I've only being playing Magic for about 2 years, I still consider myself a complete noob, so ANY help and criticism would be appreciated.

Hey guys, a while ago I bought the Venser duel deck, and since then I've made little changes and I've created a deck that wins pretty consistently in multiplayer matches with my friends, but doesn't contain the same useful force in single combat.

Win condition tends to be phantasms against decks with a lack of an answer to them. Venser's ability to make things unblockable allows big things like my Diluvian primordial and Drogskol Reaver to get in unopposed. And an overloaded Cyclonic Rift stops creature heavy decks from blocking.

Karn is used as a powerful way to blow up enemy permanents.

A theme of this deck is the ability to sort of continually cycle through your deck, controlling your draws based on the situation you are faced with.

Aeon Chronicler is used as another beefy dude as well as for additional draws.

Working on getting a Supreme Verdict to replace the Day of Judgment.

And although this has a chunk of the duel deck, is it one of the first decks that I feel I can call my own, and even when it doesn't win, it is tons of fun to play.

Other than the illegal cards, which I have replacements for at some point, help would be appreciated.

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Dropped everything that sylvannos recommended and added 2 Preordain and 4 Cancel as well as a few islands as a placeholder until I get to FNM tonight in order to get an additional glacial fortress and some brainstorms and a phantasm.

I figured replacing the sub-par creature choices with more countering ability would allow me to better control the board, while the additional preordains serve as a placeholder for the brainstorms for the moment.

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Date added 11 years
Last updated 11 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

7 - 0 Mythic Rares

13 - 0 Rares

4 - 0 Uncommons

19 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 3.13
Tokens Emblem Venser, the Sojourner
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