The Suspense is Killing Me

Casual Counterspell Exile Suspend UR (Izzet)

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Instant (22)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Counterspell
• 2x Counterspell
• 1x Delay
• 1x Delay
• 2x Delay
• 2x Didn't Say Please
• 2x Fury Charm
• 2x Ionize
• 3x Suspend
• 1x Suspend *f-pre*
• 4x Timecrafting

Land (21)

• 8x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Steam Vents
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Tolaria West

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Ancestral Vision
• 3x Inevitable Betrayal

Creature (10)

• 2x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 1x Greater Gargadon
• 2x Pardic Dragon
• 2x Shivan Sand-Mage
• 2x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

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Sideboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 2x Figure of Destiny
• 2x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 2x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 2x Timebender

Land (7)

• 2x Arid Mesa
• 1x Dark Depths
• 3x Plains
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Instant (1)

• 1x Spell Swindle

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Armageddon

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Maybeboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Ith, High Arcanist
• 4x Jhoira's Timebug
• 2x Timebender

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Out of Time
• 4x Reality Acid

Artifact (5)

• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Midnight Clock
• 2x Sol Talisman

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Divine Congregation
• 2x Flood of Recollection
• 4x Inspiring Refrain
• 1x Rousing Refrain

Instant (9)

• 2x Dust of Moments
• 2x Momentary Blink
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 4x Venser's Diffusion

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This deck is intended to completely halt progression from your opponent. It's okay to take a little bit of damage from weenies while you build yourself up. However, Baral has an impressive early game toughness, as well as very useful abilities. A functional reprint of Delay would be lovely, since it's much funnier to watch stuff go into the void and then get eaten up by Teferi himself.

Suspend itself should be limited to when Teferi is in play ideally, since you can focus on other, new threats while the opponent empties their hands in desperation.

As of V2.0 there is no longer a splash of white in the deck. This may come back, but for now I want to focus on harsh red aggressiveness and controlling blue.

Once Teferi is out, and a spell is Suspended, the card cannot resolve, as spells your opponents cast can only be done so at Sorcery speed. Because Suspended cards coming into play happens during upkeep, this means that the card cannot resolve, and is left in limbo forever.

Timebugs are not included in this deck, as they only allow you to target permanents you control that are Suspended, and the general theme is to add time counters, rather than remove them.

"The most likely switch will be to reduce land count, as the suspend cost for cards is so low, and to include the two Pardic Dragons. Also, through Inevitable Betrayal, the opponent can be killed with their own cards."

Land count reduced and both Pardic dragons have been added. They can also be used as bait, as the opponent is going to try hard to play spells to increase the counters on Pardic Dragon. Inevitable Betrayal is still the most likely win condition, alongside the added Pardic Dragons are two Greater Gargadon. This may increase to four in the future, but without flying or trample, the Pardic Dragons seem much better suited. However, a red "steal" spell, mixed with Greater Gargadon's sacrifice outlet is an interesting avenue to explore, possibly in 2.1.

Any comments or recommendations would be most welcome, I own all cards in the "Maybe/Side" collection.

Cheers, & thanks for reading,

Josh.

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position in Casual 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 4 Mythic Rares 25 - 8 Rares 13 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	58
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Marit Lage, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Witty Bulger & The Witty Hill Gang