Jeskai Control

Modern Competitive Control RUW (Jeskai, America)

pieguy5

Land (25)

• 2x Celestial Colonnade
• 3x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls

Instant (24)

• 4x Cryptic Command *list*
• 2x Electrolyze
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Lightning Helix
• 3x Logic Knot
• 4x Opt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 1x Think Twice

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 2x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

Creature (4)

• 4x Snapcaster Mage

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 2x Celestial Purge
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Negate
• 2x Settle the Wreckage

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Ancestral Vision

Creature (2)

• 1x Baneslayer Angel
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Detention Sphere
• 2x Stony Silence

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought

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stock jeskai with some fun cards in the board to spice things up games two and three. i went for opt to maximize the deck's ability to go at instant speed.

Sideboard

Into Aggro: settle is great, but to be honest the mainboard is build for creature aggro so there isn't too much to side in other than maybe a baneslayer since some decks cannot kill a resolved baneslayer and just have to scoop to it. also, mindsculptor if surprisingly good option in for teferi in the burn matchup since they're hellbent by the time he lands.

Into Midrange: Jace AoT is insane into mardu since their lingering souls and pyro tokens become null. I like elspeth into midrange since her resolving usually wins us the game. Celestial purge and detention spheres go in as needed.

Into Control: Elspeth is a must, as is the Mind Sculptor, who finally gets a chance to shine in these matchups. I bring in the better conutermageic for the board wipes. i like AV in this and only this matchup. since control is getting big right now i feel like they're worth the slots. i also sometimes bring them in against a slower midrange player.

Into Combo: vendilion clique is great here, as are the additional negate and potentially dispel depending on what combo deck is meta at this point.

Into Big Mana (Tron): honestly this list loses to tron and that's ok with me. i could take up slots with alpine moon but it would worsen the mirror and midrange matchups and frankly i don't think i'd win even with the moon.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 4 Mythic Rares 27 - 7 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.29
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	Play test against these decks
Based on	Dark Jeskai Modern pieguy5 MDN