redbarron12: This video by the commandzone explains it really well. Just replace Roon with Astral Slide for their explanation. We are basically stifling the Astral Slide's come into play trigger so that the blinked creature will stay exiled forever.

Oh dang! I didn't think you could stifle that part of Astral Slide! interesting

I've been playing a deck very similar to this for a while since you've posted it. I really appreciate the work you've done. I will say while I can control and have a meaningful impact on most games, I rarely win b/c I so frequently do in fact fizzle out while cycling through my deck.

Curious with Nimble Obstructionist. It specifies, "target...ability you DON'T control." Don't we control Astral Slide's ability?

kingconr You're right, I didn't realize obstructionist only targets ability I don't control so it would not work. Disallow would be a good substitute.

Where does the mana for the Escape Protocol come from? What cards give you the infinite mana?

LoxodonSniper

I use Cloud of Faeries in combination with Escape Protocol to create some mana while cycling through.

And what about Astral Drift and Astral Slide in combination with Containment Priest?

What is your opinion on Approach of the Second Sun as an alternate win condition?

DAabean: Tried it in my first build and it was too clunky and slow. It feels bad to draw it early to mid game too.

bl4ckb0l7: Those were in my more mean builds definitely worth considering priest in a more cutthroat meta.

Nice list. Have you made any recent updates to this or your draft stax version?

HI Enral, any updates to this or your stax deck in future ?

love it +1