Mardu "Control"

Highlander*

Modern_Mastery

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Inspiring Vantage
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 4x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Chained to the Rocks

Instant (18)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Crackling Doom
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Incinerate
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Lightning Strike
• 1x Mardu Charm
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Searing Blood
• 1x Searing Spear
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wear / Tear

Creature (13)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Butcher of the Horde
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Falkenrath Aristocrat
• 1x Fulminator Mage
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Blightning
• 1x Chain Lightning
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Duress
• 1x Forked Bolt
• 1x Gerrard's Verdict
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Lingering Souls
• 1x Mind Twist
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant
• 1x Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
• 1x Kaya, Ghost Assassin
• 1x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

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This Mardu deck will split the line of Midrange and Control. We run a bit heavier on the burn spells than some lists to help give some reach to the deck if you need to race. The Points in this deck revolve around a tutor and big mana. Since this list is pretty mana hungry with several "x" spells and 4+ drops, being able to accelerate into them will be devastating for many decks.

You will have some amount of play in nearly every matchup with the high amounts of discard and removal. If you like control but want to be proactive then this is the list for you! This list also is extremely customizable and tunable to your local meta. If you have any suggestions or if you pick it up and play it, let us know how you did in the comment section below!

Points: Vampiric Tutor 3, Sol Ring 3, Mana Crypt 3, Mind Twist 1

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Highlander legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.40
Tokens	Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Construct 1/1 C Token w/ Defender, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Monk 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Vampire 2/2 B, Warrior 1/1 W, Zombie 2/2 B