Re: Tourney deck, could use ideas. Propa-prison

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: : : : I have entered in a t1 tournament on the 27th. : : : : I believe this is the deck I am going to play, : : : : and i could use some advice. : : : : I do not have any moxes, or those would be in... : : : : I do have access to other cards such as abyss, moat... : : : : mirror, etc..... : : : : Here is my deck..... : : : : Artifact: : : : : Winter orb x3 : : : : Icy x4 : : : : Zuron orb : : : : ivory tower : : : : Jayemdae Tome : : : : Sol ring : : : : Blue: : : : : Mana drain x4 : : : : counter x3 : : : : Propaganda x3 : : : : twister : : : : recall : : : : ancestral recall : : : : time walk : : : : White: : : : : Land tax : : : : Disenchant x3 : : : : Swords x3 : : : : Armegeddon x2 : : : : Wrath of God : : : : Green: : : : : Regrowth : : : : Gaea's : : : : Red: : : : : Torch : : : : Land: : : : : Island x7 : : : : Plain x7 : : : : Tundra x4 : : : : Volcanic Island x2 : : : : LOA : : : : Savannah : : : : Tropical Island : : : : : : : : I must describe why i decided to play this deck. : : : : I am really the only one in my area that has any of the : : : : power nine. I also feel that with the exception of : : : : one or two people, everyone will be playing speed : : : : creature, with possibly some burn. Nothing real great. : : : : I felt that this deck could stand up to that. I would : : : : like to hear all the comments on this deck. : : : : Andy Crowner : : : Replace Trop Island and Savannah with 2 City of Brass or Undiscovered Paradise (5color, works well with WOrb if you don't have Icy in play and it can help to make your hand bigger for LoA). : : : Since you don't have Moxes, try to fit in few Diamonds (1-2 blue and 1-2 white) or Sol Grails. : : : The only time you need Timetwister in this deck is when you're losing (i.e. to refill hand), otherwise it will only help opponent. Replace it with Balance (you have a lot of artifacts and enchantments, it will really work nicely). Keep the Timetwister in SB. : : : I'd increase number of counterspells - replace 1-2 Disenchant with Counterspell or Power Sink (tap them out, then WOrb). Maybe even replace Timewalk for a Counterspell/Power Sink (in this deck, Timewalk is merely a cantrip that untaps your lands :-0). : : : You may try additional kill cards: Black Vise, Mirror, 1-2 Kjeldoran Outpost (it also helps to block before you have PropOrb lock on table). You need at least 2 more kill cards (you have only Torch and Blessing), Jester's Cap would really screw you. Put some at least in SB. : : : Replace Armageddons with 2 Wrath of God (or 1 Wrath and 1 WOrb). Armageddon doesn't work very well in a mana-heavy control deck. In the worst scenario, at least you can play WOrb and Prop to stop creatures from attacking and wait for Icy... : : : Replace Kaervek's Torch with Fireball. Fireball is also good for defense - it helps to take out multiple creatures at once (especially Pumpknights). : : : Aura of Silence is usually not good in reactive deck (it just sits there, waiting to be destroyed), but since you play mana-denial, it should work well, replace 2-3 Disenchants with Auras. : : : Some ideas for SB: use 1-2 Hurkyl's Recalls (vs people with Diamonds, mind Stones, etc.), 2 CoP: Red (depending on # of burn decks there), 2 Sacred Ground (vs Geddons and LD), 2 Disrupting Scepter (vs control, although you might not need it since you have no other control decks there), few Gerrard's Wisdoms (vs speed/burn decks to gain time to get the cards to set the lock), Wrath(s), Disenchant(s), Outposts, Black Vise, Mirror; that's all I can think about now. : : Chaos: : : First, thanks for your help. I just had a few questions. Do you think it would be a wise idea to try to add an abyss and a d. tutor? The only reason i had not is that there are quite a few ld decks around here and i thought it would be hard to keep any of the mana i need. I like the idea of taking out the timewalk. I get carried away and always think i MUST play any power i have. : : Same with the twister... although the twister is nice once i run out of counters, then just cycle them back through, and draw one or two... also works well with the tower out. : : I thank you dearly for the ideas... this will definately improve my deck in this tourney. I would also like to hear your comments to the selection of my deck... if you feel that in this area this was the right deck to play. : : thanks again, : : andy crowner : I think Balance will work better - it doesn't count all the artifacts/enchantments you have on the table and it will really save you. : I originally thought about Abyss and Demonic Tutor, but you need to add a bit more black mana sources. With only 2 Undiscovered/City of Brass it will be hard to get it. I'd say replace few basic lands with 4 Underground Seas and 2 Flood Plains (then Land Tax becomes not as useful, so you could replace it with Abyss). Replace one Disenchant with Demonic Tutor. : If you have so many creature decks there, playing control deck like this is a good idea, especially denying them from attacking. Another good thing is that WOrb also makes the use of Cursed Scroll almost (if not completely) impossible. : You could even try 2 Gerrard's Wisdom main deck (it gives few turns to live or set up the lock). 1 Moat wouldn't hurt either, at least keep it in SB. I'd probably replace another Disenchant with that Moat; speed creature decks usually don't have many artifacts/enchantments (except maybe for Crusades in WW, but they are useless when they can't attack :-]). Keep the Disenchants/Auras of Silence in SB in case you run into an artifact/enchantment heavy deck.