Release the Kraken

by limeanlemon on 23 September 2014

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Artifacts (3)

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Deck Description

Mono blue control. It's gonna be amazing, I swear.

How to Play

Counter spells, draw cards, play krakens (and Omenspeakers), win.

Deck Tags

  • Mono Blue
  • Standard
  • Khans of Tarkir
  • Control

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

061000

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Release the Kraken

Here's my critique:

- Alot of Tempo disruption, but very few permanent solutions to opponent's threats. Are you hoping to kick them back to their hand prior to EOT and hope they have to discard as a solution? Seems unreliable.
- Only 7 counters in a mono blue deck that seems to be themed for disruption... No swan songs or annuls in an enchantment heavy format, I cant help but wonder why.
- Why is polymorphis Jest in the SB? You dont have a followup card other than maybe curse of the Swine to deal with Hexproof / Indestructible's.
- Black has alot of hand disruption with Thoughtseize, Disperse, Mindrot & Lilianna of the Veil, what's your answer to that? (Going back to my point about counters...)
- It will probably play okay in a casual setting, but for competitive - I dont see this deck winning consistently. I'm a huge fan of blue and somewhat a loyalist almost exclusively to the color, I think you can tweak this deck to make the card choices more meaningful and flexible.

Id recommend Stormtide Leviathan -it would likely be useful with / synergize the theme you are going for, and this doesnt seem to be a deck capable of closing out a match fast, so you might be able to go long enough to bring it out. Shipbreaker Kraken might be a better mid to long term answer for board threats via lockdown than scourge of fleets, but i guess it really depends on the board state and how well each player is top decking.
Hope this helps!

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Posted 23 September 2014 at 17:34

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Thanks for the critique, I had a friend also look it over but looking through standard at the moment I wish Rapid Hybridization was still a thing but unfortunately it's gone. The best I can do for thoughtseize is if I'm on the play and I have Stubborn Denial, but I don't know if stubborn denial is any good. If I really want to make it better I would splash colors but I wanted to make a monoblue deck that could hold on it's own. I'll try it out and report back though!

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Posted 23 September 2014 at 21:29

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Oh this is for standard so I Liiana is not a problem :D

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Posted 23 September 2014 at 22:05

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I would play stormtide leviathan, because hilarious :D

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Posted 23 September 2014 at 17:35

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