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BMoor's Magic
The
Gathering
Deck
Garage Hi, im Michiel from Belgium, and i like your deck reviews real much, because
I haven't sunk my teeth into a real com
 bo
deck like this in a while, if I remember correctly.
Undertaker and Oriss make a great tag team, keeping your
opponent at bay. And Deep-Sea Kraken is a superb
finisher, since Oriss renders your opponent's creatures
unable to attack but leaves them untapped and ready to
block.
What's even more intriguing here is that
Michiel is playing Block Constructed, a format I almost
never get decks from. It's a good thing I noticed that
before going through all my original ideas (Transmute
cards, Infernal Tutor, Pacifism, Trial//Error). Block
Constructed does limit us a bit more, but it's nothing
we can't work around. It also explains why you chose
Damnation over Wrath of God.
Now, the first thing that raises
questions here is Vedalken AEthermage. You don't
mention having problems with Slivers, and the only
Wizard in your deck is Magus of the Future, who despite
your insistence does not directly combo with Oriss and
Undertaker. Also, Oriss is white and Undertaker is
black, yet the Magus has a triple-blue requirement. I'd
say both of these cards can come out in favor of
something that won't put so much strain on your mana
base.
You'll need white and black mana, but
we'll keep blue in the deck simply for the capabilities
it gives the deck. Now, to reliably get an Undertaker
and a pair of Oriss, how about replacing Magus of the
Future with Magus of the Bazaar? If you're wary of
discarding so many cards, Bonded Fetch accomplishes a
similar goal with less discarding (and less drawing).
The other important thing for a combo deck to be able to
do is to search its library-- even if not for the combo
piece. Every card you gt out of your library increases
your odds that the next draw will be the card you need.
For that reason, even Twisted Abomination has a place
here for its Swampcycling ability. You could do even
better with Demonic Collusion. You should also make
room for Mystical Teachings, to find you
As for your noncreature spells,
 I
like Ancestral Vision and Mystic Speculation a lot.
Teferi's Moat, not so much-- it only works on creatures
of one color, and doesn't work on flying creatures.
Damnation is more thorough, but kills all your
creatures. And your combo is creature-based, so let's
look for board control elsewhere. Magus of the
Tabernacle could be useful here, since all you really
need are two creatures (plus the Magus, plus whatever
you're winning with). Some good old fashioned removal
will work too: Temporal Isolation and Sunlance in white,
Fledgling Mawcor and Psionic Blast in blue, and Ichor
Slick, Dark Withering (hopefully Madnessed out through
the Undertaker), or Sudden Death in black are all
excellent choices. Take your pick! And don't worry
about devoting too many slots to them; if you add in the
Demonic Collusion, then you'll be able to run only a few
copies of everything other than Oriss and Undertaker and
then just search for it if necessary. To say nothing of
your capacity to draw three extra cards, filter your
deck with Bonded Fetch/Magus of the Bazaar, and Scry 3
repeatedly.
And since we're including so many ways to
filter your deck down to what you really need, why not
throw in a copy of a card that will make your lock
complete? Oriss can shut down your opponent's
spell-playing ability on their own turn, but what can
stop them from playing spells during your turn? One man
can. Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir.
Finally, the lands. Too many storage
lands here, and you need basic Islands and Plains if you
want to use Nimbus Maze. Also New Benalia isn't all
that great. Pull them out for some Islands, and maybe a
Tolaria West or two for further deck-thining.
That should add some serious bite to your
combo, Michiel. Including a plethora of ways to root
through your deck and get your combo online will speed
up your games considerably. Which is important, because
once you do get online, the game will slow to a crawl as
your opponent does nothing, and you wait for your
Deep-Sea Kraken to unsuspend. Good luck!
~BMoor
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