Wizards Control

Modern Budget Competitive Control Mono-Blue Wizards

DoctorWizard

Engine Piece (15)

• 4x Archaeomancer
• 4x Baral's Expertise
• 4x Ghostly Flicker
• 3x Venser, Shaper Savant

Land (22)

• 22x Island

Control (8)

• 4x Dissolve
• 4x Rapid Hybridization

Stall (7)

• 3x Displacement Wave
• 4x Wall of Runes

Engine Enhancer (8)

• 4x Battlefield Thaumaturge
• 4x Naban, Dean of Iteration

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Blink Engines

• Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer + Venser = endless returning spells/permanents to hand, since the Archaeomancer returns the Ghostly Flicker used to flicker it and Venser. This results in an opponent unable to cast spells, eventually with no creatures, and eventually no land.

• Archaeomancer + Baral's Expertise (one of it's targets being your Archaeomancer) = endless returning creatures to hand, since the Baral puts the Archaeomancer back out at the end for free, which returns the Baral you just used to your hand. This results in an opponent with no creatures, allowing eventual poking down with random wizards not part of the flicker engine.

• Ghostly Flicker + 2 Archaeomancer (or 1 + 1 Naban) = endless returning of control cards. This is because one Archaeomancer returns the Ghostly Flicker, while the other is free to grab any used control card from your graveyard. This can often be enough to win with just endless control.

• Ghostly Flicker + Archaeomancer = block-then-flicker defense while waiting for more. This also helps avoid most creature removal.

Battlefield Thaumaturge makes all these engines much cheaper. Ghostly Flicker goes from 3 to 1 and Baral's Expertise goes from 5 to 2.

I've won against strong Aggro decks with only 3 land on turn 12, as long as I have Thaumaturge out.

• Additionally, once you get to 10 land, Archaeomancer and Displacement Wave work together by Displacement Waving for 6, then replaying the Archaeomancer.

Naban makes all these engines much more powerful.

Top Ranked	Achieved #46 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #7 position in Modern 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Budget 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Control 5 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Rares 4 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.68
Tokens	Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	Want, I Want, Budget Modern, UW, Possible decks, Saved Decks, decks to buy, want to try