Control by Torment (Modern MTG Deck)

A little while ago, I tried a deck based off of Torment of Scarabs and Torment of Hailfire with red, blue and black and both the Hour of Devastation Nicol Bolas. With a lot of trial and error I eventually figured a deck that was mediocre, my most powerful cards being having a couple torments on my opponent and either pulling Hailfire for the kill, or one of my Nicol Bolas. After letting it sit and working on an eldrazi deck, I discovered I had been doing it wrong and needed to change to white, black, blue (possibly splash red for nicol bolas as he's a great mid to late game pull from my experience). White has a lot of good cards for controlling the board state and that opens up for cards like Supreme Verdict and Spell Queller. This will be my first real try at control and any advice would be appreciated.

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Testing, testing... — Oct. 30, 2017

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Played the deck a little and found that it struggles against creature heavy decks. I wasn't pulling enough kill spells or counters and my 4 creatures didn't cut it. I'm considering getting a couple board wipes, either Supreme Verdict with Aether Hub giving me the white mana I need or a black board wipe (I don't know the name, but I know atleast one exists) and see how that goes. I tried adding almost 3 times as many creatures that fit the theme of the deck, but unfortunately they weren't helping. Will update when I've tried some board wipes or if I have a eureka moment.

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	G
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 11 - 0 Rares 30 - 4 Uncommons 10 - 11 Commons
Cards	65
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Energy Reserve
Folders	Old Ideas - Usable cards
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