battle of wits??

[getcombowned]

so i made this list because i couldn't find one anyone mind giving me some constructive advice?



// Lands
    1  Tolarian Academy
    10 [GUR] Island
    10 [GUR] Plains
    4  Glimmervoid
    4  City of Brass
    4  Gemstone Mine
    1  Library of Alexandria
    1  Strip Mine
    4  Wasteland
    4  Cephalid Coliseum
    4  Bloodstained Mire
    4  Savannah
    4  Scrubland
    4  Tropical Island
    4  Tundra
    4  Underground Sea
    4  Windswept Heath
    4  Wooded Foothills
    4  Polluted Delta
    4  Flooded Strand

// Creatures
    4  Academy Rector
    4  Tezzeret the Seeker
    3  Magus of the Disk
    1  Darksteel Colossus

// Spells
    4  Wrath of God
    1  Fact or Fiction
    1  Gifts Ungiven
    4  Sensei's Divining Top
    4 [DLM] Counterspell
    4  Mana Leak
    1  Lotus Petal
    4  Enduring Ideal
    4  Damnation
    1  Brainstorm
    4  Duress
    4  Thoughtseize
    4  Force of Will
    4  Mana Drain
    4  Compulsive Research
    4  Accumulated Knowledge
    4  Thirst for Knowledge
    4  Mox Diamond
    4  Chrome Mox
    1  Crop Rotation
    4  Condemn
    4  Swords to Plowshares
    4  Chain of Vapor
    1  Yawgmoth's Will
    4  Spell Snare
    4  Negate
    4  Repeal
    4  Crucible of Worlds
    4  Echoing Truth
    4  Battle of Wits
    2  Brainspoil
    1  Black Lotus
    1  Mox Jet
    1  Mox Sapphire
    1  Mox Ruby
    1  Mox Pearl
    1  Ancestral Recall
    3  Personal Tutor
    4  Idyllic Tutor
    1  Imperial Seal
    1  Sol Ring
    1  Merchant Scroll
    1  Mystical Tutor
    4  Grim Tutor
    1  Vampiric Tutor
    1  Demonic Tutor
    4  Intuition
    3  Argivian Find
    1  Enlightened Tutor
    3  Nevinyrral's Disk
    1  Time Vault
    1  Mana Crypt
    4  Sterling Grove
    1  Tinker
    1  Mana Vault
    1  Honden of Seeing Winds
    1  Solitary Confinement
    1  Night of Souls' Betrayal
    1  Honden of Life's Web
    1  Recoup
    1  Arcane Laboratory
    1  Pernicious Deed
    1  Form of the Dragon
    1  Regrowth

[John Jones]

I think you need more cards in that deck.

[VideoGameBoy]

To reply to this sort of post is to die a little death...

If you are going to include Tinker, I'd at least include 4 x Transmute Artifact. 4 x Goblin Welder, and more graveyard filling effects.

By the way, you are thinking of http://www.5-color.com/.

[BruiZar]

Please clarify your card choices. atm it seems like you just threw in whatever you like times 4. This thread is lacking substance making it impossible to have a serious discussion on your list.

[getcombowned]

yeah i just threw it together theres an ongoing bet at my local shop for some duals if i can top eight with battle of wits. i really had no idea were to start so i was like (insert card name here) seams good x4 copy's.

[wiley]

http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/7676.html
http://www.starcitygames.com/php/news/article/7677.html

[policehq]

I think playing Birds of Paradise is good if you're going to add Green for Sterling Grove. A few creatures like that, and you can run Diabolic Intent.

Speaking of Diabolic Intent, you have no means of sacrificing Academy Rector. Cabal Therapy is good here, especially with Intuition. Quiet Speculation can work with Cabal therapy and things like Deep Analysis, Ancient Grudge, Ray of Revelation, etc. etc.

Instead of bounce you'd do well to play things like Vindicate, maybe Smother.

The basic plains seem bad before going with Adarkar Wastes or Ravnica block duals. You can also play half snow-covered basics just in case that's what you need to do with Gifts.

Darksteel Colossus probably isn't very good.

[getcombowned]

Thanks for the help