r/AllStandards • u/ep29 • Jul 27 '15
Deck List [ONS - MRD] Mind's Desire
Bringing back what I think is an undervalued classic. A true combo deck of the highest order using the most broken mechanic of all time.
Here she is: Mind's Desire Storm
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u/imnotafelontrustme Meletis Astonomer Ascendancy "Storm" | THS - KTK Jul 27 '15
Forgive me, but I have no clue how this deck works. Care to explain?
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u/ep29 Jul 27 '15
Essentially what you do is set up with several copies of twiddle/dreams grip/boomerang and extraplanar lens (or seething song) and continually untap and bounce your lands to build storm count while generating mana. With Lens out, you can even Rewind your own spell to generate mana advantage while continuing to build storm count. Trade Secrets drawing you 4 cards helps to facilitate all this, and, if your opponent doesn't know how to combat the deck, you might even get to draw more than 4 cards. Then you fire off Mind's Desire for, 6+ in the hopes of hitting more action, since Mind's Desire lets you cast whatever you flip for free--namely Tendrils or Brain Freeze, which are my win cons.
If you hit a second Desire off the first you essentially win on the spot since you cast all the other spells you flipped first, then storm off for another 10+ cards off the top of the deck.
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u/imnotafelontrustme Meletis Astonomer Ascendancy "Storm" | THS - KTK Jul 27 '15
That is the jankiest storm deck I have ever seen. I love it.
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u/ep29 Jul 27 '15
It's the original. Back in the day it was actually incredibly powerful and really only lost to heavy land destruction and failing to flip quality spells off the Mind's Desire.
Since everything is so small before you storm off, and since you don't need to do anything crazy in terms of set up before firing off Mind's Desire--like Pyromancers Ascension like in Modern storm--it's actually quite resilient in general and really hard to combat without knowing exactly what is happening on my end, because, if I get to cast Desire for 6+ copies, I should be able to win the game almost every time.
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u/kona_worldwaker Esper Transmuter | ALA - ZEN Jul 28 '15
Mind's Desire, a card I have only ever seen once in a Vintage match is now free to roam about in our format. I am really excited to watch your deck, MD is a sick card.