The Spoiled Blue Mage

Modern* Control Mono-Blue

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Instant (25)

• 4x Condescend
• 4x Cryptic Command
• 3x Mana Leak
• 2x Pact of Negation
• 4x Remand
• 3x Spell Snare
• 3x Stubborn Denial
• 2x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Fabricate

Artifact (4)

• 4x Vedalken Shackles

Creature (6)

• 4x Plumeveil
• 2x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (24)

• 2x Academy Ruins
• 18x Island
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 3x Tectonic Edge

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 2x Hurkyl's Recall

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Bribery

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Spreading Seas

Artifact (2)

• 2x Batterskull

Creature (6)

• 4x Spellskite
• 2x Vendilion Clique

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Vapor Snag

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Spells only resolve if you want them to. Creatures only oppose you if you don't want them.

Idea from here

SaffronOlive's comments:

• The biggest problem with the deck is that its really struggles when it gets behind. We just don't have many answers for opposing creatures that slip through the cracks. The next biggest problem is that there are a few fairly common cards in Modern that our deck simply can't beat. Cavern of Souls and Aether Vial invalidate a huge percentage of our deck. Creatures with islandwalk (i.e. Merfolk) are rough. Creaturelands are uncounterable threats, and Burn is likely unwinnable pre-board, and post-board we are leaning extremely heavily on Spellskite. As such, this deck feels like the type where you need to dodge your bad matchups to be successful.
• Overall, the biggest question for the deck is, "why Mono-Blue?" Being Modern, a world of insane mana, it would be pretty easy to splash a second color and still keep enough Islands to fully power up Vedalken Shackles. For example, we could easily play four Flooded Strand, four Hallowed Fountain, and four Prairie Stream, only lose four of our 20 Islands, and be able to significantly improve some of our biggest weaknesses by playing Supreme Verdict, Path to Exile, and awesome sideboard cards like Kor Firewalker, Stony Silence, and Timely Reinforcements. If I continue playing something similar, I'll definitely be testing a UW version cutting the Warmonger's Chariot and trimming some of the counterspells for some wraths and spot removal.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 4 Mythic Rares 12 - 7 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.25
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
Folders	Modern