JESKAI TEMPO, FEATURING GEIST OF SAINT TRAFT, DELVER OF SECRETS, AND YOUNG PYROMANCER
THE AGGRO
Hey guys, so my goal with this deck is to create a U/W/R aggro control deck. To keep the deck aggressive I've brought in the great Geist of saint traft and tried to back him up with non creature spells to protect him or clear the way. Splashing red gives us access to lightning bolt, lightning helix, etc. to either control the board in the early game, clear the way for geist, or burn out our opponent if we're playing the aggressor. Cards like vapor snag, burn spells, and other removal make it easy for geist to punch through and carry us to victory.
Delver and pyromancer were an obvious auto includes with so many instants and sorceries. A flipped delver attacking on turn 2 really puts our opponent on their back foot, and with our counter spells, is extremely difficult to remove.
THE CONTROL
To play the control portion of the deck I've included 6 counter spells in the main board in the form of remand, mana leak, and spell snare. Remand is great as it draws a card and stalls for a turn allowing you more time to swing in with geist or delver, and both counters can either protect your creatures or stop an aggressor from overwhelming the board. Burn spells double as control against smaller creatures as well, giving the deck more diversity.
SIDEBOARD
The sideboard has a few counters to modern staples.
Wear/tear is essential against enchantment and artifact heavy decks (looking at you affinity).
Electrolyze, because more removal that replaces itself is always great against aggro.
Negate/Dispel, negate helps us behave like a real control deck when we're up against combos and other control decks. Negating a sweeper against control or a key combo component can easily swing the battle in your favor.
