Oracle's Paradox

Standard*

LuluMidGg

Land (23)

• 2x Desert of the Mindful
• 3x Inventors' Fair
• 6x Island
• 4x Spire of Industry
• 4x Spirebluff Canal
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Cut / Ribbons
• 2x Sweltering Suns

Instant (17)

• 4x Censor
• 2x Commit / Memory
• 4x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 4x Opt
• 3x Supreme Will

Artifact (15)

• 4x Oracle's Vault
• 3x Paradox Engine
• 4x Powerstone Shard
• 4x Pyramid of the Pantheon

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 3x Abrade
• 3x Chandra's Defeat
• 3x Negate

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Sweltering Suns

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Blue/Red Combo with Paradox Engine and Oracle's Vault

The first few turns will be dedicated to developing mana (lands, Corrupted Grafstone, and Pyramid of the Pantheon), and finding combo pieces. Cycling cards make activating Grafstone easier.

Once you land an Oracle's Vault, immediately start adding brick counters. The sooner Vault is active, the easier it is to find Paradox Engine. Vizier of Tumbling Sands can help get Vault activated quicker.

Once you have both pieces and either Vizier of Tumbling Sands or some mana rocks, you can filter through your deck, adding mana as you go. Getting multiple Vaults and mana rocks active lowers your chances of fizzling. Commit / Memory allows you to not deck before getting the amount of mana needed to kill with Cut / Ribbons.

After sideboard, Thing in the Ice can be boarded in by itself as an anti-aggro measure. However, against counter-heavy decks or decks with lots of artifact hate (Manglehorn, Disposses), creaturelands and Thing in the Ice can be an effective beatdown plan.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	B
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 1 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 14 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.30