Bow to Your Scarab God (Standard MTG Deck)

Basically UB Control with Metallurgic Summonings as a win condition. The hope is to curve out to 5 (with UU), slam down the enchantment and start getting constructs from your instants and sorceries.

I was playing the deck list with 4 Part the Waterveil's. While I did manage to win by chaining off this 6-drop Time Walk (sometimes with Awaken), it is not an interactive spell, which you need in a control deck. Killing off my opponent's creatures and getting constructs eventually gets me the win.

Some notable interactions:

Disappearing Act + Torrential Gearhulk: the look of shock on my opponent's face knowing I get extra value out of gearhulk by bouncing it is priceless! This particular counterspell is under-rated, IMO.

Yahenni's Expertise + Flaying Tendrils: a poor's man's Descend upon the Sinful

Grip of Desolation: A little surprise for Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, and a 6/6 construct..and Gearhulk can flash it back.

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More Updates — May 16, 2018

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Went 2-2 in this latest round. It's now time to retire Glimmer of Genius. For a card draw resource, there are better options:

Treasure Map ^Flip: what an amazing little card this is! I've been playing this very incorrectly! Sure, using the treasure as mana is ok, but it's way better used to draw cards!
Search for Azcanta ^Flip. Pretty much a staple for any control deck these days. Although, anything more than 2 is risky. Especially with Field of Ruin out there. Plus seeing one of your strong creatures fly by while using its non-land/creature Impulse mode is never a good feeling!
Precognition Field. Same CMC as Glimmer, but a permanent that does 3 separate things:

1 - always know the top of your library 2 - if top card is an instant or sorcery, you basically have a 7+ card hand size 3 - if top card is a dead draw, exile it away.

This needs further looking into!

Dominaria Streamlining — May 12, 2018

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Further the paradigm shift — April 21, 2018

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Paradigm Shift — March 19, 2018

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Overdue Updates — March 3, 2018

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FNM — Jan. 6, 2018

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Proper Send-off for Kalitas — Sept. 17, 2017

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Tweaks to the card draw engine — Sept. 12, 2017

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Speed up the Deck — Sept. 9, 2017

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Let's Give the God his due... — Sept. 7, 2017

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More updates — Aug. 29, 2017

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Going more Grixis — Aug. 27, 2017

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More Streamlining/Tweaks — Aug. 26, 2017

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HOU overhaul — Aug. 17, 2017

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Amonkhet Updates — May 9, 2017

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 4 Rares 14 - 8 Uncommons 6 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure
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