This is the deck I plan on using Sunday. I do not want to add 'Phids as I am determined to make Standstill work. The Blasts and F/I help me quite a bit. I added red for sideboard options and so far it has worked well in testing. I finally gave in and added Response and FoF even though an active Standstill is not synergistic with either.
At the last tournament Kevin and I went a combined 6-6 with the deck archtype and I found that I needed more Disks and Kegs over counters so the Mana Drains were removed. I've tested against a Keeper, BBS, Aggro/Enchantress and Sligh and seem to have a slight edge against all of them after sideboard now.
Really Mono-Blue gave me and Kevin the worst time and B2B was rough on us. I'm hoping the Red splash will make a big difference.
I'm more than willing to test any new ideas before the 19th and hope for some good input here.
creatures: 4
2 Morphling
Masticore
Goblin Shaman
spells: 22
4 Standstill
4 FoW
4 Mana Drain
3 Psionic Blasts
2 Misdirection
Fire/Ice
Ancestral
Time Walk
Teferis Response
Fact or Fiction
artifact: 6
3 Nev's Disk
3 Powder Keg
mana: 28
4 Mishra's Factory
2 Faerie Conclave
4 Wasteland
LoA
Strip Mine
3 Shivan Reef
6 Island
4 Volcanic Island
Black Lotus
Mox Sapphire
Mox Ruby
SB:
4 BeB
4 ReB
2 Tornod's Crypt
2 Dwarven Miner
Llawan,Cephalid Empress
Pyroclasm
Capsize
I know you're probably trying the controlish Lanstill thing, but since you're playing U/r any way, then maybe Iron Monkey is more durable.
this is my botched version of the deck (1.5). I'm sure you can find the original around here somewhere.
3 cursed scroll
3 frenetic efreet
4 standstill
4 dwarven miner
4 goblin cadets
4 gorilla shaman
4 incinerate
4 jackal pup
4 lightning bolt
4 mogg fanatic
1 city of brass
4 mishra's factory
9 mountain
4 shivan reef
4 volcanic island
The next Type 1 tournament at Hairy T is Sunday, May 19th right?
that is the worst day to have a tourney. the "24" weekend? ;) i think not, i wanted to come to the next harryt tourney but ill be drunk fri-mon
Ah, an alcoholic magic player. Please come
Paul, I am coming in sleep-deprivation-mode.
Hence, you'll forgive me for my lack of skill that day won't you?
Razor
I'm loving this...
Wait til you see the no-thinking-required.dec I play.
Razor
So it's May 24 week-end AND it's a Judgement pre-release week-end, but there's STILL a Type 1 tournament for a Mox? What do you expect the turn-out to be like?
Excellent. We are Type 1 players.
BTW, I played Iron monkey at vtwo tournaments and got nto the finals both times. The key card in monkey is FoW. Without FoW it just isn't monkey.
Also Standstill was not that great in it. It prefers Draw 7's.
Maybe we can get a few deck lists going again now that Wishes are in. I think they might fit monkey well.
If I were going to play U/r, I'd play it in a different style;
4 Mana Drain
4 Force of Will
4 Mana Leak
2 Misdirection
4 Impulse
4 Ophidian
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Time Warp
4 Powder Keg
3 Fire/Ice
2 Morphling
8 Island
7 Lotus, etc.
4 Volcanic Island
3 Shivan Reef
2 Wasteland
1 Strip Mine
I hope you mean "Time Walk", since "Time Warp" is A$$. If you are using U-r, might as well use some Mox Monkeys somewhere in there.
Yeah, I meant Time Walk, and the original version had 2 Shamans somewhere but that was a quick version and I forgot the original decklist :P
Type One tourney today. Toronto. Hairy Tarantula's. Yup.
Razor