Release the Kraken!

Modern Control Tempo UBR (Grixis)

Feanor_Curufinwe

Land (22)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 2x Steam Vents
• 2x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swamp
• 2x Wandering Fumarole
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (20)

• 2x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 3x Kolaghan's Command
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Mana Leak
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 4x Terminate

Creature (10)

• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 3x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Dreadbore
• 4x Serum Visions

Artifact (2)

• 2x Isochron Scepter

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Dispel
• 1x Far / Away
• 1x Negate
• 2x Rakdos Charm

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 3x Duress
• 2x Sowing Salt

Creature (2)

• 2x Jorubai Murk Lurker

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

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When first I saw Thing in the Ice  , I fell in love. It was a blue Tarmogoyf! Sure you had to work a bit to get there, but you have to work a bit for the Goyf too, and it wasn't completely dead. On top of that, it came with a built-in Evacuation, and didn't cost $150. Score! The only thing was to find a deck that he went in.

Fortunately, I had a lot of the components for a Grixis control deck from a previous deck I made. The main interaction there was Thought Scour and Gurmag Angler, but I wasn't a big fan of that since Thought Scour is such a mediocre card. I do however like the interaction of Snapcaster Mage and Kolaghan's Command, which is the main draw for this kind of deck.

The game plan here is to survive early aggression with the classics Lightning Bolt and Terminate while smoothing out draws with Serum Visions. As we get past turn four, we start navigating to find two for ones with Kolaghan's Command and Cryptic Command. Finally, we close out the game quickly with a Tasigur, the Golden Fang or Awoken Horror  .

The main difference from a typical deck is that, if you have a turn two Thing in the Ice  , you'll want to play it in most matchups. In can block profitably against many of the aggressive creatures in Modern, and the sooner it flips the better. Since we don't have access to white, life gain is very hard to come by and we almost always want to end the game as quickly as possible. Awoken Horror   fits this spot well since it ends the game quickly while still being decent early.

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at my deck! Suggestions are appreciated!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 31 - 1 Rares 11 - 7 Uncommons 9 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.29
Tokens	Thopter 1/1 C