America Midrange-y Control

[GreatDarkness8]

America Midrange-y Control 75 cards, 15 sideboard 4 {Islands} 4 {Steam Vents} 4 {Temple of Triumph} 4 {Sacred Foundry} 4 {Hallowed Fountain} 20 lands 3 {Guttersnipe} 3 {Young Pyromancer} 3 {Judge's Familiar} 9 creatures 4 {Counterflux} 2 {Elixir of Immortality} 4 {Render Silent} 4 {Detention Sphere} 1 {Jace, Memory Adept} 1 {Jace, Architect of Thought} 1 {Ral Zarek} 4 {Dissolve} 2 {Quicken} 2 {Supreme Verdict} 2 {Sphinx's Revalation} 4 {Chromatic Lantern} 30 other spells Sideboard 2 {Steam Augury} 2 {Essence Backlash} 4 {Silence} 4 {Syncopate} 1 {Elspeth, Sun's Champion} 15 sideboard cards

[GreatDarkness8]

Suggestions would be appreciated

[Pirate John]

Explain your reasoning behind {silence} please. Would you be happy drawing late in the game as well as early?

[JustAWalrus]

Wont work with nivix cyclops in it cause of low number of instants and sorceries and you should use scry lands as opposed to guildgates

[iTzTowelie404]

-4 {Nivix Cyclops}, +4 {Magma Jet}, in a heartbeat

[Vileo]

-4 {Nivix Cyclops}, +4 {Magma Jet}, in a heartbeat

Agreed. Also, I suggest you try some {Chandra, Pyromaster}. She's amazing. 0 to draw a card any day.

[GreatDarkness8]

Explain your reasoning behind {silence} please. Would you be happy drawing late in the game as well as early?

My reasoning is if someone casts, say, {Garruk, Caller of Beasts} and i counter it with {Counterflux} if i dont have {Render Silent} in my hand, then i can {Silence} him then his turn is basically over.

[abstractApathist]

Explain your reasoning behind {silence} please. Would you be happy drawing late in the game as well as early?

My reasoning is if someone casts, say, {Garruk, Caller of Beasts} and i counter it with {Counterflux} if i dont have {Render Silent} in my hand, then i can {Silence} him then his turn is basically over.

That way you lose a bunch of card advantage just to stop them from casting something with what little mana they have left (something ehich is unlikely).

[Pirate John]

{Silence} is used in combo decks or grindy Extort matches. In any other deck, it's waste of a card slot

[JordanCirk]

{Silence} is used in combo decks or grindy Extort matches. In any other deck, it's waste of a card slot

Agreed. I'd much rather have a cantrip like  {Quicken} in here rather than silence.

[iTzTowelie404]

No {Supreme Verdict} O.o

[GreatDarkness8]

{Silence} is used in combo decks or grindy Extort matches. In any other deck, it's waste of a card slot

Agreed. I'd much rather have a cantrip like  {Quicken} in here rather than silence.

There are not enough sorceries to justify {Quicken}

[SoshiGanrou]

For me personally that's a lot of 3 cmc counter spells. Have you considered omen speaker?  helps with card advantage. I also would recommend 3 sphinx instead of 2. When I did American control when innistrad was legal I hardly saw them. I will agree that supreme verdic should be main board as well. I would even toss in warleader's helix as well. Just my thoughts

[iTzTowelie404]

For me personally that's a lot of 3 cmc counter spells. Have you considered omen speaker?  helps with card advantage. I also would recommend 3 sphinx instead of 2. When I did American control when innistrad was legal I hardly saw them. I will agree that supreme verdic should be main board as well. I would even toss in warleader's helix as well. Just my thoughts

{Omenspeaker} gives you no card advantage.

[SoshiGanrou]

Sets up your draws and allows you to shift through your deck a little. Better than a blind draw.