Scholar's Weekly Vintage Results Thread

Yes, they're blue Planeswalkers. At this point, I'm fully in the camp of Jace. He's a draw engine on his own. It's similar to how multiple Thirst for Knowledges or Gushes make it so your deck does busted things. Jace, if he sticks, does busted things all by himself. With Drain not being very good right now, the worst that happens to a careful Jace player is you get him FoW'd. If he sticks, the game is often over in 1 or 2 turns. I'm running Tendrils, so if I activate him 3x, I've probably found enough gas to storm out, or I'm literally discarding counters at my endstep.

I believe both versions are U/B Remora decks. My list has been very slowly evolving. I still fully believe that 5x Basics is far stronger vs Wasteland.dec than a splash color. Repeal pulls a lot of weight vs those strategies, and there are plenty of on color answers. When I have struggled vs them post board, it usually involves drawing multiple non-basics, and getting them wastelanded. With so many basics, you often do not need to counter Null Rod, but can wait until you're in a position to bounce it and win.

It should be noted that I played like crap this week. My build definitely requires playing well, much more so than many lists floating around right now. Knowing when to eak out extra CA from Top tricks, when to hold back mana, when to use Repeal and on what, all make for many decisions which determine your chances of winning. Even holding back accel is a real choice, as the gameplan is not always to Tendrils. I find the deck to be rewarding, and when I'm playing well, it's a monster.

// Lands
4 Island
1 Misty Rainforest
4 Scalding Tarn
1 Snow-Covered Island
1 Tolarian Academy
3 Underground Sea

// Creatures
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind

// Spells
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Black Lotus
1 Brainstorm
1 Demonic Tutor
4 Force of Will
1 Hurkyl's Recall
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Drain
1 Merchant Scroll
2 Misdirection
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
4 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
3 Repeal
3 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
3 Spell Pierce
1 Tendrils of Agony
1 Time Vault
1 Time Walk
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Voltaic Key
1 Yawgmoth's Will
2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

// Sideboard
SB: 3 Annul
SB: 2 Engineered Explosives
SB: 4 Leyline of the Void
SB: 1 Ravenous Trap
SB: 3 Sower of Temptation
SB: 1 Tormod's Crypt
SB: 1 Yixlid Jailer