Tipping the scale (Stasis)
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—Feb. 6, 2016
TheLitchKing says... #2
I'd recommend cutting 2 Plateau for 1 Plains and 1 Tundra. You almost always want the most blue mana possible for Stasis and it's difficult to cast Moat with Wasteland being a thing. You also might want to add 1 more Terminus since if you have a slow start you are very soft to creatures and having more outs will help. You could probably cut 1 Scroll Rack since you don't really need multiples out at once.
November 1, 2015 4:52 p.m.
TheLitchKing Thanks! I like Plateau, its white for Moat and red for Ral Zarek. Cutting the Plateaus would leave me with only one red source. Because I untap a land each turn with Ral Zarek I can keep the lock up with only one island (preferably basic) in play. I guess you are right about Terminus. Im gonna try out one less Scroll Rack and one more Terminus :)
November 1, 2015 5:10 p.m.
Where did Ensnare go? Did it do bad in testing b/c i like it as a 1 of.
November 1, 2015 9 p.m.
I had to make room for Black Vise so i had to cut Ensnare :(
November 1, 2015 9:33 p.m.
After some playtesting I've added one Detention Sphere. The deck had no answer to a resolved planeswalker, artifact or enchantment. Detention Sphere seems like the best choice, it can be found with Enlightened Tutor and pitched to Force of Will. One Terminus got moved to sideboard.
November 6, 2015 3:46 p.m.
titanreaver says... #7
Have you ever tied Tangle Wire? It has been a huge benefit in my Stasis decks over the years.
November 15, 2015 5:42 p.m.
Yeah, I feel like daze would work well, and just in case u needed a way for stasis to live.
November 17, 2015 9:49 a.m.
Thanks for your suggestions :)
titanreaver: Tangle Wire is interesting, but im not sure if it fits this deck. If it were a Forsaken City Stasis deck then I would include it for sure :).
branston567 klone13: Daze is nice, but there is no room for it. In this deck its not really useful to keep stasis alive as i never play stasis without Ral Zarek already in play.
Minor change: Added one Intuition, took out one Black Vise. Intuition finds both combo pieces. You will only have one copy left of whatever you search for in your library, but many times you need to assemble the lock fast or loose so its worth it. Having only one Black Vise is ok, i can tutor for it with Enlightened Tutor
November 20, 2015 1:11 p.m.
umm smackjack I think the easiest way to stop stasis from killing you is to use Forsaken City
December 17, 2015 1:28 p.m.
Yeah i dont know how i feel about Forsaken City. Its horrible without Stasis in play, and when Stasis is in play i will never increase my hand size. Playing lands actually slowly decrease my hand size to the point where i cant do anything. It needs Howling Mine to be playable, and thats a completely different deck :). Actually, i might try out Turbo Stasis now when Black Vise is legal :). This list i think is better of without Forsaken City tho..
smackjack says... #1
Having Jace, the Mind Sculptor as my only win condition was fragile, as a single Pithing Needle or Phyrexian Revoker made it very hard to win. So I added 2x Black Vise as another win condition. Had to take out 1 Ensnare and 1 Island for them, added Ensnare to my sideboard. Black Vise is a solid win condition. When the lock is assembled my opponent will fill up his hand pretty quickly :).
November 1, 2015 3:45 p.m.