through something like Elixir of Immortality or even Emrakul, the Aeons Torn would be useful against mill and worth considering for a sideboard. Cards such as though would help againt the obvious threat of Enchantment removal, too.
October 15, 2014 1:25 p.m.
most mill decks don't mill off an infinite combo in modern.
October 15, 2014 4:34 p.m.
Nice!! I built a deck very similar to this. Its on my page if you want to check it out. Its called STORMTROOPERS!!. I didn't link on purpose, not here to steal any of your thunder. :p Good Luck!!!
October 16, 2014 1:07 a.m.
1 Traumatize and you're library is under 200. But Emrakul would keep that from happening, I think in a stupidly useful way.
October 16, 2014 2:13 a.m.
Ya...because everyone runs Traumatize ...(heavy sarcasm)
October 16, 2014 3:42 a.m.
Needs more Shadowborn Apostle s and fewer basic Island s. Include some Black/Blue dual lands of some sort if you're worried about not having double blue by turn 5.
Hilarious concept, and I've never seen it done more simply.
October 17, 2014 10:12 a.m.
PepsiAddicted says... #12
haha sweet +1
imagine instant mill kills with Psychic Spiral ... (yeah prolly wont work irl)
October 21, 2014 10:02 a.m.
NoSoyYucateco says... #14
Surgical Extraction or Extirpate would be a big problem if they killed one of your Shadowborn Apostles. Also, since you must wait until your next upkeep before Battle of Wits triggers, it could easily be taken out by an Oblivion Ring or Erase.
Though the odds of you drawing it are statistically insignificant, you'd probably want a Pact of Negation in your hand to either counter something that would counter Battle of Wits or something that would exile or destroy it. You may even want to tutor for Pact of Negation before you tutor for Battle of Wits, though that is going to slow your game way, way, down, and this deck is already slow as hell by modern standards (earliest possible win con, from what I can see, is turn 7, and most modern games are over by then.) I don't think this will ever beat a serious modern deck, but it is a fun idea nonetheless.
November 23, 2014 11:14 p.m.
you may wanna put a few Elixir of Immortality in there for some deck shuffle and life gain.
March 3, 2015 11:08 a.m.
maybe even 4x Dark Ritual for some extra mana to play more Shadowborn Apostle
mrsteevo says... #1
Haaaaa. I love it.
October 7, 2014 12:13 p.m.