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Modern* Combo Control Delver UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (10)

• 4x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Land (22)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 2x Steam Vents
• 3x Sulfur Falls
• 3x Watery Grave

Instant (22)

• 3x Cryptic Command
• 2x Electrolyze
• 3x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Mana Leak
• 2x Remand
• 2x Terminate
• 4x Thought Scour

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Ancestral Vision
• 3x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Artifact (2)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (8)

• 1x Boil
• 1x Dismember
• 3x Dispel
• 3x Negate

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Flashfires
• 2x Pyroclasm

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Goblin Dark-Dwellers

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra Ablaze

Instant (1)

• 1x Memory Plunder

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Introduction

Thanks for viewing my iteration of Grixis Delver for modern! Although this is based on the Grixis Delver deck at pro-tour, I have made a few alterations to be more comfortable to my play style.

What The Deck Does:

Obviously, this deck plays primarily Grixis Control while casually poking and/or shocking people, with Tasigur, the Golden Fang as a solid face beater.

Control Package: Show

One of the main strategies of this deck is to keep the opponent off balance to the point of being able to either combo off or whittle their life down. In order for this to happen, some spells have found a cozy little home in this deck:

• Mana Leak is one of the greatest counters in the format. If someone is able to play the three mana to counter the counter, they could still be tapped out and left wide open for my next turn.

• Remand is another counter that seems to be a must have as it also is a cantrip on a stick! Sure it puts it back into their hands, but I'll be ready for the next Karn Liberated you attempt to cast.

• Terminate is nasty instant speed, as the synergy with Snapcaster Mage and Young Pyromancer is too good to pass up.

• Kolaghan's Command is so versatile it's almost too good to pass up. And it being at instant speed is even more enticing.

• Some miscellaneous burn, like Lightning Bolt and Electrolyze can take away some of the petty fodder as well as removing some valuable synergy pieces.

The Turn Strategy: Show

As mentioned before, this deck is meant to keep people off balance while still being able to move through your library to your heavy hitters. The recommended move would always come first in the list below:

• Turn One: Source > Prioritize Delver of Secrets  . Ancestral Vision // Serum Visions // Thought Scour if delver unavailable.

• Turn Two: Scource > Swing with Delver > save for Mana Leak // Remand. If no counter need, instant speed Thought Scour at EOT.

• Turn Three: Source > Serum Visions > Swing with Delver > save for responses or Kolaghan's Command if is available.

• Turn Four: Source > Delve out for Tasigur, the Golden Fang > Swing with Delver > Counters and instants.

• Turn Five and on: Ancestral Vision TRIGGERS > Keep the engine running. Keep the opponent off balance. Keep poking. Look for a win around turn 6.

Win Conditions: Show

• Snapcaster Mage + Young Pyromancer can be very dirty at instant speed, especially when there are more than 1 Pyro.

• Tasigur, the Golden Fang is a great face smasher and can be played off of the great amount of graveyard power this deck creates. (Synergy with fetch lands and Thought Scour.)

The Sideboard Show

• Anger of the Gods is a phenomenal wrath for this format as bringing things back from exile isn't as prevalent as it is in Standard currently. Three mana, burn all for three can really throw the monkey wrench into heavy creature decks.

• Boil because it's funny.

• Cryptic Command, I believe, to be more useful in a sideboard because of the larger mana cost, although the diversity of the spell is quite palpable.

• Dismember for that pesky indestructible guy.

• Dispel is great against instant heavy decks. Never know when you're going to need a cheap way to counter a Lightning Bolt going for your Young Pyromancer.

• Flashfires because its even funnier.

• Negate is a great tool to have for decks lacking creatures, or heavy in planeswalkers.

• Pyroclasm is a great alternative for a wrath as it can still clear most of the field, just not able to provide the perks of the banishment.

• Relic of Progenitus just in case you're playing against dredge or delve.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	35 - 2 Rares 4 - 7 Uncommons 16 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.11