Bazaar Controll

[NilsH]

I'm going to participate in a mid-sized Vintage Event in Europe next month. The meta will be competative. I would like to bring something new to this event as I'm tired of the establish decks. By nature I'm a controll/combo player (Tezz, BomberMan, HermitDruid, TPS/DrainTendrills, various Drain Decks etc).

At BOM4 a Madness deck finished in the top 8 (http://www.deckcheck.net/deck.php?id=35685). I liked some of the ideas in this deck, but would like to rebuild it to fit my more controlling playing style. In particular I really like this line of play:

Turn 1 Land - Holding 1-mana soft counter (like Spell Pierce / REB / Spell Snare)
Turn 2 Bazaar - Holding Circular Logic.

With this in mind I started with:

4 Bazaar

4 FoW
4 Spell Pierce
4 Circular Logic

8 P9 - Timetwister Excluded.
 
The problem with Bazaar is that it conflicts with playing Mana Drain, as you can't get both  and Bazaar early (because you miss a land drop playing Bazaar). I think the counter suite above gets around the problem. The other problem with Bazaar is that's it card disadvange, so you have to build your deck around it. So I added

4 Squee
2 Grudge
1 Loam
1 DA
2 Roar of the Wurm
2 Riftstone Portal

Roar is a big Basking Rootwalla. Riftstone help to don't fall behind on mana. Also gets around Blood Moon effects.  (Some of these ideas are taken from "The Solution" by Cesar Fernandes on this forum).

I finally ended up with this:

// Lands
    4  Bazaar of Baghdad

    4  Misty Rainforest
    3  Tropical Island
    1  Underground Sea
    1  Volcanic Island
    1  Forest
    1  Island
    2  Wasteland
    1  Strip Mine
    1  Barbarian Ring
    2  Riftstone Portal

// Creatures
    4  Squee, Goblin Nabob
    1  Darksteel Colossus

// Spells
    1  Mox Sapphire
    1  Mox Ruby
    1  Mox Pearl
    1  Mox Jet
    1  Mox Emerald
    2  Mox Diamond

    4  Circular Logic
    4  Spell Pierce
    4  Force of Will

    2  Intuition
    1  Gifts Ungiven
    2  Ancient Grudge
    2  Roar of the Wurm
    1  Deep Analysis
    1  Life from the Loam

    1  Ancestral Recall
    1  Tinker
    1  Crop Rotation
    1  Time Walk
    1  Black Lotus
    1  Demonic Tutor


Short notes about the other card choices:

Tinker-Colossus: Random wins. Colossus gets the nod as he can be shuffled back in with Bazaar.
Mox Diamonds: Works good with Loam. Helps to not fall behind on mana when playing Bazaar. Can pitch addintal Bazaars to it.
Intuition-Gifts: Sets things up - Loam, Squee, Strip, Grudge etc.
Crop: Finds Bazaar. Risky versus controll decks.


I expect to face MUD, Drains, Dregde and Noble Fish (not many Oath I think).


Can this list be made viable, or is it complete jank?

[BruiZar]

I participated at BoM myself. The madness deck is really nice. I think you can do well with it. I'm building a bazaar deck myself. What I notice is that your deck really relies on Wurm or Tinker to win. Its a streamlined approach but seems fragile. What is your opinion on it?

Here's my list.

2   Misty Rainforest
2   Flooded Strand
1   Windswepth Heath
1   Savannah
2   Tropical Island
2   Tundra
1   Karakas
1   Strip Mine
4   Bazaar of Baghdad
3   Riftstone Portal
2   Mox Diamond
1   Mox Pearl
1   Mox Emerald
1   Mox Sapphire
1   Black Lotus
3   Hunting Grounds
2   Show and Tell
1   Tinker
1   Sensei's Divining Top
1   Eladamri's Call
2   Crop Rotation
1   Life from the Loam
1   Brainstorm
1   Ponder
1   Ancestrall Recall
1   Time Walk
3   Spell Pierce
4   Force of Will
2   Circular Logic
2   Qasali Pridemage
2   Gaddock Teeg
2   Ethersworn Canonist
1   Trygon Predator
1   Venser, Shaper Savant
1   Myr Battlesphere
1   Iona
1   Terastodon

I think Myr Battlesphere is a good tinker target, because he provides lots of permanents which is good against shop decks. His immunity to Jace is also nice and he is hardcastable much easier than DSC.