Thanks a million Rooker,
Thanks especially for cluing me in on the difference between +1/+1 and a +1/+1 counter. I totally thought that the ++ cards I had were going to send me into proliferation overdrive, and the mana ramp cards I had were largely so I could proliferate multiple times a turn.
Back to the drawing board.
Some
insight into some of the other out of the blue cards.
Thran Lens had a particular purpose.
In my little group of guys that I play with, one has taken to playing a bunch of characters with protection from black and blue (the bulk of my collection), and then equiping them with
sword of body and mind and milling me to death. I had colorless creatures in the deck specifically to make sure I had some defenders who could block creatures with protection, and the
Thran Lens was a last ditch way to level the playing field, since presumably if all permanents are colorless, then the protection ability doesn't do anything for their creatures anymore.
I also tried to keep a bit of blue in their because I have a ton of blue
counterspell type spells, and a cloneing theme deck. Figured I could build the sideboard to have some blue responses to whatever is happening on game night just in case things go south.
I have another lovely evening watching driver safety course videos to clear a traffic ticket
, so I'll probably get anotehr deck built with your suggestions.
Please stand by...
And thanks again.