Battle of the Witless

Standard*

Shuko

Creature (81)

• 2x Acidic Slime
• 4x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Blade Splicer
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 4x Elvish Visionary
• 4x Geist of Saint Traft
• 4x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 4x Mirran Crusader
• 4x Phantasmal Image
• 4x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 4x Primeval Titan
• 4x Restoration Angel
• 2x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Silklash Spider
• 4x Skinshifter
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Solemn Simulacrum
• 4x Strangleroot Geist
• 4x Sun Titan
• 4x Thragtusk
• 2x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 4x Trinket Mage

Land (100)

• 4x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Darkslick Shores
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 22x Forest
• 2x Gavony Township
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 10x Island
• 13x Plains
• 4x Razorverge Thicket
• 4x Seachrome Coast
• 4x Shimmering Grotto
• 4x Sunpetal Grove
• 9x Swamp
• 4x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (12)

• 4x Abundant Growth
• 4x Battle of Wits
• 4x Oblivion Ring

Artifact (18)

• 4x Birthing Pod
• 2x Elixir of Immortality
• 4x Pristine Talisman
• 4x Sphere of the Suns
• 4x Traveler's Amulet

Instant (12)

• 4x Doom Blade
• 4x Forbidden Alchemy
• 4x Go for the Throat

Sorcery (22)

• 4x Day of Judgment
• 2x Diabolic Revelation
• 4x Diabolic Tutor
• 4x Green Sun's Zenith
• 4x Increasing Ambition
• 4x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Artifact (4)

• 2x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 2x Sword of War and Peace

Instant (8)

• 4x Crushing Vines
• 4x Naturalize

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Revoke Existence

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Battle of the Witless

Or...

If you can't decide what to play, play ALL the cards!

I'm trying to build a Battle of Wits deck for Standard play at my local LGS. I don't particularly care if it wins often or not. I just want to see the looks on people's faces when I drop all 240+ cards onto the table in front of them. :) Of course, it would be nice if it won too, I suppose.

Thoughts and Stuff

This deck has a pretty gutsy manabase (most would call it shaky, I'm sure), so I've included lots of manafixin's in here, besides the two-color lands. We have artifacts like Sphere of the Suns , Traveler's Amulet, Pristine Talisman, and Solemn Simulacrum to help with color fixing, ramp, and land fetch. Additionally, there are creatures, such as Llanowar Elves, Avacyn's Pilgrim, and Birds of Paradise for creature ramp. With all that ramp, we should have no problems ramping up to our big guys if they end up in our hand.

Another way to get our dudes on the field is to cheat them out there from within the deck, using Birthing Pod, or Green Sun's Zenith for green creatures. Pod is the preferred method of choice, since it takes less mana, works on non-green creatures, and can be used every turn. This deck is moderately creature-heavy, and being able to get the right ones at the right time is important.

Of course, Battle of Wits is another win condition here, and there are four ways in the deck to search for it: Increasing Ambition, Diabolic Tutor , Diabolic Revelation, and Rune-Scarred Demon. However, as with a good pod deck, I'm hoping that the enchantment itself shouldn't be necessary for the win. The deck has to be able to hold its own if Battle gets countered or can't be tutored out.

Any and all criticism and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. I do want to make this a good deck, even if it's also to be kind of a joke. Just keep in mind that I want it to focus on efficient, hard-hitting, and high initial value creatures to get the job done most of the time. I'd prefer to aggro my way through, but I'll take the Battle with my Wits if I can get it. :)

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 4 Mythic Rares 99 - 0 Rares 32 - 0 Uncommons 40 - 11 Commons
Cards	245
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Beast 3/3 G, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C, Spirit 1/1 W