Badass Blink (flicker)

Modern Budget Combo Control Cruel Control WU (Azorius)

Cyrrus

Creature (12)

• 2x Cathedral Sanctifier
• 2x Cryptic Annelid
• 2x Ephara, God of the Polis
• 2x Grand Abolisher
• 2x Kor Cartographer
• 2x Stonehorn Dignitary

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (24)

• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 6x Island
• 12x Plains
• 2x Temple of Enlightenment

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Detention Sphere
• 2x Oblivion Ring

Artifact (6)

• 2x Conjurer's Closet
• 4x Isochron Scepter

Instant (12)

• 4x Cloudshift
• 2x Ghostway
• 2x Negate
• 4x Silence

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Blade Splicer
• 1x Galepowder Mage
• 1x Mistmeadow Witch
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wall of Omens

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FortFade and I have been trying to put together an effective blink deck, also known as flicker, for some time now. This is as far as we can take the idea without further help from the TappedOut comminity so we would wqelcome any opinions you can provide. The biggest issue is that there are so many cards to choose from which makes it incredibly difficult to cover all the bases. Usually a deck would need to have full sets of each card to be effective since it increases draw chance, however it seemed more effective to include only 2x of some of most cards in order to increase the possibilities in the deck. Being a control/stall deck, this was important. + + + Architecture Blink Mechanic ** Blink Enablers ** Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift Ghostway Conjurer's Closet ** Blink Targets ** Cathedral Sanctifier Cryptic Annelid Ephara, God of the Polis Grand Abolisher Kor Cartographer Stonehorn Dignitary Temple of Enlightenment Isochron Scepter Detention Sphere Oblivion Ring Opponents Permanents Control ** Stall Mechanic ** Silence Stonehorn Dignitary Grand Abolisher ** Pure Control ** Negate Detention Sphere Oblivion Ring ** Isochron Targets ** Cloudshift Silence Negate Life Gain Cathedral Sanctifier Draw Mechanic Ephara, God of the Polis Tower of Fortunes Search Mechanic Cryptic Annelid Temple of Enlightenment Ramp Kor Cartographer Combos Flicker Venser, the Sojourner + Permanent Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter Control Isochron Scepter + Silence Isochron Scepter + Negate Stonehorn Dignitary + Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift + Stonehorn Dignitary Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter + Stonehorn Dignitary Detention Sphere + Venser, the Sojourner Oblivion Ring + Venser, the Sojourner Life Gain Cathedral Sanctifier + Venser, the Sojourner Cathedral Sanctifier + Cloudshift Cathedral Sanctifier + Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter Ramp Kor Cartographer + Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift + Kor Cartographer Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter + Kor Cartographer Draw/Search Mechanic Cryptic Annelid + Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift + Cryptic Annelid Cloudshift + Cryptic Annelid + Isochron Scepter Ephara, God of the Polis after any blink combo Game Plan By turn 2 you could have set up Isochron Scepter + Silence which you would be able to start using every turn from turn 3 onwards. You would effectively be playing a game where you have X-2 lands and your oppoenent can never cast spells during their turn, or if you choose, yours; an effect which could be expanded with Grand Abolisher. Additionally, you would be able to set up a blink/flicker combo with Stonehorn Dignitary which would prevent your opponents attacks. Eventually Venser, the Sojourner would give you an emblem that exiles an opponents permanent every time you blink a non-land or cast another spell OR all your creatures would become unblockable which would allow you to swing for the win. Keep in mind, Stonehorn Dignitary and Silence are essential for protecting Venser, the Sojourner. Even Grand Abolisher sometimes plays a part. Future Updates Many cards were considered for this deck such as Mistmeadow Witch, Galepowder Mage, Wall of Omens. There are too many cards to consider which means we will need countless play testing, and ideas from the community. Additionally, we would like to test Archaeomancer as an alternative to Isochron Scepter since it can be blinked to continuosly bring back spells like Cloudshift, Negate and Silence. I'm also considering removing Grand Abolisher since it can't be flickered, and Stonehorn Dignitary probably needs to be a 4x set since it's so essential. This deck definitely needs more search mechanics. We might add some morph cards as blink targets Please provide your opinions and upvotes.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Isochron Scepter + Silence Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter Stonehorn Dignitary + Venser, the Sojourner Isochron Scepter + Negate Cloudshift + Stonehorn Dignitary Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter + Stonehorn Dignitary Oblivion Ring + Venser, the Sojourner Cathedral Sanctifier + Venser, the Sojourner Cathedral Sanctifier + Cloudshift Cathedral Sanctifier + Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter Kor Cartographer + Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift + Kor Cartographer Cloudshift + Isochron Scepter + Kor Cartographer Cryptic Annelid + Venser, the Sojourner Cloudshift + Cryptic Annelid Cloudshift + Cryptic Annelid + Isochron Scepter
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 4 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Emblem Venser, the Sojourner
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