Shimmering Sands

Premodern Budget Mono-Blue Stax

halanvaina

Instant (18)

• 4x Accumulated Knowledge
• 4x Counterspell
• 2x Force Spike
• 1x Gush
• 3x Reality Ripple
• 2x Turnabout
• 2x Vision Charm

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Tinker

Artifact (12)

• 1x Credit Voucher
• 4x Sands of Time
• 3x Urza's Bauble
• 2x Wand of Denial
• 2x Worn Powerstone

Land (25)

• 22x Island
• 3x Terrain Generator

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Illusionary Terrain
• 2x Propaganda
• 3x Shimmer
• 1x Stasis

Creature (1)

• 1x Apprentice Wizard

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Sideboard

Enchantment (11)

• 4x Phantasmal Terrain
• 2x Sunken Field
• 3x Teferi's Curse
• 2x Web of Inertia

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A weird premodern archetype I thought I would try out. How the deck works is abusing a old mechanic called phasing. Basically, when a permanent is phased out, it's treated as though it does not exist. It phases in before the owners next untap step.

Now what if I skip all untap steps? That's where things get staxy. Shimmer makes a land type gain phasing, and reality ripple can be a flexible removal spell under this lock. I have tinker to help find Sands of Time faster, and a single Stasis as a backup plan. Teferi's Realm can be pretty bad for my opponent in certain situations. Turnabout, while does have a bit of a steep cost, can lock my opponent out of a turn with Sands of Time alone, assume they are tapped out. As for the sideboard it's not the most developed, but i do have Teferi's Curse as more removal.

Not as weird and wacky as my brews but I like the idea. Also for some reason control and stax really call to me in this format.

Date added	4 months
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Premodern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 17 - 4 Uncommons 17 - 7 Commons
Cards	66
Avg. CMC	2.44