You see the problem I've been having is not the initial Dryad or Flash, but the follow-up. Flash can easily rebuild with Scroll and Mystical, so I feel like Extirpate is good inclusion. As decks focus more on specific kills, I think the card is becoming more powerful.

Misdirection only hurts Flash if your holding a counter also. If you have UU open, you can Drain. Still, that means you have had two main phases OR have drew a Lotus/Sapphire/Petal. If you don't have the Drain, you need FOUR blue cards, one being Force and the other being Misdirection. I'm not sold on it's merit maindeck.

And I usually don't tap out for Cutpurse unless I'm not holding Drain, or I don't want them to think I'm holding Drain.

I can try to work on the inclusion of Chalice, but right now I had been looking at the CoV/Will/EtW combinations as a good win, and Chalice usually shuts that off. I don't know, I'll see what happens. I'm looking at a Stackless Stax deck right now also, so we'll see.

I don't quite understand why you have Brainstorm in your disruption package. The only differences in our packages are 2 Chalice, 1 Drain, and 2 MD Misdirection. I have 2 Misdirection in the side because I find it useful rarely (counter wars and Ancestral Recalls). So far I really haven't had that much of a problem because game 2 I can board up to 4 Duress 2 Misdirection 3 Mana Drain 4 Force of Will 2 Mind Twist along with 2 StP 2 Echoing Truth to slow down if they do get out the Slivers.

Cutpurse is usually cast turn 2. It is slow, I know. But once it starts hitting the swing in card advantage is well worth it. Trinket Mage is slow on paper, but the deck utilizing it still does well. I have alot of disruption and can protect/stop threats long enough to get the Cutpurse online.

I'm playing EtW because it can help chump Slivers and Dryads and seems less venerable then TinkerPlatz with the current sideboards that Ichorid, GAT, and Flash are playing. TinkerPlatz also takes two spots for what is pretty much one kill, whereas EtW is a one card slot that just needs another spell or two to be cast. I've been playtesting with it as a single to make room for Explosives and it's working fine.

Mind Twist is just as much a bomb now as it used to be. Barring Ichorid, most decks do not want you to cast a Twist for 2 or 3. When you start with a turn 1 Duress, turn 2 Mox Monkey, turn 3 Twist, you can secure control with ease. Even if it's Forced, you take out two cards. Misdirection still is not popular enough to make it risky.

Sorry about the "not Keeper comment". Where I play, Keeper refers to a 4-5c Control deck that was based on a solid tutoring base to find huge bombs and answers in any situation. I didn't see that in Ufactor's deck. That was my misunderstanding.

I think Extirpate is a great MD singleton because it's a good responce to Will, and also is just amazing if you can counter a Dryad/Flash/Oath. It seals the deal after a Duress for the second two, and spells GG after a blown Engineered Explosive against GAT.

Scroll is an awesome tutor because it grabs Mystical Tutor, Ancestral Recall, Chain of Vapor, or Force/Drain. It can effectively tutor for a Bomb, a draw engine, a removal spell/combo enginge, or a hard counter. That's amazing flexibility for just 1U, easily cast turn 1 if needed.

That isn't Keeper. That's just a control deck.

I started playing with a list last week. Here's what I've got:



// Lands
    4  Polluted Delta
    1  Tundra
    3  Volcanic Island
    4  City of Brass
    4  Underground Sea
    1  Library of Alexandria

// Creatures
    3  Gorilla Shaman
    3  Dimir Cutpurse

// Spells
    4  Force of Will
    2  Merchant Scroll
    3  Duress
    1  Swords to Plowshares
    1  Ancestral Recall
    3  Brainstorm
    3  Mana Drain
    1  Mox Jet
    1  Yawgmoth's Will
    2  Cunning Wish
    1  Mox Emerald
    2  Mind Twist
    1  Mox Pearl
    1  Mox Ruby
    1  Mox Sapphire
    1  Black Lotus
    1  Lotus Petal
    1  Sol Ring
    1  Demonic Tutor
    1  Vampiric Tutor
    1  Mystical Tutor
    1  Extirpate
    1  Chain of Vapor
    2  Empty the Warrens

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Duress
SB: 1  Swords to Plowshares
SB: 4  Leyline of the Void
SB: 2  Misdirection
SB: 1  Echoing Truth
SB: 1  Extirpate
SB: 2  Massacre
SB: 1  Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1  Empty the Warrens
SB: 1  Disenchant

The deck had a good disruption package and basically uses it early and then drops a bomb, aka Twist for their hand. There's a wishboard for increased flexibility. It does well against combo and control, but terrible against random aggro (like R/G beatz or Goblins). I'm thinking of a single Moat to be old-school, or adding in TinkerPlatz. Usually EtW hits for 2-3 storm, which is all that is needed. Cutpurse is awesome card advantage engine, but again it is bad versus aggro. I feel like Ichorid is a 2-1 match almost every time. Fish is decent because I can match beats and have a better disruption package (in my opinion). Flash is good because I have alot of disruption against them and can chump Slivers. GAT is a bit tougher but my win can come earlier and if you can counter/kill a Dryad you can tutor for Extirpate aka GG. Stax is decent because I can rush permenants with EtW and moxen and I can kill theirs with Shaman, plus Wish for Recall. Long/Gifts/TPS/Random storm is an awesome match up because if I take them to turn 3 or 4 I can always win, and I almost always can stall it that long. I haven't been able to test against Bomberman but I'm assuming it's my hardest match.

And if someone could help me fit in Engineered Explosives, I'd love them forever.

I started playing with a list a few days ago. Here's what I've got:



// Lands
    4  Polluted Delta
    1  Tundra
    3  Volcanic Island
    4  City of Brass
    4  Underground Sea
    1  Library of Alexandria

// Creatures
    3  Gorilla Shaman (1)
    3  Dimir Cutpurse

// Spells
    4  Force of Will
    2  Merchant Scroll
    3  Duress
    1  Swords to Plowshares
    1  Ancestral Recall
    3  Brainstorm
    3  Mana Drain
    1  Mox Jet
    1  Yawgmoth's Will
    2  Cunning Wish
    1  Mox Emerald
    2  Mind Twist
    1  Mox Pearl
    1  Mox Ruby
    1  Mox Sapphire
    1  Black Lotus
    1  Lotus Petal
    1  Sol Ring
    1  Demonic Tutor
    1  Vampiric Tutor
    1  Mystical Tutor
    1  Extirpate
    1  Chain of Vapor
    2  Empty the Warrens

// Sideboard
SB: 1  Duress
SB: 1  Swords to Plowshares
SB: 4  Leyline of the Void
SB: 2  Misdirection
SB: 1  Echoing Truth
SB: 1  Extirpate
SB: 2  Massacre
SB: 1  Hurkyl's Recall
SB: 1  Empty the Warrens
SB: 1  Aura Blast

The deck has a pretty good card advantage engine through Cutpurse, which is a bomb. I have a decent toolbox through Cunning Wish and has a nice control package. The only problem I've found is dealing with stuff that reaches play, but I've been experimenting with a few removal packages. Twist is a nice bomb, and EtW seems like a good finisher in the testing thus far.

Has anyone considered Manstill, with it's own set of Magus of the Moon. It seems like bad synergy at first, but it's more like playing the deck in phases. Use the Standstill to stall and start swinging with lands, then when it breaks throw down the Magus and screw stuff up.

Has anyone considered Overtaker? 1U 1/1, with the ability to grab creatures despite their size for just 3U and a card. It can hold off GAT when they are on the attack, or grab it and smash face with their own Dryad. It can play tricks with Welder and Mindcensor, and also can steal Oath creatures. It could be a house, and it's hard to counter because it can drop quick and it's ability is only susceptable to Stifle effects, which have been cut back on lately.

EDIT: Did I mentain that if you have a Lotus, you can steal a Salvager and play your whole hand?

Since when did Bomberman run Welder, Slaver, or even any red?

