Duskmantle Deception

Standard Control UB (Dimir)

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Creature (17)

• 2x Baleful Eidolon
• 2x Desecration Demon
• 4x Duskmantle Seer
• 2x Festering Newt
• 2x Shipwreck Singer
• 2x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 3x Vortex Elemental

Land (23)

• 7x Island
• 8x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Watery Grave

Artifact (2)

• 2x Whip of Erebos

Instant (17)

• 2x Bile Blight
• 3x Dimir Charm
• 3x Dissolve
• 3x Doom Blade
• 2x Far / Away
• 2x Spell Rupture
• 2x Warped Physique

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Hands of Binding
• 2x Pilfered Plans

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Lifebane Zombie

Instant (10)

• 3x Gainsay
• 2x Griptide
• 3x Hero's Downfall
• 2x Syncopate

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Thoughtseize

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Maybeboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Fated Infatuation

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You never really had any control to begin with.

This is a deck I've been working on for a while. I wanted a competitive Dimir control deck with a focus on Duskmantle Seer , because he's one of my favorite cards in the format. The idea is to get the Seer out as quickly as possible and start drawing all the cards you could ever want. Your opponent gets a draw too, but you get a peek at what's in their hand and they hopefully lose a decent portion of life in the process. A few games I've played I've won simply because the opponent wouldn't use any removal on him because of the extra card draw. After a turn or two the 4 flying damage starts to add up and I typically have responses to anything they try to play.

Everything else in the deck is there mostly for control. Dimir Charm is a fun interaction with Duskmantle Seer , as it lets you pick what they draw during your upkeep (and how much life they lose). Thassa, God of the Sea is in there for the upkeep scry trigger to keep me from losing too much life whenever I get low. Desecration Demon and Vortex Elemental are really good pieces of creature-based control. And finally, Warped Physique has become one of my favorite cards. The utility it provides in this deck is insane since it doubles not only as a form of removal, but can also come in during damage step to deal that last little bit of damage when they least expect it.

I'd love some feedback or suggestions, specifically on the sideboard as I'm not sure what to run in the sideboard. Biggest change I'm thinking about making right now is replacing the Spell Rupture s with Syncopate.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 3 Mythic Rares 16 - 2 Rares 14 - 6 Uncommons 16 - 4 Commons
Cards	63
Avg. CMC	2.60