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Standard, USA-control...
I'm trying to perfect the USA control deck for standard... ...I feel like this isn't the way...
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A little expensive.you may need to add some more creatures, but I guess that enough removal is good.try some boros reckoners or some spark troopers.
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Reckoner could work... ...but this is a control deck... ...Spark might be good... ...I'll keep that in mind.......Thanks!
Much fading... such control.... just kidding
Whoa use whelming wave on your second main phase to return spark trooper to your hand
That would cost 8 mana to do. Control tends to like having open mana.
Yes, but at the same time you're also playing tromokratis, ætherling, blast of genius, and elspeth.
I like your deck, but I don't understand why you have 10 board clear effect with more in the sideboard? When I play control board clears are either really good or really bad so I was wondering why you have the 10.
I have 7 board wipes total... ...Cyclonic Rift is used for 2 mana about 35% of the time in this deck & Mortars usually to take out only 1 threat for it's regular cost... ...tough everything happens according to the situation, that's why I like cards that you can be used for more than one reason... ...I love some of the charms of RTR block, most of the cards with "Fuse" & the "Overload" ability... ...RTR is such a brilliant block!......This is not my tournament deck, tough it works well... ...I have better decks than this that I still haven't used once on FNM...The most powerful deck now in standard is Gruul-Devotion, but only if you construct it correctly & the sideboard is extremely important, especially against Mono-Blue & Esper + any control deck... ...as for other aggro decks, they won't outrun Gruul... ...& the deck is highly resellient with Garruk & all.......
Okay thank, you for clearing it up for me and reseting board can definitly be a good effect against devotion.
if you're referring to mizzium mortars and cyclonic rift as board wipes they aren't they are spot removal. overload is a bonus not the intended use. anger of the gods deals with smaller creatures earlier than verdict, and some times you need to drop it turn three rather than wait a turn to verdict. whelming wave is a late game disruption spell that leaves his creatures on the board while removing the rest. every one of those spells have different purposes even if they don't actually look like they do, and with him running only 2 creatures even if he uses a verdict to kill one creature it's just removal and is being used for it's intended purpose.
Word, Ginpachi!.. ...& if my finishers won't do it, I have more in the sideboard...
I don't understand the win con.Yes, there is tromokratis, ætherling and blast of genius, but there's only one of each, and I don't think that warleader's helix can do the job.
How exactly control decks work now in standard?.. :)Just remember the best Esper control decks so far!.. ...1-2 AEtherling + may be 1-2 Elspeth & sometimes 2 Baron mainboard with 1 more in the sideboard, tough better to have 3 in the sideboard...This deck is pretty much the same, only in RUG form... ...I don't play this deck on tournaments tough & it's not even really good... ...just experimental.......
you just top them from doing anything until you get the aetherling of the tromokratis then you kill them with that. jace, architect of thought can technically be a win con if you ultimate him and take one of their threats.
Yes, but why not include more ætherlings and tromokratises(at least one of each) to find them more often when you draw? It seems to just hold off for longer than necessary.why not just put elite arcanists in there with silences? This deck is good, but it seems like a pimped out frame waiting for a winning picture
The elite arcanists were just a joke, to clear things up
In my Esper control deck, I have 3 potential finishers total in the main deck & I can beat any type & level of decks with it most of the time... ...when you have so many draw & strong board-control, than 1 copy of a card counts as 1.75-2...This deck isn't good... ...it's ok, but won't cut it...