Adam Haggerty's Mono blue combo
 
Type: Deck Idea
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Approx. Value:
$282.08

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Avg. CMC 3.34
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Main Deck - 127 cards, 126 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (68)
1 Agent of Treachery
$5.28 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Angel of Grace
$0.51 Creature - Angel
1 Arboreal Grazer
$0.14 Creature - Beast
1 Arcanist's Owl
$0.07 Artifact Creature - Bird
1 Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
$0.11 Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
1 Augur of Bolas
$0.15 Creature - Merfolk Wizard
1 Cavalier of Dawn
$6.98 Creature - Elemental Knight
1 Cavalier of Flame
$1.97 Creature - Elemental Knight
1 Cavalier of Gales
$1.97 Creature - Elemental Knight
1 Charming Prince
$2.17 Creature - Human Noble
1 Cloudkin Seer
$0.08 Creature - Elemental Wizard
1 Corridor Monitor
$0.13 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Crackling Drake
$0.08 Creature - Drake
1 Cyclops Electromancer
$0.05 Creature - Cyclops Wizard
1 Dimir Informant
$0.03 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Drannith Healer
$0.05 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Drannith Stinger
$0.07 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Dream Eater
$0.29 Creature - Nightmare Sphinx
1 Dungeon Geists
$0.08 Creature - Spirit
1 Elite Guardmage
$0.14 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
$1.13 Legendary Creature - Merfolk Wizard
1 Fae of Wishes // Granted
$0.13 Creature - Faerie Wizard // Sorcery - Adventure //
1 Fblthp, the Lost
$0.18 Legendary Creature - Homunculus
1 Flourishing Fox
$0.11 Creature - Fox
1 Frilled Mystic
$0.07 Creature - Elf Lizard Wizard
1 Frost Lynx
$0.03 Creature - Elemental Cat
1 Gadwick, the Wizened
$1.26 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Gilded Goose
$0.84 Creature - Bird
1 Gleaming Overseer
$0.22 Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
$1.80 Legendary Artifact Creature - Scout
1 Gravebreaker Lamia
$0.36 Enchantment Creature - Snake Lamia
1 Gravedigger
$0.03 Creature - Zombie
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
$0.53 Creature - Zombie
1 Huatli's Raptor
$0.13 Creature - Dinosaur
1 Hydroid Krasis
$0.97 Creature - Jellyfish Hydra Beast
1 Imposing Vantasaur
$0.07 Creature - Dinosaur
1 Inquisitive Puppet
$0.09 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
$10.69 Legendary Creature - Human Druid
1 Knight of Autumn
$0.42 Creature - Dryad Knight
1 Lutri, the Spellchaser
$0.28 Legendary Creature - Elemental Otter
1 Massacre Girl
$0.22 Legendary Creature - Human Assassin
1 Mesmerizing Benthid
$0.59 Creature - Octopus
1 Meteor Golem
$0.06 Artifact Creature - Golem
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
$1.60 Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
1 Overwhelmed Apprentice
$0.12 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Pattern Matcher
$0.03 Artifact Creature - Golem
1 Pollenbright Druid
$0.10 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Prophet of the Peak
$0.03 Artifact Creature - Cat
1 Rapacious Dragon
$0.12 Creature - Dragon
1 Rielle, the Everwise
$1.30 Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1 Risen Reef
$0.45 Creature - Elemental
1 Sage's Row Denizen
$0.03 Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1 Sage's Row Savant
$0.06 Creature - Vedalken Wizard
1 Scholar of the Ages
$0.07 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Senate Griffin
$0.04 Creature - Griffin
1 Sphinx Mindbreaker
$1.26 Creature - Sphinx
1 Sphinx of Foresight
$0.27 Creature - Sphinx
1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
$20.24 Legendary Enchantment Creature - God
1 Thassa's Oracle
$15.53 Creature - Merfolk Wizard
1 Thaumaturge's Familiar
$0.02 Artifact Creature - Bird
1 Tome Raider
$0.04 Creature - Faerie
1 Valiant Rescuer
$0.04 Creature - Human Soldier
1 Voracious Greatshark
$0.14 Creature - Shark
1 Wall of Runes
$0.05 Creature - Wall
1 Watcher in the Mist
$0.04 Creature - Spirit
1 Whisper Agent
$0.02 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Yidaro, Wandering Monster
$0.18 Legendary Creature - Dinosaur Turtle
1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker
$0.45 Legendary Creature - Elemental Fox
Instant (10)
1 Channeled Force
$0.04 Instant
1 Coordinated Charge
$0.01 Instant
1 Frostveil Ambush
$0.04 Instant
1 Glimpse of Freedom
$0.03 Instant
1 Hampering Snare
$0.01 Instant
1 Neutralize
$0.08 Instant
1 Opt
$0.09 Instant
1 Shredded Sails
$0.04 Instant
1 Startling Development
$0.03 Instant
1 Zenith Flare
$0.02 Instant
Sorcery (6)
1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Go for Blood
$0.02 Sorcery
1 Idyllic Tutor
$7.83 Sorcery
1 Memory Leak
$0.03 Sorcery
1 Migration Path
$0.27 Sorcery
1 Sweet Oblivion
$0.02 Sorcery
Artifact (26)
1 Altar of the Pantheon
$0.07 Artifact
1 Ancestral Blade
$0.03 Artifact - Equipment
1 Bag of Holding
$0.14 Artifact
1 Bolas's Citadel
$7.97 Legendary Artifact
1 Firemind Vessel
$0.14 Artifact
1 Folio of Fancies
$1.23 Artifact
1 Glass Casket
$0.13 Artifact
1 Golden Egg
$0.08 Artifact - Food
1 Guild Globe
$0.04 Artifact
1 Mana Geode
$0.13 Artifact
1 Manifold Key
$0.59 Artifact
1 Mantle of Tides
$0.05 Artifact - Equipment
1 Mask of Immolation
$0.05 Artifact - Equipment
1 Midnight Clock
$0.29 Artifact
1 Mystic Forge
$0.56 Artifact
1 Nyx Lotus
$5.30 Legendary Artifact
1 Raugrin Crystal
$0.07 Artifact
1 Scrabbling Claws
$0.09 Artifact
1 Sleeper Dart
$0.02 Artifact
1 Sorcerous Spyglass
$0.19 Artifact
1 Soul-Guide Lantern
$0.14 Artifact
1 Spinning Wheel
$0.07 Artifact
1 The Great Henge
$54.53 Legendary Artifact
1 The Magic Mirror
$3.29 Legendary Artifact
1 Wishclaw Talisman
$3.04 Artifact
1 Witching Well
$0.05 Artifact
Enchantment (13)
1 Ashiok's Erasure
$0.12 Enchantment
1 Escape Protocol
$0.06 Enchantment
1 Footfall Crater
$0.16 Enchantment - Aura
1 Leyline of Anticipation
$1.95 Enchantment
1 Medomai's Prophecy
$0.07 Enchantment - Saga
1 Mirrormade
$1.93 Enchantment
1 Omen of the Sea
$0.11 Enchantment
1 Ominous Seas
$1.03 Enchantment
1 Reconnaissance Mission
$0.77 Enchantment
1 Season of Growth
$0.27 Enchantment
1 Shark Typhoon
$1.16 Enchantment
1 Underworld Breach
$10.44 Enchantment
1 Unpredictable Cyclone
$0.06 Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1 Karn, the Great Creator
$3.96 Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
$0.87 Legendary Planeswalker - Kiora
Land (2)
2 Raugrin Triome
$12.94 Land - Island Mountain Plains
Sideboard - 13 cards, 13 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (3)
1 Dalakos, Crafter of Wonders
$0.25 Legendary Creature - Merfolk Artificer
1 Renowned Weaponsmith
$0.08 Creature - Human Artificer
1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.40 Legendary Creature - Bird Serpent
Artifact (6)
1 Heart-Piercer Bow
$0.03 Artifact - Equipment
1 Indatha Crystal
$0.10 Artifact
1 Ketria Crystal
$0.09 Artifact
1 Savai Crystal
$0.13 Artifact
1 Vial of Dragonfire
$0.02 Artifact
1 Zagoth Crystal
$0.11 Artifact
Land (4)
1 Indatha Triome
$15.54 Land - Plains Swamp Forest
1 Ketria Triome
$13.82 Land - Forest Island Mountain
1 Savai Triome
$15.56 Land - Mountain Plains Swamp
1 Zagoth Triome
$17.41 Land - Swamp Forest Island

