Azorius Flash

by anbu187 on 10 December 2012

Main Deck (62 cards)

Sideboard (12 cards)

Sorceries (3)


Land (2)

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Deck Description

Blue white flash deck that i am using and has a higher win chance against thragtusk based decks. I recently finished 1st at my favorite local shop with this deck. I won against black red zombies, rakdos control, jund midrange, rdw, etc.

How to Play

Just defense and delay tactics until you have board sweeper. Use restoration angel wisely to combo with augur and snapcaster. Attach runechanters pike to your creature for high damage. Gain back your life through sphinxs revelation.

Deck Tags

  • Tournament

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Azorius Flash

Replace Unsummon with Cyclonic Rift because CR has eveything Unsummon will never have. You have more than enough draw, take out Augur and put in Delver of Secret. If you are willing to risk running Rewind with it's mana cost I would recommend replacing it with 2 more dissipates or Negate's. Just some ideas to throw your way. Runechanter's would work better in a self mill sorcery deck and I suggested CR because that will be your only full sweep would allow you to do any damage, otherwise your creatures are kinda weak.

Here is my Self Mill token sorcery combo deck that might give you a few ideas:

http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=405570

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Posted 10 December 2012 at 20:49

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This is not a delver deck FYI this is UW flash. You haven't played or seen this kind of deck because if you did, you will not replace unsummon. This is heavy counter deck an anti-meta deck specifically for battling out those thragtusk decks.

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 06:03

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Unsummon is an amazing card very rounded and cyclonic rift sucks people don't realize how poorly "You don't control" affects the game in a deck like this (Which is very good mind you) Unsummon is the clear choice. Great deck.

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Posted 19 December 2012 at 20:43

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Unsummoning is NOT good way to deal with Thragusk, It gives you a HUGE card disadvantage. Also this deck really needs to have a few sweepers, it Will not be able to hold back aggro decks with its tempo spells and counters,and its board presence is really weak. You have no way to win the game once an opponent gets few creatures out, and any experienced player will tell you that you can never counter everything, ripped especially in current standard, where there aren't very many good counterspells

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 12:06

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Haha im not unsummoning thragtusk i use azorius charm for that case. Unsummon is for one drops most of the time. I won against RDW, black red zombies, selesnya aggro take ur pick lol. I think you haven't played yet with my kind of deck you're speculating too much. You're just one of those trolls hahaha

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 12:51

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Um azorious charm on thragtusk means I'm still ahead lol and in my jund deck I have cavern specifically for decks with cancels (I actually added it for America control but same difference
To be honest I don't like your choice of counter spells I would drop the rewind for dissipate because flashback is still prevalent
I'd drop 1 augur of bolas for a sphinx's revelation that's a card you want to see

Also you said this deck beats my zombies with a turn 1 cavern 6 of your cards become dead and even as late as turn 3 cavern will do lots of damage to your deck game 2 I only slightly better as your 2 wrath don't do much to zombies

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 23:46

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@Above, comments, this deck works specifically against bant control because that deck cant get rid of angels very profitably and UW flash is way more draw-go, so it can counter all the big bant threat angels and planeswalkers. Restoration Angel + Pike is really all you need to win.

That said with the advent of BR aggro its not that well placed anymore. Upping the supreme verdicht count to 4 in the sideboard may help.

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 12:19

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2 supreme verdict works fine with me. Augur of bolas stops most weenies and blink it most of the time with restoration angel to avoid lethal damage either from combat or burn spells. Lately i defeated Naya build thragtusk and he has about 40 plus life. I defeated him with runechanter's pike equipped to restoration angel hehe.

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 12:57

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How do you deal with the atrifact distruction upon your pike? im guessing you save a counter for that kind of stuation...but doesnt that mean this deck is very easy to bait? and did that happen in any of the plays you have delt with so far?

