If You Can't Destroy It, Bounce it!

Modern Budget Mono-Blue Tempo Wizards

Dusk

Creature (9)

• 3x Cephalid Constable
• 2x Jace's Archivist
• 2x Spire Golem
• 2x Vedalken Aethermage

Land (23)

• 3x Halimar Depths
• 20x Island

Artifact (8)

• 2x Diviner's Wand
• 3x Elixir of Immortality
• 3x Trinisphere

Instant (13)

• 4x Boomerang
• 3x Condescend
• 3x Consign to Dream
• 3x Wings of Velis Vel

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Eye of Nowhere
• 3x Ideas Unbound

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Scourge of Fleets

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Dissipation Field

Artifact (2)

• 2x Swiftfoot Boots

Instant (6)

• 2x Apostle's Blessing
• 4x Echoing Truth

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Curse of the Swine

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Maybeboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spire Golem
• 1x Voidmage Prodigy
• 1x Wizard Replica

Land (1)

• 1x Cavern of Souls

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Clout of the Dominus
• 1x Dissipation Field
• 1x Jace's Erasure
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Reality Acid
• 1x Spectral Flight

Artifact (3)

• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Spellweaver Helix
• 1x Trinisphere

Instant (15)

• 1x AEther Tradewinds
• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Peek
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Stream of Consciousness
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 1x Voyage's End

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Silent Departure
• 1x Time Ebb
• 1x Whelming Wave

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Thank you for the time you are spending reading this description. I hope you will like the deck as much as I loved making it.
This is an extremely budget deck born from my favorite color, blue, and my favorite creature type,wizard. The result is a tempo-control deck whose aim is basically stalling opponent's game until I'm able to attack with a pumped Cephalid Constable. As you can see, it is really different from the "classic" Cephalid Constable's decks.
How does it prevent the opponent from winning?
The deck is packed with spells which can return permanents in your opponent's hand: I mostly use them with lands so that he is slowed down while I can do my play. It is basically a cheap way to have extra turns. Against slower decks, It can be easily reached the 5th turn with no permanents on your opponent's side. Whether I have used most of the spells, I can return them from the graveyard to my library thanks to Elixir of Immortality, gaining an extra +5 life which is always welcome.
How does it win?
Even though it is not a combo deck, it has one powerful combo which represents, in most cases, my win con: Cephalid Constable + Diviner's Wand + Jace's Archivist . If Trinisphere is in play, the only chance for opponents is to hand over.Wings of Velis Vel is another good weapon in my arsenal: if played by turn 4 on Cephalid Constable, the victory is often granted. Vedalken AEthermage is there to seek both my wizards and my equipment/enchantment above mentioned. Ideas Unbound serves two tasks: searching for other useful cards and pumping my equipped cephalid.
Recently, due to some good suggestions, I added Jace's Erasure as a secondary win con with Jace's Archivist. This combo gives more consistency to my deck and it's not unusual to end the game because my opponent has finished all his cards before losing his entire life.
Please, feel free to playtest it against your decks. Any suggestion or +1 is much appreciated.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Cephalid Constable + Diviner's Wand + Jace's Archivist
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 5 - 7 Rares 8 - 2 Uncommons 24 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.41
Tokens	Boar 2/2 G
Folders	constructed budget, modern idea lifegain, I'm Blue, Cool Cheap Decks, Gimmick decks, Other Budget Shit