Notes
 
I found the combo with escape protocol. Corridor monitor/Protocol/a creature or artifact that tap for 2+, and a bunch of cycling. This engine should be easy to exploit. Kinnan fits really well into this strategy. Maybe making Sam's Golgari deck Sultai allows for it, but it's core pieces are one color. Magic Mirror, Gadwick, Nyxthos bloom only has to to tap for 3 to go off with a bunch of 1 mana cyclers.

How does the combo work with Artificer's? They tap for two, I can use that mana to cycle crystals or cast the Nyx, but I can't use it to activate the protocol... if I get a zirda in play they net mana. So they don't loop on their own cause of the protocol, but accidentally accelerate the combo.

In terms of companions, Lurrus I can jump through hoops for, but I think the restriction is truly restrictive in this shell. Zirda is only possible if I relugate the combo entirely to a wishboard, meaning I would have to granted for the protocol and karn for the monitor, which seems like 10 steps to many and the opposite of the direction I'm going. Yorion is a real possibility. Yorion's restriction may be minimized by the number of cantrips I'm trying to run, and actually might make the engine smoother as the deck will still have it's meat but with a higher density of cycling cards. It's trigger also works well with the protocol angle, and gives me a fine plan B for value if i can't assemble the combo. Also, protocol/Yorion might be it's own combo...

So, the protocol/corridor combo works with firemind vessel and the great henge as well. Protcol+cycling works with rapacious dragon, even more so with a kinnan in play. There's like infinite etb creatures/artifact options. There are 8 2 mana eggs that just draw a card for 1 with protocol, or offer a huge Yorion turn. Frilled mystic offers a straight counterspell on a stick. Meteor golem, agent of treachery, and mindbreaker sphinx offer a juicy top end. Pretty sure there is a way to make mystic forge/ bolas's citadel just rip through my deck.
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