I think Trinket Mage should be looked at in other decks, as it is a great control utility that helps beat early, a problem I have found with CS.

I've been testing a Control Slaver build with Trinket Mage and a toolkit to help it control Ichorid, Flash, and GAT. It's still not running too smooth, but I'm hoping I can fix that.

Your missing the good disruptive creatures, aka: Jotun Grunt, Aven Mindcensor, Grim Lavamancer, Gorilla Shaman, Magus of the Moon.

I've been testing a Hightide/Gush deck...50% of the time I win turn 2, 20% of the time turn 3, and after that I fizzle out 30% of the time. That 30% isn't sounding too good.

The deck is definitely cool. UW Control is good against it, so I hope people play this deck alot...maybe my deck can start doing well.

I question Mind's Desire. How often is it more effective than say, Grim Tutor -> Yawgmoth's Will?

Did wethepeople play UW Commandeer Control?

Any idea is that UW deck was Commandeer Control?

I used to play this, but forget if the decks play as if they know the other deck.

UW Control "Bomb Squad"
by Mike LeVine

Lands and Mana///23
4 Wasteland
R Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Island
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
R Mox Pearl
R Mox Sapphire
R Black Lotus
R Sol Ring

Beats///6
1 Platinum Angel
2 Aven Mindcensor
4 Meddling Mage

Control///20
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Crucible of Worlds
2 Daze
3 Nix
4 Commandeer
4 Force of Will
4 Chalice of the Void

Fuel///11
2 Merchant Scroll
2 Standstill
R Mystical Tutor
R Ancestral Recall
R Tinker
4 Brainstorm

Sideboard///15
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Energy Flux
2 Old Man of the Sea
2 Echoing Truth
3 Null Rod

This is the most up-to-date list. Nix is a bomb versus Gush/FoW/Lotus/Pacts and Angel just didn't cut it. The list is beating on GAT/Flash/GT like crazy right now.

RFG = Creating new things never seen or thought of before. They're "outside the game". I always thought of sideboards as the planeswalkers developing new spells and machines to defeat the opponnet.

Your wording is so simple, I never thought of that.

Library with alot of ditch counters doesn't work well.

Thirst costs alot of mana and doesn't work the same way psychologically as Standstill. Standstill buys you time and eventually 3 cards...Thirst will never buy any time, and never three cards.

With Gush, FoW, and Pacts so popular, there is no way I'd drop Nix. It's amazing.

I'd add FoF if I could find room.

I don't like the idea of more Moxen...it opens up more hate against me.

Decree takes WAY too much mana to do anything.

In the newest version, it can't be cheated into play without an instant speed win. I'll make sure to post it on the top post so everyone can see it. Because it can't be cheated, it's not insane. It's hard to cast and I think I'm going to change the wording to "remove it from the game INSTEAD". That closes the window.

Urza's Dream             
Legendary Enchantment
You may only use mana produced by artifacts to play Urza's Dream.
When Urza's Dream comes into play, if it was not played from your hand, remove Urza's Dream from the game.
You may play cards from outside the game as if they are in your hand.
As Natzre entered the planeswalker's dream, he was overwhelmed with the brilliance that was Urza.

What about that instead? Sideboard/RFG instead of library...

I play Ichorid also. I don't know if you've tested against this deck at all, but all I know is that my record when playing Ichorid against this 1-4 and my record playing this against Ichorid is 5-2.

Zulander - No room. Not strong enough to remove the cards already in the deck.

I just called it a Legendary Planeswalker Enchantment to be cool. I can take it out.

As for playing with it revealed, I wanted to be able to keep it in the same order. How would I word that?

Right now, the wording could be:

Urza's Dream       
Legendary Enchantment
You may only use mana produced by artifacts to play Urza's Dream.
When Urza's Dream comes into play, if it was not played from your hand, remove Urza's Dream from the game.
Play with your library revealed.
You may play cards in your library as if they are in your hand.
When Urza's Dream leaves play, you lose the game.
As Natzre entered the planeswalker's dream, he was overwhelmed with the brilliance that was Urza.

