Give it Some Time

Modern Budget Control Infinite Combo Mono-Blue

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Creature (12)

• 4x Augur of Bolas
• 4x Elite Arcanist
• 2x Fog Bank
• 2x Storm Crow

Land (20)

• 2x Halimar Depths
• 18x Island

Artifact (3)

• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sundial of the Infinite
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Instant (17)

• 4x Dissolve
• 4x Rune Snag
• 3x Spell Pierce
• 3x Spell Snare
• 3x Time Stop

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Gitaxian Probe
• 2x Mystic Speculation
• 2x Sleight of Hand

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Creature (1)

• 1x Kaho, Minamo Historian

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Counter and Camp til you can get Elite Arcanist + Time Stop . Infinitely end their turn before they can do anything. Their mana untaps, but they can't draw, play lands, or attack. But wait - there's a 3rd piece to this combo!
Once they're locked down, I drop Storm Crow and its gg son. If they don't have flying - they'll be poked to death. If they do, he just needs a little help with Runechanter's Pike, or Vedalken Shackles to clean up. Fog Bank helps with anything that sneaks out in the mean time.

Sundial of the Infinite discourages their ammo and adds a different win condition: End my turn before draw, end theirs just after (Arcanist/TimeStop), opponent deck outs. Gitaxian Probe lets me see if they have ammo - should I drop Arcanist, or choose to play him early with Dissolve or another counterspell that I can re-use.

Top Ranked	Achieved #53 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.27
Folders	Modern, Ummmmmm...what?, Sweet Decks, favs, Favorites, Modern Contenders, Modern Control, Decks Maneros, blue, To build