Cruel Operator

Modern Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

DimirPlagueLord

Creature (3)

• 3x Snapcaster Mage

Land (26)

• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 2x Blood Crypt
• 3x Creeping Tar Pit
• 2x Darkslick Shores
• 3x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 2x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 2x Watery Grave

Artifact (1)

• 1x Batterskull

Instant (22)

• 4x Cryptic Command *list*
• 3x Electrolyze
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Mana Leak
• 2x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 3x Spell Snare
• 2x Terminate

Sorcery (8)

• 2x Anger of the Gods
• 2x Cruel Ultimatum
• 4x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir

Artifact (2)

• 1x Nihil Spellbomb
• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (6)

• 2x Counterflux
• 2x Extirpate
• 2x Rakdos Charm

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Damnation
• 2x Sowing Salt
• 2x Vandalblast

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Shriekmaw

Instant (1)

• 1x Hurkyl's Recall

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I looked at a quite a few Cruel Control decks and proxied one and played. With some of the new Birthing Pod and Bitterblossom decks there is too much on the board. I swapped some cards out of decks I've seen and am trying to tailor it to the meta I face.

Burn

Lightning Bolt

Electrolyze - Burn + Draw

Anger of the Gods > Voice of Resurgence

Counter

Mana Leak - I want a better counter than this. It's the only other good 2 drop hard counter other than Rune Snag , which confronts a similar problem. I may replace it with a 3 cast counter like Double Negative or main board the Counterflux

Spell Snare - Aggro/Ramp counter spell. These are in for things that hurt early game like Bitterblossom

Support

Cryptic Command - The "do all" Blue Modern card.

Batterskull - Just awesomeness. Please sideboard in artifact hate for 1 card. Please.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 8 Rares 14 - 6 Uncommons 7 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.56
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Others Decks