Free Stuff Midrange (Standard MTG Deck)

You must try this deck to see how crazy it gets. The creature package by themselves are a power force reminiscent of Collected Company decks. Then As Foretold is an absolute game breaker.

Every turn -yours and theirs - cast a spell for free.
This means casting 3 spells instead of 1.

Play off the top of your library

There are a ton of card options for this deck. The ones described below may not appear in the decklist because it changes. But it's always great.

Lots of Cards

To feed As Foretold (or indeed to find one), we have an endless array of cards who provide spells to cast.

Oath of Nissa,Thraben Inspector, Duskwatch Recruiter , Tireless Tracker, Tamiyo, Field Researcher, Nissa, Steward of Elements, Vizier of the Menagerie and cycle lands all do the "more cards" thing.

Nissa and Vizier also do the cheating-in cards trick. They let you look at the top of your library and decide to play directly, or use a clue or Duskwatch or Tamiyo to draw it.

Instants and Flash

Flash lets us play spells on their turn. More value for As Foretold, and more resiliance in controlling the enemy plan.

Spell Queller, Void Grafter , Archangel Avacyn , Stasis Snare , Cast Out fill this duty.(P.S. I love Void Grafter. It's almost always a 2 for 1. Either they wasted a removal and we get a creature, or they attacked and suddenly lose a creature to a blocker. 2/4 stands up very well to a large percentage of early creatures.)

Metagame

BG: This can be rough if they get out fast. Slow them down by any means available, and then use As Foretold and card advantage to catch up. Dusk // Dawn and Essence Scatter are great sideboard options.

Zombies: Narnam blockades, Spell Queller counters (best on a X=1 Dark Salvation), and Avacyn and Declaration sweep (byebye tokens). Selfless gives us a nice bit of damage followed by favorable blocking if they decide to attack. Our card draw nearly equals theirs, and with As Foretold we can out-cast them. Perhaps slight disadvantage game 1. Games 2-3, we bring in Dusk // Dawn (take out Tracker/Vizier). They can't beat us without Lord and/or Mastery, and then we Dusk their board and cleanup.

Control: With 8 T1 plays, Thraben, Dusk, Tracker, Vizier, Tamiyo giving card advantage, Queller disrupting their early interaction, and Selfless/Avacyn messing with sweepers, they will need a lot of luck. And if they ever tap out to play something important, we resolve As Foretold and OBLITERATE them in cards and mana. Just be sure to save some repeatable card advantage for when you can cash in.

Mardu: Our early creatures match theirs, except Heart of Kiran. That and Gideon need solutions. Spell Queller helps. Also Tamiyo. Aethersphere Harvester, Stasis Snare, Cast Out, Negate, are options. Sideboard artifact removal, and Negates.

Sideboard

Narnam Renegade to solve the newly popular big-stuff aggro matchup.
Manglehorn for artifacts. Ceremonious Rejection for artifacts and eldrazi.

Note that As Foretold does not specify creatures, so a good plan can be to side out Vizier and Duskwatch and any irrellevant creatures and side in spells. Dusk // Dawn can be brought in, maybe siding out Tracker/Vizier to dodge its effect, while murderizing zombies, GB creatures, control creatures, etc.

My original inspiration:

AKH Bant "Vial"

Standard* xahhfink6

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Fun times — May 24, 2017

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Today, I played a BG control deck. They landed an early Liliana, the Last Hope, and kept removing all the creatures I tried to cast. And ultimated her while the life totals were still 20-20 and the board practically empty.

And I won.

Cast Tamiyo to tap down the first guys, then Declaration in Stone, attack draw cards, cast more creatures. Allowed both sides to build up, chipping in damage, and used an Avacyn flip to sweep away tokens and a Selfless Spirit to save my board.

April 20, 2017

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Top Ranked	Achieved #49 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 5 Rares 13 - 8 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.53
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Folders	maybebuilds, Amonkhet Standard Ideas, YEEEEEEET, Decks to Build, Ideas
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Based on	The Ultimate Tamiyo Deck jubale STD
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