Grixis Control

Standard*

ShimmeringSword

Land (26)

• 2x Aether Hub
• 2x Choked Estuary
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 4x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 3x Spirebluff Canal
• 2x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 2x Wandering Fumarole

Instant (24)

• 3x Anticipate
• 3x Disallow
• 3x Fatal Push
• 3x Glimmer of Genius
• 3x Grasp of Darkness
• 1x Negate
• 1x Revolutionary Rebuff
• 1x Shock
• 1x To the Slaughter
• 3x Unlicensed Disintegration
• 2x Void Shatter

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Radiant Flames
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Creature (3)

• 3x Torrential Gearhulk

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 2x Negate
• 2x Shock
• 1x Summary Dismissal
• 1x To the Slaughter

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Harsh Scrutiny
• 1x Ruinous Path
• 1x Transgress the Mind

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Artifact (2)

• 2x Dynavolt Tower

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My take on Grixis Control for standard. I'm having difficulty coming up with reasons to splash red other than "I want to play red." One reason is that red does a better job of interacting with planeswalkers at instant speed. I am aware of To the Slaughter but I'm not confidant that I can reach delirium quick enough in a control deck.

Mainboard choices:

• 2 Fatal Push in the main mainly cause of how strong token and counters were in the SCG Columbus Open. Fatal Push hits Walking Ballista and Grim Flayer.

• 3 Shock for Saheeli Rai combo, although I doubt anyone playing the deck would walk into a shock. So mainly for versatility.

• 1 Harnessed Lightning because it has the potential to hit creatures larger than 4 toughness.

• 3 Unlicensed Disintegration cause its better than Murder and has extra value if I have a Gearhulk on the board.

• 2 Void Shatter just cause delirium is a big thing, might run more instead of Disallow depending on how the meta shifts.

• 1 Revolutionary Rebuff just for early game countering that also hits planeswalkers. Might just run another Negate there though.

• 2 Liliana, The Last Hope, cause she's pretty much 2 extra gearhulks with extra value and a potential game ender.

• 1 Chandra, Flamecaller as an extra win con/mass removal. Not sure if I want to use Flamecaller or Torch of Defiance.

• The rest are control staples.

Things I'm not sure about:

• I had Baral in my deck for awhile but everytime I drew him I found myself wanting card draw or a counterspell. He also doesn't do anything with removal.

• Summary dismissal loses value now that Emrakul is banned and Disallow is a thing.

• Yahenni's Expertise is just something I'm testing, trying to see if the extra value is worth it over Radiant Flames.

Sideboard Decisions:

• Harsh Scrutiny seems to be more valuable in this creature/aggro heavy meta.

• Transgress the Mind is still great.

• Ceremonious Rejection just to hit any "unexpected" artifact heavy decks. Also screw the ballista.

• Ob Nixilis might be good for the control match ups cause control has a hard time interacting with planeswalker.

My land choice is just what has served me best so far.

TL;DR its a deck.

Edits:

• Added another land to ensure land drops.

• Added Toch of Defiance to the main for testing.

• Removed Harnessed Lightning cause it wasn't working out.

• My meta is more creature/aggro so I added another fatal push to the main and removed shock.

• added to the slaughter for mainboard planeswalker removal.

• Removed a land for another Grasp of Darkness, 27 was just a little too much.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 21 - 5 Rares 13 - 5 Uncommons 13 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Energy Reserve, Zombie 2/2 B