Blue White Control

Jkanedrummond1990 · July 05, 2015, 08:43:29 PM

Blue White Control

60 cards, 0 sideboard

4 {Halimar Depths}
9 {Plains}
13 {Island}

26 lands

2 {Jace's Mindseeker}
2 {Prognostic Sphinx}

4 creatures

3 {Jace, Architect of Thought}
2 {Dig Through Time}
4 {Dispel}
4 {Dissipate}
4 {Cancel}
4 {End Hostilities}
2 {Font of Fortunes}
2 {Divination}
2 {Devouring Light}
3 {Jace's Ingenuity}

30 other spells

Sideboard

Notes:
Card advantage, counters, ands planeswalker with ability to skry and also to steal opponent options

MommaB · July 05, 2015, 09:45:06 PM

Counters??? I only really see 1

LinkCelestrial · July 05, 2015, 09:50:36 PM

Too many wincons. If your deck is working you don't really need {Blazing Archon}.

Jkanedrummond1990 · July 05, 2015, 10:20:15 PM

thank you both for the advise. I think I am going to go down to only 2 creatures total. Ad 3 Cancels and 3 dissolves. I'm new to playing this type of deck and am not use to using counters. Any suggestions on which ones to add?
Thanks again.

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 12:54:07 AM

The elspeths you have are only good if you have a lot of creatures. Unless you feel like making your deck more of a token deck, which I know a few cards that can help you with that if you wanna go there, get rid of those elspeths. Another white Planeswalker should replace it, as the only decent blue planeswalkers are Jace, the Mindsculptor, and the one from Avacyn Restored, which I think got a reprint, but are still both expensive. Your three choices for white planeswalkers are Ajani, Elspeth, or Gideon. I'll go through them now and I'll pick out the best of them for your deck at the moment. Remember, unless you want to make a token deck, don't put in higher costing cards that do things to ALL creatures, as you only plan to have two.

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 12:59:06 AM

Ok I believe your four options (if you want planeswalkers) would be Gideon, Champion of Justice; Elspeth, Knight Errant; and Ajani Steadfast. I personally advise Elspeth, as it makes most of the stuff you have on the field indestructible. I'm ruling out Ajani Goldmane, as your deck isn't life gain.

Jkanedrummond1990 · July 06, 2015, 06:48:02 AM

Thank you for the help I will decently replace my planeswalker. Do you think I should get a playset or go with a smaller amount and throw in a couple more counters?
Thanks again.

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 12:25:46 PM

Well it depends. You can either get 4 of a Planeswalker, or get 2 of two different ones. At this point you probably want to keep your blue stuff over getting tokens. The second best would be Gideon, as he exiles all other permanents, and then you can make him a creature. Ajani Steadfast might be better then Gideon however, as it does have an ability that prevents all but 1 damage to you or any Planeswalker you control, while Gideon high ability IS costly. When we finish up with this Planeswalker deal, I can help you out with your blue cards, as I do have a blue deck too.

Splicer · July 06, 2015, 12:42:07 PM

If you're playing control, I suggest {Gideon Jura}. However, he isn't standard, and if you wanted to, you could make this deck standard with only a few changes.
-{Radiant Fountain}
+More plains and Islands
-{Blazing Archon}
+Whatever creature looks good to you in this spot.
-{Oblivion Ring}
+{Banishing Light}

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 01:30:05 PM

Isn't he expensive though? That's why I didn't include him.

Splicer · July 06, 2015, 02:15:52 PM

Quote from: Coolie2 on July 06, 2015, 01:30:05 PM
Isn't he expensive though? That's why I didn't include him.

He's only $5.05 at the time of this post.

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 02:18:25 PM

Hmm. Wonder why I thought that...

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 02:25:07 PM

There's two reasons why a Planeswalker that can go in my deck wouldn't be in it. The first is that it's too expensive, which is why I thought that it was. When looking at the card however, I realized its number two. Gideon Jura isn't that good of a Planeswalker, at least in my opinion. I mean, the only decent ability is destroying creatures.

Splicer · July 06, 2015, 03:01:37 PM

Quote from: Coolie2 on July 06, 2015, 02:25:07 PM
There's two reasons why a Planeswalker that can go in my deck wouldn't be in it. The first is that it's too expensive, which is why I thought that it was. When looking at the card however, I realized its number two. Gideon Jura isn't that good of a Planeswalker, at least in my opinion. I mean, the only decent ability is destroying creatures.

+2:Draw fire from yourself, tap all your opponent's creatures, set up profitable blocks.
-2:Kill any problematic creature, especially in conjunction with the +2.
0:Beat with a 6/6 every turn he has no creatures out.

Seems good to me.

Coolie2 · July 06, 2015, 03:14:50 PM

Quote from: Splicer on July 06, 2015, 03:01:37 PM
Quote from: Coolie2 on July 06, 2015, 02:25:07 PM
There's two reasons why a Planeswalker that can go in my deck wouldn't be in it. The first is that it's too expensive, which is why I thought that it was. When looking at the card however, I realized its number two. Gideon Jura isn't that good of a Planeswalker, at least in my opinion. I mean, the only decent ability is destroying creatures.
+2:Draw fire from yourself, tap all your opponent's creatures, set up profitable blocks.
-2:Kill any problematic creature, especially in conjunction with the +2.
0:Beat with a 6/6 every turn he has no creatures out.

Seems good to me.

+2 Kill Gideon Jura
-2 Kill a Non Indestructible Creature
0 Make Gideon Jura an overpriced creature for a turn

There's different ways of seeing it