Return of the God-Pharaoh (competitive)

Standard* Control UBR (Grixis)

Atraxa_Daddy

Land (25)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 2x Choked Estuary
• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Fetid Pools
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 3x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 3x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Wandering Fumarole

Instant (24)

• 3x Abrade
• 4x Censor
• 4x Disallow
• 3x Fatal Push
• 4x Glimmer of Genius
• 2x Harnessed Lightning
• 4x Supreme Will

Creature (6)

• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x The Locust God
• 3x Torrential Gearhulk

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Liliana, the Last Hope
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Hour of Devastation

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Grasp of Darkness
• 2x Negate
• 1x To the Slaughter
• 2x Void Shatter

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Flaying Tendrils
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 2x Transgress the Mind

Creature (2)

• 1x Kefnet the Mindful
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

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With the return of bolas and impending rotation, I forsake my abzan midrange deck and move to greener (or bluer) pastures. When a card is impactful enough to warrant a 1 of in a slot usually reserved for Torrential Gearhulk, and the most iconic grixis card of all time saw a reprint, i knew what my next standard deck would be.

This deck takes the grixis shell of the last few months and ramps it up a few times with two new finishers, and quite possibly the best counterspell standard has seen in 4-5 years. Especially under gearhulks flashback ability, a modal counterspell is insane value, giving you 4 choices of modes between the original cast and the flashback. This deck also looses very little (aside from manabase) after rotation, so that is another massive plus.

If you like decisions, this is the deck for you!!

Any suggestions are welcome, down below, and ill probably reply :)

Top Ranked	Achieved #19 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 3 Rares 20 - 7 Uncommons 3 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Energy Reserve, Insect 1/1 UR, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Standard