Approach of the Fog

Standard GWU (Bant)

GabeBurch

Land (22)

• 7x Forest
• 2x Irrigated Farmland
• 4x Island
• 5x Plains
• 2x Prairie Stream
• 2x Scattered Groves

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Approach of the Second Sun
• 3x Fumigate

Instant (16)

• 4x Anticipate
• 4x Commencement of Festivities
• 2x Glimmer of Genius
• 4x Haze of Pollen
• 2x Repel the Abominable

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Bounty of the Luxa
• 2x Cast Out

Creature (8)

• 3x Blisterpod
• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 2x Wall of Resurgence

Artifact (3)

• 3x Pyramid of the Pantheon

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Sideboard

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Authority of the Consuls
• 2x Cast Out
• 2x Stasis Snare

Creature (2)

• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Instant (4)

• 2x Invasive Surgery
• 2x Renewed Faith

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Fragmentize
• 1x Fumigate

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Druid of the Cowl
• 1x Fortified Rampart
• 1x Glyph Keeper
• 1x Wall of Resurgence

Instant (2)

• 1x Pulse of Murasa
• 1x Renewed Faith

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Compulsory Rest

Artifact (1)

• 1x Oracle's Vault

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Contingency Plan
• 1x Declaration in Stone

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Tamiyo, Field Researcher

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Fog your opponent until you can either win with Approach of the Second Sun or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger.

Pull from Tomorrow, Bounty of the Luxa, Glimmer of Genius, Contingency Plan, and cycling cards will help you get to your second Approach.

Wildest Dreams will help you get fogs back from the graveyard when you run low.

Pyramid of the Pantheon works great in this deck. Mana fixing is very helpful, and if you hit your land drops you can cast Approach (or another 7 drop) on turn 5, and/or Ulamog on turn 6.

• Turn 1: Forest / Pyramid - 1 Mana available
• Turn 2: Island / Pyramid (1) - 2 Mana available
• Turn 3: Plains / Fog / Pyramid (2) - 3 Mana available
• Turn 4: Prairie Stream / Bounty / Pyramid (3) - 6 Mana Available
• Turn 5: Botanical Sanctum / Approach - 7 Mana Available
• Turn 6: Scattered Groves / Ulamog - 10 Mana Available

Win Conditions:

• Approach of the Second Sun
• Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• Thing in the Ice  

Fogs:

• Commencement of Festivities
• Haze of Pollen
• Repel the Abominable

Ramp / Mana Fixing:

• Bounty of the Luxa
• Evolving Wilds
• Pyramid of the Pantheon

Removal:

• Fumigate

Sideboard:

• Authority of the Consuls vs Zombies, tokens, or anything that goes wide
• Cast Out and Stasis Snare vs Gideon or gods
• Invasive Surgery vs Lost Legacy, Dispossess, Insult
• Fragmentize vs vehicles or enchantments
• Sphinx of the Final Word vs control

==7/1 Edit==

I wasn't having much luck with this deck, but I did some testing and made some adjustments. I have yet to play the new version in a tournament but I will soon and give feedback.

Adjustments:

• Fewer nonbasic lands, including removing all Evolving Wilds
• Removed some one-off cards: Providence , Wildest Dreams , Pull from Tomorrow
• Removed Exquisite Archangel
• Added a third Fumigate and a second Wall of Resurgence
• Added Anticipate and Glimmer of Genius
• Added Blisterpod
• Added Kefnet the Mindful

Several times Evolving Wilds ended up dead in my hand after casting Approach, so it had to go. I dropped a few nonbasic lands because I would often have problems with them coming in tapped and slowing me down.

The one-off cards were nice, but having a little more consistency seemed the way to go. The Angels rarely ended up helping enough to warrant keeping them.

Wall of Resurgence is a great blocker and gets two bodies on the field. Blisterpod is a cheap two bodies, or one chump and one mana. Dropping Bounty a turn early can make a huge difference.

Kefnet the Mindful's draw ability should be useful as a mana sink, and I'm sure he'll be able to participate in combat once in a while.

Top Ranked	Achieved #33 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 1 Mythic Rares 19 - 4 Rares 8 - 8 Uncommons 15 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.13
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C
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