a mono-blue tempo delver deck that uses Ninja of the Deep Hours and Mistblade Shinobi to win with delaying the opponent and card advantage while abusing the agressive one drops like Delver of Secrets and Phantasmal Bear.
this is based on the ninja bear delver deck from travis woo. but adjusted to my personal budget and preferences.
In the maybeboard are cards that I want to be in this deck but don't have the budget for.
+1 if you like the deck
creatures:
Delver of Secrets: deck is a bit creature heavy but with Serum Visions it's not that hard to flip a delver.
Mistblade Shinobi: a Vapor Snag on legs. getting this trough vs a deck that needs to use creatures like Birds of Paradise is awesome.
Ninja of the Deep Hours: a 2/2 body that draws you cards. and can be cheated in on T2.
Quickling: great for saving a creature from removal but also to get a ninja back in your hand and then ninjutsu them back with the Quickling--> repeatable bounce or draw.
Phantasmal Bear: like the delver an aggressive T1 drop.
instants and sorceries:
Distortion Strike: making a ninja unblockable is awesome. with the Mistblade Shinobi they won't play a creature so that's delaying them even more. and with the Ninja of the Deep Hours it's pure cardadvantage. I only play 2 because of the interaction with the bear and the delver already has evasion.
Gitaxian Probe: cantrip and seeing the opponent's hand is important to know what you need to do in the following turns.
Mana Leak: very good counter early and midgame. not so much late.
Psionic Blast: nobody expects burn in mono-blue. so this can let them make mistakes in game 1 and it's hilarious to seem try to play around it in game 2.
Remand: awesome tempo counterspell. but because of the downside of not going into the graveyard. I only play 2. would play 3 when I can get one but I'm not going for the full playset.
Serum Visions: best modern legal cantrip. making delver flipping easier. when it doesn't flip on T2.
Spell Pierce: for only 1 mana this can hurt the opponent a lot when they think we don't have enough to counter his spells.
Vapor Snag: best removal spell in blue. the 1 life los can win you the game and can get rid of creatures lightninh bolt can't get rid of.
