Sketchy U/B

[Anonymous]

Right now, I'm trying for a Type 1 Oath deck, but last night I decided to put some of my Oath stuff that I've got and put it together with some black cards (my Oath remains to be finished).
     I really don't know what type of deck this would be considered, but maybe there is.  Oh, and it's just casual.  I haven't even tested it at all   .  I think it kinda sucks, but as I said, I didn't even test it yet.  I do think that the mana base is off, by alot.  Oh well.  Here it goes:

LANDS:
9 Island
11 Swamps
4 City of Brass
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Strip Mine
4 Mishra's Factory

SPELLS:
Blue
4 Counterspell
2 Capsize
4 FoW
2 Back to Basics
2 Flash of Insight
Black
2 Visara the Dreadful
3 Tainted AEther
4 Duress
(2 Hymm to Tourach???)
4 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
2 Drain Life

Note: This is just a fun deck to play around with while I complete my Oath deck.  Please criticize on this deck, as I want it to keep me happy while waiting.  Oh, and as this is erally casual, don't suggest any duels or moxen, because I won't spend the money on this type of deck.  For my serious decks, yes, but this is just fun.

Thanks!  

[Puschkin]

This is still for 1-on-1, right?

A general note: counterspells (reactive control strategy) and discard (proactive control strategy) don´t mix up well for various reasons. So try to keep one part of them to a minimum, I´d suggest to leave it at 4 Duress in discard department.

The Back to Basics seem out of place in casual and have bad synergy with your Mishra´s.
FOr my taste this deck needs some kind of gimmick, an interesting strategy, a whacky card to make use of, anything like this. Remember, if it should be a fun deck it should also be a little bit fun for your opponent to play against it.

[kiky]

B2B is not fun for your opponent. Try not to play hate cards in casual game.

counterspell and hymn together in a deck is hard to play. both require double color.

dark ritual also serve little here, with only half black cards.

I used to play Neither Shadow, Ashen Ghoul and friends for fun.
if you have Khabal Ghoul that would be more fun....

[Anonymous]

Alright, I guess black and blue don't really work together that well, I just thought it would be kinda funny because I've never seen alot in play.

Oh, damn, I accidently posted the first paragraph.  My bad   .

Ok, I'm actually playing a mono black deck now, but probably not like anything you've seen before.  It's like a black oath deck, but really, really bad.  Comment on it all you want, but just no power cards obviously.  I guess it's type 2 but I could put type 1 cards in too.  This is a really funny deck because is really unpredictable.

20 Swamps (No I don't want to waste any other lands on this deck)

4 Duress
4 Dark Ritual
2 Drain Life??? I dunno
2 Visara The Dreadfull
2 Stitch Together (Over Raise Dead because I have many insatants so I'll probably get threshold)
4 Hymm To Tourach
3 Tainted AEther
1 Demonic Tutor
Ummm..... I dunno this is kinda getting hard to make.

Any suggestions would be great.  Remember it's supposed to be FUN .