I... shall... control... you

Standard Control RUW (Jeskai, America) UR (Izzet)

Apoptosis

Creature (4)

• 2x Augur of Bolas
• 2x Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Land (24)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Plains
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Detention Sphere

Artifact (1)

• 1x Staff of Nin

Instant (16)

• 3x Cloudshift
• 2x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 4x Dissipate
• 3x Negate
• 4x Think Twice

Sorcery (11)

• 2x Act of Treason
• 4x Mark of Mutiny
• 3x Supreme Verdict
• 2x Terminus

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 4x Boros Reckoner
• 2x Izzet Staticaster

Instant (6)

• 4x Searing Spear
• 2x Thunderous Wrath

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Rolling Temblor

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Clone
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Delver of Secrets  ^Flip
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 2x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Artifact (1)

• 1x Conjurer's Closet

Instant (4)

• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 2x Traitorous Blood

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A"thief" to steal their creatures and control the world.

Creature based decks are very heavily played at my local meta, especially midrange decks. This is a control based deck that owns them (literally). The deck centers around Act of Treason and Mark of Mutiny to steal opponent's creatures. Some flicker magic is there to let me keep what I like.

Card draw comes from Think Twice, Staff of Nin, Snapcaster Mage and Augur of Bolas.

Counter magic controls the board and shuts down the nasties.

Supreme Verdict, Terminus, Cyclonic Rift, and Detention Sphere maintain board control.

Sideboard is up for revamping... I haven't really seen control decks at my local shop, but i do see aggro (mainly human), which makes me think that's what I need to prepare for first. Boros Reckoner stops the assault, Izzet Staticaster blasts tokens, Rolling Temblor and Searing Spear to wipe out humans. Thunderous Wrath is in there because the idea of a miracle draw off of Think Twice during my opponents turn appeals to me.

Deck still needs some fine tuning. For example: 2x Staff of Nin versus 1x Staff of Nin + Tamiyo, the Moon Sage, vs Jace, Memory Adept???. Advice much appreciated, I'm not sure what's the best fit. Cards in the maybe board are also under consideration or came out on the prototype (listed at 1x, but more could be put in).

Thanks to KrazyCaley for some early advice! Other suggestions welcome. Please feel free to playtest it and let me know what you think. +1 is always welcome. Thanks again!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 4 Rares 6 - 5 Uncommons 16 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Emblem Tamiyo, the Moon Sage