U/G Control

[akmchicken]

Hi,
I'm working on this deck that uses greens mana acceleration to rush out some of blue's biggest flying finishers. Is this deck in anyway capable of being competitive?

4x Sakura Tribe Elder
4x Loam Dweller
3x Elder Pine of Jukai
2x Kira, great-glass spinner
2x Keiga the Tide star
2x Cloudhoof Kirin
2x Meloku the clouded mirror
1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
4x Hinder
4x Consuming Vortex
4x Kodama's Reach
3x Time Stop

3x Sensei's Divining Top

1x okina temple to the grandfathers
1x minamo, school at water's edge
12x forest
8x island

[Larraque]

Have you considered going the time of need toolbox approach?

[monkeysquid]

i would probally convert this into a G/U snakes deck with time of need and sachi if i was you. you really only have 8 mana accelerators in STE and the reach. the loam dweller and elder pine are ok, but you dont have enough spirit arcane stuff going on for them to be super great. ya, i would make it G/U snakes using sachi and sustainers and other shamans for more acceleration. keep STE and the reaches in there though.

[UnorthodoxDefense]

I think that Loam Dweller is probably subpar and should be replaced by Sakura-Tribe Scout, as it gets lands out of your hand faster, which can be a good thing if you are using your Top strategically.

I'm not much of an aggro player, so I look at U/G and I see a more controllish build that runs more counterspells, such as Oppressive Will and Hisoka's Defiance (do you think you'll run into any deck in block without spirits or arcane?). Twincast is another option, as it can be used early to steal your opponent's Kodama's Reach (or copy your own), or later on to steal their Cranial Extraction, especially if you have a counter in hand as well. Keiga is a nice finisher, although you could go a more offbeat (read: probably not as strong) route and try to deck your opponent out with the blue Myojin and a flipped Jushi Apprentice, or you could include one or two Spiraling Embers and use the Myojin and flipped Apprentice to deal 20+ damage to your opponent in one blow. Time Stop would also help with this as you could make your opponent draw many cards and then end their turn without giving them a chance to use those cards.

[Larraque]

Typical Green Mana Accel (8)
4x Sakura Tribe Elder
4x Kodama's Reach

Toolbox: (10)
3x Time of Need
1x Kira, great-glass spinner
1x Keiga the Tide star
3x Meloku the clouded mirror
1x Soramaro, First to Dream
1x Arashi, the Sky Asunder

Spells: (11)
4x Hinder
4x Consuming Vortex
3x Squelch

Artifacts (5)
3x Sensei's Divining Top
2x Scroll of Origins

Unknown (3)
???

Land (23)
1x okina temple to the grandfathers
1x minamo, school at water's edge
12x forest
6x island
1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
1x Swamp
1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Sideboard:
4x Cranial Extraction (Probably should be MD)
4x Hisoka's Defiance
7x Unknown

I mixed up the list to throw out as an idea.

I wanted a list with decent amount of card draw, so I decided to choose a card that is relatively undervalued right now to help with that - Scroll of Origins. With Meloku & Soramaro, it's relatively easy to keep that hand full. Soramaro is another creature that I feel is undervalued.

I don't know if Consuming Vortex really needs to be in this list. I'd prefer to drop them, run 4 Ninja of the Deep Hours, and in the 3 unknown spots, run a 1 drop of some kind. Sakura Tribe Scout, perhaps.

[akmchicken]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Would something like this be better than my original build? I would really like to play the blue myojin, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to build up 10 mana fast enough with this build. I think hisoka's defiance should be sideboarded cause not every deck runs spirits.

Total Cards : 60

Creatures (15)
4x Sakura Tribe elder
2x Keiga the tide star
3x meloku the clouded mirror
2x Kira great glass spinner
1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
1x Soramaro
2x Azusa, lost but seeking

Sorcery/Instants(18)
3x Time Stop
4x Consuming Vortex
4x Kodama's Reach
4x Hinder
3x Time of Need

Enchantments (2)
2x Mystic Restraints

Artifacts(3)
3x Sensei's Divining Top

Lands(22)
12x forest
8x island
1x okina temple to the grandfathers
1x minamo school at water's edge