I was inspired to make a Mask deck of my own to suggest to Mason, and I came up with something Funker-like that I think has a lot of potential. If anyone has suggestions or wants to playtest, please post. It's a little land-light right now.
//NAME: Mask
// Mana (24)
4 City of Brass
4 Underground Sea
2 Underground River
2 Volcanic Island
2 Badlands
3 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Sol Ring
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Jet
1 Black Lotus
// Disruption (9)
4 Force of Will
4 Duress
1 Gorilla Shaman
// Combo (7)
4 Illusionary Mask
2 Phyrexian Dreadnought
1 Lord of Tresserhorn
// Board Control (6)
2 Fire/Ice
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Masticore
1 Recoil
// Search (5)
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Lim-Dul's Vault
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Tinker
1 Vampiric Tutor
// Draw (5)
1 Timetwister
1 Windfall
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Memory Jar
1 Ancestral Recall
// Recursion (3)
2 Goblin Welder
1 Yawgmoth's Will
// Uncounterable Morphling (1)
1 Morphling
// Utility (1)
1 Time Walk
// Sideboard (15)
SB: 4 Red Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Blue Elemental Blast
SB: 2 Pyroclasm
SB: 1 Perish
SB: 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
SB: 1 Mind Twist
SB: 1 The Abyss
SB: 1 Misdirection
SB: 2 ?
Welders are a VERY innovative twist on this deck!
Razor
I just played about 10 games against JP's Keeper and got destroyed. I'm not convinced that it sucks yet, but that was some pretty harsh empirical evidence.
Hmmm... my impression is that you're going to be short on critters. AGAINST critter decks, I find that SBing crawlspace is more effective than pyroclasm etc. After all, your fatties should be more than capable of dealing with his little creatures. Especially if you also sideboard indentured djinn.
I'm not sure how it plays but I love seeing the Vault and the Lord in there.
>>>I just played about 10 games against JP's Keeper and got destroyed.
Well, it's at least as good against Keeper as Enchantress then.
Muhahahahahaha! j/k
If you're getting crushed by Keeper with mask, you're doing something wrong. ;o)
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Chris
A. This was a deck I just came up with off the top of my head.
B. I don't think there's one deck out there that beats Keeper *better* than 50% of the time. If you've found one, CF, I'd love to play against you.
I like the idea, its just too thin- run 4 welders and 4 dreadnaughts if youre going to try that route.
Ummm monoblue? heh
Welding Dreadnaughts does nothing...their CIP effect triggers. It's Welding disappeared Masks and Jars. I do think the deck needs more Welder targets, but I also think with some tweaking I need to have some success in playtesting before I devote too much time to it.
Monoblue with the 6 B2B and 3 Ancestral Recall tech, maybe. Oh, and four Strip Mines.
Dude, Az, shut up!!! You're giving away my secret tech!!! I've won the last 68 tournaments with my MOUGHT deck, losing only like 2 games by landscrew. And oh yeah, here are some playtesting results:
Keeper 82%
Mono-U 93.5%
OSE (auto-win)
;-)