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"Mono Blue Pauper: Levitation Giant"
by:
Virgilio F. De leon Jr.
It was a lot harder to come up with a Mono Blue Pauper deck than all the other colors in the pie. Probably because it really takes a lot of mana in common to cast a creature that is worth your while in blue when it comes to power but I have come up with a few combinations that could make this work. And I hope that it does work.
Here is the deck list:
22 X Islands
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22 Lands
4 X Stealer of Secrets
4 X Frostburn Weird
4 X Murmuring Phantasm
4 X Trained Condor
3 X Benthic Giant
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19 Creatures
4 X Runners Bane
4 X Voyages End
3 X Essence Scatter
4 X Disperse
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19 Spells
Now the main combo of the deck starts with the Trained Condor. This bird takes one creature with it to the skies when it attacks. One of the best creatures to go with it would be the Stealer of Secrets that draws you a card when it deals damage to a player. Another one is the Hexproof Benthic giant that already smashes a lot of faces on the ground. Imagine what it can do while flying?
Now like I said it does take a lot of time for the combo to set up so what does a good Wizard need? Why easy creatures to cast that by you a lot of time. Frostburn Weird and Murmuring Phantasm does the trick. At 1/4 and 0/5 these are solid defenses to hide against while you wait for your mana to cast your bigger creatures.
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| "Murmur...Murmur..." |
While hiding behind the Walls you could counter creatures with Essence Scatter, tap them forever with Runner's Bane and if they get really big just bounce them all with Disperse and Voyages End. Since there is no mass removal in Pauper the longer the game progresses the better it is for a deck like this one that could take defensive creatures and attack with them like the Frostburn and the Benthic Giant.
All in all it may not be as explosive as other decks but it is quite satisfying to see a flying 4/5 giant hitting home with the Trained Condor.
