U/G/W Venser Blink

[Ghostship]

I've been working on a U/G/W Venser Blink deck.
Here is the current deck list:

Creatures: 20
Aether Adept*4
Birds of Paradise*4
Coiling Oracle*4
Thragtusk*2
Frost Titan*3
Sun Titan*3

Spells: 2
Day of Judgement*2

Enchantments:12
Rancor*4
Fertile Ground*4
Parallax Wave*4

Planewalkers: 4
Venser, the Sojourner*4

Lands:22
Forest*4
Island*4
Seaside Citadel*4
Glacial Fortress*2
Hinterland Harbor*2
Sunpetal Grove*2

First off the mana fixers/ramp:Birds of Paradise/Fertile Ground/Coiling Oracle. All three are really helpful. Oracle really shines with Venser. Being able to get multiple draws/land drops out of him is really awesome. The only problem with BoP is that I sometime have a hard time getting him out turn 1 with my current land setup.

Now the other creatures. The adapts are there to slow the opponent down. They are also good late game with a Vesner Emblem out. Use its ability on itself and cast it a couple of times on one turn and exile a lot of stuff. Thragtusk is amazing. Play and blink with Venser: get +10 life, a 3/3, a 5,3 and another 3/3 on the way. And the titans, well, are titans. They combo good with Venser.

Rancor is just awesome. You'd be suprised how much damage a BoP with a Rancor or two can do. Plus I get them back, if i decide to blink whatever they are on with Venser. Parallex Wave+ Venser= 4 creatures practically perma-exiled. DoJ is there just in case I get to far behind. Clear the board then, play a Sun Titan and starting getting some of my stuff back.

Well, any tips/ideas will be more than appreciated. Maybe different bombs that I might be able to use. Or different land setup to have a more reliable turn one Birds? Thanks in advanced!!!

[Nick 30075]

Have you considered Muldrifter? It's pretty awesome with Parallax Wave because you can blink it while the sacrifice is on the stack.

I ran Galepowder Mage in a similar list. It's a consistent blink (like Venser) but it also hits for damage.

With only four lands that come into play untapped that tap for G, a first-turn BoP really isn't reliable enough to consider, in my opinion. Joiner Adept might be better.

What is your plan against fast aggro decks? You don't have many answers. I would strongly recommend either a creature with Lifelink to deal with the aggro or I would suggest including Sunblast Angel. Aven Riftwatcher could work too.

[Ghostship]

Hrmm I think I like Galepowder Mage and Muldrifter, but I dont think Sunblast is a good response to quick agro decks with its 6 cmc. I think DoJ would be better for slowing down agro or maybe fog.

[Nick 30075]

I see Sunblast as an upgrade to Sun Titan (who lacks good targets) more than anything else.

[Ghostship]

Yeah I see what you mean. Plus it combo's well with Frost Titan. They are pretty cheap anyway so ill probably grab a couple and test them out.

[Ghostship]

I would like to get rid of Seaside Citadels to try to get a more reliable turn-one BoP. Right now I've replaced two with Razorverge Tickets, but I dont know what to replace the other two with since there isn't a U/G version of Razorverge.

[Nick 30075]

Yavimaya Coast?

[Ghostship]

That just maybe the land I am looking for!!!

[Ghostship]

Okay this is where the deck is now:

Creatures:
Birds of Paradise x 4
Coiling Oracle x 4
Aether Adept x 4
Galepowder Mage x 4
Thragtusk x 4
Frost Titan x 3
Sun Titan x1

Spells:
Wrath of God x 2

Enchantments:
Parallax Wave x 4
Fertile Ground x 4

Planewalkers:
Venser x 4

Lands:
Forest x 4
Island x 4
Plains x 4
Glacial Fortress x 2
Hinterland Harbor x 2
Sunpetal Grove x 2
Yavimaya Coast x 2
Brushland x 2

Changes Explained:
Wrath of God for Day of Judgment: First went with day because they are cheaper to buy but a friend gave me to textless foil Wraths.
Galepowder for Rancor: Rancor is really good but Galepowder is better and i couldn't find anything else to replace it with.
2 Thragtusk for 2 Sun Titans: Thragtusk is amazing and Sun Titan really came up lacking since it often didn't have targets for its etb/attack effect.
Seaside Citadel for Brushlands and Yavimaya Coast: Really need that turn one green mana for Birds and I rarely have to ping myself for the colored mana past turn 2.