{"id":5484,"date":"2015-12-30T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theendgamesblog.com\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2015-12-30T14:58:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T19:58:34","slug":"modern-misers-ur-delver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theendgamesblog.com\/?p=5484","title":{"rendered":"Modern Misers – U\/R Delver"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello again Modern fans. For the second article in our series exploring inexpensive options to get into the Modern Format we are going to look at an intro level U\/R Delver list. Delver decks, much like our infect deck from last week have been popular in every format in which they’ve been legal. During the treasure cruise era Delver of Secrets based decks were one of the dominant forces in the format. Lets have a look at what could be considered a bit of a throwback deck and see what we can do.<\/p>\n

Creatures<\/strong>:
\n\"Aberration\"\"Delver\"4x Delver of Secrets<\/a>
\n4x Young Pyromancer<\/a>
\n3x Monastery Swiftspear<\/a>
\n1x Pestermite<\/a><\/p>\n

Spells:<\/strong>
\n4x Lightning Bolt<\/a>
\n3x Electrolyze<\/a>
\n4x Remand<\/a>
\n3x Mana Leak<\/a>
\n1x Spell Snare<\/a>
\n4x Gitaxian Probe<\/a>
\n1x\u00a0Spell Pierce<\/a>
\n3x\u00a0Vapor Snag<\/a>
\n3x Sleight of Hand<\/a>
\n4x Serum Visions<\/a><\/p>\n

Lands<\/strong>:\"Young
\n2x Temple of Epiphany<\/a>
\n4x Sulfur Falls<\/a>
\n4x Shivan Reef<\/a>
\n5x Island<\/a>
\n3x Mountain<\/a><\/p>\n

Sideboard:<\/strong>
\n2x Dispel<\/a>
\n1x Electrolyze<\/a>
\n2x Relic of Progenitus<\/a>
\n2x Electrickery<\/a>
\n1x Negate<\/a>
\n1x Roast<\/a>
\n2x Dismember<\/a>
\n1x Spell Pierce<\/a>
\n2x Izzet Staticaster<\/a>
\n1x Monastery Swiftspear<\/a><\/p>\n

U\/R Delver is an aggro\/tempo deck that is looking to resolve an early threat and then keep anything truly dangerous off the board until we can get in for 20 points of damage. Unlike most Blue based decks we are fine sitting on 3-4 lands for an entire game. Our curve tops out at 3, so we don’t need much mana for every card in our deck to be live and helping to slow down our opponent.<\/p>\n

Delver of Secrets<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>This card is widely considered to be the best blue 1-drop to ever be printed. It’s basically a blue Wild Nacatl<\/a>, and with half of our deck co\"Swiftspear\"nsisting of instants\/sorceries you’ve got a 50\/50 chance of blind flipping your Delver of Secrets.<\/p>\n

Young Pyromancer<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Nothing swarms like good ole’ Young Peezy. With the number of spells in this deck, and almost half of them cantrips, this card can take over a game
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Monastery Swiftspear<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> We can’t afford Snapcaster Mage on our Budget, so we’re opting for the one card aggro plan that is Monastery Swiftspear.<\/p>\n

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Tempo\u00a0Suite \u2013<\/strong> As I mentioned before we’re looking to control the tempo of the game. If we can spend 1 or 2 mana to handle our opponents 3 or 4 mana spell then we are coming out ahead on tempo and that usually means that we are ahead in the race.\u00a0A combination of mana efficient soft counters and removal which can all double as burn provides us with a versatile suite of answers to get and maintain and advantage. \u00a0It is important to remember that this is not a control deck. \u00a0If you end up trying to play a control game against a real control deck, you will likely end up on the losing end.<\/p>\n

\"Electrolyze\"<\/p>\n

\"Remand\"<\/p>\n

\"Snag\"<\/p>\n

Now that we’ve had a brief introduction, we’ll take it for a spin on MTGO:<\/p>\n