Can control exist without Jace?
Standard Deck Help forum
Posted on Oct. 7, 2015, 8:31 p.m. by KB2187
I'm curious if there's enough power in control to do without Jace. All the lists I've seen have him as a primary 4x. I'm interested to go into control, but only if it is plausible without Jace. Mainly for the financial aspect of it. I was thinking something a long the lines of Sultai Red control.
UpperDeckerTaco says... #3
Here is my decklist that you can go off of: Pepperidge Farm Remembers.
Just replace Jace, Vryn's Prodigy Flip with Halimar Tidecaller. Not the same power level BUT at least it gives you some spells back.
I really want to add some number of Halimar Tidecaller in my 75, but I am struggling to find a decent spot for it.
October 7, 2015 8:50 p.m.
SnoopDogge says... #4
Dragon based control like in the last Standard is probably the only way you can make a control deck work without Jace.
October 7, 2015 10:36 p.m.
The 3rd place deck at the SCG Open was a Esper Dragons control deck that had zero Jaces in the main deck.
http://sales.starcitygames.com/deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=92384
Of course, he had 3 Jaces in the sideboard, but... it shows that a deck CAN be viable without running Jace. One problem: Dragonlord Ojutai goes for $20-25 each so the deck still isn't terrifically budget-friendly. There are budget options like Icefall Regent and Dragonlord Silumgar though.
Arvail says... #2
You can go esper dragons for cheap. If you want super budget, you can go U/W and go even at FNM. If you need help, ask away.
October 7, 2015 8:48 p.m.