R\U Contemplation- budget

by Bellz76 on 06 January 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (13 cards)

Sorceries (4)


Enchantments (1)

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Deck Description

Wanted to brew around Quiet Contemplation. With a heavy creature meta, there shouldn't be a shortage of targets. Still a work in progress though- haven't had the time to invest in it the way I'd like.

How to Play

Ideally a turn 2 servant into a Sphinx or Twins. Cheap psudeo-removal like Magma Jet and Crippling Chill to stall things w\o an early Servant. Once the Contemplation sticks, it's usually pretty easy to keep it locked. Multiple Contemplations can get a little crazy. Twins and Icy Blast combo really well with the blast triggering Prowess which puts the Twins to Ferocious for potentially lots of damage and few (if any)blockers

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Izzet
  • Standard
  • Izzet
  • Budget

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for R\U Contemplation- budget

I like the deck although you seam pretty light on early spells. How have you found the Servants to work. I tried a deck with them myself
http://www.mtgvault.com/sohlon/decks/master-the-burn/ But just couldnt get them to work. Have you considered Battlefield Thurmaturge (spelling?) and Icy blast? for 3 mana you can tap down all their creatures (plus target your own for heroics) and as its the spell that taps not the creature you can drop it all on the same turn (just remember to target the Thurmaturge too to get hexproof up).

Other than that all id suggest would be Dakra mystics to help bring an early treasure cruise or simply draw the cards you need that way.

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Posted 07 January 2015 at 00:40

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The Void Snare, Magma Jet, and Generator Servant are the early plays. You typically see one of these in the early going, and that's enough to get you to turn 3 and 4. It's obviously going to depend on the board state if you feel comfortable casting Divination on 3 compared to Chill or Contemplation, but a turn 3 or 4 Ember Swallower is usually enough to stablize.

The Servants are..... ok. They are great on turn 2 when you have the 3rd turn 4 or 5 drop... and just ok the rest of the way. I've seen them do some work when you don't have your Sphinx or Swallower but do have the QC in place, haste on a stick isn't bad either, and 2 more for a Mind Swipe is nice to boot. They are pretty fragile- any burn spell kills them- but….

I had been considering Icy Blast, but with only 8 creatures to trigger Ferocious, I'm not sure how effective it will be. It might work better if instead of Keranos I ran say... Storm Breath Dragon or Ashcloud Phoenix or another 4 power 4\5 drop... hmm... maybe the Dragon Style Twins... that could be an idea.... and I like the Thurmaturge, but I don't think he fits in here. I'd rather not play a card that only interacts with one other card in the deck. Kraken and I were trying to break that card here: http://www.mtgvault.com/thekraken/decks/thaumatic-effect/ but that’s as close as we got. The same goes for the Mystic- I don’t think he fits either. I’d rather not give my opponent cards in this deck.

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Posted 07 January 2015 at 14:50

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Switched out the Kearnos for the Dragon-Style Twins and adjusted numbers to include Mind Swipe

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Posted 12 February 2015 at 16:18

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