Crushing the spirit of control

Standard*

dazhaun

Creature (39)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Auriok Salvagers
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Black Cat
• 1x Bloodflow Connoisseur
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Brain Maggot
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
• 1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Havoc Demon
• 1x Hypnotic Specter
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mesmeric Fiend
• 1x Nezumi Shortfang  ^Flip
• 1x Olivia, Mobilized for War
• 1x Oona, Queen of the Fae
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Rag Man
• 1x Rakdos Cackler
• 1x Rakdos, Lord of Riots
• 1x Rakdos Shred-Freak
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Sanity Gnawers
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x True Believer
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Visara the Dreadful

Sorcery (29)

• 1x Banefire
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Burning Inquiry
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Doomfall
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Duress
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Hymn to Tourach
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Persecute
• 1x Pick the Brain
• 1x Rakdos's Return
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Stupor
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Whispers of Emrakul
• 1x Wrath of God
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Land (11)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bazaar of Baghdad
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Diamond Valley
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Artifact (17)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Riteknife
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Uba Mask

Instant (16)

• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Glorious End
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mindbreak Trap
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Shallow Grave
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Terror
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Word of Seizing

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Fervor

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Strategies that make control decks sosad:

Slaughter Games (Tho can't be countered makes them just harrumph "Oh so you're gunna just counter me?"
Discard, especially at your choice, where they have to reveal hand: Thoughtseize. This pre-empts their pre-emption. Also reveals their hand, which devastates their psyche, ruins their "in control, got secrets" place.Revealing their hand, transparency... takes away their element of surprise.
Strategies that trump their strategies, ie Mindbreak Trap, getting thru Can't be countered, or Split Second, Sudden Spoiling... Or even Time Stop (but this can be countered). Going thru Emrakul's layers with Royal Assassin, or Cruel Edict.
Mana Stunting: Blue decks rely on their mana base, so a way to frustrate them is making them suffer when they are forced to pay mana or do something, or just killing their mana base with Strip Mine, but this isn't blue-deck specific, it's hate-everyone strategy. Anti-fun. Discard can be the same... ie Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur.
Reanimate... If it happens in a way they can't prevent / foresee, like a dread return flashback, they can be frustrated, or if they counter things and those counters seemed wasted, as the creature will just come back from the graveyard.
Perhaps best of all is simply looking at the person's hand and making them discard. Nezumi Shortfang is brutal. And since blue is weak from graveyard, this will likely cripple them, as you maintain more card advantage, having a many-shot creature ability vs one-shot counter.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	114
Avg. CMC	3.36
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, Marit Lage, Spirit 1/1 C