U/B Artifact Hate

Asked by Joshwarudd 13 years ago

Are there any real good U/B cards for artifact removal in standard? Getting ready for fnm and Mimic Vat just kills me so any suggestions are welcome

BrownDog5117 says... #1

not really.. maybe try Ratchet Bomb or Into the Roil

December 17, 2010 7:51 a.m.

Scorpse says... Accepted answer #2

Black, does not kill artifacts or enchantments as per color features. Blue mostly bounces.

As play hints, depeneding on game sstaus you have several responses in an UB Standard deck (SOM) :

  1. Counterspell (Mana Leak , Stoic Rebuttal , Spell Pierce , Negate , Mindbreak Trap , Cancel )
  2. Discard/remove from deck : Inquisition of Kozilek , Duress , Memoricide
  3. Bounce: Into the Roil , Disperse stack tricks : let the creature die, and with the trigger from vat on stack, just bounce it.
  4. Control: Volition Reins
There are some other cards that can do the job, but none are in the UB standards deck, as their power is rather limited : Rust Tick , Vedalken Certarch
December 17, 2010 9:46 a.m.

Deco_y says... #3

Duress is a good card to kill it out of their opening hand.

As said above, you're playing blue, just counter it with Mana Leak or Negate .

December 17, 2010 11:58 a.m.

MagnorCriol says... #4

Yeah, U/B doesn't have artifact destruction in either of their color pies. You'll have to bounce/discard or counter.

December 17, 2010 1:50 p.m.

JaceFace says... #5

If you're running Infect at all, a good way to lock down Mimic Vat late game while you're trying to get those last two or three poison counters through is Relic Putrescence . A pretty under-rated card in my opinion. Its not fantastic but if you can get enough poison counters on your opponent, it will completely shut down Mimic Vat when the game comes down to the wire.

December 17, 2010 1:56 p.m.

Joshwarudd says... #6

Thanks for the answers guys... didn't think there was much to choose from but some good ideas here

December 18, 2010 12:13 a.m.

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