U/R 'Other' Spells, need advice

Started by Gorzo, April 03, 2012, 12:39:05 PM

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Gorzo

I'm in the process of building a U/R EDH deck with {Jhoira of the Ghitu} as my general. I have my creature base and lands taken care of, but I'm having trouble deciding what to do with my other spells. I'm not used to played blue in Commander, and was looking for advice/suggestions.

Card draw - with tons of huge creatures for Jhoira to suspend for cheap, I need draw power.  Aside from {Minds Aglow}, what are some good draw spells for the format?

Tutors - are there any tutors in U/R that can pull creatures? I know U has a couple for instant sorcery only, like {Personal Tutor}, but odds are this deck will want a creature. {Long-Term Plans} sort of gets the job done...eventually...but is there anything quicker?

Counter spells - considering running {Guile} and some extra counterspells if I have room. What counters do you recommend for EDH?

Guypocolypse


BlackJester

{Deep-Sea Kraken} and {Greater Gargadon} (WAY awesome with only 4 counters and 2 colorless!  ;D)
{Training Grounds} to make it 1 colorless (?).  {Heartstone} too?
{Fury Charm}, {Timebender}, {Timecrafting}, are obvious, although I don't know if they're any good in this format.  Storm cards (since you could be "Casting" a ton of cards simultaneously with suspend), Defense while you wait: bounce spells like {Echoing Truth} are great against token decks, walls, counters, {Propaganda} is a U FFA staple.
Extra Turn spells: {Time Stretch} etc.

And so on, and so forth...

Guypocolypse


Karrthus

{Brainstorm}, {Mind Spring}, {Ponder}, {Plagerize}, {Ancestral Vision}, {Aeon Chronicler}, {Coastal Piracy}. Just some suggestions

Gorzo

Great suggestions so far guys, thank you! My deck is rounding out nicely.

I also added {Paradox Haze} to cut my time counters in half, and {Jhoira's Timebug} to lend a hand.