Grits and Grixis and White....

Standard Control UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (11)

• 3x Augur of Bolas
• 2x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 3x Snapcaster Mage
• 3x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Land (25)

• 4x Blood Crypt
• 3x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Godless Shrine
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Sulfur Falls
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (12)

• 3x Azorius Charm
• 2x Dissipate
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 2x Murder
• 3x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (10)

• 4x Dreadbore
• 2x Rakdos's Return
• 4x Supreme Verdict

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Detention Sphere
• 2x Rest in Peace

Instant (5)

• 2x Negate
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 2x Tragic Slip

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Rolling Temblor
• 2x Sever the Bloodline
• 2x Slaughter Games

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I'm trying to make four-color control competitive in the current standard environment. I tried using BUG as the base to take advantage of Garruk, the primal hunter, Thragtusk, Prime Speaker Zegana, and Farseek for ramp-- however, the deck's removal was clunky and usually left me without a creature to put counters on Zegana.

I splashed white in the BUG deck for Sphinx's Revelation and Obzedaddy only to realize that white has several great sideboard options, like Detention Sphere , Rest in Peace, and Blind Obedience.

But having green in the deck just didn't add enough power and controlish elements that I was looking for to combat the crazy aggro decks and all the Esper/American control decks out there. Not to mention I couldn't remove Planeswalkers easily either.

This deck's base is obviously Grixis (hence the obnoxious title). I loved the idea of having Rakdos's Return and Dreadbore mainboard to deal directly with both control and aggro matchups.

I also love Liliana of the Dark Realms, even if all the other haters gonna hate. Her mana-fixing ability helps me run four colors comfortably, her -3 ability lets me gain a bunch of life with my Nighthawks or have a spot-removal Mutilate. And her ultimate, her glorious ultimate, lets me Sphinx or Return for a million! Not to mention that you can Sphinx for 8 with two swamps at the end of your opponents turn and then play most of the cards you get if you tap the rest of your mana right on yours.

I feel that this deck can contend with most of the decks out there in the standard environment. I do feel the need to improve the sideboard but am out of ideas. I've tested this deck against Boros aggro, Naya humans, Jund aggro, Jund control, Esper control, American flash, a whole bunch of midrange, and even a mill deck: it won more games than it lost consistently, since it has so many answers to both control and aggro in the mainboard.

Since I am new to magic (just started last summer), any critiques or comments on this deck would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for stopping by.

Date added	12 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 38 - 5 Rares 13 - 4 Uncommons 2 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Emblem Liliana of the Dark Realms
Folders	Control deck ideas