Previous Level Blue, MTG Control Deck for the New Extended

September 16, 2008 | Posted by Dee

Paul Cheon won Grand Prix Vancouver earlier this year with Previous Level Blue. In this video, pro player Luis Scott-Vargas (LSV) gives us some tips on building this mostly blue Magic the Gathering deck for the new Extended format.

Show Notes

Previous Level Blue only loses Counterspell and Sensei’s Divining Top after the Extended rotation.

LSW splashes red for Magus of the Moon. This seems like a great addition since the deck plays enough basic lands.

Previous Level Blue is your basic blue control deck with 15 counterspells. No other deck in the format has that many counterspells.

Your goal is to stick a threat like Tarmogoyf or Vedalken Shackles and protect it with counter magic. Ancestral Vision also counts as a threat. Three cards for one mana is oftentimes enough to overwhelm your opponent.

Vedalken Shackles is really good against the Doran Rock decks.

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2 Responses to “Previous Level Blue, MTG Control Deck for the New Extended”

  1. Reasons to Play Magus of the Moon in Previous Level Blue on September 17th, 2008 12:35 pm

    [...] second video about building Previous Level Blue for the new Extended format. The first video was about the Magic The Gathering cards that make up this [...]

  2. Building a Sideboard for Previous Level Blue on September 24th, 2008 7:35 pm

    [...] (LSV) third and final video about Previous Level Blue for the new Extended format. Check out videos one and two if you haven’t seen [...]





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