Standard Building on a Budget: Mostly Monoblue (MoMU)

Hi guys, I know it's been awhile.  My lack of internet has really made it difficult to post stuff, but hey! as of today, I officially have internet again so I can post things from the snugness of my own home, rather than having to stay an extra 30-45 minutes on campus or something.

I thought we'd try something different with this list.  Some people have a strict budget and a set of a certain must-have card makes lists unplayable.  And I get that.

So you want to be semi-competitive without forking out a lot of money?  Try this list as a starting off point.

MoMU:

4 Elusive Spellfist
4 Gudul Lurker
4 Triton Shorestalker
4 Frostwalker
4 Jeskai Elder
4 Jeskai Sage
4 Artful Maneuver
4 Great Teacher's Decree
4 Defiant Strike
4 Taigam's Strike
2 Mystic Monastery
2 Plains
4 Tranquil Cove
12 Island

Note how there's no rares!  Totally budget friendly.  You can build the whole deck online for less than half a ticket and in real life, maybe for less than 5 dollars if you have some of the commons already lying around.

So!  The point is to have a bunch of unblockable guys and slide under your opponent.  Elusive Spellfist is probably the best card in your deck -it basically says prowess with unblockable.  Don't get me wrong, the little 1/1 for U unblockable guys do their fair share of work though.  The main idea is to use your rebounds to getting additional prowess(es?) and push damage further.  Taigam's Strike is really nice, it's just a shame it costs so much.  Almost every time I resolve a Great Teacher's Decree I usually end up winning the game.

Is the deck perfect?  No.  Is it going to win your local FNM?  Maybe!  But probably not.  I built this online and I've only dropped two games so far and I really like how it plays.  The only thing you need to worry about is having the right mix of creatures and spells and of course, not drawing too many lands.  Frostwalker is not the best in here obviously, but he does so much damage that it's hard to ignore.

I've already won against a couple real decks (Abzan, Sultai dredge) so I think this could be semi-competitive.  Red decks and tokens in general give the deck real problems.

There are definitely ways to improve this deck.  The mana base is obviously not perfect and temples/fetches would clearly be better.  If this gets a lot of views/subscriptions, I'll take it as a sign to keep doing this.  So that's all for now - take it easy