The whole point of this deck is, to deck yourself, while controlling the field. In play tests it seems to work but it hasn't been played in any real matches so it probably still needs a lot of work.
The Unsummon's and Vapor Snag's are to be used with Jace's Archivist. You return a creature to their hand and then you both discard your hand. This can increase the hand size of your opponent so you are discarding less and they are discarding more, also getting rid of a creature in a way that it doesn't get any "dies" effects (like Wurmcoil Engine!).
A good majority of your cards are fine to have in your graveyard thanks to Unburial Rites and helps to pull off the final nail in the coffin, a Laboratory Maniac win.
Generally the process is this, get the archivist out asap using forbidden Alchemy and ponder to get what you need. Use the deceivers to block and otherwise help with control (can even be used to untap the archivist for another go.) Then Once you have the Maniac out, use unburial rites to grab that Sphinx which almost guarantees that you can use the archivist to draw out whats left of your deck.
The side board is for dealing with Aggro decks (Day of judgment, and black sun for dealing with mass creatures early on) and for other control. For example, Grand Abolisher let's you play on your turn without fear of a well timed doom blade to the face of your maniac. You can use unburial rites to get him out of the grave in time for your combo. If the opponent is running control and has few to no creatures the majority of the bounce spells come out and the counterspells go in! Namely the vapor snaps and leave a few unsummons so you can save your own guys using them or use them for the combo to deal with their bombs such as a Titan or an Inkmoth that he just equipped all his swords onto(Then make him discard that nasty land!).
Suggestions and constructive critics appreciated!
