dknight27

It gets old after a while, doesn't it? The meta wheel.

I like the as foretold angle here, very interesting.

Not sure how well counterspell fits in this build. It's useless as a cascade target and as an arcanist target, and has the potential to be a color problem in a 19 land deck. Just a thought, not sure how close to base it is.

Makes sense

What format are you going for here?

Are you going for budget modern here?

I'd suggesting looking into Rat Colony over Relentless Rats. Weaker, but much much faster. You'll be swinging for heavy damage turn 3 and on the play opponent will be a step behind the whole game. Aether vial would be a natural fit for this build as well.

Of course, I'm so out of the loop with the competitive scene these days it's just silly. Makes sense though, any card that warps a format deserves to be banned.

Wouldn't you want to sideboard Lurrus?

Is it just me, or is mishra's bauble too popular these days? I know it works with delirium mechanics, but I'm seeing enough backlash in a build like this to at least question its placement.

Bauble helps 4 channelers, works extremely well on the backend of 4 expressive iterations, and is acceptable fuel for 4 regents (and thins). However, it hurts 4 delvers, fails to boost 4 regents, is useless to 4 force of wills and potentially uselessly draws 4 force of wills with an empty hand (if you topdeck it), and has 8 sorcery, 12 critter, 2 other artifact, and something like 15 land 'dead tempo' targets (which is close to 60% of the deck) which make it a bad topdeck in general.

Am I certain about this? Nope. Just came to mind.

This is a mighty fun combo that I need to put some thought into. In the meantime, I'm not seeing the Reverse the Sands woncon. Are you relying on opponent to agro you to almost death first?

Seems like a perfect fit for Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, even though he's not a vamp

Am I correct in assuming you are working on a budget casual build here?

Agreed. That calls into question the use of Urborg though, as you're now just splashing black and don't need it for any combo pieces. Something like horizon canopy makes more sense to me as is, but that's just me.

Interesting build. Treekfolk Harbinger would seem right at home here, but that would further tip the balance into green which might be problematic.

What format and budget are you going for here?

I absolutely love this idea and this build, let me ponder (I wish) for a bit about updates.

On the assumption that this is a casual/budget build and/or budget/legacy, here's how I would build the deck from the bones of what you've got going here.

https://www.mtgvault.com/dknight27/decks/casualbudget-control/

The major tweaks are removing most of the blockers and upping the control factor.

What's the budget and format you're going for here?

That's probably true, I've gone back and forth on the spellbomb-esk cards for a while

I think I'm getting the gist of this one, but I need a little more info. Are you going for competitive? What's the budget?