BUW - Control

[Kristian]

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!

[Mythrandir]

At a first glance, this looks ok, i'd probably tweak a lot on the mana base. here goes my quick review:

1cc.
+ brainstorm?
- blood ( i think you have a lot of removal, no need for this one)

2cc
- vengeaful dreams
+ impulse
+ mana drain (too â,¬â,¬??)
+ disenchant?

3cc
+ dissipate (instead of cancel)
+ intuition
+ aura of silence?
+ jace beleren

4cc
- return to dust (better options...)
- nevinyrrals disk
+ moat
+ gifts ungiven
+ cryptic command

5cc
- magus of the future
+bribery

6cc
-final judgment
- draining whelk
- quicksilver dragon

7cc
- iridescent angel

lands:

3 duals + 3 shocklands
fetchs
some manlands: faery conclave, mishras factory
cycle lands
- tricolor shards lands
- painlands

you have lots of nonbasic lands for a 3color deck, i would try and cut some for some basics.

Also i see you have a sort of "theme" deck, stealinf stuff, so you might wanna take a look at this deck:

http://www.magicplayer.org/forum/index.php?topic=113.0

its only UB, but i think you can get some ideas.

[Kristian]

First of all, thank you .

1cc
Innocent Blood - It's just handy for those pesky indestructibles ^^... But I do already have swords and path.
Brainstorm - It seems like a good choice

2cc
Vengeful Dreams - It can easily go.
Impulse - A bit more card draw wouldn't hurt.
Mana drain - It's so darn expensive, but I would play it if I could get one.
Disenchant - It's a handy removal and it could be useful but I usually play Return to Dust because I'm used to people playing recurring things, meaning that the two for one and the remove from game is an excellent feature.

3cc
Dissipate - It's obviously superior to cancel, just as I'm waiting for a Chainer's Edict to switch for the sorcery edict.
Aura of Silence - Why would I play Aura of Silence?
Jace Beleren - I used to play him, but he got cut since I had a hard time deciding what else to keep, I'll look at getting him back in the deck.
Intuition - I don't like only getting one of three, is it really worth it?

4cc
Return to Dust - What better options?
Nevinyrrals Disk - It's a decent Wrath effect but delayed a turn. It can easily go.
Moat - Pricy! Would play it if I had one.
Gifts Ungiven - This one is a bit better than Intuition and I could easily make space for it I think.
Cryptic Command - I actually have a hard time getting UUU now and then, I doubt that my mana fix is good enough.

5cc
Magus of the Future - It's cut
Bribery - Already knew this one, going to trade for one when I get a chance

6cc
Final Judgment - Again, it's effective against recurring decks, think I'll keep this one if I got spare slots.
Draining Whelk - This one was already on it's way out
Quicksilver Dragon - Is it smart only playing one morph creature?

7cc
Iridescent Angel - Protection from all colors... It's hard to handle, that's why I play it, albeit it's a bit slow. I'll keep it if I got spare slots though.

Lands:
I'm already working on getting as many shock/duals as possible.
I'm also playing all the shard lands in the colors that I can benefit from and I'm expecting to recive the tap lands with the dual colors I can use in the mail. Same goes for manlands and painlands.

Thanks for helping!

If you got more suggestions, please don't hesitate

[Nastaboi]

Your curve is rather high. Try adding some talismans and stones, and cut all those awful non-basics for basics.

[Mythrandir]

First of all, thank you .

No prob.

Disenchant - It's a handy removal and it could be useful but I usually play Return to Dust because I'm used to people playing recurring things, meaning that the two for one and the remove from game is an excellent feature.

I forgot to talk about this on my previous post. You need grave hate. phyrexian furnace, tormod crypt, scrabbling claws, shred memory, etc, etc.

Aura of Silence - Why would I play Aura of Silence?

Intuition - I don't like only getting one of three, is it really worth it?

Let me tell you that intuition and gifts are two of the best cards available in blue. Ppl sometimes splash for U, just because of these two.. ohh, and yes Fact or Fiction (it was really a speedy review.. forgot about this one..lol)

As for aura of silence, it was an option VS return to dust.

