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I thought a selesnya deck was probably the most consistent, as well as being resistent to a fast deck. Also, the cards all seemed to pull in the same direction - hold back the enemy army until your creatures are big enough to overwhelm them.

I think we underestimate the value of keeping to two colors when so many spells are two colors - those splashes can be fatal if you don't have good mana fixing (which we don't). The only card I really wanted to splash was cyclonic rift , but I felt that collective blessing did roughly the same thing (allowing for an alpha swing) a turn earlier and on-color. Against a heavy populate deck I would definitely side in or run an alternate deck (probably Grixis Control*).

There are also times when cards which aren't normally good can perform above expectations ( trained caracal when you have so many power/toughness boosters, soul tithe in multiples and with ethereal armor around) and cards which are generally good can underperform ( chorus of might , which I think has a weak presence when you two giant growths , selesnya charm , common bond  and blessing ).

This Deck was built in 0:07:30

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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7 Forest
10 Plains

11 Creatures
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1 Azorius Justiciar
1 Centaur Healer
1 Concordia Pegasus
1 Keening Apparition
1 Korozda Monitor
1 Rubbleback Rhino
3 Towering Indrik
2 Trained Caracal

12 Other Spells
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1 Collective Blessing
1 Common Bond
1 Coursers' Accord
1 Ethereal Armor
2 Giant Growth
1 Martial Law
1 Selesnya Charm
1 Slime Molding
2 Soul Tithe
1 Trostani's Judgment


Against a slower deck, and probably against a populate deck, I would run Grixis control. Mostly this is to take advantage of the instant speed removal against a populate trigger.

This Deck was built in 0:06:13

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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5 Island
8 Mountain
3 Swamp
1 Rakdos Guildgate

11 Creatures
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1 Batterhorn
1 Bloodfray Giant
1 Dark Revenant
1 Grim Roustabout
2 Nivix Guildmage
1 Tenement Crasher
1 Tower Drake
1 Viashino Racketeer
2 Zanikev Locust

12 Other Spells
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1 Annihilating Fire
1 Auger Spree
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Electrickery
1 Explosive Impact
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Inspiration
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Launch Party
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Street Spasm
1 Ultimate Price

I subsequently tried a fast izzet deck.

This is a bit of a unicorn (complete myth!) in that the best it can be is never quite as good as the rakdos version, and frankly this version lacks the two drops. However, as a sealed pool goes, I might be inclined to try it out. Even with the yukky racketeers, the ability for this deck to dynacharge for the win on turn 5 is too tempting not to try it out. Also, thanks to the mages, this deck does have a semi-decent mid to late game.

This Deck was built in 0:27:02

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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6 Island
8 Mountain
2 Swamp
1 Rakdos Guildgate

11 Creatures
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1 Blistercoil Weird
1 Bloodfray Giant
2 Nivix Guildmage
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Tower Drake
2 Vassal Soul
2 Viashino Racketeer

12 Other Spells
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1 Annihilating Fire
1 Auger Spree
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dynacharge
1 Electrickery
1 Explosive Impact
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Inspiration
1 Launch Party
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Street Spasm
1 Ultimate Price

8 Island
9 Mountain

1 Annihilating Fire
1 Cancel
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dispel
1 Dynacharge
1 Electrickery
1 Explosive Impact
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Inspiration
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Street Spasm

1 Squus Stead
1 Bellows Lizard
1 Bloodfray Giant
2 Nivix Guildmage
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Tower Drake
2 Vassal Soul
2 Viashino Racketeer

Very complicated pool, straight Izzet is the only option I see.   Dig through library, never miss a land drop, play more cards than the opponent, counter a couple of spells on the way.  If still alive past turn 6, start copying spells.  If they're mana-flooded or mana-screwed, pursuit of flight ends games right there.  Annihilating Fire and Vassal Soul in the same deck, can't possibly splash other colours.

Probably the best deck is Selesnya splash black but I can't make it work.

This Deck was built in 0:02:39

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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5 Island
8 Mountain
3 Swamp
1 Rakdos Guildgate


9 Creatures
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1 Bloodfray Giant
1 Grim Roustabout
2 Nivix Guildmage
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Tower Drake
2 Viashino Racketeer


14 Other Spells
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1 Annihilating Fire
1 Auger Spree
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dispel
1 Dynacharge
1 Electrickery
1 Explosive Impact
1 Inaction Injunction
1 Inspiration
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Launch Party
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Street Spasm
1 Ultimate Price

I try to build a solid deck with cheap spell to little control the board and some evasion creature... extra drawing assured by guild mages and some 5/4 with haste that never hurt (me at least =P ). Possible, even not so cheap, combing mage and nivmagus, copying and exiling. A lot of drop 1 to be fast and try to get the initiative.

This Deck was built in 0:13:36

Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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8 Island
9 Mountain

15 Creatures
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1 Batterhorn
1 Bellows Lizard
1 Blistercoil Weird
1 Bloodfray Giant
2 Nivix Guildmage
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Rakdos Cackler
2 Tenement Crasher
1 Tower Drake
2 Vassal Soul
2 Viashino Racketeer

8 Other Spells
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1 Annihilating Fire
1 Cancel
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dynacharge
1 Electrickery
1 Izzet Keyrune
1 Pursuit of Flight
1 Street Spasm