[PRIMER] UB Control

[Alex]

Some men just want to watch the world burn. James wants to watch it drown in the tears of his enemies.

[Alex]

Also, if you're looking for a spell that transmutes into Curse of the Bloody Tome, Drift of Phantasms is what you're looking for. Perplex would work too, but it's also just a bad card.

[zemanjaski]

I could tune this more now that I have a better grip on the format. Rewind sucks for example, Exclude is absurd. Returned Phalanx is unplayable with Innocent Blood etc

[zemanjaski]

Transmute for Curse, Oona's Grace or Exclude is kinda sweet.

[Alex]

I need to find some Excludes, MTGOTraders didn't have any.

[zemanjaski]

Exclude is absurd in the format.

[DarthStabber]

Yeah, it's phenomenal. I'm even running it in faerie aggo's board (that being said the board is transforming it into control).

[zemanjaski]

[deck]Pauper UB Control[/deck]
Creatures

4 Mulldrifter
4 Sea Gate Oracle

Instants
4 Counterspell
4 Deprive
4 Diabolic Edict
1 Disfigure
1 Dispel
1 Ghostly Flicker
1 Grim Harvest
3 Mystical Teachings
1 Oona's Grace
1 Repeal
4 Think Twice

Sorceries
4 Preordain

Lands
1 Bojuka Bog
4 Dimir Aqueduct
4 Dimir Guildgate
10 Island
4 Swamp
[/deck]

So, I am running Teachings package for:
- countermagic
- diabolic edict
- disfigure
- ghostly flicker
- oona's grace
- repeal
- think twice

That's a lot of cool plays I think.

Instead of Sea Gate Oracle, I could run Trinket Mage and include that package as well, for double tutors; then running 4 of each artifact land so that they have plenty of targets going long; this would give me some great sideboard options too, although overall, I think SGO is
the better card; Trinket Mage trades with more (that's a good thing) and gives you options like Sylvok Lifestaff and Nihil Spellbomb.

[zemanjaski]

Deck needs Crypt Rats.

[DarthStabber]

Deck needs Crypt Rats.

Probably true, just remember that you can only sink black mana into him.

[zemanjaski]

[card]Evincar's Justice[/card]

/ game

[DarthStabber]

did not even know that was a thing, but that is a scary thing. Must acquire 5, 1 for commander, 4 for pauper.

[Jack]

Just dug this deck back up for a few games on cockatrice.


I'm a bastard.

[Jack]

It's priceless to watch people play the whole game out, thinking they have a chance at winning, while their library thins by 3 cards per turn and I keep 3+ counterspells in hand.