So I finally finished my U/W control deck. I decided to run a planeswalker control deck. I'm using Gideon Jura As one of my win conditions, along with Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Jace, Architect of Thought is used to help me draw some cards while also lowering damage from opponents' creatures. Dragonlord Ojutai Is also one of my win conditions as he is hexproof when he's not tapped. This will let me time my attacks and help block out my PWs while I'm preparing to actually win or while I'm buying time. I'd like to have Torrential Gearhulk maybe for more flashback capabilities. After playtesting. I either want another Snapcaster Mage or I want to replace Ojutai with a Gearhulk. This could help me by allowing me to recast counters or even tap all my opponent's creatures with Cryptic Command and letting me swing for game or just letting me draw more cards. I also have 2x Celestial Colonnade for some sort of win condition. I would like to run more of those in the future.
I use Blessed Alliance, Path to Exile, Supreme Verdict And Wrath of God As my creature control on the board. Blessed alliance serves a double purpose to help heal me back up after taking some damage that I may not be able to avoid with the escalate mechanic.
I have Negate, Mana Leak, Logic Knot, and Cryptic Command for my counters. I'm on a budget so I can't really afford more cryptic commands Though I really want to run some more. I would like to run
Spell Snare
once I play some more and have an idea of how many I'll need. I also have Detention Sphere to help me deal with some pesky permanents that get through my vast array of counters and such.
My card draw is Think Twice, Serum Visions, and Sphinx's Revelation. Jace will help me with his -2 but I can't imagine that will help me get exactly what I need at any point in time so I don't intend on relying on it.
My land pool is sort of sub par in terms of modern control decks or just modern decks in general. I have Prairie Stream, Glacial Fortress, Ghost Quarter, Reliquary Tower, and Celestial Colonnade for land. Ghost Quarter is to deal with the disgusting lands. Reliquary Tower is so I don't really have to worry about discarding cards into grave but I don't have too many and I really don't intend on relying on that ability too often. I'll probably be dealing with everything in a timely manner, hopefully.
This deck is completely theoretical as I do not even own it yet. Sideboard is the exact same way. Surgical Extraction is a card that I think is really neat. I think that the 2 life cost isn't all that bad with how much life gain that I have in my deck, though it isn't ideal. Maybe I'll side more heal cards or something similar over time.
I certainly hope to one day add Snapcaster Mage into the list but as of now I can neither find any to trade for nor justify buying two at this moment.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome and appreciated. Thanks for taking a look!
