TK League Meta - Opus Control

Commander / EDH

JDofCommander

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (6)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Suppression Field
• 1x Waste Not

Instant (27)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Silence
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commanders (2)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Progress

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x By Force
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Winds of Change
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Instant (7)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Plunge into Darkness
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Trickbind
• 1x Wear / Tear

Artifact (6)

• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Trinisphere

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Legacy's Allure
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Psychic Surgery
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 1x Verity Circle

Creature (1)

• 1x Containment Priest

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This is the non-DT version of my League Meta Build:

**Meta players are often very lacking in interaction, leading to two top players neutering each other while a Narset rams like Godo until it sticks. Goal is to play effective pieces that hate out majority of decks and potentially punish reliant combo decks with wheel effects with either RIP or deny draws with NT/PW Narset.

Other hangup is going full Thief/Wheels hurts with the occasional 3-man pods we have if numbers aren't multiples of four. Meta currently:**

• Shuffle
• Breakfast/Control Kess
• Narset x2
• Frog/Yisan (mentioned building a new deck)
• PST Variant
• Yisan x2
• Keranos Blue Moon

• Yuriko

• First Sliver FC

• CVT/Rumored Brago?
• 4c Rashmi/Blood Pod
• CVT/JVP or Control Kess (Out for next season)

Considering (marked as foil):

• Stranglehold ~ Obvs insanely powerful, but is it too late game? Is Ashiok a better choice?
• RIP ~ INSANE power level here, but maybe Ashiok instead? Helps with biggest problem decks outside of Narsets
• Force of Negation ~ Next counter in? Zero mana counter seems solid, and deck doesn't feel reliant on card advantage
• By Force // Vandalblast ~ feel like some specific artifact hate could be needed. At the cost of Wear/Tear, though?
• Whispering Madness ~ Another wheel and exile/NT effect
• Fire Covenant ~ Mainly pulled due to Narset prevalence, but solid wipe
• Praetor's Grasp ~ Next tutor plus can neuter a LabMan and provide deck info
• Cabal Ritual ~ Enables a faster Naus, quick ramp
• Counterbalance package ~ SDT, Rack, Counterbalance seems strong but doesn't seem to fit here
• Trickbind ~ definitely feels live in this meta, but not sure payoff of another turn is worth it
• Burning Inquiry ~ Another wheel and exile/NT effect
• Narset's Rev ~ Seems strong into Narset extra turns, etc. Doesn't always prevent things
• Lavinia ~ Hurts ramp, players reliant on dorks/rocks, shuts off Dramatic Scepter/Narset - test piece, but perhaps Dampening Sphere is better here? Downside is DS allows Narset/Urza casts still
• Angel's Grace ~ powerful synergy with Windfall, Naus, against LabMan decks but will it be dead often?

Chopping Block (marked as foil):

• STIFLE ~ Going to test this tech!
• Plunge Into Darkness ~ Essentially a tutor effect. Will life be an issue?
• Red Elemental Blast & Pyroblast ~ Good, cheap, flexible protection piece. Correct in meta for both?
• Cyclonic Rift ~ Great late, solid early
• Wear / Tear ~ cheap, flexible and can cut Null Rod, B2B, Moon - main killers of the deck
• Pyroclasm // Massacre // Fire Covenant // Anger of the gods // Supreme Verdict ~ Heavy creature meta but how many is too many? Massacre over Clasm? With Kess potential, should I bump to 3 (Anger) or Supreme to insure resolution?
• Necropotence ~ Will the life loss and nonbo with Suppression Field hurt?
• Yawgmoth's Will ~ no doubt it is powerful, but nonbo with RIP
• Humility ~ Strong vs heavy CRT meta. High cost and possibly better in DT brew?
  
  

Latest Tweaks/Considerations:

• Fire Covenant ~ Likely swap for Pyroclasm if Narset leaves meta; Liliana's Triumph a consideration
• Stifle in for Angel's Grace

Check on land base once done. Considering second basic Island, Silent Clearing, or Fiery Islet for Forbidden Orchard/Wooded Foothills

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.87
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B