Easy as 123

by ~Nathan_A~ on 31 December 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (7 cards)

Artifacts (1)


Land (1)

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Deck Description

It's as simple as playing stuff out til turn 4 when Now I Know My ABCs triggers. Everything's calculated and probable and there's (expensive) counterspells to keep the opponent off your back.

How to Play

So, you know Now I Know My ABCs is going to be out for it to trigger, so you don't need permanents with names that contain A, B, C, I, K, M, N, O, S, W, or Y. That leaves 15 letters. On turns 1 and 2, play a Guildgate and a Refuge. You don't need to worry about casting anything despite the one-drops in this deck, just concentrate on getting one of each of those lands out the next two turns (preferably ones that tap for white mana so you can cast the Exarch and make things easier). Among the Guildgates and Refuges, you are guaranteed to get D, E, F, G, J, L, R, T, U, and Z. That leaves 5 more letters; H, P, Q, V, and X. On turn 3, play a Snow-Covered Plains to eliminate the P and V and cast Now I Know My ABCs or the Exarch and stall a turn (It contains the remaining H, Q, and X). Once these are out and the upkeep following ABCs' arrival occurs, you win the game.

The other cards are simply to help get rarer letters out there as a safety net, or more helpfully, aid Disrupting Shoal in countering anything opponents use against your strategy. The Pacts are it's counterpart (no pun intended... well, maybe a little) and don't have a drawback as long as the next upkeep is the one you'd win.

Deck Tags

  • ABC
  • Un-Modern
  • easy
  • mostly budget

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

832000

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Easy as 123

Drift of Phantasms for transmute as you need to play Now I Know My ABC's to win?

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Posted 25 July 2016 at 11:02

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Yop, I'd play that for sure.
LOVE THE DECK BTW! It's always fun to see the un-cards in read decks

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Posted 15 August 2016 at 18:15

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Thanks, y'all! Glad you appreciate it. I should probably update it in the near future.

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Posted 02 February 2017 at 04:20

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