Arena Grixis Control

Standard Control UBR (Grixis)

LandoLRodriguez

Land (25)

• 3x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 3x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Den of the Bugbear
• 1x Faceless Haven
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 2x Hall of Storm Giants
• 2x Haunted Ridge
• 2x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 4x Snow-Covered Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Instant (16)

• 1x Baleful Mastery
• 3x Behold the Multiverse
• 1x Cinderclasm
• 2x Demon Bolt
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 3x Saw it Coming
• 1x Siphon Insight
• 2x Soul Shatter
• 2x Umbral Juke

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Mirror Mage
• 1x Professor Onyx

Artifact (1)

• 1x Geistflame Reservoir

Creature (9)

• 1x Ebondeath, Dracolich
• 1x Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
• 2x Smoldering Egg  ^Flip
• 2x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 2x Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip
• 1x Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blood on the Snow
• 2x Bloodchief's Thirst
• 1x Burn Down the House
• 2x Feed the Swarm

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Burning Hands
• 1x You Find Some Prisoners

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Go Blank
• 1x Shadows' Verdict

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

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My first record of my Grixis Control deck, which I intend to maintain and keep alive through new sets and rotations. Thanks to EastsideRock (who has been doing the same thing in the same shell for a lot longer than me) for giving me a starting point with this deck a while back. The goal is exactly what one would expect in these colors and scheme; no one gets to keep their nice things early, be it through counterspells or removal. Maintain a stable board state through mid-game, hopefully generating some value from things like Smoldering Egg   and Geistflame Reservoir while digging through the deck with Behold the Multiverse or Jace, Mirror Mage and keeping the opponent's battlefield as clear as possible. Several threats can close the game out, often by taking a "What's yours is mine approach" with Xanathar, Guild Kingpin, Gisa, Glorious Resurrector, and Tergrid, God of Fright  . Tergrid's Lantern can seem fairly innocuous early on, then become a real threat and a great way to spend mana if we're waiting to top deck a more in-your-face bomb. Same with Hall of Storm Giants. With plenty of options for controlling the battlefield and then closing out the game, this deck can win a lot of ways and has been a blast to play so far in a post-rotation world. Still working on putting together a cohesive sideboard as I've mostly been doing best-of-1 arena with it. The idea is for this deck to evolve all the time so any suggestions are more than welcome, especially for the sideboard at the moment. And, of course, if you like what I've done here, please give it the ole' +1!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 2 Rares 8 - 3 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.20
Tokens	Devil 1/1 R, Emblem Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor, Foretell, Goblin 1/1 R, Inkling 2/1 WB