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Magic the Gathering - Venser Control?

Any suggestions for this deck? Basic Idea is stall to Venser, then use him to bounce opposing creatures back with Aether Adept, Pull killed creatures of mine back out with Sun Titan, or card draw with Wall of Omens. Once I get the Emblem, just have Aether Adept bounce itself for a 3-mana "Exile target permanent", with Contagion Engine and Thrummingbird there to help Venser get powered up.

Mana:

Islands - 8

Plains - 9

Glacial Fortress - 4

Tectonic Edge - 2

Everflowing Chalice - 4

Creatures:

Wall of Omens - 4

Aether Adept - 4

Augury Owl - 3

Guard Gomazoa - 3

Thrummingbird - 3

Sun Titan - 3

Planeswalkers:

Venser the Sojourner - 4

Others:

Contagion Engine - 3

Leyline of Sanctity - 2

Journey to Nowhere - 4

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    I would add about 2 more lands to your deck, and I would use Celestial Colonnade over Glacial Fortress (colonnade is amazing in control decks). Guard Gomazoa isn't as helpful as you'd think, because he still dies to Lightning Bolt. I'm assuming you don't have Jace 2.0, but I'd take out 1 copy of Venser (you're likely to draw 2 of him i the course of a game, and that makes 1 copy dead in your hand) and add some other plainswalkers. Jace 1.0 is still good (draw engine and kills Jace 2.0), and so are Giddeon Jura and Elspeth. Sideboard the Leylines only good against red decks), and use Seagate Oracle instead of Augury Owl (Seagate Oracle lets you draw a card). Otherwise, not a bad deck design.

    As a sidenote, add Frost Titan if you can, but good luck with finding him. He's much more popular than Gideon or Venser.

  • 1 decade ago

    Here's my list:

    3 Jace, the Mindsculptor

    2 Venser, the Sojourner

    3 Day of Judgment

    1 Brittle Effigy

    2 Chimeric Mass

    2 Condemn

    4 Wall of Omens

    2 Trinket Mage

    3 Contagion Engine

    1 Elixir of Immortality

    3 Everflowing Chalice

    4 Mana Leak

    4 Preordain

    1 Stoic Rebuttal

    3 Celestial Colonnade

    4 Glacial Fortress

    3 Seachrome Coast

    3 Tectonic Edge

    2 Halimar Depths

    4 Plains

    6 Island

    1 Sun Titan

    2 Frost Titan

    1 Wurmcoil Engine

    1 Day of Judgment

    2 Leyline of Sanctity

    3 Flashfreeze

    4 Kor Firewalker

    1 Volition Reins

    Source(s): Me
  • 1 decade ago

    I would run gideon and sunblast angel to wrath again and again.

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