I've been trying this deck for about 3ish weeks now and have had mixed success. The general purpose of this deck is to get ETB effect creatures onto the battlefield and then blink them using Eldrazi Displacer, Essence Flux, and Eerie Interlude. Each creature has a specific purpose which is listed below.
Reflector Mage, pretty obvious, is used return creatures and control their board.
Thought-Knot Seer to keep a constant eye on their hands, especially if you can flicker Reflector Mage and Thought-Knot Seer at the same time to bounce a difficult creature and then have them discard it.
Archangel Avacyn
for protection and to revert it back after it's become
Avacyn, the Purifier
for protection and to deal another 3 damage to creatures/opponents when it flips again.
Linvala, the Preserver is used for life gain and to add another flier in case you're playing a creature heavy deck like Bant or Humans. I've used here to gain 15 life and gain 2 fliers in one turn before which was neat.
Eldrazi Displacer is usually used to flicker my creatures at end of my opponents turn but it can also prevent opponent creatures from attacking (Also flips Ormendahl, Profane Prince
back into Westvale Abbey
). Since it can't target itself, having Essence Flux or Eerie Interlude in hand can be essential.
Eldrazi Skyspawner replaced
Knight of the White Orchid
. Knight wasn't really doing anything for me and most of the time I wasn't able to use his effect. Eldrazi Skyspawner helps mana fixing/blocking since it creates scion tokens. Another options could be Whirler Rogue
Spells
Declaration in Stone for removal and control.
Eerie Interlude/Essence Flux to flicker creatures for ETB effects or to protect them from kill spells or fight spells like Dromoka's Command.
Ojutai's Command is usually Counter/Draw or Life/Draw. I've very rarely used Life/Counter and I've never used the return creature.
Secure the Wastes for chump block and to feed Westvale Abbey
.
The sideboard is something I really need to work on.
Hallowed Moonlight
is very good against Bant since they either have to exile the creatures they drew or put them on the bottom of the library. Just need to be careful not to flicker my creatures the turn this is cast since it will exile them as well.
Tragic Arrogance and
Planar Outburst
are also good against Bant as well as Humans. It's even better when you flicker Archangel Avacyn
before playing
Planar Outburst
.
Quarantine Field
is mainly for Planeswalkers and non-creature permanents. It's the best card I could find in blue or white that deals with them and even though it costs quite a bit, I'll usually have enough mana by the time I need to use it.
Whirler Rogue is another good way to spawn blockers and mana fixers. It's second ability could also come in handy.
Cleric of the Forward Order
would most likely replace Eldrazi Skyspawner. Good way to gain life flickering, especially if you do two or more at the same time.
Negate and Ojutai's Command are good counter spells. Might replace the Ojutai's Command for something else though.
Any comments or tips would be greatly appreciated.