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Posted 24 December 2012 at 00:05

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@anbu187: cool control deck one of my hated deck in tournament or casual games...
If you look my control deck i think you slight advantage....

here's mine http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=409054

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Posted 11 December 2012 at 13:55

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Looks really nasty and must be horribly boring to face :P

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Posted 12 December 2012 at 14:53

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Hahaha yeah my deck is a test of endurance against boredom lol

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Posted 13 December 2012 at 12:07

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hmmm, you commented on my deck, true your deck is built for end game, but i don't see a way on dealing with hexproof creatures and with 2 supreme verdict on sb it's a hard card to draw

simic aggro
http://mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=413706
bant aggro
http://mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=413723

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Posted 13 December 2012 at 14:29

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in my case supreme is not hard to draw i have lots of card draw spells and augur of bolas ability works best for me. in my expereince it is seldom in a match that i cast two supreme verdicts. As for hexproof creatures like Sigarda, that is why I have 2x clones for sideboard.

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Posted 13 December 2012 at 16:52

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How does clone help you with hexproof creatures? They cannot be targeted by it, and therefore can't be cloned...

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Posted 22 December 2012 at 17:39

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Clone reads "any creature on the batttlefield" in lieu of "target creature", therefore circumventing hexproof.

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Posted 23 December 2012 at 00:14

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I've seen this type of deck in action, also played against it & it's solid, expecially against midrange, but weak against token decks & wisely constructed aggro...

...also decks with a strong removal set wipes this out... ...either if it's Grixis with fast & effective removal, or Bant/America/Esper with mass removal & basic control spells...

...these weaknesses are because this deck runs few cards you could win the game with... ...you have 2 Entreat the Angels in the sideboard, but it's still just two cards type of cards along with Restoration Angel... ...removal reduces your chanses at finishing the game, no matter how solid your control set is... ...also, if the opponent has 3-4 Slaughter Games in the sideboard, you can pack your cards quickly from game-2 & farward.......


...here is a similar deck I've made only for an experiment, 'cuz I wanted to raise the comteaitvity of this solid deck type... ...it's R/U/W, has a little higher chanse to finish the game, playes on flashback a little bit more as I run Feeling of Dread along with Think Twice & Izzet Charm, plus Desolate Lighthouse along with Thought Scour...

...it's still not tournament quality as far as we concern the places I'm playing at: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=413490

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Posted 13 December 2012 at 15:18

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i haven't updated my sideboards yet and thinking of removing the entreat and adding in detention spheres against token based decks. As for supreme verdict, I always draw them most of the time and sometimes i don't use it at all. I can make use of resto's ability to flicker my dying blocker which in most cases augur of bolas, then do some snap combo to disrupt the attacking creatures. My restoration angels were once slaughtered games but still i managed to win via spirit token enchanted with runechanter's pike. So far, i have not been beaten by any kind of aggro out there. My losses came from misplays and against RUW control. But over all, I like this deck it has a higher win chance than my previous decks. There is a RUW version of this deck but I preferred not to use that as tricolor decks tend to mana screw most of the time.

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Posted 13 December 2012 at 16:49

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Posted 14 December 2012 at 18:00

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Thanks for all the likes!

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Posted 16 December 2012 at 07:43

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Yes! Finally my deck is on homepage decklist hehe. I plan on using this deck again to get a gatecrash pre release pass later at my favorite magic/hobby shop. I'll be updating my sideboards shortly as I find some cards not usable.

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Posted 21 December 2012 at 19:48

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I play this deck at FNM every week not exact but damn close. Its not good against fast aggro. Or America which is what I've beat it with not alway just saying I've beat it enough. However it did inspire me to add some dispel. If you go against a heavy spell counter dispel and negate it won't hold up. I agree you need sweepers and something to fight back after game one pike won't see the light of day. I would say GoST or maybe even entreat of angels.

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Posted 21 December 2012 at 21:36

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yes i am planning on adding some entreat maybe 2 only and set of terminus against zombies haha. it depends on the build of the aggro deck i am against with, if it is black/red or rdw, most attacks can be defended with augur of bolas and summon until i draw a mass kill spell like supreme. when i finished first with this deck my 1st opponent uses black/red zombies and in the end won against jund midrange.

