Janky Pseudo Blueberry Parfait

[Kaiser von Hugal]

Here's a list I'd like to test.  My plan was to simulate the Land tax, scroll rack effect without actually including them.  All tallied, there are 22 cards that search the deck or draw a card among other things.  I know I need to playtest this.  I've been doing the book work, but I'm not currently at a place where I can test it.

Plains x10
Island x4
Flooded Strand x3  
(17 land may be one too many, the strands help with Brainstorm)

1 Black Lotus-actually have this, should have got the moxen first
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sol Ring
1 Chrome Mox

-Cantrips, deck thinning-

4x Brainstorm - Useful cantrip
2x Impluse - Useful cantrip, could swap them for Cunning wish
4x Tithe - thins the deck, not dependant on opponent
1x Enlightened Tutor - need the bullet NOW
2x Eternal Dragon - thins the deck, kills sometimes
2x Decree of Justice - thins the deck, kills sometimes

-CONTROL, Tempo Sway-

4x Abeyance - these also reinforce the cantrip thread
4x FoW
2x Stifle
3x Force Spike
4x Swords to Plowshares

-BULLETS-

2x Aura of Silence - this might go up to 3, not running Argivian Finds
1x Seal of Cleansing
2x Humility
1x Balance
1x Zuran Orb - hard to classify, could be tempo.  This could be a Tormod's Crypt - need to test
 
SB - needs work, more instants if Cunning Wish included
1 Disenchant
1 Dust to Dust
1 Orim’s Chant
3 Back to Basics
1 Rule of Law
1 Jesters Cap
1 Ivory Mask
3 Chill
3 Tormod’s Crypt

[firebird365]

To be honest, this deck will probably work worse than Parfait. What you've done is taken away a strong (albeit situational) draw engine and replaced it with a mediocre one; Parfait is all about abusing that powerful draw engine, and that's what keeps it even remotely competetive. This deck will basically play like Keeper, without Drains/Forces and with a horrible engine.

If you're dead-set on using it, I would add Back to Basics so that you can at least have a must-counter for the other deck.

[Kaiser von Hugal]

I appreciate your straight-forwardness.  You're right about the draw engine.  Tax/scroll is powerful IF the opponent allows yu to activate the Tax.  I'm not running Drains, I don't think the deck can fuel UU and there aren't many cards in the deck requiring massive mana.  I've got FoW's MD with B2B in the board.  I'm not convinced that my list has a powerful engine either.  It does have the ability to draw though.  My thoughts are that it can continue to draw/see new cards thru the early, mid and late game without relying on my opponent.  It can't draw many like the Tax/Scroll engine but the Tax/Scroll engine can stall.  I see this list as having the ability to continue to draw/see 1-3 new cards throughout as opposed to seeing 7 new ones then stalling.  This deck does have early game control - it is tentative I admit.  I tried to balance "one drop/ACC" control with permanent bullet solutions.  I could drop 2 Tithe and an Impulse (replace the other with Cunning Wish) and add 3 Scroll Racks

[Kaiser von Hugal]

Made some changes to the list:

Plains x10
Island x4
Flooded Strand x3
1 Black Lotus
1 Mox Diamond
1 Sol Ring
1 Chrome Mox


4x Standstill
4x FoW
2x Brainstorm
3x Chain of Vapor
3x Annul
3x Abeyance
2x Aura of Silence
1x Seal of Cleansing
2x Humility
1x Balance
4x Swords to Plowshares
2x Decree of Justice
3x Tithe
3x Scroll Racks
2x Eternal Dragon

[whitepanther]

Hmm, considering the changes you made and the fact that you probably have some money to spend (you bought a lotus recently, based on your comments) I would just build LandStill... far more competitive and there should be no shortage of lists around here.

[Kaiser von Hugal]

Good point about just running Landstill.  I considered that but I like the white enchantments.  I think their effect is more invasive to an opponent's strategy rather than the reset button of a disk.

[Razvan]

Your last built of blueberry parfait is interesting. I has this Landstill-ish tint to it. Parfait's strength has always been enchantments (and thus the pointless reason for it's ridicule). With Auras, Seals, Humility, Tax and stuff, you do want to run Replenish. That card is a Yawgmoth's Will plus in your deck.

I don't mind the blue addition to Parfait, I think it's a nice welcome from the already tried Red and Black versions. The problem is finding space for it. If you want FoW's in the deck, you need to add more blue cards than probably required (Annul's maindeck seems odd).

An interesting idea I have tried in Parfait is to include 2 Isochron Scepters. Since you add blue, you should be able to sport a few Cunning Wish for some variety in your instants. Having 1 Orim's Chant, 1 Counterspell (or Mana Drain), 1 Disenchant, heck even Fire/Ice to imprint is good. I think this path will serve you better than the maindeck Annul's.

But it's hard to build it without Land Tax. I would break down and put them back in. Not only do they allow you to build a fairly sizeable mana base, they thin your deck, in that you will draw business spells.

Also, get a Mox Pearl, and replace the Chrome Mox with it. The Mox Diamond is arguably better with Land Tax (Chrome is a bit better without). The draw engine of Parfait is fragile, and easily disrupted, sadly.