strawhat07

you can also add cards that can protect your trading post cause that's the heart of this deck. there are lots of cards that can destroy artifacts (wear/tear, naturalize) so maybe mainboarding a charm or 2? but the question is what to remove :p

hmm.. you got a point there

i think the reason why he is keeping flames of firebrand on this deck is to ping 1 damage to opponent (to have the phoenix come back to your hand) and ping 2 more damage to others.

wow! this is so cool! i've been seeing a lot of monoblack variations lately and I think this is the coolest one so far!

i think you need a l'il more draw power, since you have invisible stalker there as a cipher mechanism I suggest curiosity?

i dont think you have much use for ajani as a pw now. there should be a better card that would fit its place. something that can abuse the life gain or token from angelic accord... lets say... rootborn defence? it makes another token if you have at least one, it makes your creatures indestructible meaning, more staying time for boros reckoner if it becomes a target of doomblade or other removals, and since your creatures are indestructible, ALL creatures will survive if rig will explode. just a suggestion though.

this will be one devastating deck my friend! :D

haha, see! you're getting some ideas now right?! just keep those ideas building, and keep playtesting!

how about accorders shield? you can sac and play it for free each time, if you attach it to reckoner, he can attack this turn and block later, and also he can now survive volatile rigs' blast!! that would be awesome, but the question is what to remove..

wow, great synergy. I always knew volatile rig/trading post combo but with the addition of angelic accord and chandra's phoenix (and trading post reprinted) from m14, it makes the deck more stable. this is really nice!

a deck with this same mechanism has been introduced when biovisionary came out. however its a pure BG elf deck with an enchantment named "Infinite reflection". your deck has the same idea, but has a different approach. i like this kind of approach!

lol i just saw the sideboard and why do you have a 5th think twice, thought scour, faithless looting and reforge?

this deck might not do what its supposed to do, you've got more cards for drawing than cards for milling.

cool! 1 hit KO deck! :)

i'd appreciate if you can also check out this deck i made, I would appreciate suggestions and comments.
http://www.mtgvault.com/strawhat07/decks/budget-monoblue-nivmagus/

woah 65 cards! that's way off the charts! you've gotta reduce that seriously to attain more consistency. extort is nice but there should be some mechanism to take advantage of life gain\life loss. maybe sanguine bond\exquisite blood? not to mention you'll also have access to the infinite loop.

something troubles me, the text "And can attack this turn as though it doesnt have defender" part, does that mean you can declare him attacking at the same turn you dropped him if you cast an instant or sorc that same turn? the card doesnt say, it gains haste or something. but just thinking.

here is a link from for you to browse monoblue cards from the RTR block

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?sort=cmc+&action=advanced&set=|["Return%20to%20Ravnica"]|["Gatecrash"]|["Dragon's%20Maze"]&color=%20@(%20[U])

okay, then we've got a lot of work to do.

air servant is well, terrible. a flying 4/3 body for 5? its too fragile and the ability is too high casting not to mention he himself is too high casting.

water servant is good. but if you can get aether ling? thats much much better, its price dropped down significantly so it wouldnt hurt your budget too much.

clone is also good, but situational so i don't think you can put it in the mainboard unless you have a really awesome creature in this deck that you wanna copy. even if you do, i dont see the point of playing a set in the deck you may wanna reduce that or move all of it to the sideboard. more suggestions later.. :)

EDIT: i just realized, all of your cards came from m14 except cyclonic rift. you may wanna look at some cards from the rtr block at least or even Innistrad and m13, if you dont mind some of them rotating this september.

play set of thought scour and grisly salvage should be enough i think

hmm.. how you typically play this deck? honestly, I don't see how you'll play this deck among other decks existing in standard today. its too slow to become an aggro deck, it doesnit stall much to be a control deck, and it lacks situational cards to be tempo.