AER - Tezzeret Control

by Audeclis on 21 January 2017

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (29 cards)

Instants (4)



Enchantments (4)

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Deck Description

***BU Tezzeret Control***

Win condition: overrun with big artifacts. Noxious Gearhulk is T5 due to Tezz / Hedron Archive. Herald of Angush, if it becomes mainboard, is T4.

Ramp strategy: lock down the opponent while pushing out additional mana sources (Hedron Archive, Magnifying Glass,

Number of artifacts by cmc:
1) 8 (Pacification Array, Renegade Map)
2) 5 (Metalspinner's Puzzleknot, Servo Schematic)
3) 0
4) 4 (Hedron Archive)
5) 0
6) 8 (Noxious Gearhulk, Walking Ballista)

My primary concerns:
1) I'll be spending mana to lock down the opponent rather than getting creatures out to ramp up
2) Turns 1 and 2 need to be super consistent. But the eight 1cmc artifacts and the five 2cmc artifacts + Walking Ballistae help. I think Turn 3 ends up being my deny-your-shit turn. Drop a 1cmc artifact then hold the 2 remaining to play Fatal Push or Metallic Rebuke
3) I might be heavy on the Noxious Gearhulk and Walking Ballista. Scrap Trawler and Gifted Aetherborn are good substitutes.

If mana isn't coming fast enough:
1) Add Magnifying Glass (3cmc) instead of Hedron Archive (4cmc)

If struggling to control the opponent:
1) Increase Metallic Rebuke or Disallow

What I didn't include and why:
1) Prophetic Prism: drawing a card is great and having another artifact on the field is nice, but it fixes mana, not creates more
2) To the Slaughter: I feel this card needs Delirium to really do I what I want it to do, and I don't plan to be dumping tons of cards to the graveyard

What I might need to drop (some or all):
1) Negate (sideboard): seems like overkill, and while the lower 2cmc is nice, it's only noncreature
2) Pacification Array (not sure how much I'll be using this - depends on how fast my creatures are coming out)
3) Hedron Archive: great for grabbing all the mana I need to add counters to the Walking Ballistae ballista and drawing cards when I'm low, but I do worry about how late it comes into the game

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for AER - Tezzeret Control

Additional articles to read:

http://www.starcitygames.com/article/34248_Tezzeret-The-Schemer.html
http://www.starcitygames.com/article/34432_Aether-Revolt-Complete-Review-Black-And-Blue.html
http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/ub_control_with_jim_davis.html
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/554649#paper

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Posted 24 January 2017 at 20:46

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Even more articles to read:

https://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/5qdqx5/standard_ub_gearhulk_control/
https://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/5q791v/standard_ub_control_deck/
http://www.starcitygames.com/article/34451_The-Guide-To-UB-Control.html

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Posted 31 January 2017 at 14:54

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