Anfractuous (Unnecessarily Tortuous)

Legacy Casual Combo Control Midrange Mono-Blue Multiplayer

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Instant (17)

• 4x Boomerang
• 4x Brainstorm
• 4x Counterspell
• 2x Vapor Snag
• 3x Wings of Velis Vel

Artifact (3)

• 3x Isochron Scepter

Creature (9)

• 4x Cephalid Constable
• 3x Jhessian Thief
• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Aqueous Form
• 4x Spectral Flight

Land (20)

• 1x Halimar Depths
• 19x Island

Sorcery (4)

• 3x Distortion Strike
• 1x Temporal Mastery

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Maybeboard

Land (1)

• 1x Faerie Conclave

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SACRIFICE ONION

Perfect Strategy against Proactive decks:

• T1: Island + Brainstorm . Fix your hand and next turns.
• T2: Island + Boomerang or Counterspell on opponent's turn. Vapor Snag works too.
• T3: Island + Cephalid Constable .
• T4: Island + Spectral Flight + Wings of Velis Vel . Hit for 6 and bounce 6 permanents to the hand: focus on the lands and biggest creatures/threats, deal with Llanowar Elves later.
• T5: Thassa, God of the Sea and start scrying your turns. Brainstorm when possible to mantain card advantage and adequate resources available.

• T6: Keep attacking and bouncing permanents. It may take a while but it's efficacious nevertheless.

• BONUS TRACK: Control the game with Isochron Scepter + Counterspell / Boomerang . That should ensure a fun (for you) GG.

Card Descriptions:

Individual Cards

• Boomerang : A pretty straight-forward card, mostly used aggressively in Turn 2 or 3 to return a land the opponent controls. In the mid to late game this can erase a blocker, allowing the squid to score a hit. And well, this can kill tokens, so I'll take it. An alternative is Echoing Truth but I prefer the ability to hit lands early in the game. Void Snare is also a suitable alternative, although it works at sorcery speed only.
  
• Brainstorm : Combo enabler. An early Brainstorm can allow a precise use of Temporal Mastery or the land drop you need to cast a squid. Against a discard deck or mill deck, Brainstorm can help to hide some relevant cards. Used in combination with the Scry 1 from Thassa this card is useful at cleaning an overburdened hand.
  
• Cephalid Constable : The soul of the deck. Has a funny mechanic that had me intrigued for a couple of years, and now that the conditions are adequate, it became a deck. Combined with proper control ( Counterspell ) and some simple* evasion ( Wings of Velis Vel ) this thing will cripple your opponent. Most likely this will make him/her concede when his/her side of the board is empty.
  
• Counterspell : Am I really supposed to explain this card? Well, needless to say that using this with Isochron Scepter is mostly cruel. In a budget environment this can be changed for Mana Leak .
  
• Gitaxian Probe : A cantrip that allows a glance at your opponent's hand. What's wrong with that? Let me tell you... nothing
  
• Halimar Depths : The extra land, which in this case acts as a bad Brainstorm. An alternative is roaring seacliff to give evasion to one of the critical creatures. Not impressive but when you got nothing else to do...
  
• Isochron Scepter : The essence of "motherfu..." said by your opponent. The obvious choice to imprint is Counterspell, but a Wings of Velis Vel could be a fine strategic choice in this deck.
  
• Jhessian Thief : The support creature that will net some cards to maintain tempo. Has to be used with care when planning the Miracles. This and Thassa, God of the Sea guarantees a steady card input. This slot was originally occupied by Surrakar Spellblade , but its fragility was a deal breaker. Also the need of casting spells after he hits the table lowers his overall utility.
  
• Spectral Flight : A +2/+2 and Flight for just means, in this scenario, that the Cephalid Constable will be attacking as early as Turn 4 for 3 permanents, and that the Thief will have better odds of dealing combat damage, thus drawing a card. This card allows synergy with Wings of Velis Vel , thus hitting for 7.
  
• Temporal Mastery : Just one for for flavor, and to use the ever open that defines a Blue control deck. Used in combination with Brainstorm, this is just mean. One extra turn could be enough to set the board and pave the road to a shameful defeat, and sweet victory for you.
  
• Thassa, God of the Sea : Oh-my-god! Repeatable unblockability stapled to a potential 5/5 indestructible Think Tank ? Yes, I'll take it. Two squids and her will make the full pack, or one squid, one Thief and one Sprectral Flight will net a devotion of 5 .
• Vapor Snag : Useful for spot removal and pinging. Every. Single. Damage point. Counts.
• Wings of Velis Vel : The last card that inspired the deck. What is not to love from a card that turns a small and relatively harmless 1/1 squid into a 4/4 with flying Eldrazi Goat Ally Squid that returns permanents when it hits? 4/4 for just 2 mana is broken.
  

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Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 11 years ago
Date added	13 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 7 - 0 Rares 3 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.05
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