modern battle of wits

Modern* Counterspell Jank Scry Wizards WU (Azorius)

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Instant (49)

• 4x Azorius Charm
• 4x Counterspell
• 4x Cryptic Command
• 4x Dissolve
• 4x Dovin's Veto
• 4x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Force of Negation
• 4x Gifts Ungiven
• 4x Neutralize
• 4x Opt
• 4x Pact of Negation
• 4x Remand
• 4x Thirst for Meaning

Sorcery (24)

• 4x End Hostilities
• 4x Fumigate
• 4x Idyllic Tutor
• 4x Serum Visions
• 4x Solve the Equation
• 4x Supreme Verdict

Land (94)

• 4x Azorius Guildgate
• 4x Castle Vantress
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Field of Ruin
• 4x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 26x Island
• 4x Lonely Sandbar
• 4x Meandering River
• 4x Nimbus Maze
• 25x Plains
• 4x Secluded Steppe
• 4x Temple of Enlightenment
• 4x Tranquil Cove

Planeswalker (18)

• 4x Dovin, Hand of Control
• 4x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 4x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 4x Teyo, the Shieldmage
• 1x The Wandering Emperor

Creature (27)

• 3x Augury Owl
• 4x Charming Prince
• 4x Fae of Wishes
• 1x Lion Sash
• 4x Moon-Blessed Cleric
• 3x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Subtlety
• 4x Wall of Omens

Enchantment (24)

• 4x Battle of Wits
• 4x Detention Sphere
• 4x Ghostly Prison
• 2x Gideon's Intervention
• 4x Ixalan's Binding
• 4x Omen of the Sea
• 2x The Birth of Meletis

Artifact (4)

• 4x Witching Well

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Yorion, Sky Nomad

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Maybeboard

Instant (16)

• 4x Cryptic Command
• 4x Remand
• 4x Render Silent
• 4x You Find the Villains' Lair

Creature (4)

• 4x Moon-Blessed Cleric

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Scour All Possibilities
• 4x Supreme Verdict

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Solitary Confinement

Planeswalker (8)

• 4x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 4x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

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battle of wits deck. the deck revolves around trying to find and play battle of wits, key cards are fae of wishes, idyllic tutor, gifts ungiven, merchant scroll, and enduring ideal. solve the equation also helps but since it searches an instant it can find a gifts ungiven.

other cards in the deck help to scry or counter.

yorion is easy to add to the deck since this deck already needs around 180 extra cards, its just a free pick.

including all the cards that can find battle of wits for it to be played on turn 5 or 6, there are a total of 25. the deck contains right now 244, that means the first card drawn is a 10.5% of having a wincon, the next card aoround 10.6%, and so on. making it almost consistent in its unconcistency.

using something called hypergeometic distribution, we can say that this deck contains 244 sample size, which has 25 succeses in its population. if our sample size is 7 (starting hand) the odds of having a success are of 15%.

using lots of cards that allow for scry, and draw, usually means that by turn 5 our total sample size (number of cards drawn) can go up from 12 (7 starting +5 for each starting card on draw step) to around 17. the odds of having a success on those 17 cards is around 53.9%

so yes, this really dumb deck somehow might just work every once in a while. or at least youll surprise everyone arriving with a deck literally as big as a bottle(dont forget to double sleeve!) also, its a great counter against milldecks. let them try mill 240 cards, literally unstoppable.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 65 - 1 Rares 62 - 0 Uncommons 35 - 0 Commons
Cards	240
Avg. CMC	2.90
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Samurai 2/2 W, Wall 0/3 W, Wall 0/4 C