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4 months ago ::
Jan 22, 2013 - 7:12PM
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Landx24 Island  Sorceryx1 Skyscribing  x1 Mindculling  Instantx1 Vanishment  x1 Memory's Journey  x1 Unsummon  x1 Envelop  x1 Downsize  x1 Cancel  x1 Disperse  x1 Frost Breath  x1 Truth or Tale  Enchantmentx1 Encrust  x1 Ghostly Touch  x1 Chronic Flooding  x1 Spectral Prison  x1 Crab Umbra  x2 Domestication  x2 Ice Cage  x3 Jace's Erasure  Creaturex1 Stern Mentor  x1 Belltower Sphinx  x1 Skaab Goliath  x1 Crosstown Courier  x1 Skyline Predator  x1 Wall of Deceit  x1 Aether Adept  x1 Kraken Hatchling  x1 Voidwielder  x1 Cryptoplasm  x2 Merfolk Mesmerist  x2 Wave Elemental  x3 Harbor Serpent  x4 Reef Pirates  68 Total This deck build is just in it's infancy and I can sense that there is too much going on in it. I feel like i should either focus on Reef Pirates/Jace's Erasure combo with discard supports, or Skaab Goliath/Harbor Serpent with Aquitect's Will  . The latter would also work to include Merfolk Mesmerist more directly as well. The reason these are all together is because in my mind, one thing helps another, and another helps another, but how much is too much?
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4 months ago ::
Jan 22, 2013 - 7:38PM
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Not to much to say here since mill is not my forte, but I just wanted to point out that what you're calling 'blue discard' is known as milling your opponent. The term comes from the idea of grinding away (or milling  ) at their library until they run out of cards and you win. That being said, welcome to the forums and thank you for autocarding!  This deck seems to be all over the place. You're wanting to have a strong attacking/controlling aspect, but you're playing with a bunch of mill... pick one or the other cause playing with both is basically playing and trying to win the game two different ways at the same time (not effective). You should be playing to win by ether bringing the opponent's life to zero or by mill, not both. They have no correlation with each other. Hope the makes sense, I know other people have explained that concept a whole lot better to me before, but I just can't think of the words to describe the thought processes behind it right now. Anyway.. Also, after you've decided on which route to take as a win/con (damage or mill), try cutting out all the cards that don't help you achieve your win/con. You need to make some cuts and bring your deck down to 60 cards if you want your deck be more consistent.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 22, 2013 - 7:42PM
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Yes, you see it too! I can't decide between the milling and the high cost creatures and some supports. I still have about 200 blue cards that I can rummage through so I'll take another look at this and see which would benefit the cards I have. I also have tons of doubles that I haven't included for most of these.
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4 months ago ::
Jan 22, 2013 - 8:55PM
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4 months ago ::
Jan 22, 2013 - 11:44PM
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4 months ago ::
Jan 23, 2013 - 2:31AM
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nightevil specter  use this guy once released. He is kind of evil. Also Hedron Crab  is amazing, but kind of expensive. edit autocard not working for gatecrash yet. 
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4 months ago ::
Jan 23, 2013 - 10:07AM
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Date Joined:
Feb 28, 2011
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4 months ago ::
Jan 23, 2013 - 12:01PM
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REVISED DECK (a.k.a. blue build #2) Landx24 Island Enchantmentx1 Ghostly Touch x1 Spectral Prison x1 Crab Umbra x1 Encrust x2 Domestication x2 Ice Cage Sorceryx1 Skyscribing Instantx1 Disperse x1 Downsize x1 Vanishment x1 Cancel x1 Envelop x1 Frost Breath x1 Truth or Tale x1 Memory's Journey x1 Unsummon Creaturex1 Skyline Predator x1 Skaab Goliath x1 Phantom Beast  x1 Kraken Hatchling x1 Voidwielder x1 Cryptoplasm x1 Aven Fogbringer  x1 Wall of Deceit x1 Soratami Cloudskater  x1 Aether Adept x2 Wave Elemental x2 Plated Seastrider  x2 Murder of Crows  x3 Harbor Serpent Now as you can see, I have removed the milling cards from this deck. So far to me it looks like it's a slower deck but has enough enchantments to slow down the opponent. I played this deck against other decks. A RDW, Artifact/Equip deck and Werewolf deck. My deck won 4 of 6 games, which means it's ok but needs more improving. EDIT: I still want to get Aquitect's Will for the harbor serpents
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4 months ago ::
Jan 24, 2013 - 1:57AM
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Date Joined:
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When I see a blue deck, I think of card draw - blue's best strength, imo. Your deck lacks it. Consider adding some Ponder  and/or Preordain  ; perhaps a pair each of Foresee  and Jace's Ingenuity  . More cantrips, as well. Blue's other strengths include bouncing, countermagic, and theft/copying permanents. While your deck sports a bit of each of these, a more consistent means would likely make your deck work better. If you really want to make Islands, consider adding Spreading Seas  - the card draw is a nice plus - and Stormtide Leviathan  . This guy takes some time to get out (use artifact mana or Quicksilver Amulet  or Djinn of Wishes  to help with the cmc), but doubles as a fine aggressive bit of defense. It is conceivable that you build your deck around islandwalking and flyers. Some random blue cards that I enjoy: Magus of the Future  Sphinx of Jwar Isle  Conundrum Sphinx  (with scry effects and the above two creatures, I get a card) Augury Owl  Augur of Bolas  Drift of Phantasms  (often used for the transmute, I shan't lie) Mulldrifter  (often evoked, but later in the game, a 2/2 flyer can at least chump block) Spindrift Drake  is fairly aggressive Aven Fateshaper  (no more than two in the deck - that cmc is brutal) Darkslick Drake  Fog Bank  Guard Gomazoa  Wall of Frost  Thieving Magpie  Halimar Wavewatch  (an early wall that turns all beatery) I could go on, but I won't. The point is that there are lots of options to consider, especially if you have lots of cards lying about. Cheers!
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