[XLN] Grixis Control

Standard* Smileycorp

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Didley says... #1

I like the deck. It's very similar to my deck: [AER Standard] Grixis Control.

With the explosion of Temur Tower decks, I brewed my deck up as Grixis Towers. However, during playtesting I ended up trying out Trail of Evidence. It was so good, I ended up dropping Dynavolt Tower entirely and have been playing around with 2-3 Trail of Evidence main board.

Except for Harnessed Lightning and Glimmer of Genius, each card you cast with a Dynavolt Tower in Play is essentially 1 point of damage (takes 3 spells to get enough energy for one activation). Compare that to a deck with Trail of Evidence, which is getting a clue for EVERY instant/sorcery they cast.

I have not lost to a Dynavolt Tower deck yet. They have no small creatures to kill with their towers and having to cast three spells to do three damage to your opponent is not efficient at all. Also, players are running Natural Obsolescence and Release the Gremlins; neither of which can target Trail of Evidence.

If I land a Trail of Evidence on Turn 5, I typically create between 4 and 10 clues in the next 5 or 6 turns, depending on the match-up.

If you decide to give it a try, let me know what your experience is.

March 20, 2017 12:17 p.m.

Smileycorp says... #2

Didley, I'm currently using lilliana in that slot, I haven't actually gotten around to testing dynavolt tower yet, I think I'm going to test that first.

My problem with trail of evidence is that it doesn't really do anything. Sure it generates clues but most of the time I curve out well enough that I wouldn't need to crack any clues.

March 20, 2017 5:24 p.m.

I would probably push you towards adding a Dynavolt Tower because it would have SO much synergy in this deck.

Say you have Tower and then play Harnessed Lightning. Tower's trigger will and give you . Choose not to pay any, and get in the bank from Harnessed Lightning.

You now have 5 Energy and can spend it all in the Tower to hit your opponent for 3 instead of just hitting a creature for 3 with Lightning alone. Basically, having out Dynavolt Tower makes every Harnessed Lightning say creature OR player.

Alternatively, the Tower could be netting you every time you play an instant or sorcery (which is a lot). It wouldn't be out of the realm of reason that you have 8 or more Energy stocked up. If they play a big fattie, you'd have excess to pump into Lightning to take that creature down.

March 28, 2017 2:43 p.m.

Smileycorp says... #4

JerichoDarkstar, I had been seriously debating playing dynavolt over liliana, however in the mirror liliana has saved me multiple times, dynavolt is an issue, which is why I have moved some negates to the mainboard.

April 2, 2017 10:19 a.m.

adambomb786 says... #5

Can you give me your thoughts on my Grixis list? Grixis My Way 3.0

April 17, 2017 11:46 a.m.

shagg says... #6

With the number of indestructibles in AMK, do you think it's worth considering Die Young or Final Reward ?

April 26, 2017 7:53 a.m.

Smileycorp says... #7

Final Reward is too expensive and die young is a possibility, but I don't feel like their is too much indestructibility, only really the gods.

Of the gods, they either get countered or they get prevented from being turned on, the only ones I can see myself having trouble with are Bontu and Hazoret.

April 26, 2017 1:33 p.m.

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