Magic: The Gathering Thread XIV: Instant Annoying, Just Add Hexproof

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Speaking of Mr. Bolas, I had my own variation of the deck I aim to try. Its more of a U/G Fog deck than a Grixis type control scheme, and was wondering what comments and sideboard suggestions could be made:

24 Lands
9x Islands
3x Swamps
1x Mountain
11x Forests

12 Creatures
4x Augur of Bolas
4x Arbor Elf
4x Borderland Ranger

20 Spells
4x Divination
4x Sleep
4x Abundant Growth
4x Fog
4x Rampant Growth

4 Planeswalkers
1x Karn
3x Nicol Bolas

Its played out fine, and I've never failed to play Bolas when he appears. Any ideas on what e trimmable, and what might make for a more solid play?

I've tested your list against a Tempered Steel deck.
All the Vault Skirges, Signal Pests and Glint Hawk Idols just flew over the heads of the Arbor Elfs, Rangers and Augurs and it was quickly over.
But then again, Tempered Steel is about to rotate and I also discovered that my Tempered Steel deck wasn't even Standard legal (it contained Old Mirrodin artifact lands and Spring Leaf Drums).

So, I quickly threw together a cheapskate standard legal U/W Weenie deck:

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20 Lands
10x Plains
6x Island
4x Glacial Fortress

24 Creatures
4x War Falcon
2x Doomed Traveler
3x Loyal Cathar
3x Knight of Glory
4x Attended Knight
3x Arctic Aven
2x Crusader of Odric
2x Odric, Master Tactician
1x Captain of the Watch

16 Spells
2x Unsummon
3x Negate
2x Essence Scatter
3x Feeling of Dread
3x Oblivion Ring
1x Ghostly Flicker
2x Captains Call

Please do note that I have "constructed" this deck in about 5 minutes.

The results were, in the end, not all that different as against Tempered Steel: your deck has no defense against fliers.
Fog and Sleep did manage to stall the game for a while, long enough to drop Nicol. But Nicol isn't really good against Weenies. Sure, you can take control over one guy out of a million. In my test games, Nicol was either countered right away, or killed/O-Ringed in the following turn - if the game actually lasted longer then the next turn.

Form these experiences I would say: you need defense against fliers. You also need actual board sweepers: Nicol alone cannot hold off an army by himself.
I also stand by my advice to replace some of the forests with dual lands.

But it is a fun deck to play with. The stalling with Fog and Sleep (aided by Augur of Bolas) does work reasonable well. Arbor Elf and Abundant Growth work well together.