Chris' Magic: The Gathering Card of the Day!

In this web page, I hope to present to you strategies, combos, and obscure uses for a new Magic the Gathering card every single day.

The Card of the Day is....

Stasis

During your upkeep, pay U or bury Stasis. Players skip their untap phase.

A brief rundown of the card:

This is and always will be one of the most irritating cards to face. Almost nothing is more frustrating than having 5 creatures against your opponents 1 creature, and not being able to attack because all of your creatures are tapped and they can't uptap normally because of Stasis. Many styles of decks have been built around Stasis, and I'm sure we haven't seen the last. Let's take a look at a few cards that work well with Stasis:

• Storm Cauldron
  Pay for the upkeep of Stasis with an Island. After you tap the Island, it goes back to your hand. Slap down 2 lands (make sure you can get a blue mana out of one of them), and watch your opponent run out of cards while fervorishingly trying to drum up the mana to squeeze out a spell or two.
• Counterspell/Arcane Denial/Force of Will...
  All types of counters work well with Stasis. Since most of the counters are blue also, and they just happen to keep nasty permanents off the table, a ton of counters and Stasis will win many a game by themselves---maybe with the added help of:
• Feldon's Cane
  If your Stasis plan includes running someone out of cards, Feldon's Cane will help greatly to make sure you don't run yourself out of cards in the process.
• Millstone/Ashnod's Cylix/Vexing Arcanix...
  There are many cards that help burn through an opponents library. These are some of the best. Millstone is the best for sheer numbers of cards going to the graveyard. Ashnod's Cylix works at the same speed, but gives you opponent a choice of the top 3 cards to keep, yet in turn removes the other 2 cards from the game. The Vexing Arcanix is truly slower, but inflicts damage in the process. Try using one Millstone and one Asnod's Cylix together--good combo.
• Bay Falcon/Zephyr Falcon/Serra Angel...
  Combine Stasis with any creature that doesn't tap to attack. Your creatures will be able to attack every turn, while your opponents will probably only be able to attack once as long as you can keep Stasis around.
  

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