It really shouldn't leave play when you can use your whole deck, but if it does, you lose. Solves some problems.

About milling, I have no idea. I would want the library to be like the graveyard...it stays in order yet it is revealed to everyone. That way you would draw in the proper order and mill in the proper order.

I'd keep the effect as is, but make it 

Urza's Dream
Legendary Planeswalker Enchantment
You may only use mana produced by artifacts to play Urza's Dream.
Urza's Dream must be played from your hand.
Play with your library revealed.
You may play cards in your library as if they are in your hand.
As Natzre entered the planeswalker's dream, he was overwhelmed with the brilliance that was Urza.

CURRENT WORDING



Urza's Dream                 
Enchantment
When Urza's Dream comes into play, if it's manacost was not payed with mana produced by artifacts, remove Urza's Dream from the game instead.
You may play artifact cards from outside the game as if they are in your hand.
As Natzre entered the planeswalker's dream, he was overwhelmed with the brilliance that was Urza.

Well technically, one other allied sword would be fine. I use GR, so you could make UB or UW. There are two enemy color swords, so you'd need two allied color swords.

4 Meddling Mage
3 Nix
4 Force of Will
4 Commandeer
1 Tinker
1 Platinum Angel
2 Daze
4 Leyline of the Void
2 Echoing Truth
4 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine

How do they plan on removing a Leyline with all of that disruption? If you haven't noticed, a Tinkered Angel is game against Ichorid if you have any disruption to stop a Grudge. Meddling Mage for Cabal Therapy shuts down a sacrifice outlet for the Narcs, and Truth pretty much bounces all of their Zombies. I've almost never lost a game postboard.

Sword of Seeds and Sulfer 
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creatures gets +2/+2 and protection from green and red.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may put target card from your graveyard on top of your library, and then may have each player sacrifice a permanant.
Equip: 

Just like SoFI, it has two 1cc spell effects. However, they function very well together to make a sort of one-sided Smokestack. It also can be used like Crucible with Strip effects. Too broken? I think it's what aggro needs to be strong again in T1.5/T1.

People really need to test this deck. And someone who can afford it, play it in a tournament. It would cost me too much, hell...in real life I play Ichorid. It would cost me $300 I can't afford to spend right now, but I wish I could.

Lands and Mana///23
4 Wasteland
R Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Island
4 Tundra
4 Flooded Strand
R Mox Pearl
R Mox Sapphire
R Black Lotus
R Sol Ring

Beats///6
1 Platinum Angel
1 Exalted Angel
4 Meddling Mage

Control///20
R Balance
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Swords to Plowshares
2 Daze
3 Nix
4 Commandeer
4 Force of Will
4 Chalice of the Void

Fuel///11
2 Merchant Scroll
2 Standstill
R Mystical Tutor
R Ancestral Recall
R Tinker
4 Brainstorm

Sideboard///15
4 Leyline of the Void
4 Energy Flux
2 Old Man of the Sea
2 Echoing Truth
3 Null Rod

I think this may be close to optimum. Nix is awesome because it counters Pacts/Forces/Lotus/Gush/Dread Return/Therapy, and those are all bombs in the current T1. I've loved it so far. I almost never used Drain mana, and it was hard on my manabase.

Standstill is working pretty good, and Gush wasn't really doing much but be late game draw that I could have paid for anyways.

I want to replace Angel because it's not very synergenic with the deck and the WW cost can be hard sometimes. I haven't found a great option yet.

EDIT: This may sound ridiculous, but what about Possessed Aven? I'd drop an Island for an Underground Sea and then I'd have a Tog/Fish killer thats a 5 turn flying clock for just 4 mana.

I'm thinking it's a terrible idea, but I might just test it.

Sword of Seeds and Sulfer   
Artifact - Equipment
Equipped creatures gets +2/+2 and protection from green and red.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may put target card from your graveyard on top of your library, and then may have each player sacrifice a permanant.
Equip: 

Both 1cc effects, but awesome as a semi-Stax.