UW enchantment control featuring ENERGY FIELD

[Travis Lannoye]

Ran into a guy on MWS sporting the following list:
1 Back to Basics
4 Counterbalance
1 Detention Sphere
4 Energy Field

4 Rest in Peace
4 Sensei's Divining Top
2 Luminarch Ascension
(20)

2 Helm of Obedience
(2)

4 Enlightened Tutor
4 Force of Will

4 Spell Pierce
4 Brainstorm
(16)

4 Strand
8 Island
1 Marsh Flats
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Tundra
(22)

Side:
1 Arcane Laboratory
1 Circle of Protection: Red
1 Cursed Totem
1 Detention Sphere
4 Flusterstorm
1 Humility
1 Nevermore
1 Pithing Needle
4 Swords to Plowshares

Now, awhile back I used to have an Energy Field deck, so when I saw this on the other side, I was very much intrigued. I ended up winning 2 out of 3 games with the version of Evan's junk control list, but the list itself was really cool. Some notable interactions:
- Energy Field + Rest In Peace = Energy Field can't die because nothing can hit your yard. As the guy told me, some decks simply fold to this card.
- RIP + Helm of Obedience is the same as the old Helm/Leyline combo: you have both in play, activate Helm for 0, and you win (since again, nothing can go into your yard).
- Four main-deck RIPs are also pretty strong against all sorts of decks. Nevermind the usual suspects like Dredge and Reanimator, this deck has a really good matchup against Knights of the Reliquary, Snapcaster Mage, and others.
- Enlightened Tutor is a total house in this list. It functions a lot like Green Sun's Zenith in that it can get all of your silver bullets.

The guy mentioned that he would like to find room for another Detention Sphere somewhere, and I was mostly able to beat him because I resolved threats like Choke, Deed, and Liliana. Ensnaring Bridge might not be the worst idea, or Land Tax/Mox Diamond.

But, the REAL point of this thread is frickin' ENERGY FIELD! I love that card!

[Evan]

This was a list posted on SCG a week or two back (or nearly the same). Helm actually has to be activated for 1; 0 doesn't do anything. My deck works well against it because it has so many answers to different things and doesn't overly rely on the graveyard. I do like the list a lot, mainly because RiP is so solid maindeck just on it's own. I'd make room for at least 2 terminuses, as well as 3 JTMS (which were in the original list). I'd cut a counterbalance, some pierces, both ascensions, maybe back to basics.


Cheers

[Travis Lannoye]

Yeah, I may or may not have made the same misplay yesterday. Oh well, there's a lot of text on that card.

Anywho, I tried actually playing that deck online yesterday, and I have to say that it's really boring to play with. There's almost no interaction with your opponent, and a lot of times you just sit there and do nothing for a few turns until you either combo out or just lose.

Furthermore, there are a lot of cards that really hose this list. Pyroblast and Krosan Grip are both pretty bad, and Abrupt Decay hits just about every relevant card. Choke also hampers things quite a bit.