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Zlatan
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« on: February 21, 2004, 08:13:51 am »

I've been working on this deck for some time, and I would really like some feedback on my sideboard, and the maindeck itself too.
I haven't got any comment in the Open Budget Forum, so please help me.

UWB Control:
// Blue: (21)
3 Brainstorm
1 Mystical Tutor
4 Counterspell
1 Power Artifact
3 Cunning Wish
1 Fact or Fiction
4 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
2 Morphling
1 Braingeyser
// Black: (5)
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Yawgmoth’s Will
1 The Abyss
1 Mind Twist
// White: (4)
1 Enlightened Tutor
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
// Artifacts: (4)
1 Zuran Orb
2 Isochron Scepter
1 Panoptic Mirror
// Mana Sources: (26)
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Monolith
4 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
6 Island
3 Swamp
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland

My meta is mostly aggro, like ZOO. Furthermore, it consists of some Hulk, some Nether Void and some Sligh. Please remember that when you're giving comments.

Some questions:
- How many Scepters are appropriate? I'm playing with two now, but maybe one is enough. I don't know.
- Should I play Chalice of the Void? If so, Main deck or Sideboard?
- Should I make room for the fourth Wasteland?
- Should I fit Deep Analysis in (it's good with Panoptic Mirror I guess)?

Thanks in advance,
Zlatan
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2004, 09:39:58 am »

First of all, your manabase frightens me:

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1 Lotus Petal
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Monolith
4 City of Brass
2 Gemstone Mine
6 Island
3 Swamp
1 Scrubland
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Strip Mine
3 Wasteland


It shouldn't be this hard to support three colors.  Do you have a distinct lack of duals and fetchlands?  I also feel that some of your artifact mana is questionable.  Your deck wants permanent sources, so Lotus Petal should probably be something else.  I would probably run something close to:

1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Monolith
1 City of Brass
1 Swamp
4 Island
4 Tundra
4 Underground Sea
4 Polluted Delta
1 Strip Mine
4 Wasteland

It would be extremely helpful to see a sideboard, since I'm assuming that Stroke of Genius.  Although Braingeyser surely works as a win condition, you should make room for more blue bombs, such as Deep Analysis or Future Sight.

Has Panoptic Mirror really been that good?  I would drop that, a Morphling and enlightened Tutor for Vampiric Tutor, Deep Analysis and Future Sight.  Also, make sure to have a Lim Dul's Vault in the board.

I think the number of scepters is fine, but I'd try to increase the numbers of imprint targets, possible dropping diabolic edict (you already have swords, if there's lots of morphling in your meta, put it in the sideboard) and zuran orb for another brainstorm and possibly an impulse.
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2004, 09:54:16 am »

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Has Panoptic Mirror really been that good?


I just began testing it, but it seems great with Demonic Tutor, Balance, Brainstorm among others. I think it's better than Future Sight in this deck, especially with my mana base (yes, I do suffer from a lack of duals...).
I don't have a Vampiric either, so I'm using Enlightened for the time being.

The mana base GI discribed seems good. I'll try to get those cards.

About the sideboard:

1x Coffin Purge
1x Scrying
1x Stroke of Genius
2x Swords
2x Edict
1x Scepter
3x Duress
1x Plaguebearer (nice versus random creatures like Rogue Elephant)

This is what I got so far. I don't have a lot of experience building a sideboard I guess...

Thanks for your comment.

Zlatan
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