UWb Tapout Control (Boner Valley) (Standard MTG Deck)

UWb Tapout Control (Boner Valley)

Standard* Control Lifegain WUB (Esper)

BrianH369

Creature (7)

Planeswalker (2)

2x Gideon Jura

Land (25)

Enchantment (2)

2x Oblivion Ring

Artifact (4)

Instant (8)

Sorcery (12)

Sideboard

Creature (4)

Planeswalker (3)

Artifact (4)

Instant (3)

Sorcery (1)

1x Entreat the Angels

This is a homebrew list that I've been working on for awhile now. It borrows some elements from Solar Flare as well as Cuneo's Pristine Control list, but is still pretty different from either of them.

Bringing the deck to a 5k in a few days and would like some feedback/advice, specifically for the sideboard. The Trinket Mage package has been working amazingly and I like Karn and Tamiyo for the control mirror and Divine Offering for swords, but everything else is kind of up in the air atm.

As far as matchups have been going this deck clearly poops on aggro decks pretty hard, and post board its very good versus control as well thanks to Karn and the Trinket Mage hate package. Ramp is also a pretty easy game between 3 Ghost Quarter, Phantasmal Image, and Sun Titan.

Unfortunately, this deck is softer to the Aggro-Control side of things (Delver). I know it seems crazy to think about bringing something that needs help versus Delver to a slightly bigger than usual event, but I like the deck, and can see it doing well. To be fair, the Delver matchup isn't unwinnable, just not as favorable as I want it. Really, Sword of War and Peace is the problem more than anything.

PS Boner Valley is not JUST a ploy to get people to comment. I really do call it that.

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PTQ Next Weekend — June 23, 2012

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I spent the morning playtesting for a PTQ I'm attending next weekend. I'm pretty excited, since I have only played or twice this month, and I've been itching to get some time to beat face :)

I know that if I'm going to do well I'm going to have to beat Delver consistently and often. I tested against the 3 different variations that I expect will make up the majority of the field: LSV's WMCQ Winning List, Yuuya Watanabe's Runechanter's Pike Delver from last week's Grand Prix, and Sam Black's "Delverless Delver'' featuring Blade Splicer.

A few things I noticed about the matchups in general:

Timely Reinforcements and Day of Judgment don't do a whole lot. They require me to tap out for not a whole bunch of value, so running 3 of each is ill advised.
Geist of Saint Traft is a card that I never have any problem beating. Same with Runechanter's Pike and Blade Splicer. If they play any of these cards on t 2-3 to establish early pressure, I am generally relieved.
Sword of War and Peace is still bad news.

To that end I've added 2 Dismember to the main deck and removed a Timely Reinforcements and a Day of Judgment. Those cards are still quite good in the meta I feel, however the decks that they are amazing against (Zombies, Naya, RG Aggro) are all decks that I have a very good matchup against either way. The Dismembers are excellent for killing off Sworded guys or in response to Swording a Restoration Angel. The flexible cost makes it easier for me to fit it in while casting other stuff, it gives me a turn 1 play, and all around I think it is primed to make a come back at this late stage of its life in Standard.

Won't have too much time to practice before the PTQ, however I am off Friday and my local stor holds 2 Standard Constructed events for FNM, so I can play a bit then to prepare for the big game on Saturday.

I don't know why, but I feel very good about my odds this weekend. Although I haven't actually played much this month, I've kept up with the meta, tested the hell out of my deck, and feel more prepared than ever. Hopefully I can finally pull out a win in this somewhat higher level event as a result.

Helped the Delver matchup a bit — June 11, 2012

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Fixed the match-up? — June 9, 2012

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Post 5K — June 3, 2012

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May 31, 2012

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Top Ranked	Achieved #24 position overall 12 years ago
Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 7 Mythic Rares 24 - 1 Rares 20 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.57
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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