UR Delver: Making a splash?

Hello! I'm not from Tracy, but I'm a friend of Nate so hopefully that'll keep me from getting banned for my nonresidency, hehe.

UR Delver seems to be making a little splash in tournaments as of late. It hasn't been dominating, but I like the colors and I think it could do really well. Here's a list I created after drawing a bit of inspiration from Lu Cai, Durward, and some user-made lists, hehe:

Lands
4 Sulfur Falls
9 Island
9 Mountain

Creatures
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Snapcaster Mage
3 Chandra's Phoenix

Spells
4 Galvanic Blast
4 Incinerate
4 Brimstone Volley
3 Ponder
3 Think Twice
4 Mana Leak
2 Vapor Snag
2 Shrine of Burning Rage
1 Act of Aggression

Sideboard
1 Chandra's Phoenix
1 Act of Aggression
2 Shrine of Burning Rage
3 Arc Trail
2 Manic Vandal
2 Flashfreeze
3 Dismember
1 Negate

Let me know what y'all think!

Solid build. Would love to playtest against it. Your part of the magic community now so you won't get banned. Welcome!

im thinking lavamancer somwhere in there somewhere

Looks legit! Is this who I think it is? Haha

Also, AngryJason, Grim Lavamancer and Snapcaster Mage do not work well together :/ a deck needs to focus on one or the other in my opinion....

Andy wrote:Solid build. Would love to playtest against it. Your part of the magic community now so you won't get banned. Welcome!

Awesome! Thank you, hehe. I can't wait to finish getting the pieces to play it.

AngryJason wrote:im thinking lavamancer somwhere in there somewhere

Nate wrote:Looks legit! Is this who I think it is? Haha

Also, AngryJason, Grim Lavamancer and Snapcaster Mage do not work well together :/ a deck needs to focus on one or the other in my opinion....

Yeah, there seems to be a lack of synergy between those two, so I decided to remove the Grim Lavamancers. I've gone a bit creature-light in comparison to Lu Cai's (which runs 2 Grim Lavamancers and 2 Stromkirk in addition to the phoenix, snapcaster, and delver) in hopes of flipping delver more consistently.

Also, I've made the following changes to the sideboard:
-2 Manic Vandal
+2 Ancient Grudge

Primarily because Ancient Grudge is an instant and can help flip Delver.

check this out its not exactly u/r but it've been messing with it it's fast....
http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=10147

AngryJason wrote:check this out its not exactly u/r but it've been messing with it it's fast....

Sweet! I watched those videos of him playing that deck. It is really quick! How've your matchups been? I've always had a bit of dislike towards the Phantasmal Dragon because of how easily he can be removed, what're your thoughts?

after putting down solar flare for the next two weeks, i figure ima work on this deck or wolf run ramp. so my intial model of the deck is like this:

creatures: 15
4 delver of secrets
4 snapcaster mage
2 grim lavamancer
3 chandra's phoniex
2 stormkirk noble

planeswalkers: 1
1 chandra the firebrand

spells: 22
4 brimstone volley
4 mana leak
4 incentrate
4 ponder
4 shock
2 vapor snag

land: 22
4 sulfer falls
9 island
9 mountains

seems ok, ill be testing this and the mono-blue version. the deck seem legit at least as a tier 2 deck and has some weapons that i could see it being able to fight off some of the tier 1 decks

Jason-admin wrote:after putting down solar flare for the next two weeks, i figure ima work on this deck or wolf run ramp. so my intial model of the deck is like this:

creatures: 15
4 delver of secrets
4 snapcaster mage
2 grim lavamancer
3 chandra's phoniex
2 stormkirk noble

planeswalkers: 1
1 chandra the firebrand

spells: 22
4 brimstone volley
4 mana leak
4 incentrate
4 ponder
4 shock
2 vapor snag

land: 22
4 sulfer falls
9 island
9 mountains

seems ok, ill be testing this and the mono-blue version. the deck seem legit at least as a tier 2 deck and has some weapons that i could see it being able to fight off some of the tier 1 decks

Sweet! I dig it, man. How's Chandra the Firebrand been workin' for ya? I've never really used her before.

Well, a third place finish at SCG St. Louis ain't bad at all! Here's the list that Kyle Zimmermann used to get there!

Maindeck:

Artifacts
2 Druidic Satchel

Creatures
3 Chandra's Phoenix
4 Delver of Secrets
3 Grim Lavamancer
4 Snapcaster Mage

Instants
3 Brimstone Volley
3 Desperate Ravings
4 Gut Shot
2 Incinerate
4 Mana Leak
2 Psychic Barrier

Sorceries
4 Ponder

Basic Lands
10 Island
4 Mountain

Lands
4 Copperline Gorge
4 Sulfur Falls

Sideboard:
1 Bonehoard
2 Moltensteel Dragon
2 Spellskite
2 Ancient Grudge
3 Flashfreeze
2 Mental Misstep
1 Negate
2 Arc Trail

Thoughts? I find the Druidic Satchel inclusion very interesting.

I have recently made a change to delver.... my Red/Blue delver list is as fallows....

4 Delver of Secrets
4 Snapcaster Mage

4 Gutshot (for the mirror and helps early game against agro)
4 Gitaxan Probe
4 Mana Leak
2 Dissipate
2 Bonfire of the Damned (helps against agro)
3 Think Twice (puts you ahead in certain match-ups)
2 Sword of War and Peace (it is just a beating)
2 Rune-chanters Pike
4 Vapor Snag
4 Ponder

4 Ghost Quarter (defense against Cavern of Souls, Inkmoth Nexus, Wolfrun, etc.)
4 Sulfur Falls
9 Island
4 Mountain

SB
2 Sword of Feast and Famine (in against Control and the pro green gives an edge against wolfrun)
2 Surgical Extraction (also for Control)
3 Phyrexian Metamorph (in against Wolfrun and better than Phantasmal image due to copying your artifacts)
2 Slagstorm (working on replacing with Bonefire, and these 2 spots are dedicated to Board wipes, Bonefire works better with Snapcaster)
2 Dissipate (for when you need more counterspells)
1 Negate (also for extra counter)
1 Into the Core (helps against heavy artifact decks)
1 Think Twice (when extra draw is helpful)
1 Batterskull (I use this against decks not running red or green mainly)