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Monday, October 1, 2012

Mono-Blue Aggro Deck

When you think of blue, you tend to think about control cards like Cancel and Mana Leak. Small utility creatures and stalls until you can get a big game-changing brute. This is not the case with the deck I'm about to show you. This deck is pure aggro. Allow me to present to you: Illusions.

Creatures - 22
x4 Jace's Phantasm
x4 Krovikan Mist
x4 Lord of the Unreal
x4 Illusory Angel
x4 Chronozoa
x2 Phantasmal Dragon

Blue Spells - 8
x4 Piracy Charm
x4 Unsummon

Enchantments - 4
x4 Favorable Winds

Equipment -6
x4 Trepanation Blade
x2 Swiftfoot Boots

Lands - 20
x4 Faeire Conclave
x16 Island

How it works:
The deck is pretty simple: play aggro. The deck is filled with cheap-costing illusions that (for the most part) don't have that ugly "target me and I die" effect. Lord of the Unreal helps protect and boost all your illusions, and favorable winds is a natural choice because, well, look at all those fliers! Chronozoa is just a silly card and can help you with getting the upper hand when it comes to the number of creatures you have. Also he buffs the Krovikian Mist every time it splits. The Trepanation Blades aren't the best way to mill, but it's the most aggressive way I could find to get those 10 cards needed in your opponent's graveyard to turn the Jace's Phantasms into 1-drop killing machines.

Pricier, but better:
First thing I would do is swap out those Phantasmal Dragons for something nicer like Phantasmal Image (if you don't mind the "target" drawback) or Palinchron. Also replacing the Trepanation Blades with something like Sword of Body and Mind can ensure you get those 10 cards in their graveyard, and you get a puppy from it too! Other than that, the deck feels pretty solid to me.

Hope you enjoy seeing a refreshing use for those islands, and as always...

Happy Gaming!
RagingGoblin

1 comment:

  1. I know it doesn't have evasion, but you can replace Jace's Phantasm with Phantasmal Bear if you feel like packing a punch early.
    But yeah, as with all illusions of "that type", the weakness is pretty obvious, but still, high risks, high rewards :D

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