U/W Aggro Control... AKA... My Skies

[majikfreak]

I looked at allot of decks and I’m not really a control player. I prefer playing straight Aggro myself. I wanted to try something new... after some research and looking at what cards I had. This is the deck I came up with. I can make changes I want play it Friday at my local tournament...

// Lands 30
1.   Adarkar Wastes
2.   Flooded Strand
3.   Hallowed Fountain
4.   Island (11)
5.   Plains (11)
6.   Polluted Delta
7.   Reflecting pool
8.   Tundra
9.   Wasteland
10.     Windswept Heath

// Creatures 30
1.   Aven Mindcensor
2.   Azorius first-wing
3.   Azorius Guildmage
4.   Azorius Herald
5.   Cloud of Faeries
6.   Cloud Pirates
7.   Cloud Sprite
8.   Exalted Angel
9.   Flying Men
10.   Jotun Grunt
11.   Lantern Kami
12.   Leonin skyhunter
13.   Man-o'-War
14.   Mother of Runes
15.   Plumeveil
16.   Pride of Clounds
17.   Serendib Efreet
18.   Serra Avenger
19.   Shapesharer
20.   Shrieking drake
21.   Silver drake
22.   Sky Spirit
23.   Soltari monk
24.   Soltari Priest
25.   Spiketail Hatchling
26.   Spire owl
27.   Stonecloaker
28.   Suntail Hawk
29.   True believer
30.   Windborn muse

   


// Spells 40
1.   Annul
2.   Black Vise
3.   Bonesplitter
4.   Boomerang
5.   Brainstorm
6.   Chrome Mox
7.   Condemn
8.   Counterspell
9.   Curiosity
10.   Daze
11.   Disenchant
12.   Empyrial Plate
13.   Enlightened Tutor
14.   Fact or Fiction
15.   Force of Will
16.   Force Spike
17.   Ghostly Prison
18.   Gifts Ungiven
19.   Gilded light
20.   Grafted Wargear
21.   Impulse
22.   Isochron scepter
23.   Land Tax
24.   Mana Leak
25.   Mana Tithe
26.   Memory  Lapse
27.   Moat
28.   Mox Diamond
29.   Oblation
30.   Orm’s Chant
31.   Propaganda
32.   Remand
33.   Rewind
34.   Scroll Rack
35.   Sensai’s DivingTop
36.   Spell Snare
37.   Standstill
38.   Swords of Plowshares
39.   Tithe
40.   Tormod’s Crypt

[SpecialBats]

Don't you have Sea Drake? =3

I should let you Borrow one, if not.

[majikfreak]

Yes, I could really use a Sea Drake for Friday... I also need a Kira, Great Glass-Spinner if you can lend me one, or i'll try to get to CCG house before friday sme how...

[Vazdru]

I haven't updated my UW-Fish for quite a long time. Meanwhile there are some nice new cards like Aven Mimeomancer.

UW-Fish is still quite strong vs Control and Combo. Try it out
Aggro is still hard to beat 

Here is the list of runner-up Dülmen, 07.06.2009, Simon Betz (21 players): http://www.trader-online.de/turniere/Decks/2009-6-2.jpg

Here is my pre-alara-reborn list:

// Deck file for Magic Workstation (http://www.magicworkstation.com)

// Lands
    9 [ST] Island (1)
    1 [ON] Polluted Delta
    1 [A] Tundra
    1 [IA] Adarkar Wastes
    6 [ST] Plains (2)
    1 [ON] Flooded Strand
    1 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (1)
    1 [TSP] Terramorphic Expanse
    1 [ON] Windswept Heath
    1 [SHM] Mystic Gate
    1 [TE] Wasteland
    1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain

