Fog of War

by minfoh on 26 April 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (4)


Instants (8)

Artifacts (3)

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Deck Description

Land destruction? Not even close.

Discard? Try again.

Twenty-six counterspell control? Bzzzzt!

No, what I'm looking at is far more sinister. Some of you might have jumped straight to the top of the list. And if you did, somewhere just underneath Stasis but above Isochron Scepter-Orim's Chant, you would have found an archetype staring back, its curved letters beginning to taunt you.

One word: Turbo-Fog.

How to Play

A Turbo-Fog deck spends the first few turns setting up. You want to get a card like Otherworld Atlas or Rites of Flourishing onto the battlefield and set up your draws with Ponder. After that, it's time to go Fog crazy.

As your opponent attacks, you can Fog (or similar) each attack, ensuring you don't die. Because your deck has so many Fogs and you're drawing so many cards per turn via Rites and Atlas, it's surprisingly easy to just Fog every turn for the rest of the game! Eventually you will win via some narrow victory condition, usually by running your opponent out of cards.

Avacyn Restored has provided this archetype with a brand new tool: Otherworld Atlas. The key to decks like this is to have enough continuous card drawing effects that you can Fog each turn, and Atlas fills that role extremely well. It's easy to build it up to two (or more!) counters, loading up your hand with more cards each turn.

Building a Turbo-Fog deck can be tricky because there are a lot of pieces to keep in mind. You need enough enablers, enough fogs, and enough ways to tie everything else together and win the game.

Usually, I also like at least a couple ways to try and close out the game quicker than just milling via mutual card drawers in my Turbo-Fog decks. Often, if you let people have access to their entire decks over the course of the game—especially after sideboarding—they might be able to find a way to beat you.

This deck works best when people aren't expecting it... like right now, for example! Sideboards are low on cards that are good against this deck, meaning it's the perfect time to pounce.

Deck Tags

  • Turbo-Fog
  • Annoying
  • Long games
  • Fog

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Fog of War

I love turbofog. It's so much fun to just sit back and watch as they declare attacks, but not actually deal damage.
Isochron Scepter is a really fun card with any fog effect. It also works really well with Silence.
Also, is this supposed to be modern or casual play? Ponder is banned in modern (and vintage). A good substitute (but not as good enough, sadly) is Serum Visions.

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Posted 19 November 2016 at 06:33

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