My U/W Casual deck

[Thuglord]

Here is my U/W casual deck I have built over the years. My friends and I ual and play multi player and it usually does well. I have thought of splashing in Black with the new tri lands but I'm still unsure

All opinions welcome on adding black or on better cards in staying just U/W



Creatures or Equivilants

Serra Angelx4
Treachery x4
Bribery x2


Spells
Counterspell x4
Mana Drain x4
Absorb x4
Dismantling Blow x2
Orim's Chant x2
Teferi's Moat x2
Ancestral Recall
Stroke of Genius
Time Spiral


Artifacts
Icy Manipulator
Planar Portal


Mana
Sol Ring
Mox Sapphire
Mox Pearl
Felwar Stone x3
Tundra x4
Adakar Waste x4
Coastal Tower x4
Reflecting Pool x4
Island x2
Plains
Tolarian Academy
Library of Alexandria


Yes There are some expensive cards in the deck but my days of spending more than $10 a card are way behind me.

Any help appreciated

Tim

 

[Ransac]

I know of a guy that plays a similar deck. Splash red for Urza's Rage and replace something for Mageta and you have a winner.



Ransac, cpa trash man

 

[Duel]

I'd take out the felwar stones, as there's no guarentee they'll be of use to you. You're probably better off with Sky diamond.

I agree tha using mageta/rage is a good move,

3x magetas instead of treacheries may be the right decision.

Rages, however, are not so big an issue. you don't need them

Instead, get some more card advantage. FoF, or accumulated knowledge. Possibly a forbid or force of will, as well. They're just good.

 

[rakso]

This is a very strange deck... I'm making comments based on the fact that I see an Ancestral Recall, but these do not take multiplayer politics into account...

1) Serra Angel is far inferior to Morphling in this sort of deck. And you won't need 4 of either.

2) Treachery is chaff if you play with this power level and play against creatureless decks, and can have more permanent creature control options. You can use the card slots for something else like Swords to Plowshares for early creatures (Hypnotic Specter?).

3) Bribery is chaff since you don't gain a card and may end up grabbing a Nether Spirit or something unspectacular.

4) Force of Will is better than Absorb here.

5) Orim's Chant is not going to be very useful here, since you're usually the much slower deck.

6) Time Spiral is too situational, since U/W has enough card drawing without giving the opponent cards. Unlike Timetwister, you cannot use Time Spiral to combat discard because it costs too much to save you early.

7) In U/W, there are other things more permanent, even Wrath of God. You don't have Balance in there, for example, but have Ancestral.

8) Planar Portal might be fine in multi, but it's too slow to play without tapping out in duels.

9) Coastal Tower is simply not advisable, not even in this type of slow deck. It can be a pain when you need the mana.

10) You don't need Coastal Tower and Reflecting Pool, since you do not have double-white costs because you do not have Moat. A lot more basic lands and/or Thawing Glaciers would work better.

11) Tolarian Academy with a handful of artifacts is going to be too erratic.

 

[rakso]

I think the deck can be improved, mainly, by adding more card drawing aside from Ancestral, Stroke and Library.

Take out some of the narrower cards like Treachery, Bribery, Icy, etc. and add 4 Fact or Fiction. Also consider Mystical Tutor and Merchant Scroll to abuse your Ancestral.

And do add that Balance... no Type I deck with white should leave home without it!

 

[Thuglord]

Thanks for the replys. I have made some changes including trying to splash black with the cards I had on hand.

Here is the newer version:

Creatures
Serra Angel x3
Mageta the Lion x1

Spells:

White:
Balance x1
Dismantling Blow x2
Orim's Chant x2 (Great for slowing down fast decks)

Blue:
Treachery x2 (Will be switched out for fact or fiction when I get them)
Counterspell x4
Mana Drain x4
Time Spiral x1
Ancestral recall x1
Stroke of Genius x1
Brain Geyser x1

Gold:
Teferi's Moat x2
Absorb x4

Black:
Demonic Tutor x1
Mind Twist x1

Artifacts:
Sol Ring x1
Mox Sapphire x1
Mox Pearl x1
Ivory Tower x1
Jaymadae's Tome x1 (? should this stay planar portal)
Felwar Stone x3 (? of switching some/all for Cameos or Diamonds)

Lands:
Tundra x4
Adakars Waste x4
Reflesting Pool x4
Underground Sea x3
Tolarian Academy
Library of Alexandria
Coastal Tower x4 (will switch some/all of these out for the U/W/B triple land when they arrive)

Any comments welcomed.

Thanks

Tim