W/U/R: Manabarbs

by Muktol on 06 May 2015

Main Deck (65 cards)

Sideboard (13 cards)

Creatures (5)

Sorceries (5)


Enchantments (3)

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Deck Description

"Manabarbs" ame back into my mind while giving advice for another deck. I first tried to built a mono red control deck but went for R/W/U (Jeskai) rather fast in the end. It gives me good control spells and the possibility to increase my opponents mana-costs further.

I have played some testgames with this deck against some (few) other decks. I'm open to all suggestions and ideas that may help to improve this deck.

How to Play

The main win option here would be Manabarbs and stalling your opponents game. Mana Leak, Trinisphere, Ghostly Prison and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben do an excellent job here in increasing your opponents mana-costs. Idyllic Tutor helps you to get out of your library, but it can also search for Ghostly Prison.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • Jeskai
  • Direct Damage
  • Tested

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for W/U/R: Manabarbs

1st thing that came to mind was restore balance and the borderpost cards.

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Posted 01 July 2015 at 20:46

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The borderpost cards will shift the mana-balance from cc2 to cc3. Also "Myr Superion" will be a problem when adding to many of those artifacts.
Though I use "Trinisphere" it's not guaranteed that I will draw it. Will keep it in mind and see about some testgames.

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Posted 02 July 2015 at 18:13

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I finally had the time to do some testgames with this deck.
When you are able to get "Ghostly Prison" on the field it can be pretty devastating for your opponent, at last if he relies on creatures to finish the game. Creatureles or extreme fast deck such as burn, mill or agro, won't be really impressed.
I changed some numbers (some fewer Myr's now but additional sac-lands) and also added "Sphere of Safety", "Fireball" and "Archangel of Tithes". "Sphere of Safety" is more expensive to play than "Ghostly Prison" but it can only get better with time. "Fireball" was added to get a non-creature finisher and to have an option for the excess of mana created with the myr's. At last "Archangel of Tithes" is a weaker "Ghostly Prison" but can also attack your opponent.

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Posted 12 January 2016 at 09:29

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