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Controlling the controller

Standard*

Schaaph


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Simply going to abuse the effect of Psychic Surgery as much as possible.

Board wipe effects and few bashers.

Lot of control.

Start of Game -> Chancellor of the Spires mills 7 cards.Turn 1 -> Pay 2 life to see opponent's hand. (Gitaxian Probe)

Turn 1 -> Ponder to make sure you can play most optimal

Turn 2 -> Drop Psychic Surgery

Turn 3 -> Praetor's Grasp to get a land if needed (hence the low land-ratio) or stay with lands free to Mana Leak

Turn 4 -> Solemn Simulacrum

Turn 5 -> can use Life's Finale to sweep if needed

Turn 6 -> Chancellor of the Spires can be dropped to start bashing

How this deck is played depends largely on what your opponents deck is based on.This deck can take down most combo decks as Surgical Extraction takes key-cards.This deck has VERY few threats as the aim is to eliminate all of your opponents threats and maybe use his strong threats against him.

If playing aggro, play safe and threaten with being able to Mana Leak every turn. make sure you get to board sweeping.

Psychic Surgery triggers on:Life's Finale, Surgical Extraction, Memoricide and Praetor's Grasp

And their fetches if any appears. Make sure to use this against them if they search for anything!

Once you have control, this deck does not let them draw anything but land-drops.

The deck atm has issues with having too little draw - I am working on the issue. Think Twice and Forbidden Alchemy are obvious choices to include, but I need to figure what to not have included in my deck.

Tower Geist or Dungeon Geists may be included as "free" bashers. When you know they top-draw a creature and then a land. Then if they drop the creature you can put in Dungeon Geists and with no concerns as you know they will get a land and no a remove-spell. Then you need to trigger the Psychic Surgery again and start bashing.

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Thanks, Schaaph

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Date added 12 years
Last updated 12 years
Legality

This deck is not Standard legal.

Rarity (main - side)

0 - 2 Mythic Rares

33 - 0 Rares

3 - 6 Uncommons

14 - 4 Commons

Cards 63
Avg. CMC 2.58
Tokens Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink
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