// Creatures

cc1
    1 [CHK] Isamaru, Hound of Konda

cc2
    1 [DIS] Azorius Guildmage
    1 [US] Gilded Drake
    1 [TSP] Looter il-Kor
    1 [PY] Spiketail Hatchling
    1 [TSP] Fathom Seer
    1 [CS] Jotun Grunt
    1 [TE] Soltari Priest
    1 [LRW] Knight of Meadowgrain
    1 [TSP] Serra Avenger
    1 [ALA] Knight of the White Orchid
    1 [SC] Silver Knight

cc3
    1 [MOR] Vendilion Clique
    1 [BOK] Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
    1 [PT] Man-o'-War
    1 [LRW] Pestermite
    1 [FD] Trinket Mage
    1 [DIS] Court Hussar
    1 [AN] Serendib Efreet
    1 [PLC] Stonecloaker
    1 [DIS] Azorius Herald
    1 [FUT] Aven Mindcensor
    1 [PLC] Aven Riftwatcher

cc4
    1 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
    1 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
    1 [PLC] Calciderm
    1 [EVE] Glen Elendra Archamge

cc5+
    1 [TSP] Riftwing Cloudskate
    1 [ON] Exalted Angel

// Spells

cc0
    1 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
    1 [SH] Mox Diamond
    1 [MR] Chrome Mox

cc1
    1 [MR] Bonesplitter
    1 [DS] AEther Vial
    1 [SOK] Pithing Needle
    1 [U ] Black Vise
    1 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
    1 [DIS] Spell Snare
    1 [MR] Annul
    1 [LG] Force Spike
    1 [LG] Land Tax
    1 [B ] Swords to Plowshares
    1 [MI] Enlightened Tutor
    1 [PLC] Mana Tithe
    1 [DIS] Condemn
    1 [VI] Tithe
    1 [CFX] Path to Exile
    1 [ALA] Sigil of Distinction

cc2
    1 [UL] Miscalculation
    1 [HL] Memory Lapse (2)
    1 [DS] Echoing Truth
    1 [OD] Standstill
    1 [NE] Daze
    1 [MOR] Negate
    1 [RAV] Remand
    1 [SH] Mana Leak
    1 [NE] Seal of Cleansing
    1 [U ] Winter Orb
    1 [MR] Empyrial Plate
    1 [MR] Lightning Greaves
    1 [MR] Talisman of Progress
    1 [MR] Mask of Memory

cc3
    1 [MR] Thirst for Knowledge
    1 [US] Back to Basics
    1 [PS] Rushing River
    1 [LRW] Crib Swap
    1 [DS] Sword of Fire and Ice
    1 [NE] Tangle Wire

cc4
    1 [U ] Control Magic
    1 [RAV] Faith's Fetters
    1 [U ] Armageddon

cc5+
    1 [MM] Misdirection
    1 [AL] Force of Will
    1 [MM] Bribery
    1 [MM] Gush

[Nastaboi]

I could post some of my thoughts. First, 25 lands is just asking for trouble. I run 34 and four talismans in my skies. Your deck can work with just two lands in play, but why wouldn't you rather make constant land drops and be able to play multiple threats or keep counter mana up same turn?

I would not play Terramorphic Expanse. Flood Plain, Azorius Changery and Faerie Conclave are all better CIP tapped lands. Then again, maybe I would not play a CIP tapped land at all. You should add Rishadan Port and Maybe Mutavault.

Other cards I do not like:

Isamaru - No abilities makes it kinda sad. Akrasan Squire could at least boost your fliers, but I wouldn't run either.
Gilded Drake - Few creatures are so much better than 3/3 flier that I would play this without insane amount of bounce/stifle synergies.
Fathom Seer - Maybe works for you if you want to cheat on lands.
Jotun Grunt - I don't like creatures that die two turns later.
Aven Riftwatcher - ^^
Calciderm - ^^
Bonesplitter - I dont't like equipments unless they are insane like SoFI. With only tree equipments left in my deck, I have still lost (to you BTW) deciding game by an all-equipment draw.
Sigil - ^^
Empyrial Plate - ^^
Mask of Memory - ^^
Enlightened - Why oh why they banned it?
Standstill - This is officially worst card in Magic. Only helps when you are already winning.
Crib Swap - There is plenty of better removal around.
Bribery - Should be Treachery. Treachery is 2-for-1, with Bribery you won't know what you'll get.

I would play at least Looter-il-Kor, Sea Drake, Sygg River Cutthroat, Mana Drain, Cspell and Cryptic Command.

[GoblinPiledriver]

In my UW-Skies deck i play a lot of 1-Drop like Zephyr Sprite, Cloud Pirate, Flying Man, Suntail Hawk and so on.
So in my deck i don`t play many lands and no 4 drops, sigil or court hussar. Instead i play bonesplitter and empyrial plate.

Which version is better many lands with 4 drops, or the more aggro version?