BU Cycling

Standard Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir)

Zooby9

Land (23)

• 3x Choked Estuary
• 2x Desert of the Glorified
• 2x Desert of the Mindful
• 3x Fetid Pools
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 5x Island
• 2x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp

Creature (19)

• 3x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 3x Curator of Mysteries
• 4x Hollow One
• 3x Nimble Obstructionist
• 4x Shadowstorm Vizier
• 2x Vile Manifestation

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Drake Haven

Instant (11)

• 3x Censor
• 2x Countervailing Winds
• 3x Fatal Push
• 3x Hieroglyphic Illumination

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Yahenni's Expertise

Artifact (2)

• 2x Abandoned Sarcophagus

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Scarab Feast

Creature (4)

• 2x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 2x Vile Manifestation

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Dispossess
• 3x Lost Legacy

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

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This deck is based around cycling and the use of Abandoned Sarcophagus. The main strategy of this deck is to cycle a lot of cards early and play Abandoned Sarcophagus to be able to cast all of them from our graveyard, effectively giving us a larger hand. Shadowstorm Vizier, who has flying and gets +1/+1 everytime we cycle something is a great 2 drop. The other 2 drop, Vile Manifestation gets bigger the more cards we have in the graveyard, which goes well with Abandoned Sarcophagus, and can be cycled if necessary. As we cycle cards, we can then cast Hollow One for a reduced cost or even free depending on how much we cycle, and a 4/4 for free is not too shabby. Archfiend of Ifnir, Curator of Mysteries and Drake Haven are all great payoffs for cycling as the Archfiend allows us to weaken our opponents creatures, the Curator allows us to filter what we are about to draw from cycling, and the Haven allows us to make a bunch of 2/2 fliers. Censor and Countervailing Winds allow us to counter things our opponents are trying to cast and they can both be cycled as well. Nimble Obstructionist allows us to counter any ability of anything our opponent has, the most fun of which is to counter a planeswalkers' ultimate ability. Fatal Push and Yahenni's Expertise allow us to destroy creatures that are a problem for us. Hieroglyphic Illumination has great value as it allows us to draw 3 cards for 5 mana.

The sideboard has Dispossess and Lost Legacy in order to get rid of anything that we have a weak match up against or to get rid of something which will severely weaken our opponents' deck. There is one more card:Vile Manifestations in the sideboard to give the option of adding some more early game blockers. Another Fatal Push is in the sideboard for those decks with a lot of small creatures. Gonti, Lord of Luxury is a fair sized body with deathtouch that allows us to take something of our opponents and cast it for ourselves. Scarab Feast is graveyard hate that also be cycled very cheaply. Ob Nixilis Reignited and Jace, Unraveler of Secrets are for longer, more grindy matchups.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 2 Mythic Rares 29 - 8 Rares 12 - 3 Uncommons 9 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.19
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited