Chadnausem Control

Modern* Combo Competitive Control WUB (Esper)

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Land (23)

• 3x Concealed Courtyard
• 2x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 2x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 2x Plains
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Seachrome Coast
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (13)

• 3x Ad Nauseam
• 2x Fatal Push
• 1x Lightning Storm
• 2x Path to Exile
• 3x Remand
• 2x Spell Snare

Creature (5)

• 2x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Damnation
• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Serum Visions
• 2x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 3x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (5)

• 3x Gideon of the Trials
• 2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Blessed Alliance
• 2x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Surgical Extraction

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 3x Rain of Tears
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (2)

• 2x Kambal, Consul of Allocation

Artifact (2)

• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

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Essentially good stuff control with multiple options for closing out the game. Counters and hand disruption often don't play well together and this version is leaning heavily on the hand disruption + cheap threat plan. Both jaces work well with hand disruption and with so many cantrips finding the combo is usually fairly easy.

The primary wincon is Gideon of the Trials + Ad Nauseam then draw your deck and cast Lightning Storm off the single Rugged Prairie . However with this much grind jace ultimates and gideon, snap and tarpit beats are often enough too. The best part is unlike Through the Breach + Emrakul, the Aeons Torn or Splinter Twin both pieces can be powerful cards on their own in a control deck.

There are issues however:

• Gideon of the Trials , Ad Nauseam and Lighting Storm often all need to be cast on separate turns and this gives your opponent enough time to pressure the gids.

• The mana requirements are sketchy. I need to cast , and as well as snap serum visions and thoughseizes on turn one. This means the manabase can be pretty painful and Ad Nauseam just isn't a viable card draw engine half the time.

• Unlike most Thoughtseize heavy esper decks we don't have the Tasigur, the Golden Fang s and Lingering Souls s to provide a fast clock often are at the mercy of the top of the opponents deck.

I'd appreciate solutions to any of the problems listed above or just feedback in general of the deck. Yes straight esper control would probs be better but obviously this is a lot more fun.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 6 Rares 17 - 7 Uncommons 2 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.08
Tokens	Emblem Gideon of the Trials, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy