kyuuri117: I posted up all of the match ups that were tough/interesting in my description. Anything else that I have run up against with this deck I have pretty solidly had a handle on and usually went 2/0 on. What sort of match ups are you looking for? I might be able to find someone and give it a run if I get some requests. :)

Specifically Abzan Midrange, UR Twin, Grixis Twin, Amulet Bloom, GriShoalbrand, and GR Tron.

I love that most of your deck is at least 5 bucks a card, and then you run Logic Knot and Rune Snag, which are like 30 cents. They're two of my favorite little-known counters. The Knot is awesome when you've got fetchlands and cheap cantrips. It can also shrink 'goyfs :)

Rune snag and logic knot do seem to work against each other though... what if you really need to delve a rune snag?

Narset also seems kinda weak. Roughly 2/3 chance of drawing a card, the ability to rebound a path or a visions (or maybe a board wipe to delay another turn). That's fine, I suppose, but you gotta protect her yourself. I guess she's pretty beefy so she can survive a hit or two.

You might like Runed Halo and/or Leyline of Sanctity.

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SwaggyMcSwagglepants: Thanks! That was super helpful. :D

Not enough removals in actual meta, to much spheres (dromoka command looks like 2/3 for 1), gideon isn't that great as it looks (for sure for me) and... Why no 4 colonnades? Its great land.

Aha. Vision and remand - IT IS NOT A CARD DRAW. Ony cards that gives u more that one, can be called as CA. For example Think Twice. Anyway - remand is tempo, not controlling card co m8 repleace witam cryptic command?

About aetherling - I like this card, but 2x elspeth is enough, and aetherling is just "winmore"

Also, what is the card your using for the deckcycle art? It's siiiiiick

SwaggyMcSwagglepants: It's the promo art for Render Silent

Okay, so one, this is a pretty solid deck, and two, can I ask where you found the "Lawful Good" picture? cause that is awesome!

Thanks TheRedGoat! I know it's not like... tier 1, but what control deck is?

And honestly... google. Haha.

Okay, so I have an actual question, do you think anything from the current standard is worth looking at for this deck? In particular I'm thinking of Unsubstantiate, Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper, and Sphinx of the Final Word, and basically any of the awaken cards.

So, I have looked into adding things from standard into this deck... but I just haven't found anything good enough.

Here are my thoughts:

• Standard has been moving towards creatures overpowering spells (i.e. Spell Queller/Reflector Mage).

• None of the spells have the same power and affordability and still replace themselves. That is really key in Modern. Running out of a hand is the literal death of you. Hence why Remand is better than Unsubstantiate (even though I love the latter).

• None of the creatures have the level of versatility required to be modern relevant. In regards to Sphinx of the Final Word. I love him, I think he is a kickass card. However, AEtherling is strictly better because of A. his ability to dodge board wipes and B. his ability to give himself a pseudo vigilance/unblockable. Those two things alone have saved my butt numerous times because I was able to take one card in my deck and use it in a variety of ways to respond to a multitude of situations.

To summarize... I think standard hasn't had a lot to offer control for a while yet. It is fun, because it can give people some budget options if they want to mock up a modern deck (like using Unsubstantiate instead of Remand or Declaration in Stone instead of Path to Exile), but sadly those cards just aren't robust enough to hold their own in Modern competitively. As it is, control is already dropping out of popularity (even with the un-banning of Ancestral Vision). I hope that a new set soon moves away from having SUCH powerful creatures and encourages creative spell-work again. However, I don't hold much hope for the Kaladesh block on that front (still excited, though!).

That I can understand, cause the whole not replacing themselves thing is what I figured was the biggest drawback of the current standard spells compared to your build. But even so, would Unsubstantiate not be suitable to even replace Mana Leak in the side board?

i would definitely add Snapcaster Mage for sure, i would also run more Celestial Colonnade. Control shouldn't have so many wincons, so i would only run three at most. In my opinion, AEtherling is just bad, i would replace it with something else.