Future Sight

[Jigglypuff]

I'm not quite sure what to say about this deck. Here it is.

4 Future Sight
4 Zur's Weirding
3 Vexing Arcanix
4 Predict
4 Sage Owl
4 Counterspell
4 Force of Will
4 Ivory Tower
2 Rainbow Efreet
3 Impulse
24 Islands

The Weirding can keep my opponents hands clear of potential threats and the Future Sight allows me to play around the Weirding and deny my opponents the chance to deny me important cards. With the top card of my library revealed, the Arcanix allows me to get important cards into my hand and can also double as a win condition. What do you guys think? Should I include more Sage Owl-type cards so I have more potential cards available?

(- Steve -)

 

[train]

Ummm... I'll say.... it's BLUE!!!...

I think the 4 Ivory Towers is a bit much, what about something like Arcane Laboratory...

Maybe Arcane Denials... Drawing...

Disrupt... Drawing...

Memory Lapse... If they get a spell before the weirding's out, maybe the weirding can be out next turn...

Scent of Brine... Reveal them all... The weirding is already in play...

 

[Shiro, Time Devourer]

Here's something that'll really do it with Future Sight, mainly in T1. You should be sitting down as you read this.

You can play any 0-cost artifacts that are on top of your library. Period.



I told you you should be sittin' down.

 

[train]

Ornithopter...
Lotus Petal...
Lotus...
Mox x 5...
Shield sphere...
...

Where's the tolarian academy?...

 

[theorgg]

Dude...


DUDE!

Duuuuude!

ÐÜÜÜÜÜІ†††!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED TO DRAFT A F---ING ONSLAUGHT DRAFT!!!!!!
AAAAAAaAAAAAAAAaaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhhh!

I'M GOING CRAZY WITH GAME CELEBACY! MOL ISN'T THE SAME!!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo

and that... fits.. with a dec..Ive got...

*under 6th rules, with pre-erratta Zur, you could play the spell in response to them paying the two life... sadly, it doesn't work too well now...

Sorry... I'm just going CRAZY without drafting. You don't realize how a draft a month can... eat on your concience...

 

[BigBlue]

What about the artifact that blows up for 10 if card X is drawn by your opponent? Can't recall the name offhand...

Millstone, Grindstone, ... The artifact where you can pay 2 life to pop the top card if you want to...

Booby Trap. That's the name... I think the other one is a Null rod?

 

[train]

Wand of Denial - Ohhh... the power of Coat enhanced Visions!!!

Got Coat?!! - and no you can't have that card!!!

 

[Mikeymike]

This deck is a perfect reason why the entire color blue should be banned from the game of magic. "Don't worry friend, I'll play your deck for you. No, you have no say in this matter."

I'd probably run Memory Lapse instead of Counterspell (can't believe I just typed that). Its oozing synergy (and other stuff I can't type here).

I don't know about the Sage Owl. I feel like Raven Familar or something that shuffles your deck would be better. I'm probably missing a combo, but I don't see how it works great with Future Sight. Its nice to know what's on top of the deck, but you are running mostly sorcery speed items, so you'll have a tough time plowing through a stack that the Owl makes.

I think 1 or 2 Booby Traps would be fun as well.

Also, Thawing Glaciers. Its gets out Islands (nice), thins the deck (nicer), and shuffles you up (nicest).

 

[Jigglypuff]

Thanks Mikey.

I'll probably take your advice and run Memory Lapse in place of the Counterspells. I like Sage Owl because it basically allows me to play the best of the top 4 cards of my library and then I can either clear the rest with Thawing Glaciers (which I also just added). About Booby Trap. It could be cute but it's really hard to set up unless I have Memory Lapse.

(- Steve -)

 

[train]

To make it cheaper... Instead of the weirding... would the deck run well if you played wands of denial?...

 

[Jigglypuff]

Well, I haven't had a chance to build this deck yet, so I made a couple of changes that I thought would help the deck be good. Here's a new list:

2 Morphling
4 Future Sight
4 Zur's Weirding
4 Words of Worship
3 Disenchant
4 Impulse
4 Predict
4 Memory Lapse
4 Force of Will
3 Vexing Arcanix
4 Thawing Glaciers
4 Tundra
5 Plains
11 Islands

The Words of Worship replaces Ivory Tower as the life-gainer of choice. I think it's going to work better because I'll usually gain more life with WoW than Ivory Tower. I can also use it to skip a draw in case it's something important and I wasn't able to play it earlier.

(- Steve -)

 

[Rooser]

Just say NO to Wand of Denial. Wand of Denial is amusing and all, but the Weirding works much better because you deny the card AS THEY DRAW IT. Wand of Denial can make them pitch the top card if it's good, but that doesn't stop them from drawing the next card, which you didn't see, and maybe that next card will destroy you.

Also, Words of Worship is definitely a good idea. As for Sage Owly things, yes, they help more than some people will think. Anybody who's thrown together a wizard deck with information dealers and future sights knows how fast you can scream through your deck after you stack the top few cards. Then again, wizards decks are generally pretty low on the cc.

Temporal Spring has better synergy than Memory Lapse, because now you don't even have to catch the spell as it's being cast, and you can still play tricks with a booby trap. You probably don't want to splash green just for that though, but if you like the idea consider incorporating other green cards then. Or, to keep it roughly mono-blue, you could run time ebb instead, but that only gets creatures. On the memory lapse note, I really think Counterspell would be better, if it's a matter of one over the other, (but running both might be even better). Yes, Memory Lapse can stack for a booby trap,give you atempo advantage, and combine with the weirding to get rid of the spell altogether, but a hard counterspell will handle the threat in any situation, even if it's turn 2 and you're weirding-less.

 

[Jigglypuff]

How did Booby Trap suddenly become part of this deck? I already made a separate Booby Trap deck a while ago. There shall be no Booby Traps in this deck. Please do not make any suggestions that would increase synergy with Booby Trap because it shall not become a part of this deck. Thus it is decreed.

(- Steve -)

 

[WickedBoy6]

I normally don't drool over blue decks but... *drool* ...such control...

 

[John Ewing]

Your deck reminds me a bit of my old card quality denial deck. It went something like this:

4x Orcish Spy
4x Soldier of Fortune
2x Grim Lavamancer

3x Elemental Augury
3x Millstone
4x Predict
4x Foreshadow
2x Painful Memories
4x Memory Lapse
4x Temporal Spring
2x Haunting Echoes

and one of the ugliest mana bases ever witnessed.

It never won that often, but it was truly annoying to play against. When it does win the opponent never misses a land drop. . . I think Draco Explosion might have trouble against this deck.

 

[train]

I see no reason why Booby Trap can't be part of the deck...

If you're going to know what they're drawing, why not run booby trap!...