+1 all day. Awesome.

awesome list! i definitely plan on making this in the near future! although after playtesting a few times it seems that there are one too many non-cycle cards...

I disagree with the one-too-many cycling cards. It's worked perfectly with consistent turn 3-4 wins every time I play it. The only issue I ran into was when Laboratory Maniac is the bottom card of the library, then it can be a little weird, but still works. Another one that hurt was when I didn't hit the first Fluctuator until halfway through my library. That's just the luck of the draw though, not much to do about that.

i said too many non-cycling cards, not too many cycling cards lol, but im going to assume you meant non-cycling cards. ive been playtesting this a lot and ive hit the T3 combo off twice, every other time was 5 or later, mostly 6, due to that one extra card stopping me from cycling through on T4-T5. but thats just what ive noticed through the like at least 10 times ive playtested. needless to say its a great (and fun, may i add) deck and when i make it i can change it up if i want. just was saying what my observation was after playtesting in hopes it will make it more consistent with winning on T3

For the most part, as long as you can get Fluctuator by turn 2, your good to go. You could always add more expensive cards or Gitaxian Probes to make this deck more effective, but I'm trying to keep this deck in a Budget. Too much life loss can be dangerous against Aggro.

Yes, I did mean non-cycling cards lol, my mistake. The only thing I can think to take out to put more cycling cards in is the Island. The 4x Fluctuator seems like it's absolutely necessary to get it as early as possible, and the Maniac ofc has got to be there. That just leaves the Island, so is that where you were having trouble running into a non-cycler? Or drawing too many Fluctuator? I originally thought that drawing into the Fluctuators would be a problem, but as long as you make sure you have 4 Cycling cards in your hand at the time you set it off, you never run out. I would agree too that the life-loss from combo-ing off is pretty dangerous sometimes. I mean, losing 8 life from the Wraiths and 4 life from the Probes can get pretty damn close sometimes. You could trade out the Wraiths for something like Disciple of Malice (or any other normal Cycling 2 card) if the life loss gets to be too much. Although, I will say that the Wraith's ability to cycle without mana is EXTREMELY useful. Likewise, the Probes ability to do the same has gotten me to the combo much quicker on a regular basis. Some non-life-loss cyclers would make good sideboard spots.

CrovaxTheCursed: Another user recommended Careful Study to me, which is actually very relevant to this deck. You can discard a Fluctuator and Laboratory Maniac and draw 2 more cards, allowing space for another non-cycling card, however it would still cause this deck to win on turn 3 with Unearth and will only slightly increase chances of obtaining Fluctuator on turn 2 due to being only 1 Island. Due to the B needed for Unearth, it would really just do the same thing as my deck normally would do if I added a Lotus Petal; I didn't add them because of the costs and confusion.

Beastly friend I've been standard for so long it really leaves me curious as to the things I could break. There is just so many cards it's overwhelming hah. I feel as I'm only fairly well versed in standard.amazing fun deck+1!

This comment is specifically directed at turnyouover & V0ldy. Careful Study in this construct is crazy. Laboratory Maniac doesn't have to be the win condition with Careful Study existing. Careful Study, being cast with or without a Lotus Petal, now allows you to feature Progenitus, Darksteel Colossus, Blightsteel Colossus, etc...

I think that for safety reasons you might wanna add another Laboratory Maniac,I know its an incredibly low chance, but just in case it ends up on the as the bottom card and you dont make yourself lose accidentally.

I would put at least two basic lands in your deck because you are pretty much winning on turn 4 not 3 because your turn 3 or 2 land must enter the battlefield tapped causing you not to be able to play Fluctuator or Laboratory Maniac

This comment is specifically directed at turnyouover & V0ldy. I now realize the flaw in my theory. Unearth can only bring a creature into play with a mana cost of three or less. Once this was discovered, I found another way to play Progenitus, casting Careful Study and Reanimate.

This comment is specifically directed at turnyouover & V0ldy. I realized another flaw, Progenitus can't be sent to the graveyard, but if you replaced Progenitus for Iona, Shield of Emeria or Demon of Death's Gate, Careful Study and Reanimate lookin' good.

Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile might make a good argument for a second copy of your win condition. You won't be Unearthing Laboratory Maniac from exile any time soon. Cool deck, though. +1

hateindigital: Thanks! I've noticed you only build standard decks and you always think outside the box, I couldn't imagine how awesome your modern or legacy decks play.

zipl0c: If I removed Gitaxian Probe I could cycle my deck at instant speed while your spell is on the stack. you would still lose.

FireballBrony adding even a single non cycling card is a big risk of killing the deck, no point adding another Laboratory Maniac only because you have 1/60 chance of it being on the bottom.

Still suggestin turnyouover to put the lotus instead of the island the deck, it's just 3$ in the tempest version!

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FireballBrony: you lose if you would draw a card and you can't, so drawing into a Laboratory Maniac on the bottom of your library would not necessarily disrupt the combo.

V0ldy: I'm still on the wall about switching the island, however the lotus also has its quirks in the deck.

MTG11: Another version of Careful Study is Faithless Looting, However Faithless Looting isn't as useful for this deck build.

You can't Unearth Progenitus, but you can Unearth Tarmogoyf.

I feel like the deck needs somewhere between 2 and 4 Serum Powder.since you are effectively looking for one card out of your deck, you should be aggressively mullagaining to it and power will help with that.

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you might be able to use Crystal Vein to cast fluctuator really quick

jujubies: cheap, however Serum Powder is one of the reasons as to why your opening hand would be a bad hand. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll take it into consideration

V0ldy: Nice, I thought about building that deck too, however its not an original idea that I thought of.

MelonGator: Crystal Vein is nice, however it won't increase this deck's speed unless your lucky.

Can this deck be competitive?