R/ U Prowess, spirits, burn, and control

Standard*

Verikus

Creature (18)

• 2x Geist of the Archives
• 2x Ingenious Skaab
• 3x Mercurial Geists
• 1x Nebelgast Herald
• 1x Niblis of Dusk
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 2x Pyre Hound
• 2x Sanguinary Mage
• 1x Silburlind Snapper
• 1x Thermo-Alchemist
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Weaver of Lightning

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Contingency Plan
• 1x Drag Under
• 2x Incendiary Flow
• 2x Pore Over the Pages
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 3x Take Inventory

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Spiteful Motives

Instant (7)

• 3x Galvanic Bombardment
• 2x Geistblast
• 1x Lightning Axe
• 1x Turn Aside

Land (24)

• 13x Island
• 11x Mountain

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Maybeboard

Creature (11)

• 2x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 2x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 2x Fogwalker
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 2x Rattlechains
• 2x Silent Observer

Instant (9)

• 2x Deny Existence
• 4x Essence Flux
• 2x Just the Wind
• 1x Spreading Flames

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Avacyn's Judgment
• 2x Burn from Within
• 2x Collective Defiance

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Stumbled upon R/U control/burn/prowess focused deck and decided that I loved spirits, delaying cards, and clever inevitability. Use spirits as a slow beat down, using spells to tie up (blue) or burn (red) enemy creature momentum while I use prowess for extra damage. There's a few inevitability cards (currently thing in ice and rise from the tides) that can seal a finish, and enough utility defense creatures to keep myself from taking too much damage while I draw extra cards (also fueling prowess in the process).

I ordered a bunch of cards along this theme (in my maybeboard) but I'm not 100% dedicated on what to take, leave, and swap out. My goal is to have layered synergies from sorceries and instants as well as multiple inevitability cards so I don't have to worry about losing due to one bad counterspell.

If there are any suggestions, or any 'strictly better' cards in standard I'm missing let me know!

The amount I've played so far with the pre-built deck I've modified with boosters has been really fun and seems promising.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.92
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B