Curious Shackle Spirits

Pioneer Flying Spirits Tempo WU (Azorius)

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Land (22)

• 4x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 2x Island
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 4x Seachrome Coast

Creature (25)

• 1x Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  ^Flip
• 4x Mausoleum Wanderer
• 4x Rattlechains
• 4x Shacklegeist
• 4x Spectral Sailor
• 4x Spell Queller
• 4x Supreme Phantom

Instant (9)

• 4x Geistlight Snare
• 3x Lofty Denial
• 2x Slip Out the Back

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Curious Obsession

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr  ^Flip
• 3x Skyclave Apparition

Instant (1)

• 1x Settle the Wreckage

Enchantment (6)

• 2x Rest in Peace
• 4x Wedding Announcement  ^Flip

Artifact (4)

• 4x Portable Hole

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Maybeboard

Instant (61)

• 2x Aether Gust
• 2x Annul
• 2x Beckon Apparition
• 2x Blessed Alliance
• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 6x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Disenchant
• 4x Dive Down
• 4x Dovin's Veto
• 4x Essence Flux
• 2x Immolating Glare
• 4x Isolate
• 3x Mystical Dispute
• 2x Negate
• 4x Ojutai's Command
• 2x Rally of Wings
• 4x Spell Pierce
• 2x Surge of Righteousness
• 4x Unsubstantiate
• 4x Unsummon

Planeswalker (6)

• 2x Gideon Blackblade
• 4x Teferi, Time Raveler

Creature (44)

• 4x Brazen Borrower
• 4x Cemetery Illuminator
• 2x Deputy of Detention
• 2x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 4x Empyrean Eagle
• 2x Hanged Executioner
• 4x Hushbringer
• 2x Nebelgast Herald
• 4x Remorseful Cleric
• 2x Selfless Spirit
• 2x Siren Stormtamer
• 4x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 4x Topplegeist
• 4x Watcher of the Spheres

Artifact (14)

• 2x Damping Sphere
• 2x Grafdigger's Cage
• 4x Icon of Ancestry
• 2x Pithing Needle
• 4x Smuggler's Copter

Enchantment (37)

• 2x Authority of the Consuls
• 2x Baffling End
• 3x Deafening Silence
• 4x Detention Sphere
• 4x Encase in Ice
• 4x Favorable Winds
• 4x Mystic Subdual
• 4x Oppressive Rays
• 4x Seal Away
• 2x Silkwrap
• 4x Sky Tether

Land (16)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 2x Field of Ruin
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Mana Confluence
• 4x Port Town
• 2x Unclaimed Territory

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Declaration in Stone
• 2x Devout Decree
• 4x Winged Words

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A haunted fog known as the Nebelgast shrouds the cities along Nephalia's coast...

Spirits

Supreme Phantom and Empyrean Eagle for lords.

Spell Queller for exiling early-game spells from the stack on a flash/flyer.

Mausoleum Wanderer for a one-drop that can turn into a Spell Pierce of sorts later.

Spectral Sailor for a one-drop flash/flyer with late-game card draw if needed.

Rattlechains for protection against targeted removal that also gives other Spirits flash.

Selfless Spirit for wrath/removal protection.

Shacklegeist for tapping down creatures.

Cemetery Illuminator for mainboard graveyard hate.

Watcher of the Spheres isn't a Spirit, but it makes Spirits cheaper and gets buffed by them entering as well as Empyrean Eagle's Lord effect.

Other Spells

Lofty Denial for a counterspell that works with all creatures in the deck.

Sideboard

Portable Hole for additional removal.

Declaration in Stone for additional creature removal.

Mystical Dispute for a counterspell against blue decks.

Disdainful Stroke for a counterspell against bigger spells.

Rest in Peace for graveyard hate.

Deafening Silence for hate against spell-heavy decks (Prowess, Phoenix, etc).

Maybeboard

Creatures

Skyclave Apparition for removal on a Spirit.

Remorseful Cleric for additional/mainboard graveyard hate.

Hanged Executioner for an extra body and an exile effect if needed.

Spirit of the Labyrinth for shutting off card advantage.

Eidolon of Rhetoric for shutting down decks casting multiple spells per turn.

Brazen Borrower for a non-Spirit, but a flash/flyer with a bounce effect that is also buffed by Eagle.

Hushbringer for stopping EtB effects (Siege Rhino, etc).

Siren Stormtamer for a one-drop with flying that gets buffed by Empyrean Eagle and can protect a Queller.

Deputy of Detention for a Detention Sphere on a stick (can also crew Copter).

Spells

Devout Decree for additional removal against red/black creatures/planeswalkers.

Settle the Wreckage for instant-speed mass removal.

Isolate for permanent removal (Arboreal Grazer/Prowess creatures).

Beckon Apparition for a Spirit token, also some graveyard hate.

Rally of Wings for synergy with Shacklegeist, also works as an alpha strike or surprise block.

Spell Pierce for a cheap tempo counterspell (protecting obsessed creatures or countering opposing planeswalkers on curve).

Annul for a counterspell against enchantments/artifacts.

Unsummon for bouncing opponents threats or bouncing Spirits for protection (also permanently exiling things with Spell Queller).

Disenchant for artfact/enchantment removal.

Dovin's Veto for an uncounterable Negate.

Negate for an additional counterspell.

Unsubstantiate for a Remand-like spell that can also bounce creatures in play.

Essence Flux for protecting Spirits/replaying Rattlechains and bringing them back bigger.

Blessed Alliance for a combat trick or lifegain.

Enchantments

Sky Tether for psuedo-removal.

Curious Obsession for card advantage.

Detention Sphere for additional removal.

Artifacts

Pithing Needle for shutting down Planeswalkers/other activated abilities.

Grafdigger's Cage for graveyard/library (CoCo) hate on turn 1.

Damping Sphere for shutting down Lotus Field and decks that cast multiple spells in a turn.

Lands

Mutavault for a Spirit on a land.

Banned, but not forgotten...

Smuggler's Copter for card advantage and an attacker/blocker that can be crewed by every creature in the deck and also gets buffed by Empyrean Eagle.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	11 months
Exclude colors	BRG
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 11 Rares 14 - 4 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.87
Tokens	Human 1/1 W, Illusion */* U
Folders	3 - Pioneer, Azorious W/U Pioneer