Azorius Control

Modern* Control WU (Azorius)

TheCasualChaos

Land (25)

• 2x Castle Vantress
• 2x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 2x Field of Ruin
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 3x Hallowed Fountain
• 2x Irrigated Farmland
• 5x Island
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 2x Temple of Enlightenment

Instant (20)

• 3x Archmage's Charm
• 4x Counterspell
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 4x Opt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 3x Remand
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Detention Sphere

Planeswalker (8)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis
• 2x Gideon of the Trials
• 2x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 2x Narset, Parter of Veils

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Shatter the Sky
• 2x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (1)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 2x Aether Gust
• 2x Celestial Purge
• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 2x Dovin's Veto
• 2x Mystical Dispute

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Rest in Peace

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Timely Reinforcements

Artifact (1)

• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern

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Azorius control on a semi-budget.

Here are some of the card choices:

• Gideon of the Trials and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar are the finishers along with Celestial Colonnade .
• Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis is SO good against aggro. If you don't have a wrath yet, just slam her, get chump blockers and grab the life. She easily buys two turns and comes back later to buff your Gideons. She also isn't too expensive.
• With the Emblem from Gideon of the Trials and Gideon, Ally of Zendikar you can ensure there's only a small window where you can lose the game.
• The reason I play Shatter the Sky is not only budget, but also because it replaces itself when you have an active Gideon as a creature.
• Since I only play 25 lands, I kept the curve pretty low. It also helps to have Opt and Temple of Enlightenment . Later in the game you have Narset, Parter of Veils and cycling irrigated farmlands to prevent hitting too many lands when you don't want them.

General Tips:

• As always, use Remand as a tempo play and (generally) whenever you can. You can use it late to bounce your own spells in a counter-war.
• I found it helps to play the walkers as late as turn 5 or 6, since against aggro you have to answer the board early anyway and around that time you have enough mana for one of your Gideons or Elspeth plus Archmage's Charm or Counterspell , so they don't get immediatelly countered or removed.
• When the board isn't being pressured, you can afford an early Narset if you know what you need in the matchup.
• Since almost all your removal exiles, you don't have to worry too much about graveyard recursion.
• Ever curved Gideon of the Trials into Shatter the Sky ? Mmmmh, juicy.
• Winds of Abandon , Shatter the Sky and Path to Exile only hit creatures. If possible, try to counter your enemies other permanents like Planeswalkers and enchantments. You have tools for permanents in Detention Sphere , but a resolved planeswalker ist hard to deal with when you don't have a Colonnade or a Gideon that can connect.

Thanks for reading!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 28 - 0 Rares 15 - 13 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.43
Tokens	Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Casual Decks