Bravo +1.

I love this. I never even realised the "non-land permanent" part of those displace effects, this is awesome. The budget is really nice too, I might just make this for the fun of it heck I've probably got most of the cards. I do wonder though, what would you change if you had an unlimited budget?

I wouldn't actually change much at all. I didn't actually limit my budget during the design of this deck, it just worked out like this.

Even the budget lands do work here, Evolving Wilds is needed for the maindeck to have a chance at turning on Delirium for Topplegeist. Skyline Cascade fits perfectly here, you would pay for its effect.

I own 4x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar's, the emblem would be sweet here, but the double needs a whole new mana base. Same reason I left out Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit

I think one or two Dragonlord Ojutai would be good.

The non-budget version would probably be Declaration in Stone in place of Tightening Coils.

Not a bad idea metalevolence, but there is great value in having Tightening Coils returned to your hand. The way this deck plays out, the opponent is expected to always have a hand full of creature cards throughout the game even if you exile the best one with Declaration in Stone. Every turn the opponent will put down one or two threats that you need to deal with, regardless of adding a small number of exile or kill spells.

Declaration in Stone might make a great sideboard card though.

Is there an advantage to running Claustrophobia over Pacifism (DTK)? I guess it shuts off Jace.

The advantage of Claustrophobia is that it takes care of stuff like Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip. Sometimes just preventing blocking and attacking isn't enough.

+1

I actually just built a deck close to this one last night. Mine has Invocation of Saint Traft and Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper, but everything else is about the same.

From play testing, it seems a little too slow against both of my aggro decks, but very fun and cheap to play. Maybe your build with Claustrophobia will do better than mine against aggro.

One thing I overlooked, Meandering River should be replaced with either of the better dual lands if you have them; Port Town or Prairie Stream

Why Gudul Lurker? It's not terrible, but personally I'd use Faerie Miscreant. Evasion and potential card draw (which is reusable with your bounce effects).

For other one-drops, there's Thraben Gargoyle  ^Flip if you don't mind having something really slow. Or Sidisi's Faithful for more bounce.

I like Faerie Miscreant, but Gudul Lurker has the option to be megamorphed for 4 mana which seems better to me

Hey Bwearmp, I'm reconsidering Pacifism over Claustrophobia. The lower mana cost is important. I'm going to try going down to 24 lands from 25, I may just need to add a little more land.

Been playtesting this and I love it! Made my own variant and I found that Mirror Mockery works wonders. Casting it on an opponents creature is great but you can also cast it on your own creatures such as Reflector Mage or Topplegeist for some insane value. What do you think?

Mirror Mockery is cool, if your going to play it swap the Gudul Lurker's for Faerie Miscreant's so you have the option to draw a card every turn.

The reason I like Pacifism better is that it reliably prevents a creature from blocking, as long as you don't face a deck full of flyers you should be okay without it.

How did this do in FNMs or Casuals?

+1