All Your Base Are Belong To Nicol Bolas.

Modern* Budget Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

MagnusMTG

Creature (5)

• 1x Desecration Demon
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Sedraxis Specter
• 2x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Land (24)

• 1x Akoum Refuge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind
• 1x Steam Vents
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River

Instant (16)

• 2x Countersquall
• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Essence Scatter
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Mana Leak
• 2x Ultimate Price
• 2x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Banefire
• 2x Blightning
• 2x Cruel Ultimatum
• 2x Dreadbore
• 2x Duress
• 2x Slave of Bolas
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Dark Betrayal
• 2x Gainsay
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 4x Psychic Strike

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Duress
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 2x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Profane Command

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 4x Hypnotic Specter
• 2x Spellheart Chimera

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Just out of love for Nicol Bolas and Grixis. Here's an attempt at a cheap Cruel Control deck for Modern out of whatever I could find in my collection that fit the theme.

Uses basic Cruel Control strategy:

1) Make them discard it before it hits the stack. ( Thoughtseize / Duress)

2) If it does hit the stack, counter it. ( Mana Leak / Countersquall)

3) If it resolves, kill it, bounce it, or steal it. ( Dreadbore / Vapor Snag / Slave of Bolas)

4) If all that fails, burn face. ( Banefire)

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 4 Rares 21 - 6 Uncommons 10 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.69
Folders	New Decks in Progress