This is a super douchey way to win...I love it. Hahaha. I may have to build this just for fun.
December 4, 2015 6:57 p.m.
I'd love to use this deck, but I think my friends would kill me!
So entertaining.
December 4, 2015 7:58 p.m.
PookandPie says... #5
Add 4 Forsaken City so you don't specifically need to keep a creature in order to win. The problem with relying on Chronatog and your opponent decking themselves is that they're still free to cast Abrupt Decays (which would hit Stasis, not Chronatog), Swords to Plowshares, etc., as they draw them, while you're limited to what you have in hand. This makes you overly reliant on Frozen AEther to ensure their permanents come in tapped (notwithstanding a single creature with vigilance wins against this whole build).
Forsaken City gives you another out or method to get around the weakness of the most commonly removed permanent type in Magic the Gathering: Creatures. At worst, it can buy you a few turns, and it takes no deck slots, really. Ensnare or some other bounce spell may be a nice way to ensure that an early dropped 1-3 mana creature with vigilance.
To fit these in, I'd actually recommend dropping a land and 3 Gitaxian Probes to fit in 4 of some kind of bounce spell, and then drop 2-3 Islands for Forsaken Citys, or 4 up on those if you wish. Either way. Also, if your friend or your playgroup doesn't care about a ban list, Gush should be in here immediately.
December 4, 2015 9:24 p.m.
Trockenmatt says... #6
PookandPie, thank you so much for the suggestions, but Gush would be just too much for our casual game.
December 4, 2015 10:15 p.m.
Postmortal_Pop says... #8
I can't believe someone actually used Chronatog in a win con. The being behind this has earned my upmost respect. +1
December 5, 2015 12:12 p.m.
SpiritFangz says... #9
It's a great idea but they can still draw lands, play them, drop a fatty, and kill you.it take a while and a lot of fattys and you may have a 4/5 but...
December 6, 2015 5:21 p.m.
SpiritFangz says... #10
Svyelunite Temple and Sand Silos can be used as a mana accelerator. I take the last coment back as I did not see Frozen AEther
December 6, 2015 5:41 p.m.
SpiritFangz says... #12
I just thought Pact of Negation would be great beacaude yourupkeep would never come and you would not tap. Even though can't draw it, it would be great against removal for enchantments ifyou gotit in your opening hand. +1
December 7, 2015 5:14 p.m.
Sire, have you considered Orb of Dreams and White splash for Idyllic Tutor?
As a plus, Orb of Dreams looks like a vagina.
It was meant to look like that.
December 8, 2015 8:05 a.m.
As an additional and STILL BLUE combo tutor, I like Muddle the Mixture.
It a counter and gets you the Orb.
December 8, 2015 8:07 a.m.
To up the douchebaggery add Kismet and Mana Short. You can use Black Vise as your win con.
I love it!
December 8, 2015 2:12 p.m.
Hilarious combo deck, but for more absolutely broken combos, splash black! Dark Ritual + Phyrexian Dreadnought + Torpor Orb turn one 12/12 beater.
If you add a Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds to fetch 1 to 3 plains you added, Island Sanctuary + Mystic Decree is now a big old shield against any baddies your opponent has.
I can't take credit for either of these. Combo 1 is from How to lose a friend by turn 5 and combo 2 is from LLR's Friday Nights series (if you haven't seen them, I can't recommend them enough).
December 10, 2015 9:55 a.m.
Oooh! Add Braids, Cabal Minion for extra destruction during up keeps!
December 10, 2015 5:39 p.m.
PookandPie says... #20
There is no point in reinventing the wheel with this deck and adding things like Dark Ritual, which is card disadvantage of the highest order, let alone adding a 12/12 beater for 3 mana (rather than Torpor Orb, he's already in blue, so it makes more sense to use Stifle than it does Orb. That's the Legacy combo: Stiflenaught).
Like, this is already a deck archetype that's pretty well known among Legacy players, and pretty much the only things really required to tune the deck would be Black Vise (to win slightly faster than decking). Adding other things that are purely win-more, such as Braids, Cabal Minion, which only works if you're already winning, seems like it would pull the deck into a worse direction.
For more information on Stasis as a Legacy deck on the whole, check out this thread, here:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/legacy-type-1-5/developing-legacy/181898-stasis
December 10, 2015 6:34 p.m.
SpiritFangz says... #22
Forsaken City is useless because your upkeep will never come if you don't have yout turn. Forsaken City's text could be written as
Tap: add a to your mana pool.
At the beginning of your upkeep give your self card disadvantage by discarding a card for nothing.
Therefore you my as well replace it with 4 Islands, 4 Svyelunite Temple, or 4 more tutors. To ad to the list you should add Frozen Aether back in too increase the chance of a increase a card that makes permanents ETB tapped. Also why you're keeping Counterspell over Pact of Negation I'll never know unless you're going budget.
December 16, 2015 9:51 a.m.
@SpiritFangz, the Forsaken Citys do work. One may just skip the "skip a turn" effect from Chronatog and discard a card from there hand. Although, I do agree with the addition of Svyelunite Temple, as it is a free counter spell. I don't agree with Pact of Negation though because if someone was able to path your Chronatog or destroy your Stasis, even if you could reset your lock the next turn, you would insta-lose.
December 16, 2015 10:58 a.m.
Nice deck. I have a little less budget friendly UWR Stasis deck: Tipping the scale. Ral Zarek is really good with Stasis as he both solves the upkeep cost and taps down your opponents lands..
CappnPiggy says... #1
Good job, tell your friend this deck is awesome! The only thing I'd change about it is maybe cut some Stasiss or Frozen AEthers in favour of more counters, such as Cancel or Broken Ambitions.
December 4, 2015 12:09 a.m.