Cryptic Command - I actually have a hard time getting UUU now and then, I doubt that my mana fix is good enough.

Well, i mentioned this one, because i thought you could go away with it on 3 color deck, you really need to fix that mana base

Final Judgment - Again, it's effective against recurring decks, think I'll keep this one if I got spare slots.
Draining Whelk - This one was already on it's way out
Quicksilver Dragon - Is it smart only playing one morph creature?

Again you need grave hate, final judgment is pretty bad...i think your better off with some grave hate.

Well, lots of ppl play a single morph card in the decks and that is exalted angel. i don't think that dragon is worth the "what morph surprise" effect.

7cc
Iridescent Angel - Protection from all colors... It's hard to handle, that's why I play it, albeit it's a bit slow. I'll keep it if I got spare slots though.

It's a 7CMC for a 4/4... i´m betting your playing in a very slow meta, with few aggro, no?

Lands:
I'm already working on getting as many shock/duals as possible.
I'm also playing all the shard lands in the colors that I can benefit from and I'm expecting to recive the tap lands with the dual colors I can use in the mail. Same goes for manlands and painlands.

This really needs tweaking, you only play 3 colors, but you're completely vulnerable to back to basics... you don't need the tricolor shards, nor the taplands, nor the painds, cut the vivid, add some filters if you like. Fetchs, shocks, duals, filters is more than enough, add basic lands.

Solemn simulacrum is also good in that deck.

[Kristian]

We play free for all multiplayer more than we play 1 on 1 in my playgroup

[Kristian]

I have tinkered a bit with the deck and jumped into 5 color. It's a blast to play!

However, I'm not completely sure of the land:spell ratio. I often find myself drawing alot of lands. Am I missing something obvious? (Too many lands, wrong types etc.)

New 5CC deck:
1CC
Brainstorm
Condemn
Innocent Blood
Path to Exile
Ponder
Sword to Plowshares
Relic of Progenitus

2CC
Chainer's Edict
Counterspell
Countersquall
Cruel Edict
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Edict
Disenchant
Impulse
Negate
Regrowth
Animate Dead

3CC
Cancel
Dissipate
Dream Fracture
Faerie Trickery
Forbid
Recollect
Oblivion Ring
Story Circle

4CC
Armageddon
Damnation
Diabolic Tutor
Fact or Fiction
Return to Dust
Wrath of God
Control Magic
Ajani Goldmane
Elspeth, Knight-Errant

5CC
Magus of the Future
Teferi, Mage of zhalfir
Future Sight

6CC
Arcanis the Omnipotent
Akroma's Vengeance
Austere Command
Catastrophe
Final Judgment
Exalted Angel
Pristine Angel

7CC
Eternal Dragon
Iridescent Angel

8CC
Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Empyrial Archangel
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

XCC
Banefire
Braingeyser
Decree of Justice
Demonfire
Logic Knot (Temporary)
Martial Coup
Mind Shatter
Mind Spring
Power Sink
Spell Burst

Land
Arcane Sanctum
Bayou
Bloodstained Mire
Boreal Shelf
Coastal Tower
Crumbling Necropolis
Exotic Orchard
Fetid Heath
Flagstones of Trokair
Flooded Strand
Frost Marsh
4 Island
Mishra's Factory
New Benalia
Nimbus Maze
3 Plains
Plateau
Polluted Delta
Rupture Spire
Salt Marsh
Scrubland
Seaside Citadel
Sunken Ruins
3 Swamp
Tolaria West
Tropical Island
Underground Sea
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Urza's Factory
Vesuva
Volcanic Island
Watery Grave
Wooded Foothills

[Mythrandir]

well, your land/ratio seems ok. It's your lands and CMC spells that worry me... But since you said you play multiplayer more than 1 VS 1, i think it might be "ok", to have such a high mana curve...

You should cut those CIP lands (shards lands, invasion lands, etc). Try cycle lands + LFTL best draw engine available.

Also, if you like fatties that much, have you consider turning this into an oath deck?

Check the deck clinic thread, there are 5c oaths, and 5c control there, you might get some ideas.