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The discussion in another thread got me thinking about how we might be able to improve the format. What is the current reasoning for not allowing sideboarding?

So with the new bannings, we're just gonna leave control neutered and useless and let aggro run rampant?

This card isn't banned according to the current rules. How come? Shouldn't it be like Evil Presents, Gifts Given and Fruitcake Elemental are?

I've recently been playing a fourcolored aggro deck that attempts to establish a tremendous tempo advantage and finish with burn. It works decently. However it does have issues, that can be opponent playing creatures like Kitchen Finks, lands like maze of ith or simply just colorscrewing early.

Creatures and other beats:
Savannah Lions
Goblin Bushwhacker
Elite Vanguard
Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Jungle Lion
Figure of Destiny
Tattermunge Maniac
Loam Lion
Wild Nacatl
Skyshroud Elite
Kird Ape
Goblin Guide
Tidehollow Sculler
Skyshroud War Beast
Scab-Clan Mauler
Watchwolf
Keldon Marauder
Hellspark Elemental
Putrid Leech
Bitterblossom
Tarmogoyf
Stoneforge Mystic
Qasali Pridemage
Boggart Ram-Gang
Kitchen Finks
Aven Mindcensor
Burning-Tree Shaman
Troll Ascetic
Woolly Thoctar
Stonecloaker
Anathemancer
Doran, the Siege Tower
Bloodbraid Elf

Burn and other stuff:
Lightning Bolt
Reckless Abandon
Chain Lightning
Price of Progress
Volcanic Hammer
Lightning Helix
Magma Jet
Flame Rift
Incinerate
Fire Ambush
Char
Blightning
Sulfuric Vortex
Flames of the Blood Hand
Fireblast
Profane Command

Boost:
Bonesplitter
Rites of Initiation
Rancor
Berserk
Vines of Vastwood
Lightning Greaves
Colossal Might
Sword of Light and Shadow
Loxodon Warhammer
Sword of Fire and Ice

Mixed pile:
Æther Vial
Swords to Plowshares
Path to Exile
Demonic Tutor
Armageddon

Them lands:
Plateau
Reflecting Pool
Overgrown Tomb
Bayou
Raging Ravine
Wooded Foothills
Savannah
Windswept Heath
Bloodcrypt
Temple Garden
Bloodstained Mire
Stirring Wildwood
Badlands
Verdant Catacombs
Arid Mesa
Taiga
Stomping Grounds
Marsh Flats
Sacred Foundry
Scrubland
Godless Shrine
Treetop Village
3 Forest
3 Swamp
4 Mountain
3 Plains

I'm considering cutting black and keep it to white, red and green and thus reduce the colorscrew. I'm going to need replacements for Tidehollow Sculler, Putrid Leech, Bitterblossom, Anathemancer, Doran, the Siege Tower, Blightning, Profane Command and Demonic Tutor and could use some suggestions

-Kristian

[Lo and behold! Your new master, the true god-emperor of Madara!]

Lo and behold! Your new master, the true god-emperor of Madara!

Now that we got the formalities out of the way... (This is just an introduction, if you don't feel like reading it, just scroll down to the deck list)

I started building on a "Bolas" deck a while ago. The idea was simple. I had Nicol Bolas, I had to play him. I decided in spirit of Nicol Bolas, that I had no need for puny creatures in battle. Real men use planeswalkers! The original design was BRWU, due to the heavy amount of efficient removal in white. I know Nicol Bolas is UBR, but lets face it, a 25000 year old planeswalker has been around the block and given the nature of Nicol Bolas, he probably somehow influenced or dominated something or someone that gave him access to white mana. He probably also realized that it would be wrong to ignore entire aspects of magic and thus I have an excuse for including white . I changed it into 5C because I traded for a foil violent ultimatum and a foil lavalanche, though these cards have since been cut, green was kept in the deck because of regrowth effects and other nice spells.

The deck functioned decently as a semicasual but was deassembled because I wanted to try other decks. I reconstructed the deck recently due to a small tournament but it had far too few lands and the results were not pretty... It has since been trimmed and tweaked alot and it's a blast to play! Without further ado, behold the creation!

