Cruel Control (Heirloom)

Heirloom Budget Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

gumgod

Creature (5)

• 2x Charmbreaker Devils
• 2x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Land (26)

• 4x Crumbling Necropolis
• 4x Dragonskull Summit
• 4x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Instant (13)

• 1x Electrolyze
• 2x Geth's Verdict
• 2x Jace's Ingenuity
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Negate
• 2x Victim of Night

Sorcery (15)

• 2x Barter in Blood
• 2x Cruel Ultimatum
• 2x Duress
• 4x Hymn to Tourach
• 2x Promise of Power
• 3x Pyroclasm

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Energy Flux
• 2x Engineered Plague

Artifact (6)

• 4x Pithing Needle
• 2x Witchbane Orb

Instant (1)

• 1x Negate

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Chain Reaction
• 2x Infest
• 2x Vandalblast

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Built for the budget format heirloom, I managed to play this to a 3-2 finish.

This is an all in control deck. The end game plan is to stall until you can cast a Cruel Ultimatum. Other big finishers in the deck include Promise of Power , which is insane when cast with entwine, but "just" a necro for 5 when you cast it normally. Necro for five is usually good enough.

The creatures in this deck come down in the late game when you can make sure that the coast is clear by using Duress and Hymn to Tourach. Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind is a great control card. He keeps business in your hand and the board clear. He also makes necro for 5 even better.

Charmbreaker Devils recur the spells in the deck and finish the game in short order.

Fleshbag Marauder is just a sac effect, I don't count him as a creature, but he's a way to force a sac without targeting the opponent, and is not as color intensive as Gatekeeper of Malikir.

The rest of the deck is just focused on card advantage and control. Bolts are used as removal, until the end game when they pair nicely with Charmbrearker's kiln fiend style grow ability.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Heirloom legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 15 - 7 Rares 22 - 7 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Demon X/X B
Folders	MTGO Decks, Heirloom