Its meant to be played with 3+ other people, so I figured that I could manage alright with the high mana curve and towards the end start dropping bombs
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I like the deck and it is solid, but I would like to keep this type 2 (standard). How about ideas for the side board?
Whoops, had them mixed up, meant to have 14 islands and 4 Halimar Depths
Maybe Renegade Doppelganger or Echo Mage. Also, for defense you might consider Guard Gomazoa.
Szadek also has a really high mana cost
Id sideboard a few in case there are a few things that you would rather just return instead of counter. I like them because you can return something like Halimar Depths from your side of the field so you can get the rearrange again as well as bounce something that they would play again and tie up their resources
No problem, and you shouldnt have much trouble getting your hands on most of the stuff, nothing thats really all that rare
I prefer mono blue over blue white. With UW you mainly remove your opponents creatures, but with U you can keep them on the field if you want to and then Clone them
What enchantments would you be worried about? If you go mono blue you could put in enough counters so that you can just counter any problematic cards and throw in Mnemonic Wall so that you can get your counters back. Right now you only have two white spells
Also, you could just take out the white and go with just blue control
If you want something to fend off early attacks Id suggest Kraken Hatchling, its a good turn one defense because its a 0/4. Also, you dont really have to drop anything, you can just sideboard that way its there if you need it when going against certain decks
Scalding Tarn is there to filter out lands so that late game you have a higher chance to draw into spells same as Marsh Flats. Why not add Liliana? Shed be good for her tutor ability. Id take out the excavators and and add Clones instead, you wont be drawing into them often enough to trigger their abilities to the point where it justifies spending mana on them.
Id start off by kind of cleaning up your main deck. Get some more Wall of Frosts, throw in another Pacifism, add a Cancel, drop Dispel and add Deprive and get more Halimar Depths. Get rid of Kabria Crossroads, add another Sejiri Refuge. 2 more Sage Owls would be nice. You really dont want to be running with one or two copies of of a card, you really need three or four so that you dont just chance getting one. The main thing is your lands. Id suggest splashing more white in. Theres a lot of control in white that would be really nice, like Path to Exile. Two more Clones as well and another Sphinx of Magosi. Id also suggest Glacial Fortress because it taps for blue as well as white.