UR Trading Post

[Jasper]

[deck]
Creatures 1
1 Keranos, God of Storms

Planeswalkers 6
3 Jace, Architect of Thought
3 Ral Zarek

Spells 27
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Codex Shredder
2 Dissolve
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Fated Conflagration
2 Haunted Plate Mail
1 Izzet Charm
4 Mizzium Mortars
2 Pithing Needle
4 Ratchet Bomb
4 Trading Post
2 Turn // Burn

Lands 26
7 Island
2 Izzet Guildgate
7 Mountain
2 Mutavault
4 Steam Vents
4 Temple of Epiphany

SIDEBOARD
2 Anger of the Gods
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Counterflux
2 Dispel
1 Gainsay
1 Izzet Charm
1 Jace, Memory Adept
2 Magma Spray
2 Negate
2 Turn // Burn
[/deck]


This is David Cuneo's list, and I sleeved what I had on hand and tried playing a little Trading Post control, and it was really fun. I recently ordered the rest of the stuff I needed online, and I was wanting to know what you fella's thought of it.

My only immediate thought is that I
kind of want Aetherling, since it seems like it fits, but I'm not really sure where. Other than that, I'd probably remove 2 Dispel's and the Gainsay from the side, and add 1 Negate, and 1-2 Counterflux. I'm also not entirely sure how good Chandra is here. Prophetic Prism also seems kind of cute, basically just being repeatable card draw.

[BrainsickHater]

This deck is SUPER grindy, so Chandra is probably pretty good. She draws a card every turn, which is good when the game is going long, but because of the nature of the draw, it also ends the game quickly if the opponent has little action. Her +1 also synergizes with a lot of your spells (Ral Zarek and Chandra combine to take out 4-toughness creatures, Mortars+Chandra can handle Polukranos, she allows you to Burn something else while still removing whatever you Turn).

As far as how competitive the deck is, it just seems way slower and less powerful than a UWx deck. Sphinx's Revelation is insane, and not playing that card means you actually have to play magic before you cast a huge rev as opposed to just not die. If you really want to play red cards, you can do so in a UWr deck.

Also, pretty sure Fated Retribution is supposed to be Fated Conflagration.

[Jasper]

Correct on the Fated Conflagration, good catch.

Notes on Chandra makes sense.

I've been doing a little testing with this on Cockatrice, and it seems to have a pretty solid matchup vs other Control decks. This deck seems to have more inevitability, and also funny situations where you can just use a Counterflux every turn and bring it back with Codex Shredder. I will say however, that these games are generally very long, and may not be the best idea in a tournament setting. Luckily I haven't seen much Control in my local paper meta lately.

I haven't given any thought about how something like this works against the Constellation decks that have been popping up.

[Jamie]

[deck]
Artifact (16)
2x Codex Shredder
1x Elixir of Immortality
4x Haunted Plate Mail
2x Pithing Needle
3x Ratchet Bomb
4x Trading Post
Planeswalker (6)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
2x Jace, the Living Guildpact
2x Ral Zarek
Creature (1)
1x Keranos, God of Storms
Instant (8)
1x AetherSpouts
2x Dissolve
2x Izzet Charm
3x Steam Augury
Sorcery (3)
3x Anger of the Gods
Land (25)
6x Island
6x Mountain
4x Shivan Reef
4x Temple of Epiphany
3x Mutavault
2x Radiant Fountain
Sideboard (15)
1x AEtherize
2x AEtherling
3x Counterflux
3x Gainsay
2x Izzet Staticaster
2x Jace, Architect of Thought
2x Negate
[/deck]

Played this at fnm. I had trouble with Desecration Demon since it didnt die to Anger or RalZarek or RatchetBomb (unless I kill my trading post or walkers along with it). I feel like I should be maindecking some anti-Desecration Demon.
New Jace is great in this deck.
Ensoul artificact doesn't
work well. I like the straight Haunted Plate Mail wincondition. I don't like AEtherling very much and I don't play control very much I don't know when I would side it in.
I don't think the list is optimized. Do I really need Elixir of Immortality?

[Jasper]

I personally think you have too many Haunted Plate Mail on the main. If you find Demon to be an issue, try out some [card]Turn // Burn[/card] in the main. Other than that, you just kind of have to tap it down every turn with Trading Post goats.

I'll post an updated list for this soon, since it's still one of my favorite decks to play with friends.

[card]Polymorphist's Jest[/card] seems like an auto include. For all intents and purposes, it's basically a fog, and also can be used as removal in combination with Chandra, Staticaster, Anger, or you could start running Electrickery. There are plenty of relevant x/1's out there to warrant sideboarding.

I also really like Prophetic Prism because of the enhanced card draw with it. Might as well run 2 or 3
of those instead of any Divination or Steam Augury's.

[Jamie]

Care to post that list?

[Valdarith]

[deck]
Artifact (16)
2x Codex Shredder
1x Elixir of Immortality
4x Haunted Plate Mail
2x Pithing Needle
3x Ratchet Bomb
4x Trading Post
Planeswalker (6)
2x Chandra, Pyromaster
2x Jace, the Living Guildpact
2x Ral Zarek
Creature (1)
1x Keranos, God of Storms
Instant (8)
1x AetherSpouts
2x Dissolve
2x Izzet Charm
3x Steam Augury
Sorcery (3)
3x Anger of the Gods
Land (25)
6x Island
6x Mountain
4x Shivan Reef
4x Temple of Epiphany
3x Mutavault
2x Radiant Fountain
Sideboard (15)
1x AEtherize
2x AEtherling
3x Counterflux
3x Gainsay
2x Izzet Staticaster
2x Jace, Architect of Thought
2x Negate
[/deck]

Played this at fnm. I had trouble with Desecration Demon since it didnt die to Anger or RalZarek or RatchetBomb (unless I kill my trading post
or walkers along with it). I feel like I should be maindecking some anti-Desecration Demon.
New Jace is great in this deck.
Ensoul artificact doesn't work well. I like the straight Haunted Plate Mail wincondition. I don't like AEtherling very much and I don't play control very much I don't know when I would side it in.
I don't think the list is optimized. Do I really need Elixir of Immortality?

Turn / Burn for Demon.

[Jasper]

Care to post that list?

Sorry, haven't really been messing with Trading Post lately. I honestly haven't had any time, between all the IQ's, the SCG Open, and local Modern tournaments.