Anyone who plays a blue skies deck with Troublesome Spirit's is stuck 
with thinking inside the box. This is true for the people that copy decklists 
straight from the Internet. I admit it, I did the same thing when I was 
starting out. I'd look for decks with simple strategies and copy them. But, 
as the game became more dynamic to me and I figured things out I thought that 
I should make up my own ideas. Even now I look online for decks, and change 
things that I don't think fit. So for the many beginners that go to Pojo for 
decks, i encourage you to adjust them, tweek them and put a little spin on 
them.
    Back to Troublesome spirit. Yep it down right sucks. Skies really needs a 
beatstick with little drawbacks. what I use in my deck is Indentured Djinn. 3 
for a 4/4 flier with your opponent drawing three cards is great. so what if 
they get a Ghitu Fire or Skizzik? That is why you took out the mana hungry 
spirit and added straight counterspells. 
    Without the spirit Chimeric Idol loses some of its umph. so he too is 
gone from the deck, he'll be in the sideboard in case of those pesky rebel 
decks loaded with Rout and WoG. Since Mask is no longer type two a good 
Legacy card to toss in is Cloud of Fairies, They're free and give you three 
creatures on turn two. 
    Against other creature based decks skies can have a problem. I use 
Glacial Wall and Waterfront Bouncer against Fires and rebels. For additional 
protection from small creatures and rebels Prodigal Sorcerer pings them away.
    From the original decklist I kept Cloudskate, Cloud Sprite, Daze, Thwart, 
Wash Out, and Gush. I added Indentured Djinn, Glacial Wall, Prodigal 
Sorcerer, Cloud of Fairies, Ensnare, Counterspell, Waterfront Bouncer, 
Boomerang and Withdraw.
the deck looks like this


Creatures (22):
4 Cloud Sprite
4 Indentured Djinn
4 Cloud of Fairies
2 Waterfront Bouncer
4 Prodigal Sorcerer
2 Cloudskate
2 Glacial Wall


Spells (18):
2 Washout
2 Thwart
3 Gush
4 Counterspell
1 Daze
2 Boomerang
2 Withdraw
2 Ensnare


Land (20):
20 Island


Side Board:
Figure it out for yourself

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