Stonestill (Casual vs. Competitive)

Vintage Casual Control GWU (Bant) Land Destruction Landstill Stoneblade

Destrian

Creature (4)

• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 3x Stoneforge Mystic

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Land (21)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 3x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Rath's Edge
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Tolaria West
• 3x Tropical Island
• 3x Tundra
• 2x Wasteland

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Fastbond
• 4x Standstill

Artifact (8)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Black Lotus
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Jet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Zuran Orb

Instant (17)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 3x Force of Will
• 1x Gush
• 2x Intuition
• 1x Mana Drain
• 3x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Stifle
• 2x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Snapcaster Mage
• 2x Trinket Mage
• 2x True-Name Nemesis

Artifact (6)

• 4x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Instant (3)

• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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So, this definitely requires some explanation.

I don't have enough of the very expensive Vintage cards to build much of a deck, but I'm playing against someone with essentially an unlimited budget. Now, I don't mind being the underdog, but I figured I'd set myself up to do well against players with a variety of decks (in terms of competitiveness), since some friends in a boat similar to mine do also build Vintage decks.

The goal here is NOT to win at a competitive tournament, but rather to be able to engage meaningfully in a game against a Vintage combo deck. His games typically go mana rocks, get Ancestral Recall somehow, Time Walk or Magus of the Future, Auriok Steelshapers combo with Black Lotus and Sensei's Divining Top, get Time Vault and Voltaic Key, and win. Sometimes only some of those things happen.

My last vintage deck deteriorated over time as I modified it, so I scrapped it. However, Trinket Mage for Chalice of the Void was involved whenever I won a game. I couldn't make them work in the main board, but I did make sure they were a sideboard presence. The rest of the board was just thrown together.

My main goal is to generate enough card advantage to disrupt his combos. I'm fairy amenable to purchasing cards as long as they aren't Vintage-exclusive or several hundred dollars each. This deck seemed like a decent first try since I've played both Landstill and Stoneblade in Legacy.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Vintage legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 10 Mythic Rares 33 - 1 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.33
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Old Decks