MTG Salvation

Mindbreak Trap (and Containment Priest) are both meta calls. Obliterate, Boseiju and infinite combos involving
casting and bouncing palinchron are too common for my tastes in my meta.

What are your thoughts about Crawlspace? Also, what are your experiences with Mobilization?
My friend tried to convince me that it's a bad card that requires too much mana to be useful ever, but I've
seen it on the other side of table quite often and it always seems to be really good if it sticks...

I'd probably cut Prison/Propaganda first, since I'd prefer to have an option to protect my PW's.

Also, what are your thoughts about Oblivion Ring etc.?
And are 15 Scepter-able instants enough?

... I'm really having trouble with cutting stuff. I still kinda want to add few more counters and removals...

More changes:
- Wall of Kelp
- Luminarch Ascension
- Jitte

Few changes:

- Norn's Annex. It was a artifact and not enchantment.

+ Ophiomancer. Since I'm an idiot.
+ Hero's Downfall. Removal for PW's (and that removal is needed in my meta.)
+ Return to Dust. Since 2-for-1 exile is good.
+ Torpor Orb. Since I don't like EtB-creatures.

Also, the thing that worries me a lot is that I have contamination but no way to play around it myself. I would need to have few more mana rocks that produce coloured mana.

EDIT: Removed Contamination.

Also, not cutting Crawlspace or Containment Priest anytime soon. Crawlspace only states about attacking me while Containment Priest is a meta-call.

Also, I don't like Seals since they let my opponents know that the removal is coming miles ahead...

I still left Containment Priest, since reanimation and stuff like Tooth and Nail, GSZ and Chord of Calling are quite common in my meta...

But, more suggestions what to cut and what to add? I think I'm little bit over 100 at the moment...

Thanks.

What counterspells would you suggest besides those?

Also, what do you suggest I should cut? I need to cut still quite a few things, any suggestions?

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Personally I went away from Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief a while back because she was just so mana intensive to really utilize. I think she is still decent but you might also test Sheoldred, Whispering One in her place. I was originally against utilizing her but she does some decent work especially when paired with some recursion. Against hexproof voltron is where she really shines but I think she is still a fairly good value engine all around.

Disciple of Bolas goes back and forth for me as well. I ended up cutting him from my list because I rarely had disposable creatures that would give me a good number of cards. Low creature counts + utility based creatures makes him a bit awkward.

Rescue from the Underworld was always awkward for me as well. It exiles itself so you can only use it once and it has a delay which can be incredibly awkward if someone does something on your turn to a creature you want to keep. I ended up cutting it myself due to just odd timing in general with it as well as needing two targets and it exiles itself when it resolves.

Rescue from the Underworld and Bone Dancer are the things I probably won't end up cutting, since they are in the decks just because I like them mechanically (and have a pretty foil of Rescue).

I'll keep Disciple and Drana in mind while I keep on testing.

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It looks like it isn't isolated for me.... I am going to bring that one to Feyd.

Both of those options would be solid picks. Picking up another tutor could also be an option for you such as Diabolic Intent or Beseech the Queen. I don't see anything that looks like it has to make the list that is differing between our lists.

Yeah. I have hard time trying to figure out what to cut, since I haven't had enough chances to properly play test everything (there are some cards I haven't still seen a single time, like Oversold Cemetary and Withering Boon).

But, if you think of something that might not be a good idea (or something that makes you think "why?"), let me know.

Okay, that's weird. I see normal deck list with no problems.

Also, I've been thinking of cutting Boon of Erebos and something else, but have hard times choosing what. (I'm planning to try Jet Medallion and Word of Command.)

What do you mean? I don't see anything weird here...

Firstly, the ISB's list can be found via the the link at the top of the page...

Argentum Armor: Even though it is expansive, it is one of the few ways to remove enchantments and artifacts in mono-B.

Burnished Hart: Since ramp is good and it counts as a creature, why not. I like this card more than many other cards that have been released in recent years.

Stinkweed Imp: He's a dredge-enabler (and a good one), but he's no way necessary.


Your suggestions:
Jet Medallion: I thought about it, but ended up cutting it, when I still had few too many cards...

Boseiju: I doubt he'd be that useful in this deck, since at my meta counter-based controls are quite rare (= there is exactly one + few decks with few counters).

Gauntlet/Caged Sun: I don't like Gauntlet, but Caged Sun is actually good... I wonder how that slipped my mind, considering that I run it almost every EDH I have...

Dark Ritual: Since I just don't like mana rituals in EDH. I like them in Legacy, but not in EDH.

Damnation: I considered it, but since the deck has already quite a lot removal, and mutilate usually removes indestructible things, I picked it over Damnation this time.

Grave Pact: I should actually play it in this... But firstly, I need to find 8th version of that, since I dislike the other arts.

Oh, and just so that you know, this deck is not exactly stax. It's more like... UB-control disguised as mono-B deck.