Avatar U/B Control by Hero- July 9th 2001
HyPNoTiC_88 writes,
First of all, sorry for my english, it isn't my cradle language
Here is my UB Control-will deck.The dack has 2 ways to win. The first is casting an early Scuta, or a Persecute+Bog down+Av.Will Or if no rituals are drew, control the game countering and discarding, finishing later with a Avatar of will.
It isn't consistent enough and have too many cards (64). Please, help me improving it.
UB Avatar Control by HyPNoTiC_88
Control
4x Duress 3x Bog Down 2x Lobotomy 2x Persecute
4x Counterspell 4x Undermine 3x Spite/Malice 2x Recoil
Creatures
3x Ravenous rats 3x Phyrexian Scuta
3x Plague Spitter (Rebels and BOPs drives me crazy) 3x Abyssal Specter
2x Avatar of will
Lands and mana
4x Dark Ritual 4x Salt Marsh
4x Undergroun River 6x Swamp 8x Island
Sideboard
4x Engineered Plague 3x Tsabo's Decree 3x Submerge 2x Persecute
3x Misdirection
Well, looking at the deck, I can see why it's inconsistent. You've got more Islands than Swamps, and you've got more cards that use black mana than blue mana. Here's my revision:
UB Avatar Control (revised by Hero-)
Control
4 Duress 2 Persecute 3 Bog Down 4 Counterspell 4 Undermine 4 Recoil
Creatures 4 Ravenous Rats 4 Abyssal Specter 4 Avatar of Will
Lands and Mana 4 Dark Ritual 9 Island 7 Swamp 4 Underground River
4 Salt Marsh
Sideboard 4 Nausea 3 Tsabo's Decree 3 Hibernation 3 Misdirection 2 Persecute
Card-by-Card Analysis
Duress - Great card. No questions.
Persecute - Mono color decks, bend over!
Bog Down - It's the cousin of Stupor, and we welcome him with open arms.
Counterspell - Counters... spells... anything else?
Undermine - Counters... spells... and bites you too for 3.
Recoil - For those nasty Story Circles or some icky creature that's gnawing in your bones.
Ravenous Rats - These guys nibble at the opponent's hand, and can serve the beats for a turn or two.
Abyssal Specter - This bad boy bites at the opponent's hand, and flies over most things.
Avatar of Will - And why all the discard? Well duuuuuh! This guy wants to come out and play... for UU, instead of 6UU.
Dark Ritual - Speed is always nice.
Land - I noticed that there were 22 land, so added more. Land is always nice. Allows you to cast stuff.
And the sideboard...
Nausea - Instead of Engineered Plague, which was there earlier, I replaced it with this. Nausea can knock out any 1/1, instead of Plague getting rid of a certain 1/1.
Tsabo's Decree - Die rebels, die. Also good vs Merfolk type decks.
Hibernation - I went with this over Submerge. It can do major damage vs Fires, taking out Blastoderms, Saproling Bursts, and Shivan Wurms.
Misdirection - This is for those burn decks, like Burning Bridge. Also useful for Ponza-type decks, and counter decks.
Persecute - More mono color hate.
Turbo Avatar decks are always fun. With a little work, they can be awesome tournament decks. Have fun!
Jimmy Mekaroun Hero- on IRC
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