Old Sensei's Divinations

Modern Combo Control Mono-Blue

RussischerZar

Creature (10)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 3x Djinn of Wishes
• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Land (23)

• 3x Halimar Depths
• 20x Island

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Training Grounds

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Sphinx-Bone Wand

Instant (15)

• 2x AEtherize
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Echoing Truth
• 3x Into the Roil
• 3x Negate
• 3x Telling Time

Sorcery (8)

• 3x Mystic Speculation
• 3x Serum Visions
• 2x Time Stretch

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Artifact (3)

• 3x Pithing Needle

Instant (11)

• 3x Commandeer
• 3x Dissipate
• 2x Echoing Truth
• 3x Surgical Extraction

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 2x Augury Owl
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 2x Sphinx of Jwar Isle

Enchantment (5)

• 2x Counterbalance
• 2x Eyes of the Watcher
• 1x Omniscience

Artifact (4)

• 2x Runechanter's Pike
• 2x Staff of Nin

Instant (10)

• 2x Boomerang
• 2x Cyclonic Rift
• 2x Mindbreak Trap
• 2x Stream of Consciousness
• 2x Time Stop

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Foresee
• 3x Index

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This deck is the old version of the new and improved Apprentice's Workshop version of Sensei taught me the secrets of divination.

A deck that revolves around scrying and Djinn of Wishes . :)
This deck was formerly a Enter the Infinite + Laboratory Maniac deck, but I found that rather boring so I scrapped that play.

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The Plan:

Turn 4: Scry Time Stretch into the 2nd from top.
Turn 5: Play Djinn of Wishes .
Turn 6: Use the Djinn of Wishes to cast Time Stretch in the upkeep. Use the time to kill with Djinns and Delvers or Sphinx-Bone Wand .

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Synergies for the Djinn:

• Delver of Secrets  : Djinn of Wishes ' partner in crime. Easy combo: look at the top card of your library at the start of your upkeep. If it's a powerful card that's otherwise too expensive, put it back and cast it between upkeep and draw with your Djinn! Obviously only works if the Delver hasn't mutated yet. Note that it's yours to decide if you want to flip him or not!

• Telling Time is nice for both spending unused mana at the end of your opponent's turn and putting a card up on the library for the Djinn to cast or even Delver to transform.

• Mystic Speculation lets you dig for the cool cards for only 3 mana and has infinite use - well, as long as you have 3 mana and the opponent doesn't counter it.

• Lightning Greaves: Protect your Djinn from harm.

• Training Grounds : Wishes for only 2 mana instead of 4? Awesome!

• Sphinx-Bone Wand as an alternate win condition.

• Bounce spells like Echoing Truth and Into the Roil can also be used to reset the wish counters on the Djinn.

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Ideal starting hand:

Consists of a Delver of Secrets  , at least one Mystic Speculation, maybe a Training Grounds and no(!) Time Stretch.

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Other things to note:

Even though I could use the Djinn to cast Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or something similar, I won't since Eldrazi spells are banned in our casual group for which this deck is mainly for.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 8 - 9 Rares 16 - 3 Uncommons 13 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.54
Based on	Sensei taught me the secrets of divination RussischerZar MDN