Balaam__'s Challenge: Get Twisted

Legacy Casual Cumulative upkeep Mono-Blue Theme/Gimmick

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Instant (16)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 3x Counterspell
• 2x Cryptic Command *list*
• 2x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Force of Negation
• 3x High Tide
• 2x Pact of Negation
• 2x Rewind

Land (25)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 23x Island
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary

Enchantment (6)

• 3x Back to Basics
• 3x Reality Twist

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Fabricate
• 2x Ponder

Creature (5)

• 3x Fog Bank
• 2x Phyrexian Soulgorger

Artifact (3)

• 2x Eon Hub
• 1x Extraplanar Lens

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Instant (6)

• 1x Consign to Memory
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 2x Hydroblast
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Illusionary Terrain

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Instant (1)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith

Land (1)

• 1x Academy Ruins

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Blood Moon

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TappedOut legendary brewer Balaam__ returned my favor of issuing him an unsolicited brewing challenge by issuing me with the following. I can't really blame him. You know what they say - One good turn is a twist of the screw... er... I don't think that's quite right... anyway:

"Alright, your card is…drumroll… Reality Twist. I would also accept a build revolving around Naked Singularity because it’s essentially the same thing.

Ground rules are: Nothing illegal/restricted (i.e. no ‘Un’ set cards), and the card must be actually played/used.

This card has vanquished me on every attempt.

“Avenge my wasted death…”

turns to ash, blows away in wind"

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TL/DR: Reality Twist locks out opponent's basic lands, Back to Basics takes away opponent's non-basic lands, Eon Hub gets us around paying Cumulative Upkeep, Cyclonic Rift bounces all opponent's non-land permanents back to their hands. Opponents are left with basically nothing. Then we bludgeon them with our beatstick, Phyrexian Soulgorger.

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And here's the deck I built. I realized Reality Twist favors blue, but the Cumulative Upkeep is just brutal. So the first order of business was to dispense with that unrealistic payment. At first I thought I might use an infinite mana combo, but I didn't really like that because infinite mana kinda of makes non-wincon spells superfluous. That's when I found Eon Hub, which while it's MV is a bit steep, it at least doesn't take up as much space as a combo and itself affords a bit of abuse that becomes a workable theme. That sets us up for a mono-blue control deck that works to delay opponents until we can cast Eon Hub and permanently lock them out.

Blue is not a color I play a lot of, and control is a archetype I generally avoid. And legacy is not my format of choice. So go easy on me, but let me know in the comments how you think I did. And of course, feel free to suggest updates/upgrades to get the deck working better.

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Prison:

• Reality Shift - screw opponent's basic lands
• Back to Basics - screw opponent's non-basic lands
• Cyclonic Rift - remove opponent's creatures once they have no lands

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Control Package:

• Counterspell - an unstoppable classic. Unless they have Counterspell, too.
• Cryptic Command *list* - Counterspell's classic big brother
• Force of Negation - expensive counterspell
• Pact of Negation - other expensive counterspell
• Rewind - counterspell that combos really well with High Tide

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Utilities:

• Eon Hub - dodge out on Upkeep stuff. Like paying for things. F that!
• High Tide - good golly I love me some blue ramp. Never get toys like this in Modern, lol
• Ponder - deck filtering - it's like the aerator in a fish tank - gotta have it.
• Fabricate - helps us get Eon Hub and also Phyrexian Soulgorger
• Fog Bank - a little blocking power
• Academy Ruins - get our artifacts back.

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Sideboard:

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• Illusionary Terrain - This is crucial if our opponent happens to be playing mono-blue, but can also help us if they're playing multiple colors that are only swapped by Reality Twist
• Other classic sideboard spells that need to no explanation.

"Please sir, I want some more" - Oliver Twist

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 1 month ago Achieved #1 position in Legacy 1 month ago
Date added	1 month
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 1 Mythic Rares 16 - 5 Rares 11 - 8 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.54
Folders	Legacy Decks I Did Not Make, Decks I Own