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Blue Agent
Standard
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Table of Contents:
1. Overview
2. Creatures
3. Noncreatures
4. Lands
5. Counters
6. Coming Soon
1. Overview:Agent of the Fates has one of the best Heroic triggers.
This deck will exploit his Heroic in many ways.
Through a series of combos, you will control the game.
There are many combinations available, but the main combo is:
Agent of the Fates + Aqueous Form + Hidden Strings =
Each combat there is an Unblockable Agent that untaps itself and triggers his Heroic.
This deck uses some of the mechanics in the Theros set, such as Heroic and Scry.
It uses a lot of draw power and scry to get you what you need, when you need it.
This is a budget deck.
You can buy all the cards in the deck for about $20 (except the dual lands and sideboard).
Thank you Courtney43 for giving me the inspiration for this deck.
2. Creatures:Agent of the Fates
Your bread and butter.
This deck is centered around his Heroic.
The goal of this deck is to get him on the field and cast spells that target him.
Main targeting spells: Hidden Strings, Mizzium Skin , and Aqueous Form.
Try to have mana open and 1 Mizzium Skin anytime he is on the field to protect him.
He is core, use a play set.
Triton Fortune Hunter
Draw power fits this deck well.
Combined with scry, it helps you get what you need.
When in doubt, trigger his Heroic to draw cards.
Combined with Aqueous Form + Hidden Strings , when you attack you can scry and then draw.
He is core, use a play set.
Omenspeaker
One of my favorite Turn 2 moves for any blue deck.
It allows you to set up your next two turns with its Scry 2.
It also stops/slows down aggro (like that dreaded Precinct Captain...).
Also available to fill this spot: Tormented Hero , Returned Phalanx , Sigiled Starfish .
He is core, use a play set.
Deathcult Rogue
He exists to guarantee you can have a good target for Hidden Strings Cipher.
He can't be blocked, so attack with him every turn.
Also available to fill this slot: Phantom Warrior .
He is not core since we also get Unblockable from Aqueous Form.
For this reason, use only two.
Duskmantle Seer
He exists for a few reasons:
1) He is a the biggest creature in the deck and he flies.
2) You draw an extra card at the beginning of your turn.
More cards = More to work with.
3) Every card in this deck (besides himself) has converted mana cost of 3 or less.
This means he is more likely to hurt your opponent than yourself.
The amount of Scry this deck does also helps.
Also available to fill this spot: AEtherling, Desecration Demon, Pontiff of Blight, or Stolen Identity.
Use only two to keep the mana curve down.
3. Noncreatures:Hidden Strings
Note how Cipher works: You cast a copy of it.
This means you can use it to target two of your creatures to trigger Heroic.
Ideally, you want to always target Agent of the Fates to untap, even if he is already untapped.
You can also use it untap the mana used to cast it so you can cast more spells.
Make sure you cipher this on a creature that can't be blocked (i.e. Deathcult Rogue or anything with Aqueous Form).
He is core, use a play set.
Mizzium Skin
Use it to protect your Agent of the Fates and/or trigger Heroic at any time.
Also available to fill this spot: Boon of Erebos .
He is core, use a play set.
Aqueous Form
Target anything with Heroic and attack every turn to trigger scry.
He is core, use a play set.
Dissolve
Use it wisely.
Choosing when to counter is one of the hardest decisions in MTG.
Also available to fill this spot: Negate, Syncopate , Swan Song, or any other kind of counter.
He is core, use a play set.
Doom Blade
Use it to slow your opponent down.
Once you get your Agent of the Fates combo off, you won't need this anymore.
Use two, that's all you need.
Sideboard 2 more when up against heavy creatures.
Sideboard Dark Betrayal against black creatures.
Read the Bones
Probably the best Turn 3 card for this deck
Use it as soon as possible, it will set you up for the rest of the game.
Be careful though, you use up three precious mana and shock yourself.
Use only two, you have other ways to draw.
4. Land:Watery Grave
A must have for competitive play.
Currently hovering around $10 per card, most expensive in the deck.
Substitute Dimir Guildgate or basic land if you can't get it.
He is core, use a play set.
Temple of Deceit
A must have for competitive play.
Currently hovering around $5 per card, 2nd most expensive in the deck.
Substitute Dimir Guildgate or basic land if you can't get it.
He is core, use a play set.
Basic Land
Island and Swamp.
Have a total of 22 lands with dual lands.
8 x Dual-lands + 9 x Islands + 5 x Swamps = 22 Lands.
Keep in mind, this deck only needs about 4 lands on the field to be fully functional.
There is enough scry/draw to get land when you need it (or toss when you don't need it).
5. Counters:1) Control: Supreme Verdict, Hero's Downfall, Anger of the Gods, etc. will Prevent you from doing anything.
Control is hard for this deck to compete against.
The best answers I have are Mizzium Skin for spot removal, Boon of Erebos for global removal, and AEtherling (maybe Whip of Erebos) to keep board presence.
Also available are Whispering Madness, Siren of the Silent Song, and Duress for distruption and card advantage.
I've even considered Akroan Horse or Rescue from the Underworld against things like Mizzium Mortars or Anger of the Gods.
2) Tokens: Sacrifice a creature? Ok, goodbye 1/1 token that I don't care about.
Illness in the Ranks or Shrivel should help with token decks.
3) Fast: Turn 1: Favored Hoplite ; Turn 2: Precinct Captain; Turn 3: Fabled Hero .
Sure, once you get your combo going, you can get rid of them.
But you will be long dead by then.
This deck doesn't even start til at least turn three.
6. Coming One Day...1) Sideboard / Maybeboard
2) Tournament Results
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Revision 4 See all
(7 years ago)
| +1 | Akroan Horse | maybe |
| -1 | Akroan Horse | maybe |
| +2 | Doom Blade | main |
| -2 | Doom Blade | main |
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| Date added | 11 years |
| Last updated | 7 years |
| Legality | This deck is not Standard legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 14 - 4 Rares 6 - 5 Uncommons 26 - 10 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.26 |
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