Ashiok's Delvings

Modern Budget Delver UB (Dimir)

Mezriss

Instant (17)

• 3x Dimir Charm
• 3x Doom Blade
• 4x Mana Leak
• 2x Negate
• 1x Remand
• 1x Spell Snare
• 2x Tragic Slip
• 1x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Telepathy

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Creature (14)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 4x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 4x Spellstutter Sprite
• 1x Sygg, River Cutthroat

Land (22)

• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Encroaching Wastes
• 5x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 5x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Watery Grave

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 4x Gainsay
• 1x Hibernation
• 1x Ultimate Price
• 2x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Drown in Sorrow
• 3x Duress

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Maybeboard

Instant (16)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deprive
• 3x Dispel
• 2x Dissolve
• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Nullify
• 1x Soul Manipulation
• 4x Stymied Hopes

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Gitaxian Probe
• 4x Sign in Blood

Artifact (3)

• 3x Springleaf Drum

Creature (18)

• 2x Frostburn Weird
• 4x Omenspeaker
• 3x Oona's Gatewarden
• 4x Pain Seer
• 4x Phantasmal Bear
• 1x Tidehollow Strix

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Is it possible to include plainswalkers into a low curve delver-type deck? I hope that it is. Ashiok is cheap, grows to 5 the turn he enters the battlefield and can start spewing creatures as soon as turn 4.

About other dubious card choices:

• Dimir Charm is a trick that doubles as removal - better than nothing in a deck without Serum Visions

• Ninja of the Deep Hours is a placeholder for Dark Confidant that can probably be replaced with a much less reliable Pain Seer

• Sygg, River Cutthroat and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner are nice little variations that might help to not lose steam in later game. Or at least will not hurt deck much as singletons.

• Telepathy is mostly to annoy my opponents

Everything else is either removal or not-so-efficient counter.

This deck wasn't really built on a budget, but with a limited card pool (consisting mostly from several pauper and commander decks and post Gatecrash T2 cards). But even with such limits there are choices to be made. Please, let me know if you think that something from maybeboard can improve the deck. Pain Seers and drums instead of Ninjas for card draw? Or maybe Omenspeakers for some needed scrying?

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 0 Rares 12 - 8 Uncommons 21 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.95