Created Mon Jan 14 18:20:33 UTC 2015 Design philosophy: Play a second turn cascade spell into hypergenesis. Colors kept mostly on blue and black to utilize various pitch spells that evade cascade but are required for interaction (Misdirection, FoW, Grief, Snuff Out etc.). Investigate if Clone creatures can be used for additional redundancy. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/486AOgxP3U6HXQb52nz0AQ Legend: 1: part of the initial build (Created) +1: added/to be added to the build -1: removed/to be removed from the build ?1: maybe to be removed Mana: 10 fetchlands x relevant duals 1 Hickory Woodlot 1 Sandstone Needle 1 Saprazzan Skerry 1 Ancient Spring 1 Geothermal Grevice 1 Irrigation Ditch 1 Sulfur Vent 1 Tinder Farm 1 Elvish Spirit Guide 1 Simian Spirit Guide Combo: 1 Demonic Dread 1 Violent Outburst 1 Ardent Plea 1 Shardless Agent 1 Serum Powder 1 Show and Tell 1 Eureka ?1 Sneak Attack ?1 Dream Halls 1 Hypergenesis Protection: 1 Commandeer 1 Force of Will 1 Misdirection 1 Unmask (B) 1 Ricochet Trap 1 City of Solitude ?1 Vendilion Clique (U) ?1 Glen Elendra Archmage (U) ?1 Venser, Shaper Savant (U) Or is this deck just able to draw into threats? 1 Drift of Phantasm ? 1 Rhystic Tutor ? 1 Grim Tutor ? 1 Perplex ? 1 Intuition ? 1 Cruel Tutor ? 1 Dimir Machinations ? 1 Clutch of the Undercity ? 1 Dimir House Guard ? 1 Beseech the Queen ? 1 Insidious Dreams ? 1 Foil 1 Gush 1 Thwart 1 Ingot Chewer 1 Spitebellows 1 Shriekmaw (B) 1 Aethersnipe (U) 1 Thraximundar (UB, L) 1 Progenitus (UB, L) 1 Sphinx Sovereign (UB) 1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind (UB) 1 Magister Sphinx (UB) 1 Maelstrom Archangel (UB) *1 Horde of Notions (UB, L) 1 Garza Zol, Plague Queen (UB, L) 1 Empyrial Archangel (U) 1 Simic Sky Swallower (U, L) 1 Bringer of the Blue Dawn (U) 1 Hoverguard Sweepers (U) 1 Inkwell Leviathan (U) 1 Vesuvan Doppelganger (U) 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter (U) 1 Sakashima the Imposter (U) 1 Sower of Temptation (U) 1 Rafiq of the Many (U, L)? 1 Phyrexian Metamorph (U) 1 Clone (U) 1 Quicksilver Gargantuan (U) 1 Frost Titan (U) 1 Stormtide Leviathan (U) 1 Volrath's Shapeshifter (U) 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur (U, L) 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen (B, L) 1 Hellkite Overlord (B) 1 Abduction (??) 1 Control Magic (?) 1 Mind Control (?) 1 Persuasion (?) 1 Treachery (?) 1 Confiscate 1 Volition Reins 1 Take Possession SB: 1 Disrupting Shoal -1 Gifts Ungiven (banned) 1 Mystical Teachings 1 Diabolic Tutor 1 Body Snatcher *1 Dromar, the Banisher *1 Crosis, the Purger *1 Treva, the Renewer -1 Braids, Conjurer Adept (Let's opponent to resolve first) *1 Blood Tyrant *1 Prince of Thralls 1 Karona, False God 1 Tidespout Tyrant (U) 1 Djinn of Wishes (U)?? 1 Yavimaya's Embrace (??) 1 Copper Gnomes 1 Clone Shell 1 Alhammarret, the Sphinx +1 Atraxa, Praetors' Voice +1 Lay Claim +1 Vizier of Many Faces +1 As Foretold +1 Progenitor Mimic +1 In Bolas's Clutches +1 Thran Temporal Gateway +1 Dream Eater +1 Prime Speaker Zegana (U) +1 Maelstrom Wanderer (U) +1 Sphinx of Foresight (U) +1 Sphinx of the Guildpact (U) +1 Arjun, the Shifting Flame +1 Trench Gorger (blue and makes draws so much better. Check oracle if there are other similar) +1 The First Sliver +1 Dream Trawler +1 Natural Reclamation +1 Forceful Denial (U) +1 Sakashima's Protege (U) +1 Unexpected Results +1 Baleful Mastery +1 Grief +1 Fire//Ice +1 Mystical Dispute +1 Dragonlord Silumgar +1 Mind Flayer +1 Nihiloor +1 Snuff Out +1 Spinning Darkness +1 Undercover Operative +1 Far // Away (cmc 5, does not hit cascade) +1 Reason // Believe +1 Rise // Fall +1 Agadeem's Awakening (land and pitches to Unmask) +1 Hagra Mauling +1 Leyline Binding (cascade does not hit) +1 Callidus Assassin +1 Bring to Light +1 Striped Riverwinder (cycles through deck, gives early game) +1 Throes of Chaos +1 Stormcaller's Boon +1 Hieroglyphic Illumination +1 Pirated Copy +1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier