Hey,

 

This is a standard deck that I want to start to take to tournaments...

 It was originally a flash beats deck with a little control, but I added

 some discard (in the form of Oona's blackgaurd) from morning tide. I

 find the deck to be a little slower than it was before and it lost some

 of it's cotrol aspects of it due to the new discard mechanic I have...

 My main goal is to put down a few blackgaurds, a Rack or two into play

 and stall (via counters or what ever else blue does)until I get a bitter

 blossom out (Harbingers are nice tutors)... In the mean time if I

 don't counter I just play stuff on my opponent's turn, such as putting

 counters on dreadship, think twice or playing some random faerie with flash

 (I even play spell stutters sometimes just so I have something to

 attack with every turn). I think this deck is decent... except you know

 when I lose to burn, over run, or discard... I'm not sure what to do about

 burn... Over run I side boarded Evacuation, but this hurts me jus

t as much... and Discard, I guess my deck is just too slow to to deal

 with it... sigh... if you have any suggestions, please keep it to

 standard, and try and keep it in blue/black, and I am a poor college

 student... so yeah... nothing too pricey please, and thank you...

 

Thank yous,

Raymond

 

Main Deck

 

Artifacts

2 x The Rack

 

Black Spells

Enchantment

1 x Bitterblossom

Instant

2 x Nameless Inversion

Creature

3 x Nightshade Stinger

4 x Oona's Blackguard

1 x Oona's Prowler

 

Blue Spells

Creature

2 x Faerie Harbinger

2 x Mistbind Clique

4 x Pestermite

2 x Scion of Oona

4 x Spellstutter Sprite
 

Instant

4 x Rune Snag

3 x Think Twice

2 x Whirlpool Whelm

2 x Delay

Land

2 x Dreadship Reef

9 x Island

1 x Pendelhaven

1 x Secluded Glen

9 x Swamp

 

 

Side Deck

Instant

3 x Terror

3 x Evacuation

3 x Faerie Trickery

Creature

1 x Wydwen, the Biting Gale

 

Faeries have quickly become a large part of today’s standard metagame. Your primary competition will be elves, kithkin, and other faerie decks. The name of the game is dropping small fliers and smashing face. Pack in as much disruption as you can to slow down your opponent. Oona’s Blackguard and Scion of Oona pump up your faeries. Spellstutter Sprite, Shriekmaw. Nameless Inversion, and Cryptic Command slow down your opponent long enough for you to fly over for the win. I’ve tailored the sideboard to abuse kithkin and elves.

 

24/12/24

4 Nightshade Stinger

4 Spellstutter Sprite

4 Oona’s Prowler

4 Oona’s Blackguard

4 Scion of Oona

4 Shriekmaw

 

4 Nameless Inversion

4 Bitterblossom

4 Cryptic Command

 

4 Underground River

4 Secluded Glen

4 Fairy Conclave

4 Mutavault

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1 Pendelhaven

3 Swamp

3 Island

 

Sideboard:

3 Extirpate

4 Deathmark

4 Flashfreeze

4 Sower of Temptation