2013-09-15, 08:09 PM
I'm gonna asume there's no format and it's just casual deck. Anyway, with a tight budget like yours I'd go with a single color deck. Since you like control I'd go with blue, some Delver of Secrets, some counters, brainstorm and that kind of draw cards and cool creatures like vendillion clique or snapcaster mage. Since it's just 1 color and, other than the last two I mentioned, every card is cheap you shouldn't spend all $500. I don't know the price of cards but I'd go with something like:
4 Mishra's Factory
14 Island
2 Vendilion Clique
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Standstill
3 Cryptic Command
2 [Spell Snare
3 Crystal Ball
2 Daze
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Counterbalance
4 Vapor Snag
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Counterspell
That's just something I can think of quickly, but if you work on that and figure out what else you can afford to improve it, it should be cheap and annoying enough.
4 Mishra's Factory
14 Island
2 Vendilion Clique
3 Snapcaster Mage
4 Standstill
3 Cryptic Command
2 [Spell Snare
3 Crystal Ball
2 Daze
3 Sensei's Divining Top
4 Counterbalance
4 Vapor Snag
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Counterspell
That's just something I can think of quickly, but if you work on that and figure out what else you can afford to improve it, it should be cheap and annoying enough.