Belafonte, Life Aquatic [Blue Phyrexia]

Modern Control Mono-Blue Tempo

Dorotheus

Land (24)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 3x Creeping Tar Pit
• 3x Field of Ruin
• 2x Halimar Depths
• 11x Island
• 2x Radiant Fountain
• 2x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Spreading Seas

Instant (20)

• 4x Cryptic Command *list*
• 3x Dismember
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 4x Opt
• 2x Piracy Charm
• 2x Psionic Blast
• 4x Remand

Creature (10)

• 2x Merfolk Trickster
• 2x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 2x Torrential Gearhulk

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Artifact (1)

• 1x Batterskull

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Sideboard

Instant (11)

• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dismember
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Negate
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 2x Trickbind

Artifact (4)

• 2x Nihil Spellbomb
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Gigadrowse
• 1x Whiplash Trap

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Exhaustion

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a U control list, originally based off of: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-u-48604#paper
but have made many changes.
I've made changes to streamline it's effectiveness to the meta and attempt to be more resilient to more situations. Using life more as a resource with Dismember and Psionic Blast to fight against the ever-evil Hollow One decks and the standard blue control package to attempt to combat aggro, using nuance cards like Piracy Charm and Noxious Revival in order to redraw cards and maybe take out a Mana-dork or two, while triggering Thing in the Ice   not only to bounce an opponent's board but maybe even a ours in order to recast them also. Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Batterskull being alternate win conditions that aren't exactly based on our spells or just beating down with the ever-bulky Dad-caster mage Torrential Gearhulk, both Skull and Hulk being able to get recurred by Academy Ruins if needed, also working with some of the sideboard cards like Damping Sphere, Nihil Spellbomb, and Ratchet Bomb.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 6 Rares 13 - 3 Uncommons 14 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.53
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Doro's Modern Prototypes, Tests, lists, and other garbage