Knock Knock! Who's there? Tough Weenies... (Standard MTG Deck)

The Basic idea is to control the Gates/Battlefield and then start sneaking things through. Must be cheap - I have better things to spend $500 dollars on... and I'm new to MTG so don't have a big card collection.

Strategy - chump block long enough to get Hold the Gates down, using Immortal Servitude to bring back dead chumps tough and vigilant. Start getting vigilant thieving unblockables through. Drop a Sphere and laugh maniacally...

Enchants focus to fuel Ethereal Armor and Sphere of Safety

Curiosity +Tormented Souls for card draw, or anything with Way of the Thief

Faerie Impostor for flyers and used to bounce Cathedral Sanctifiers to hand and back to Battlefield for more life gain.

Ditto Immortal Servitude and Cathedral Sanctifiers

Way of the Thief on anything - especially fun with Vexing Devil late game played all in one turn.

The Deathrite Shaman are there for mid game Mana use - I was finding sometimes I'd have nothing to spend mana on while waiting for a decent draw.

Problems...

I'd like more Immortal Servitude but can't decide what to cut. Dito Curiosity. Ditto all the enchantments. And the Sorceries.

I tried shocklands but they diluted the gates focus, and at times I would get out Hold the Gates without enough toughness resulting. The Weenies need to be tough.

I'd like a Simic Guildmage to move enchants around, but they're not standard?

Flying - Daggerdrome Imps are an option, but they are 2 drop...

Sideboard is not well thought out, but you get the idea - some kind of more removal/detain to get me through the early game.

Mana fixing/ramp ideas would be good, as well as any "enters the battlefield" effects. I tried Greenside Watcher , but having green in the mix just made mana fixing too hard, and tapping them makes them useless to become thieves.

I've been testing it mostly against Boros decks, as they shit me...

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Stromkirk in, VexDevil out — March 18, 2013

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-2 Vexing Devil +2 Stromkirk Noble - better vs Boros/Azorious. Another unblockable option who self improves with Way of the Thief

Also Added Mikaeus, the Lunarch, who surprisingly is CMC of 1, so fits the theme - helps things get bigger quicker once I've stabilised.

Haven't tested it yet - where I live we don't have FNM, but EOSM (every other Sunday Magic) with rotated formats...

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Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 4 Rares 14 - 2 Uncommons 31 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.02
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