Killer Joe
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I was readin' an article on Star City a while back and saw a U/W Control deck with Life Burst.
I chuckled at first, then read on. Here's the list:
"Life Slam" Version 4.2 designed by Judah Alt
5 Islands
5 Plains
4 Adarkar Waste
4 Coastal Tower
3 Cephalid Coliseum
3 Skycloud Expanses
2 Teferi’s Moat
3 Wrath of God
2 Rout
2 Caltrops (yes, it is in 7th)
3 Repulse
3 Fact or Fiction
2 Dismantling Blow
1 Ancestral Tribute
4 LIFE BURST
3 Absorb
4 Counterspell
2 Syncopate
2 Memory Lapse
2 Millstone
1 Iridescent Angel
1 Amugaba
Sideboard:
2 Gainsay (for Memory Lapses against other blue)
2 Hibernation (for Repulse vs. aggro green, since you expect Spellbane)
1 Juntu Stakes (vs. Finkels and Squirrels)
1 Sphere of Reason (vs. Finkel/Magpie and Meddling Mage)
2 Sacred Ground (vs. Obliterate/Price of Glory/LD)
3 Persuasion (vs. R/G/B, U/W/R, take out Dismantling Blows +/or Millstone)
2 Disrupting Scepter (vs. Control, take out Caltrops)
2 Disenchant (v.s Opposition, Mirari)
Sidenote: I just used copy & paste, cool.
Anyhow, I got to thinking about putting this thing together and testing it. I was amazed at how those friggin' little Bursts' keep me alive. 4, then 8, then 12, then 16 life for a total of 40 life, plus the Absorbs (I tested 4 of them).
I like this version better than the Memory Lapse/Predict one I was testing.
I chuckled at first, then read on. Here's the list:
"Life Slam" Version 4.2 designed by Judah Alt
5 Islands
5 Plains
4 Adarkar Waste
4 Coastal Tower
3 Cephalid Coliseum
3 Skycloud Expanses
2 Teferi’s Moat
3 Wrath of God
2 Rout
2 Caltrops (yes, it is in 7th)
3 Repulse
3 Fact or Fiction
2 Dismantling Blow
1 Ancestral Tribute
4 LIFE BURST
3 Absorb
4 Counterspell
2 Syncopate
2 Memory Lapse
2 Millstone
1 Iridescent Angel
1 Amugaba
Sideboard:
2 Gainsay (for Memory Lapses against other blue)
2 Hibernation (for Repulse vs. aggro green, since you expect Spellbane)
1 Juntu Stakes (vs. Finkels and Squirrels)
1 Sphere of Reason (vs. Finkel/Magpie and Meddling Mage)
2 Sacred Ground (vs. Obliterate/Price of Glory/LD)
3 Persuasion (vs. R/G/B, U/W/R, take out Dismantling Blows +/or Millstone)
2 Disrupting Scepter (vs. Control, take out Caltrops)
2 Disenchant (v.s Opposition, Mirari)
Sidenote: I just used copy & paste, cool.
Anyhow, I got to thinking about putting this thing together and testing it. I was amazed at how those friggin' little Bursts' keep me alive. 4, then 8, then 12, then 16 life for a total of 40 life, plus the Absorbs (I tested 4 of them).
I like this version better than the Memory Lapse/Predict one I was testing.
