Turns

Modern Mono-Blue Turns

MajorFalure

Sorcery (14)

• 2x Part the Waterveil
• 2x Sleight of Hand
• 4x Temporal Mastery
• 4x Time Warp
• 2x Walk the Aeons

Creature (1)

• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Artifact (4)

• 4x Howling Mine

Instant (11)

• 3x Boomerang
• 3x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Opt
• 4x Remand

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace Beleren

Land (24)

• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 23x Snow-Covered Island

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Dictate of Kruphix
• 2x Marit Lage's Slumber

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Sideboard

Instant (13)

• 1x Boomerang
• 4x Mindbreak Trap
• 4x Swan Song
• 4x Telling Time

Creature (1)

• 1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Temple Bell

Creature (1)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac

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Modern Turns: The deck that says, f*ck you, I'm not done yet.

Card Breakdown:

Delay Show

Cryptic Command : Great card, I'm only running 3 because I don't personally have 4.

• Counter spell when needed

• Mass tap vs Creature heavy decks

• Effective Boomerang against combo decks

• Replaces itself when only one of the above are needed

Remand

• Delay at its finest, essentially reads "take an extra turn after this, draw a card." when played early enough.

Boomerang

• Perfect for bouncing lands to delay decks when played on turn 2.

• Delays creature decks by bouncing threats.

• Can break combo decks that go off, if you can bounce a key component mid combo.

• Removes lock pieces when playing against control decks such as: Ensnaring Bridge , Ghostly Prison

Draw Power Show

Howling Mine

• The classic draw engine, when you know your cards have more value than your opponents

Dictate of Kruphix

• Little more expensive, but flash allows us to keep mana open for a Remand .

• Flash in at end of opponents turn, so we get the benefit first, rather than opponent like with Howling Mine .

Jace Beleren

• Provides a damage sponge vs aggro decks, can also be alternate win condition via milling opponent.

• Can be used as a one-sided draw on the turn it drops to no give away value to the opponent.

Extra Turns Show

Time Warp

• Cheapest hard casting cost. This is typically how we start the combo.

Walk the Aeons

• The buyback is not often used, but if you are 4 turns deep in the combo and still haven't drawn a replacement turn spell, it can be occasionally useful.

Temporal Mastery

• Easily hard cast after taking 3-4 extra turns, but mostly here for the Miracle turn 2 dream.

Part the Waterveil

• Awaken is an alternate win-condition.

Misc. Utility Show

Sleight of Hand

• Good first turn card, not much use later in the game, but can help dig when necessary.

Opt

• Basically the same as Sleight of Hand , sometimes better if Sleight of Hand makes you ditch a key card to the bottom of you library, sometimes worse since you get less information.

Thassa, God of the Sea

• Great card to help dig, helps setup miracle Temporal Mastery

• Win condition when you get out 2x Dictate of Kruphix or Jace Beleren to animate it.

Gemstone Caverns

• When on the draw this effectively lets us go first if we get it in the opening hand. Mostly just a slightly worse Snow-Covered Island , but sometimes makes can turn a game, so worth a spot.

Win Conditions Show

Marit Lage's Slumber

• Newest addition to the deck, and the new #1 win-condition. Scry 1 when you play it, Scry 1 for every land you drop. Flips on turn 10 to card:Marit Lage

• Only playing 2 since the flip effect is not a may effect, so multiple copies just Scry 1 twice at best.

Jace Beleren

• Longest win condition. Take turns until you can mill them with multiple -10 abilities, discarding Emrakul, the Aeons Torn as needed to prevent self mill.

Thassa, God of the Sea

• Animate it through Dictate of Kruphix and Jace Beleren , and swing unblock-able for 4 consecutive turns.

Sideboard Show

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

• Relegated to the side-board. Marit Lage's Slumber has utility early game, so it's the better choice. Bring in if you find yourself running out of cards, or in need of additional win-conditions.

Telling Time

• Sideboard in when you need to setup to combo off fast via Miracle Temporal Mastery

• Not in mainboard, since typically Remand is better, but against affinity or similar decks speed > control

Swan Song

• Sideboard in for combo decks. The 10 turn clock it provides is typically slower than whatever combo it stops.

Mindbreak Trap

• Sideboard in for storm or other combo decks, also useful for affinity.

Boomerang

• Last one of the play-set.

• Sideboard in for a few reasons:

• Opponents deck is super fast, need to guarantee a turn 2 land bounce..
• Opponent has a lot of lock permanents that need to be removed.

Chalice of the Void

• We are one of the few decks that does not rely on low CMC cards, so dropping one of these at a key value can just win games.

Additional Consideration Show

Temple Bell

• Used in an old version from before Dictate of Kruphix was printed. Still has potential as alternate draw source, but I find there is enough.

Extraplanar Lens

• Used in an old version which was more "aggressive", this was also the reason the original deck-list ran Snow-Covered Island over basic Island .

Laboratory Maniac

• Never used, could be an alternate win condition, but I never liked the idea, since instant removal means there is a chance (pretty decent chance) you lose instead of win.

Beacon of Tomorrows

• I originally ran this, but I found it unnecessary, and sometimes limiting when it was my only extra turn card on turns 6-7.

Karn's Temporal Sundering

• We likely have enough legendary / planeswalkers to make this playable, but it doesn't seem worth the risk.

• Maybe sideboard material?

Nexus of Fate

• I want to try running a few of these. Similar benefit to Beacon of Tomorrows , but lower CMC.

Savor the Moment

• Seems good, but dropping this turn 3 just means you have no open mana to counter, and doesn't advance your strategy as well as a Howling Mine , Thassa, God of the Sea , Jace Beleren , or Marit Lage's Slumber

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 5 Mythic Rares 15 - 4 Rares 4 - 4 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.56
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Marit Lage