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Commander / EDH* Control UB (Dimir)

blaise_rascal

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Awaken the Erstwhile
• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Flood of Recollection
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Mire in Misery
• 1x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Virtus's Maneuver

Creature (9)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trinket Mage

Instant (19)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Dismiss
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Hieroglyphic Illumination
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Liliana's Triumph
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Snap
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Artifact (8)

• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Kill Switch
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Commander (1)

Land (40)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 16x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Hesitation
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

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Control deck featuring Dralnu (aka "hipster Kess"). The goal is to whittle down the opponents' resources with efficient spells like Liliana's Triumph and Arterial Flow, then cast them all again when Dralnu hits the battlefield. This deck has no infinite combos, extra-turn spells, or wheel + Narset combos, since I designed it for a lower power playgroup. But that doesn't mean it can't get nasty with stuff like Awaken the Erstwhile if need be. Currently, Consuming Aberration + Whispersilk Cloak is probably the strongest wincon.

At the top of my wishlist for this deck is the following:

-- Reins of Power is by far the most hilarious response to Blasphemous Act when you have Dralnu in play.

-- Rise of the Dark Realms is strong in the late game, and seems like a great card to throw in the graveyard with Final Parting for Dralnu to flash back.

-- Leyline of Anticipation is great on its own and an even better combo with Arcane Laboratory.

-- Desperately need some graveyard hate; cards like Scarab Feast and Cremate have synergy with the commander.

-- Tokens are rough, and so I think something like Virulent Plague or another board wipe would be warranted here.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Consuming Aberration + Whispersilk Cloak
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 17 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Construct */* C, Octopus 8/8 U, Zombie 2/2 B