A Bad Case of Mono Blue

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Multiplayer Tribal Wizards

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Instant (16)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Dominate
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Psychic Trance
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Spin into Myth

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Wash Out

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Diplomatic Immunity
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Invoke Prejudice
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Steal Enchantment
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Vanishing

Artifact (6)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

Creature (27)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls
• 1x Barrin, Master Wizard
• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Ertai, Wizard Adept
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Jushi Apprentice  ^Flip
• 1x Kheru Spellsnatcher
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Lighthouse Chronologist
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Master of Waves
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stern Proctor
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Supreme Inquisitor
• 1x Surgespanner
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Temporal Adept
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Voidmage Husher
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Willbender

Land (35)

• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 19x Island
• 1x Magosi, the Waterveil
• 1x Moonring Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 1x Seafarer's Quay
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Teferi's Isle
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terrain Generator

Commander (1)

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Enchantment (1)

• 1x Training Grounds

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Creature (5)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Nameless One
• 1x Riptide Entrancer
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Land (1)

• 1x Cavern of Souls

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A Bad Case of Mono Blue

While searching the Cephalid Coliseum, Rayne discovers a powerful artifact.

This deck combines two of my favorite deck archetypes: Control and Tribal.

The strategy is simple: Draw cards, counter some spells, steal things. Blue is notorious for being the "no friends" color, so to try and fight the system, I decided to use Rayne, Academy Chancellor as my general. She draws much less aggro than Azami, Lady of Scrolls or Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir .

The main win conditions in this deck are to use your opponents' cards against them, to draw out, and to draw them out.

Sneak-ThieveryCards such as Bribery , Beguiler of Wills, and Vedalken Shackles can be used to take your opponents' creatures and use them to win. [[Jace, Architect of Thought can really devastate players by stealing some nasty spells. Nothing like stealing a Time Warp, right?

Beguiler of Wills is probably one of the better creature-nabbers in the deck. Combine her with Pemmin's Aura, and you can steal just about everything and make sure your beguiler stays out until a board wipe drops. Control Magic and Steal Enchantment are kind of like spot removal, but with the added benefit of taking all of the toys for yourself.

Draw!This is what this deck does best. Rayne herself can draw you many cards throughout a match, especially if you can get a Diplomatic Immunity on her. In our meta, Disenchant, Chaos Warp, and Beast Within are all played regularly, along with many other targeted removal.Cards like Azami, Lady of Scrolls, Arcanis the Omnipotent, Jushi Apprentice , and Jace's Archivist can burn through the deck really fast.

Thought PoliceNow if there's one thing a blue mage doesn't want to see is a good plan ruined by some idiot saying a couple magic words. For this, we have only one answer: the counterspell.Yes, the counterspell, every blue mage's wet dream. Cards like Counterspell , Hinder, and Ertai, Wizard Adept give you hard-counter abilities for those spells that would just... complicate things.Venser, Shaper Savant is unique because although he doesn't counter spells, he can keep an uncounterable spell at bay for a turn. Another great use of Venser is bouncing a permanent you don't have an answer to, then countering it when they try to get it back out again.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.49
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/0 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Commander, EDH, Mono Blue Commander Decks, deck ideas, monoblue wizards