Grixis Control

Standard*

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Creature (2)

• 2x Griselbrand

Planeswalker (5)

• 3x Liliana of the Veil
• 2x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Land (25)

• 4x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 2x Sulfur Falls
• 3x Swamp

Artifact (4)

• 4x Gilded Lotus

Instant (7)

• 2x Forbidden Alchemy
• 3x Go for the Throat
• 2x Searing Spear

Sorcery (17)

• 2x Black Sun's Zenith
• 3x Devil's Play
• 2x Duress
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Sever the Bloodline
• 4x Slagstorm
• 2x Temporal Mastery
• 2x Whipflare

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Zealous Conscripts

Instant (5)

• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Geistflame
• 2x Human Frailty

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Killing Wave
• 2x Memoricide
• 2x Pillar of Flame
• 1x Sever the Bloodline

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With the return of Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker to Standard, I wanted to make a Grixis deck. Maintains field advantage very well by using pretty much every red and black field wipe in Standard. The strategy's pretty obvious: keep everything off of me until I can play either Nicol Bolas or Griselbrand. Even if I can't play either of them, I can usually burn up my opponent through Devil's Play and my other red spells.

While I love this deck, I'm extremely worried that it's going to go belly-up once Ravnica cycles in, since i'm losing Slagstorm, Black Sun's Zenith, Whipflare, Go for the Throat, and most of my other removal spells. I'm definitely open to going in different directions with this deck; my only desire is to keep Nicol Bolas in here. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 8 Rares 7 - 4 Uncommons 9 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.47