Lands (39):
Volcanic Island
Badlands
Tropical Island
Bayou
Scrubland
Plateau
Taiga
Savannah
Tundra
Underground Sea
Flooded Strand
Misty Rainforest
Marsh Flats
Bloodstained Mire
Arid Mesa
Scalding Tarn
Wooded Foothills
Windswept Heath
Polluted Delta
Verdant Catacombs
Stomping Ground
Godless Shrine
Hallowed Fountain
Steam Vents
Temple Garden
Breeding Pool
Sacred Foundry
Overgrown Tomb
Watery Grace
Blood Crypt
Reflecting Pool
Rupture Spire
2 Island
2 Plains
Mountain
Swamp
Forest

Nonlands:

XCC
Demonfire
Banefire
Power Sink
Condescend
Syncopate

0CC
Pact of Negation

1CC
Sensei's Divining Top
Swords To Plowshares
Condemn
Path to Exile
Innocent Blood
Lightning Bolt

2CC
Mana Drain
Isochron Scepter
Swerve
Chainer's Edict
Incinerate
Counterspell
Diabolic Edict
Demonic Tutor
Lightning Helix
Regrowth
Muddle the Mixture

3CC
Coalition Relic
Maelstrom Pulse
Dissipate
Esper Charm
Vindicate
Naya Charm
Krosan Grip
Crosis's Charm
Jace Beleren
Oblivion Ring
Phyrexian Arena
Mortify
Putrefy
Dromar's Charm
Treva's Charm
Faerie Trickery

4CC
Damnation
Dismiss
Fact or Fiction
Cryptic Command
Wrath of God
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Day of Judgment
Barter in Blood
Ajani Vengeant

5CC
Hallowed Burial
All Suns' Dawn
Winds of Rath
Rout
Force of Will
Chandra Nalaar

6CC
Identity Crisis
Akroma's Vengeance
Sorin Markov
Austere Command
Catastrophe
Final Judgment

8CC
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

The deck has some expensive spells, but only a total of 13 has a CC higher than 4. The tactic is basicly sweep, remove and count until I can stick a planeswalker to the board. There's alot of reanimate/combo/midrange in our meta, so I've focused on countersspells and removal that exile or provides card advantage or limits the opponents tempo advantage. There's a minor amount of burn because it doubles as removal and wincondition. When it comes to tournaments, Identity Crisis will probably be switched out with Mind Twist. This deck is always the control deck, no matter which matchup

I'm considering the following cards for the deck:
Moat
Pernicous Deed
Engineered Explosives
The new Jace

Constructive criticism welcome!

-Kristian, fanboy of Bolas!

PS. this is my Bolas :

Hello. When I learned of highlander, the first thing I thought was... Hot damn! I wanna play BUW - control!... So I started building, here it is

1cc
Innocent Blood
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares

2cc
Animate Dead
Counterspell
Countersquall
Cruel Edict
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Edict
Negate
Vengeful Dreams

3cc
Cancel
Capsize
Exile
Faerie Trickery
Forbid
Oblivion Ring
Story Circle

4cc
Abduction
Ajani Goldmane
Armageddon
Control Magic
Damnation
Diabolic Tutor
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Nevinyrral's Disk
Return to Dust
Wrath of God

5cc
Desolation Angel
Dream Leash
Future Sight
Liliana Vess
Magus of the Future
Morphling
Persuasion
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Telemin Performance
Winds of Rath

6cc
Akroma's Vengeance
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Austere Command
Catastrophe
Confiscate
Draining Whelk
Exalted Angel
Final Judgment
Quicksilver Dragon

7cc
Eternal Dragon
Iridesccent Angel
Take Possession

8cc
Akroma, Angel of Wrath

Xcc
Braingeyser
Decree of Justice
Martial Coup
Mind Shatter
Profane Command
Spell Burst

Lands
Adakar Wastes
Arcane Sanctum
Barren Moor
Caves of Koilos
City of Brass
Drifting Meadow
Crumbling Necropolis
Ebon Stronghold
Fetid Heath
Flagstones of Trokair
Flooded Strand
Forbidding Watchtower
Gemstone Mine
Grand Coliseum
3 Island
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Moonring Island
Nimbus Maze
Orzhoc Basilica
Peat Bog
Plains
Polluted Delta
Polluted Mire
Remote Farm
Remote Isle
River of Tears
Ruins of Trokair
Rupture Spire
Seaside Citadel
Scrubland
Secluded Steppe
Shizo, Death's Storehouse
Sunken Ruins
Svyelunite Temple
Tainted Field
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Underground Sea
Vesuva
Vivid Creek
Vivid Meadow
Watery Grave

The deck's goal is to stay alive until late game and then win. It's aimed at 1 on 1 and multiplayer diplomacy magic! Both are played alot in my playgroup.

I am looking for suggestions for improving the deck. I'd love to hear new ideas/cards and reasons for using them!

There can only be one!