So Standard looks to be slowing to more of a midrange feel with all the heavy hitting multicolored cards.
I wanted to build a deck that could use those bombs to my advantage without the expense and tri-colored mana needed to pay for them. Stealing and mirroring my opponents big cards is the main focus of the deck while applying early pressure with Ensoul Artifact.
The problem I found is that some decks just don't have anything worth stealing, so I decided to add Master of Waves and Kiora, the Crashing Wave to create my own threats.
Any suggestions on main or sideboard cards are welcome.
Ensoul Artifact combos really nicely with both Darksteel Citadel and Ornithopter for either an indestructible or flying 5/5 on T2, can't beat that.
Hypnotic Siren
and Daring Thief are the really fun parts to this deck. They heist my opponents creatures when they get out of hand and give me the option to steal any other permanent that is a threat. Elemental tokens,
Vortex Elemental
and Ornithopter are the perfect creatures to exchange when Daring Thief untaps.
Vortex Elemental
really makes an opponent think twice before attacking with big creatures. Master of Waves bumps Vortex with a +1/+1 and usually comes in with 3-5 elementals of his own.
Thassa, God of the Sea scrys every turn to filter out lands mid game and lets me send damage through with unblockable creatures. 5 Devotion isn't too hard to get to have a 5/5 Indestructible creature as well.
Aqueous Form gets my Thief's and Ensouled Citidel's through for damage and Scrys as a bonus. Hall of Triumph pumps my blue creatures, keeps my elemental tokens on the board if Master of Waves dies and gives me another target for Ensoul Artifact
Clever Impersonator goes in to mirror anything I can't already deal with.
With all the small flying creatures and unblockable pumps, Military Intelligence gives an easy card draw and with Aqueous Form out, it is like having another Thassa for the Second Main.
Kiora, the Crashing Wave is just a Bitch, a hot blue one, but still a bitch. She adds that little bit of "Hulk smash" that this deck needed. Forget the -1, go straight to 5 and drop the emblem, there are two more of her in the deck to play and do the same with.
Naturalize goes in against Enchantment decks.
Feed the Clan helps against Aggro and Burn decks.
Negate limits removal.
Triton Tactics comes in against Aggro and Weenie decks
Polymorphist's Jest drops Flyers out of the sky, smokes Gods, wrecks Hexproof and turns Fatties into frogs. Super versatile card for 3 mana.
Please leave comments and let me know what you think, help from the community is always welcome. I really appreciate +1's if you like the deck.
