Braids vs. Zur

I haven't been playing much Magic the past few weeks. Lots of other stuff keeps coming up. But, I did get a chance to play some 1vs1 against Chris with Zur the Enchanter.



We played three games. I ended up winning 2-1, but it was close. It all comes down to controlling Zur when he comes out. We did have a cool interaction involving Treachery and Captivating Glance as we fought over control of Zur. Chris played Zur, so I took him with Treachery. Then, Chris took him back with Captivating Glance. I had Future Sight out, so Chris knew that I was going to reveal Memnarch at the end of his turn and most likely take Zur back. But he had an answer for that! He cast an entwined Second Sight to set up our libraries in his favor.



Another cool play that Chris uses in his deck is Cytoplast Manipulator. With her out, I usually have to start paying around it or the next monster I drop may be my last.



I did change around the deck list for Gods, Robots, and Monsters and updated it over at tapped out. Check it out! (Copied below.) The jury is still out on a handful of cards while I try to make room for other cards that I think would be cool in include.

Creature (25)

• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Braids, Conjurer Adept
• 1x Clone Shell
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Djinn of Wishes
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Magus of the Future
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Platinum Emperion
• 1x Sphinx of Magosi
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Treasure Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Walking Atlas

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Back to Basics
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Treachery

Artifact (13)

• 1x Belbe's Portal
• 1x Darksteel Pendant
• 1x Gate to the AEther
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Omen Machine
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Temporal Aperture
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sorcery (10)

• 1x All Is Dust
• 1x Blatant Thievery
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Walk the Aeons

Land (39)

• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 31x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Soldevi Excavations

Instant (5)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge