Kingtalk The Whimsical Architect

mfogle Thanks man! I think it's really fun

Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor I don't know how I didn't include Rogue's Passage, good looking out

Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor these are all good suggestions, I'm gonna playtest the deck on Friday after I build it IRL. See what changes need to be made form there, thanks!

BlueBat93 Thank you man! Somberwald Sage is a good include, I'll make that swap. I had prowler's in here originally but ended up cutting it for Hot Soup because that card makes me laugh haha

t3hdarkness Oh I didn't even consider it for counter removal, but ya he's a land until the slumber counters are gone. Assault Suit really enables him to get someone to commander damage very quickly, especially if he happens to have a Whispersilk Cloak equipped afterwards lmao

Have you considered Mirrorworks, Hellkite Igniter, Loyal Apprentice, or Treasure Nabber?

Sjorpha oh dang, you right. I’ll make that substitute. Good looking out

Enral I'm a fan, but I kinda wanna keep this as more Kraken and Leviathan tribal for my big guys, kinda fun. The Eldrazi titans would def be good in here though

t3hdarkness Thanks for the baller suggestions man, definitely gonna make a few edits based on cards you suggested. Much appreciated

whalen147 I really like Thassa, God of the Sea in here instead of Kaseto, Orochi Archmage, that's a great suggestion. The Whelming Wave suggestion is also good. The whole time I was building this deck I considered slotting it but wasn't sure if it was worthwhile, I'm not gonna run it in any other deck though haha. I had Fireshrieker in here originally cut cut it for Tezzeret, Artifice Master. Great suggestions man. Much appreciated

Looks fun, here's a mono-black discard deck I built, maybe there'll be some cards in there you'll consider. +1

Greel Life

Love the deck! Looks really fun +1

If you wanna check out my Arixmethes deck I'll link it :)

Rx (Meth is)

mrgrrrumpypants hey thanks for the shout out man, much appreciated!

If I could upvote this more for the title and description I would. Love it man

Xyrael I think Mirari's Wake+Greater Good is very silly with Zacama, maybe worth including +1 :)

Sylvanrush I mean, Ninja is the one you want though haha. Also you don't have to pay additional mana into Xenograft, which seems like an upside.

Jaceblue12 Lots of good feedback here, I appreciate it. It should be pretty apparent, but I'm not trying to optimize this deck. I'm having fun with it, I like running cute cards like Army Ants or Invader Parasite. They're not the most optimal necessarily, but they can still be useful, and also they're generally not worth wasting removal on, so they generate me a decent amount of value a lot of the time. I really like playing a card and getting that "what does that do?" reaction. I also just don't like playing with certain staples, I like winning without them. I won't include the Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth+Cabal Coffers combo in any deck I build. The same is true for Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle+Prismatic Omen combo. I understand that these are powerful combos, but I just don't think they're very fun. I don't have a mono blue player in my playgroup, I just think it's funny to hose blue players even if it's only infrequently and partially. Also when I play Choke against a mono blue player it'll be hilarious. There's a couple of your suggestions I'll consider. Squandered Resources is a good card that I somehow hadn't seen. I've been toying with Jokulhaups for a while now, and I think I might add it in over Wildfire. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

Funny deck, I like it! +1

If you're just going for pure lore goodness though, I'd suggest going to scryfall.com and go to advanced search and from there search "Bolas" in the lore search field

Here are a few cards that are potentially worth including depending on your build:

Disciple of Bolas, Crux of Fate, Deep Analysis, Torment of Hailfire, and Hour of Devastation.

I also recently built a Bolas themed deck, but went for more functionality over thematics (although I still think it's thematic). Here's my tech if you want to compare it to yours:

He's got BIG Bolas

Xenograft would find a good home here