phantasmal Image
4 x Krovikan Mist
3 x Fathom Seer
4 x Adaptive Automaton
-
4 x Preordain
2 x Serum Vision
4 x Counterspell
3 x Mana Leak
2 x Daze
2 x Cackling Counterpart

Flag briman16 • October 8, 2012 8:34 AM PDT

Oct 7, 2012 -- 8:24PM, greenmeanie72 wrote:
Fyi your autocard is messed up. Drop the Grand Architect for Adaptive Automaton . Your not playing with any artifacts to take advantage of the mana so the architect is only giving a bonus. You need something to protect your lord. Something like Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots will work. Problem with Jace's Phanstasm is your opponent has to have so 10 cards in there graveyard. I would put in its place Krovikan Mist .

Well I like Grand Architect, because he also boosts my Lord, and I don't want to put krovikan mist in it's place, because that really doesn't benefit me. That means one turn one I have zero creatures, and turn two my only creatures are phantasmal image, Lord of the unreal, and krovikan mist, which are all practically worthless without other good creatures. I did add four lightning greaves though.
Here's what I have:

Land (21 x )
4 x Cloudpost
2 x Glimmerpost
15 x Island

Creatures (20 x )
2 x Grand Architect
4 x Lord of the Unreal
3 x Phantasmal Bear
1 x Jace's Phantasm
4 x Phantasmal Image
3 x Krovikan Mist
3 x Phantasmal Dragon

Instant (9 x )
3 x Dissipate
4 x Mana Leak
2 x Spell Pierce

Sorcery (6 x )
4 x Preordain
2 x Rite of Replication

Artifact (4 x )
Lightning Greaves