After losing to a few hordes of 2/1s, I think my Type 1 monoblue needs some Fire/Ices maindeck and Pyroclasms in the SB...
My Draw Go
14 Island
2 Mishra's Factory
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
5 Mox
1 Sol Ring
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Mana Leak
2 Counterspell
2 Misdirection
4 Ophidian
4 Impulse
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Timewalk
1 Timetwister
4 Powder Keg
3 Morphling
I used this in a couple of tournaments actually, but it just wasn't my style (too much like mono-U, which I just don't enjoy playing). I liked the way the deck performed overall, although Suicide is a very tough matchup.
4 Fire/Ice
4 Ophidian
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
2 Mis-D
2 Manaleak
3 Morphling
1 maindeck REB or Forbid
2 Merchant Scrolls
2 Gorilla Shaman
1 Ancestral
1 Walk
1 FoF
1 Prophetic Bolt or Psi-Blast
5 Moxen
1 Sol
1 Lotus
1 LoA
4 Volcanic
4 Shivan Reef
7 Islands
1 Strip
4 Wasteland
I've played this deck at my last two Type 1 tournaments with very good results (Top 4 and a tournament win. Actually, we decided to draw and split the prize for 1st. I feel that I could have won the first tournament and would have won the second had I not decided to split with a friend). This is my new favourite deck. I was going to post a rather lengthy article about it, but with bdominia going down, what's the point?
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Sol Ring
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
4 Impulse
4 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misdirection
2 Morphling
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Ophidian
1 Teferi’s Response
1 Timetwister
1 Time Walk
4 Fire/Ice
2 Gorilla Shaman
4 Island
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Mishra’s Factory
1 Mountain
4 Shivan Reef
1 Strip Mine
4 Volcanic Island
4 Wasteland
Sideboard
2 Annul
4 Hydroblast
1 Llawan, Cephalid Empress
2 Dwarven Miner
2 Pyroclasm
4 Red Elemental Blast
i played with this a while back and despite being a little boring to play it worked really well.
2 Morphling
4 Ophidian
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
3 Misdirection
2 Counterspell
4 Fire / Ice
1 Prophetic Bolt
3 Powder Keg
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Mystical Tutor
2 Merchant Scroll
1 Sol Ring
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
8 Island
4 Volcanic Island
4 Shivan Reef
1 Library of Alexandria
3 Mishra's Factory
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
SB: 2 Pyrokinesis
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 3 Blood Moon
SB: 3 Ensnaring Bridge
SB: 1 Gorilla Shaman
SB: 1 Viashino Heretic
SB: 1 Timetwister
Ah thanks, y'all!
Hmm... 16 blue sources allows 1 or 2 counterspells, but I'll let it on 4 leaks for now.
I'm trying this:
Keeper or Monoblue?
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4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Leak
2 Misdirection
2 Morphling
3 Fire/Ice
2 Powder Kegs
2 Gorilla Shaman (Good idea, lots of moxen here)
4 Ophidian
2 Merchant Scroll
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Time Walk
7 So/lo/mo
4 Volcanic Island
4 Shivan Reef
7 Islands
2 Wasteland
2 Mishra's Factory (TM)
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Emerald
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Library of Alexandria
4 Shivan Reef
4 Volcanic Island
8 Island
// Countermagic
4 Mana Leak
4 Counterspell
4 Mana Drain
3 Misdirection
4 Force of Will
// Drawing
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Time Walk
4 Impulse
4 Fire/Ice
// Creatures
2 Morphling
4 Ophidian
// SB
SB: 3 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Morphling
SB: 3 Blood Moon
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Gorilla Shaman
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blasts
The basic problem with something like this is that you substitute Red for the Uber powerful Back to Basics based on the assumption that the mono blue is incapable of dealing with aggro on some level. It is my contention that this assumption is unfounded. But who knows .
Stephen Menendian
Smmenen: I like your decklist, but there's something I disagree with: I consider Ur as a creature-metagamed mono-U, so the loss of Powder Keg isn't good. Also, these SB Bloodmoons kill the deck...
By the way, sadly, I have to drop my Mishra's Factories (TM) in favor of 1 Island (or Wasteland) and 1 more Keg or 1 Disk or 1 Keg and 1 Fire/Ice...
Please note that my metagame is control and not creature-based (well, indeed there are some creature decks, but...), just I wanted to have an Ur build, just in case...
Actually you don't sacrifice B2B. I play with _Bloodmoon_ in the SB. The red, IMO, gives it a favorable matchup with normal mono-U since you essentially play a mirror match, but only one guy has the REBs.
Matt, I simply meant you sacrifice b2b mainboard becuase the deck I posted above also has Blood Moon in the SB.
Steve