U/W Shape Control

The spoiling of Blightsteel Colossus made Shape Anew a much more interesting card. Emrakul was already out there sure, but there's something satisfying about killing someone with one combat phase. I think the combo has the potential to make it into a number of decks that play blue cards, but I chose to start tinkering with a control build:

Spells:
4 Shape Anew
4 Master's Call

4 Mana Leak
4 Cancel
3 Stoic Rebuttal
4 Condemn
4 Preordain

Creatures:
3 Blightsteel Colossus

Planeswalkers:
4 Jace, The Mind Sculptor

Land:
4 Halimar Depths
3 Celestial Colonnade
3 Seachrome Coast
3 Glacial Fortress
4 Inkmoth Nexus
9 Island

I left the sideboard out for now. Really just wanting to tweak the core build before anything else. I've only had a chance to test it once against a G/W Quest deck. Lost the 1st game, but was able to get the combo out in short order in games 2 and 3. With the right draw the deck can have BSC out and ready to rock on turn 4. Really looking forward to testing more against Tier 1 competition.

Condemn fits well in the deck. It's cheap removal and who cares about the lifegain when your plan is to kill with poison? I will say it feels negligible in many aggro matchups. Condemn isn't going to do much to slow down All In Goblins or other hyper aggressive strategies, and to be honest I almost feel like Day of Judgement might be too slow.  Maybe a mix of 3 Condemn and 3 Days in the main with Choking Fumes in the sideboard for our goblin friends. 11 counters almost feels like too much, maybe this is where cuts would be made. Speaking of counters, I feel like Negate might be a better card than Stoic Rebuttal. This is something that only further playtesting will resolve. I felt there were a few times I was lamenting the need to keep 3 mana open.

I'm very happy with the deck in terms of being able to dig through and find the combo pieces. Jace, Preordain, and Halimar depths function very well in this regard. Even if I don't find the combo pieces I'm looking for, I will often find the cards I need to deal with any situation.

I think the deck can definitely be better. There is a lot of tweaking to be done, but I'm pleased with the initial build and looking forward to sleeving up the finished product soon and taking it out for a spin on Friday night.