Cruel Teachings

Modern Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (6)

• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Land (26)

• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 4x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 2x Island
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Steam Vents
• 2x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Watery Grave

Artifact (1)

• 1x Batterskull

Instant (25)

• 1x Consume the Meek
• 4x Cryptic Command *list*
• 2x Electrolyze
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Mana Leak
• 2x Mystical Teachings
• 2x Spell Snare
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Terminate
• 2x Think Twice
• 1x Tribute to Hunger
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Cruel Ultimatum

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Spellskite

Artifact (2)

• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (9)

• 1x Consume the Meek
• 2x Counterflux
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Dismember
• 2x Magma Spray
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Rewind

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Slaughter Games

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Sulfur Elemental

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Witchbane Orb

Instant (9)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Extirpate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Ravenous Trap
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Remand
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Smother

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Sowing Salt

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Ye Olde I-wanna-play-all-these-cards-in-one-deck Deck

SUGGESTIONS MORE THAN WELCOME

Simple minded control till I drop my bomb, but the bomb being Cruel Ultimatum it's more fun that the con-trolling just continues even more cruelly.

Counter pack

• 4x Cryptic Command - Best counter legal in the format, does everything
• 4x Mana Leak - Play early to allow surviving into later turns where we probably have better high end spells
• 2x Spell Snare - Targeted for a format with great value'd two drops

Removal pack

• 2x Consume the Meek - Meh casting cost but fetchable with teachings in times of need
• 1x Dismember - Cheap, removes indestructible and regenerating 5/5s
• 1x Electrolyze - Remove meek creatures and cantrip at the same time
• 3x Lightning Bolt - Cheap early removal and sometimes makes clock faster when on the advantage
• 2x Terminate - No drawback instant destroy

Toolbox pack

• 2x Mystical Teachings - Fetch anything that matters in the deck when needed (maybe except lands??? :P)
• 4x Snapcaster Mage - Obvious synergy with Teachings, after casting a few stuff it's probably the best thing to go fetch

Win Conditions

• 2x Cruel Ultimatum - Just read the card, if you cast it you're probably winning
• 1x Batterskull - Beatdown win con and defence against aggro
• 4x Creeping Tar Pit - Sneaky 7 turn clock
• 1x Lavaclaw Reaches - Threatens win in one or two turns when on the advantage, makes mana when not

Other stuff

• 1x Vendilion Clique - This can also be considered as a win condition as it's mostly a good fetch (for Teachings) when you're ahead and just wanna add some pressure to the board and take a peak to make sure everything's cool in their hand
• 4x Think Twice - Cantriping for turns where you didn't have to disrupt the opponent's board or casting and gain some card advantage
• 1x Surgical Extraction - Combo breaker, counter some part of a combo and then break it from their graveyard

Basically the deck is a reshuffling of these lists:

• Cruel Teachings by KaiserMagus
• Cruel Teachings by Juan Fran Albert
• Cruel Teachings by AntiNova
• Cruel Teachings by bcurran
• Cruel Control by Paul Cheon
• Cruel Teachings by Tr3vology

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 8 Rares 10 - 3 Uncommons 9 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B