You definitely got the "Crazy" part right, however I can't see how this is Stax.

You have 4 Mindlock Orb, a Trinisphere and then the usual slow Smokestack / Strip-Crucible. You have very few true lock pieces, let alone quick ones. For example, look at what Jaco wrote in his article on this site about his Stax: "This has a number of potent first and second turn plays, just as any Workshop deck should. It is critical to land two to three lock components on the first two turns of the game." You certainly have a turn one play, I just don't see it being very potent, unless you see the Trinisphere or blue mana + shop or Lotus into Mindlock Orb. It seems sort of ridiculous to imply you can lock the game down early like any other Stax (or even Fish) deck can with so few relevant plays early on.

Speaking of ridiculous, Misdirection? Really? How does that possibly help the overall plan of the deck past being blue and maybe getting lucky and stealing an AR once in a while? There's not even any useful logic behind the decision in the article.


yeah...

One Mox diamond is also pretty funny. A singleton with 20 land and Crucible? I mean if you like Diamond go for it, certainly would help the ambition of t1 Mindlock Orb and making the deck have a shot at real viability. One just seems likes waffling, esp. with no real explanation.

Although i have to admit the ending was hilarious.


Obviously TPS got played, because otherwise that would mean you actually played one of these ridiculous decks you wrote about it, in an actual tournament! It just sounds insane even thinking about it!