Doctor Strange Deck?
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on Feb. 26, 2018, 1:43 a.m. by Azmaeth
I'm a big fan of Marvel's Doctor Strange, and I recently came up with the idea for starting a Doctor Strange themed deck; This deck would highlight the main aspects of Strange's magic- Manipulation of time and reality, magic barriers, summoning portals, and the other key spells used in the 2017 movie. Can anyone help me devise a good deck that would mirror this theme, using only blue budget cards from 2010 and up?
Thank you!
skoobysnackz says... #3
I may be wrong, but I think this has already been done with Narset, Enlightened Master. Anyways, I love the idea and I just wanted to share some thoughts. I think the most obvious direction is lots of extra turn spells because he can manipulate time. Turning things into other things also seems pretty on theme like Polymorphist's Jest, Pongify etc.
As far as commanders go, I feel like Arcanis is not a bad choice, going from battlefield back to hand, back to battlefield kind of represents the teleporting. Alternatively, you could go with a flickering strategy. Other potential commanders I would consider are Teferi, Temporal Archmage, I mean... common, you could even make an avengers themed deck! And lastly Blind Seer seems like an awesome choice for a Doctor Strange Commander.
February 26, 2018 2:57 p.m.
Mishra's Bauble seems like it could be the eye of agamotto or however its spelt
February 26, 2018 4:59 p.m.
Dragon Bell Monk could be the big monk that helps train strange
Caerwyn says... #2
Unsummon. I would recommend using the 7th Edition Art, as it shows a creature being sucked into a Doctor Strange-like portal.
Jace's Sanctum is a pretty mediocre card--far too mana-intensive for what you get. That said, its art and flavour is reminiscent of the sanctums in the film.
Redirect isn't the best counterspell, but it is one of the more flavourfull ones--turning an opponents' power against them is classic wizard duel.
Day's Undoing ends the turn and does a number of other resets. It feels a lot like time manipulation. The art looks like one of the teleport doorways in Doctor Strange's Sanctum.
Time Warp and other extra turn spells would fit with your theme. The tempest version of Time Warp also has, in my opinion, the most amusing flavour text of any card.
Time Reversal does some time manipulation by resetting hands and shuffling graveyards. Its art also looks a bit like the extradimensional space from the film.
February 26, 2018 11:15 a.m.