Howling Mine - Black Vice - Underworld Dreams

Casual Artifact Control Creatureless UB (Dimir)

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Land (23)

• 4x Choked Estuary
• 7x Island
• 4x Sunken Hollow
• 8x Swamp

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Innocent Blood
• 3x Windfall

Artifact (16)

• 4x Black Vise
• 4x Howling Mine
• 4x Ivory Tower
• 4x Static Orb

Instant (4)

• 4x Diabolic Edict

Enchantment (11)

• 4x Dictate of Kruphix
• 3x Quiet Contemplation
• 4x Underworld Dreams

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I have already posted a creatureless Winter Orb control deck that wins via Iron Maiden (which hurts you if you have too many cards in hand). At that time, i didnt use Black Vise, which gives the same effect as the Maiden for two mana less, since i thought Vise was banned or restricted, but turns out it is legal to have 4x in Legacy, so its a much better card than the Maiden, at least in that format. Anyway, this deck here is similar to the Winter Orb lockdown deck, except that it uses Static Orb instead of Winter Orb, and Black Vise instead of Iron Maiden. However, the details are quite different. It boosts the amount of cards being drawn via Dictate of Kruphix, and has an alternative win condition via hurting them when they draw cards (Underworld Dreams)... which is especially nasty with Windfall. Yes, Windfall is banned in Legacy, but i have classed this deck as "Casual" so i guess that makes it OK to put 3x in the deck....? ha ha. You could take this down to 1 Windfall to make it Vintage legal, or remove it altogether. The other different elements of this deck are the ways it controls creatures by sacrificing them (Innocent Blood, which is an awesome card in a creatureless deck, and Diabolic Edict) and also Quiet Contemplation, which keeps their critters tapped. Importantly, the sacrifice spells can get rid of indestructible or hexproof creatures of any size, and the Contemplation can potentially tap multiple creatures per turn, also regardless of their size or indestructibility (though hexproofs and shrouds cant be tapped with this obviously). Ivory Tower is added to help you stay alive long enough to lock them down. Anyway, this deck works OK, although i think my other howler/orb lockdown deck is probably more elegant.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	61
Avg. CMC	2.16