Standard - jeskai cantrips pziko's standard version

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Control Combo

Hello! After playing several games I've decided to make a better guide so people can enjoy better the deck. I can't categorize it as any tier, since i made it for fun, but being an outlaw of the meta it gets good results.

 

Main Idea

The main idea of the deck is to flip Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage using the cantrips, such as: Anticipateimage, Revitalizeimage or Ritual of Rejuvenationimage, this will allow you to gain tempo and survive aggresive decks.

We can control the board with Cleansing Novaimage or Settle the Wreckageimage avoiding great threats with Sinister's Sabotage.

Without bench, our option to deal with planeswalkers are: Sinister's Sabotage, Blink of an Eyeimage and Devious Cover-Upimage

When one or several Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage are flipped, we can easily kill with a copied Banefireimage or Expansionn.

Dont be afraid to use the two main win conditios to deal with a threat like Lyra or some other thing you can always retrieve it with Devious Cover-Upimage.

Nexus of Fateimage is a tool to get more tempo, and with Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage flipped you can develope further your game with multiple turns

 

Strength

The deck gives it's best results againts midrange or aggro decks, you gain enought tempo to deal with their threats, if you are unlucky a really hard curved hand can swipe you, but that's magic.

 

Weakness

You depend on the draws the cantrips give you, sometimes you wont get the answers you want to your problems.

Heavy control and planeswalkers decks are the biggest issue, eventhough Banefireimage won't be countered the can stall better than you, and you have plenty of useless cards against them, the pairing on Bo3 gets a bit better.

 

Important Cards

I'm doing this section, rather than focusing on the main win conditions because some people asked me about them. I will use GOLDEN ASTERISK for the most relevant cards, PURPLE ASTERISK for the important ones, BLUE ASTERISK to determine some cards that helps us to develope our plan.

 

***Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage***

It's the main reason for the deck, not very much to say about it. We flip the amulet asap, and gain value with the cantrips or finis the game with the main win conditions

 

***Teferi, Hero of Dominariaimage***

It's one of our biggest threats. This will work as a lightning rod against aggro. Will give us extra draws which is important on the deck and also serves as a secondary winning conditon. It's better than Ral, Izzet Viceroyimage simply because it will untap us two lands every eot.

 

***Ral, Izzet Viceroyimage***

It's a great threat. Also will work as a lightning rod, deck filter and secondary win condition. Is a better filter and winning condition than Teferi, Hero of Dominariaimage but it won't untap us lands, that's why it's considered a lower rank. We want to use a cantrips on our opponents turn

 

***Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruinimage***

One of the best deck filters in the format. Since we normally will look for solutions this is a great tool. It will help us on early turns to dig for lands or whatever we need and once it's flipped it gives us a lot of deck depth

 

***Banefireimage***

It's our main win condition. Cheaper than Expansion // Explosionimage and you make it uncountereable. Not too much to say about the card.

 

***All the cantrips***

Rather to mention all of them one by one i will bulk them in the same slot. We need them to flip the Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage they are less powerfull than the amulet, but they are a mean to an end. We gain tempo via, lifes, bouncing creatures or we simply filter our deck. They are very important and the deck totally depends on them.

 

***Settle the Wreckageimage***

This allows us to stop aggresive decks, it's really important to work against aggresive decks, because some times we can't reach turn five to clear with the Cleansing Novaimage.

 

***Cleansing Novaimage***

This is a great weapon against midrange decks simply beacuse we will normally get to turn five and remove the great threats they have.

 

***Nexus of Fateimage***

This is a great card, but we are not turbofog and we don't need to rely that much on this card for our win, but it will help us to develope our plan even more if we have the Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage flipped.

 

 

Mulligans

My ideal hand is 2-3 lands, 2 cantrips, 1 amulet 1 mass removal. This is the safe option, you will have enough mana to play your cantrips and start digging for the answers to your match up.

 

Mulligan too much is hard on the deck, that's why playing hands with two lands and some cantrips, are reasonable. Hand size is relevant since, until you flip Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage you won't be getting 2x1 options.

 

Stats

As for November 29 2018 my win rate is ~~65% 138 games -- 89W -- 49L, some times when azcanta is flipped players tend to concede when playing copied Nexus of Fateimage

 

Sideboard

I'm still working on the sideboard, Nezahal, Primal Tideimage is a good card against control, not so convinced about Niv-Mizzet, Parunimage.

Sorcerous Spyglassimage and Negateimage are a must against control decks.

The rest of the cards I'm still playing to see what i need, for now i think a Disenchantimage alike card is needed, but still working on it

 

Development

As for Oct 15th I'm considering changing Sanguine Sacramentimage for Invoke the Divineimage.

Oct 16th Testing using 1x Thousand-Year Stormimage to improve some late match ups. I've added the card to the maybeboard.

Oct 24th after more testing I've removed 1x Sinister Sabotageimage 1xSanguine Sacramentimage and added 2xIxalan's Bindingimage. Also testing to change 1xBanefireimage for 1xFight with Fireimage.

Nov 29th, Swaped Ral, Izzet Viceroyimage to sideboard for Niv-Mizzet, Parunimage

Dec 4th, Changed Anticipateimage for Optimage, think it is better for seeking Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspringimage

Jan 3th, Swaped several cards after watching an awful aggro meta, changed to another versión called Cantrips anti burn, link here (https://aetherhub.com/Deck/Public/49927)

 

Jan 12th Another verision of the bo1 cantrips deck (https://aetherhub.com/Deck/Edit/52668)

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Boostedtrooper
Been playing this now for a few days and I love it! Just had a game in which I drew 8 cards with a x=4 Explosion copied with Primal wellspring on opponents turn into copied banefire on my turn for the win. I don't have all the rare lands yet but you can make do with basics.
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Last Updated: 12 Jan 2019
Created: 12 Sep 2018
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