U/B Control

Standard* Budget Control UB (Dimir)

Exaltedartifice

Creature (10)

• 3x Archfiend of Depravity
• 2x Pearl Lake Ancient
• 2x Sage-Eye Avengers
• 2x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Thousand Winds

Land (23)

• 3x Dismal Backwater
• 9x Island
• 6x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Singing Bell Strike

Instant (15)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 2x Bile Blight
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 2x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Hydrosurge
• 2x Icy Blast
• 2x Polymorphist's Jest
• 3x Reality Shift

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 2x Diplomacy of the Wastes
• 1x Read the Bones
• 3x Sign in Blood
• 3x Void Snare

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Cloudform

Instant (6)

• 4x Dissipate
• 1x Douse in Gloom
• 1x Whisk Away

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Despise
• 3x Read the Bones

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A don't-break-the-bank powerful control deck that completely shuts down your opponent.

For early game use cards like Hydrosurge Singing Bell Strike Reality Shift Icy Blast Polymorphist's Jest to control your opponents creatures while you gain card advantage with Sign in Blood and Read the Bones. Once you reach mid to late game you get access to some of your more powerful spells like Archfiend of Depravity to check creature count, Pearl Lake Ancient as a pure fatty that resists removal, Thousand Winds to catch your opponent off guard and remove a lot of its threats, and of course you get Silumgar, Drifting Death who is just a beast, and Dig Through Time to top things off.

Combos

silumgar, drifting death + polymorphist's jest

Bye bye to your opponent's creatures

Bile Blight + Polymorphist's Jest

An easy early game field wipe. Activate jest, then use blight to target one of the frogs and the rest of the frogs die as well.

Icy Blast + Thousand Winds

Costly, but it could get rid of all your opponents creatures, while you attack for the win.

Also, you can sideboard in Despise or use Diplomacy of the Wastes to deal with any of these creatures as soon as they are returned to their owners hand

This deck is control in the purest form. If you like it slam that upvote!! I appreciate any and all criticism.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Bile Blight + Polymorphist's Jest Icy Blast + Thousand Winds
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 9 - 10 Uncommons 11 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C