Hum, I never thought of a specific store as a title... Apple would definitely work if it were white though!

Not trying to be that guy, but you have to realize that you have this in the wrong hub. This deck is NOT cruel control. Cruel Control is a modern Grixis control deck with its main win condition being Cruel Ultimatum, popularized by the man himself Paul Cheon. I'm not saying that you have to change it obviously, but I just want you to know that it's wrong. It'd be the equivalent of labeling a mono blue control deck "Red Deck Wins".

Carry on :)

Durkle that remark has actually been made to me previously, I've just been lazy about changing it.

Thank you for the comment!

Since you do not have any instant speed spells, and do not need mana to be open you could go with Citadel of Pain.

I have an Commander deck that utilizes a similar strategy of punishing others for doing things (or not doing things. Commander players are all turtles...) Having Citadel in play ensures your own turns are your own. It also makes for a suicidally quick game once Manabarbs is in play too.

It could be the plucky new guy who wants to impress everyone SO MUCH. Sometimes he is awesome and helpful. Other times he is a pain in the ass wrecking the store. But when he gets to work with the manager and the assistant manager, and gets approval from the board? Magic happens.

Wow, thanks a ton, I didn't see that! As a replacement, maybe Spellshock?

Thank you very much!

Hey, you made it to the Top Decks. :>

Propably thanks to the name.

Yeah, I saw that. I should try giving all my decks bad names, maybe that would work...

Nice to see a truly creatureless deck
+1 from me

Thank you wcdorrell!

Power Surge is a slightly better Citadel of Pain

Eh, sort of the same, but it requires double red.

Actually, TheHamster (and anyone else), what are your views on the Circles of Protection instead of Burning Earth and in the sideboard (Circle of Protection: White, Circle of Protection: Blue...)? This deck struggles early.

There is always Story Circle

I considered Story Circle Nefferean, but the Circles of Protection 1) cost less 2) require less white mana. But thanks for the suggestion!

Yah it's understandable. It all depends on preference i suppose.

Starts flash mob

"Excuse me sir, what gave you permission to do a flash mob? It's not against the rules, but you'll have to pay to walk in the store, talk, move, purchase, look and walk out the store. Entirely your choice."

Liking this a lot. What if an unruly customer, like some hippie, plays Back to Nature? That could be awkward right?

That could be very awkward...

Quote from the board at a recent press conference: "If a hippie walks into the store... we should all say our prayers. All the security in the store could not help that event..."

Any suggestions (and thanks for the comment and the presumable upvote!!)?

Also, no offense meant to hippies.

Splash blue for counterspells. Kappa

Thank you to EpicFreddi, sean360, benwah3000, Nefferean, RoxasGuyXIII, GabeCubed, OpenFire, atlantis55555, Beefsteakers, Durkle, dgruici, wcdorrell, TheHamster, Nefferean, Freeble, and JakeHarlow for your comments and participation in making this deck!

On a future note, if you could change anything about the deck, what would it be??

maybe replace all nonbasic lands with basic lands and replace Karma with Blood Moon?

Karma actually tends to be the best win-con in this deck, so that's probably not going out. Blood Moon could be very interesting though, any suggestions for what to take out for it?

maybe you could take out Anvil of Bogardan? i know that it helps you a lot but it can also help them. whereas Blood Moon will almost always be good for you especially if they are not playing red. i dont really know though, the deck seems really good as it is...