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Posted 21 December 2012 at 22:33

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righteous blow is a good sideboard against most weenies except undying creatures. Anyway, it is like any other card game, if you havea good draw, then more chances of winning. If you are mana screwed, well that's life next game please haha

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Posted 21 December 2012 at 22:49

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Nice deck! Would be a very tough deck to face. I maybe would like to see Supreme Verdict main boarded, at least one perhaps. I think it could really make Naya, and populate decks panic.

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Posted 21 December 2012 at 23:04

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Yes currently supreme verdict and detention sphere is mainboarded. This deck is good against naya as well as other midrange decks

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Posted 22 December 2012 at 00:56

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http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=415662

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Posted 22 December 2012 at 00:16

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Posted 23 December 2012 at 11:03

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I like the deck but I can't figure out why Jace, Architect of Thought is in here. Could someone explain it to me?

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Posted 23 December 2012 at 11:21

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Hehe just testing how it feels like to have this card lol

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Posted 23 December 2012 at 12:18

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Posted 23 December 2012 at 12:43

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hey i saw u being cocky about your deck on the parish of lambholt page. i just thought id let u know i played someone who saw ur deck on here and downright duplicated it. he won fnm with it this passed friday. i lost to the jund that won 2nd so i didnt get matched up with him. after the fnm was over i played a 3 out of 5 with the guy. i won the match 3-0. your deck isnt unbeatable. it was kinda easy actually. here's what i beat "you" with. http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=401193

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Posted 24 December 2012 at 12:35

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i did not remember saying that my deck is unbeatable and there is no such thing as an "unbeatable deck". all decks have weaknesses and there is no perfect deck ever been built. even bant control simply loses to a normal weenie deck.

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Posted 24 December 2012 at 18:28

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I added some Terminus as sideboard for zombies and undying weenies and others that uses the graveyard as well.

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Posted 24 December 2012 at 18:47

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if you really have trouble against zombies angel of glory's rise is a personal fav of mine exils zombies brings back all humans so you snapcaster and auger can trigger again

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Posted 25 December 2012 at 16:41

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That angel is too costly to play and augur is merfolk

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Posted 25 December 2012 at 19:47

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my fault on augur but its a control deck nothing is too high for a answer that completely stops a deck cold

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 21:03

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i know what u are saying anbu. im just trying to troll a little. the stupid part is he was the only person i beat friday :P

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Posted 26 December 2012 at 04:05

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Im waiting for orzhov and dimir mechanic and try to convert this into esper flash hehe. I just hope they bring back creatures like nekrataal and man o war hehe

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Posted 27 December 2012 at 01:44

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orzhov deals with life gain/drain so im kinda expecting ghost dad to make a comeback

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Posted 27 December 2012 at 16:35

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This looks like it would be a pain in the ass.

If you get a chance, I 'm always looking for criticism and suggestions my newest idea. U/W/G Control Mill.
http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=414475

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Posted 27 December 2012 at 18:16

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Rest in peace is a card FYI

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Posted 30 December 2012 at 19:51

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Dissipate, syncopate, cyclonic rift, detention sphere are there just read FYI

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Posted 31 December 2012 at 01:00

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The deck looks very solid. It is slow, but you have the board wipe to stop people from smashing your face until you can attach a pike to something. I feel sorry for you when rotation hits because of all the key cards you will lose, but I can see how it can stop thragtusk from putting them to far ahead of you. I am surprise that I see no giest of st. T here. Hopefully gatecrash delivers on what you need.

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Posted 01 January 2013 at 08:17

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personally im not a fan of Augur of Bolas or restoration angel. I prefer 4xcloud shifts in replacement for restoration angels, 2x Archon of the Triumvirate. and if you have it 2 tamiyo's. why is this? first im not a fan of the put 2 cards at the bottom of your deck. that ability annoys me. More times than not it bite me in the ass. I would rather them go into my graveyard. second. restoration angle is expensive. I dont know why anyone would pick that instead of cloud shift. if you want both do 4 could shifts 2 restoration angles. as for why i picked 2 archon of trium. Hes a nasty card detaining 2 creatures every time it attacks. 2 tamiyo's most overpowered planeswalker IMO

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Posted 02 January 2013 at 02:15

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