Penniless Wizard

Modern* Budget Mono-Blue

dragonsong

Creature (16)

• 4x Archaeomancer
• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 2x Keymaster Rogue
• 2x Kraken Hatchling
• 4x Mist Raven

Land (22)

• 22x Island

Instant (18)

• 4x Essence Scatter
• 4x Ghostly Flicker
• 4x Negate
• 4x Thought Scour
• 2x Unsummon

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Index

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Kraken Hatchling
• 2x Stitched Drake
• 2x Stormbound Geist

Instant (8)

• 2x Cancel
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Think Twice
• 2x Unsummon

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Silent Departure

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Claustrophobia

Instant (1)

• 1x Mizzium Skin

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Hands of Binding
• 1x Hidden Strings
• 1x Mind Sculpt

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Developed as an exercise in creating something fairly powerful for standard that also happens to be pauper, so it won't cost too much to put together.

I haven't invented anything new here, just mashed together some well known blue synergy: Delver of Secrets   will be how you're swinging for most of your damage, though Keymaster Rogue can be effective, and give your opponent a difficult choice for single-target hate. Mist Raven is a flying bear with removal, and you can reset it with Ghostly Flicker... or Keymaster Rogue . Negate, Essence Scatter, and Unsummon are your bread-and-butter control elements, which can be returned by Archaeomancer - who can also be reset. And the amazingly resilient 1-drop Kraken Hatchling is an added stall / defense element.

There's no Syncopate , Dissipate, etc., because it's pauper. :)

Date added	11 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Uncommons 30 - 15 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.21
Folders	Budget