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Enchantment (2)
Planeswalker (6)
Sorcery (8)
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Maybeboard
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Sorcery (7)
- 1x Oust
- 1x Winds of Abandon
- 1x Timely Reinforcements
- 2x Supreme Verdict
- 1x Wrath of God
- 1x Emeria's Call Flip
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- 2x Ashiok, Dream Render
- 2x Narset, Parter of Veils
- 1x Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis
- 1x Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
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Introduction
Control is an Eternal archetype, it exists since the dawn of magic! The deck needs to adapt to the meta and it requires studying UW streamers to learn the best response in every situation. If you enjoy planning your actions and understanding your opponents, the archetype is really a blast!
This is the list I'm running for LGS play. It's not the most competitive place but there are 4/5 solid players and I'd like some advice especially on the sideboard plans.
Card Choices
- I indulge in 2x Hallowed Fountain 2x Celestial Colonnade, Triome etc, Blood Moon shows up from time to time but it's not so back breaking, I just side out Cryptics and Charms eventually.
- 2x Fields of Ruin, I've seen lists with only 1, but it's too good to destroy the opposing Castles, mandlands and the eventual Tron land
- Other than that it's pretty standard, I tried Blast Zone but it was quite niche, never really necessary.
- 3x Snapcaster, golden three rule
- 2x Shark Typhoon, this card is too strong to be true, the more U you see on the other side of the table, the stronger this gets. If anything I'd like to find a slot for another one.
- Monastery Mentor is due to the current twist of events where many locals play UWx or Grixis control variants! So I may as well start with the beaters in
Maybe board
- Lyra Dawnbringer can be a meta call against RDW/Prowess which always pops out
- Vendillion Clique is a very fine card, I like it in control mirrors
- Cataclysmic Gearhulk can be useful against Spell Queller or as an additional beatdown guy
- 4 Counterspell the classic is back!
- 2 Archmage Charm with possibly 1 in side against insidious 1 drops
- 2 Cryptic Command which are fine as long as we run Snapcaster, in Chalice-Control flavour this should be Memory Deluge
Maybe board / Side board
- 1/2 Test of Talents if combo decks get out of hand this can be really helpful
- 2 Aether Gust, my specific meta uses to be rich in U-based control decks
- Dovin's Veto / Mystical Dispute look outdated now that we have Shark Typhoon, flying sharks is how you break the control mirror, winning counterwars is nice indeed, but not as nice as winning the match!
- 4x Prismatic Ending is looking really solid at the moment, the faster the meta, the stronger it gets, I've introduced 1 Trioma just to run a couple of this
- 4x Terminus because there's no better feeling than topdecking a Miracle.
Maybe board:
- Supreme Verdict, this should be maindeck when playing chalice
- Settle the Wreckage can be pretty nasty in the right meta (e.g. vs Affinity), Wrath of God is a classic
- 4x Opt classic
- 2x Brainstone I can finally run a Miracles list! But Brainstone is not a "good" card, so going over 2x looks like an error to me. Draw 2 is strong with all the shuffle effects
- Planeswalkers galore: Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Jace, The Mind Twiter, Teferi, Time Raveler
Maybe board:
- 1x Fact or Fiction
- there was 1x Search of Azcanta in sideboard against control, steady card advantage is a neat road to victory in the mirror or midrange grinding games but for now I prefer Fact or Fiction
- some more planeswalkers, Narset can be nice especially in the mirror match
- Hieroglyphic Illumination is probably solid, but shark typhoon somehow plays the cantrip role too and it's just a bomb
This section is about how the deck should look like following the current meta and tournament results.
The Miracle version is not really famous at the moment, the "approved" list runs: Chalice of the Void (therefore removes Opt), Supreme Verdict and 2 or more Shark Typhoon with at least 1 Solitude. Therefore the PW package is completely different, also Opt is not necessarily included and its slot is taken by Spreading Seas to counter Urza's Saga.
Sideboard Plans
What goes out while facing the most famous deck at the moment. Not very rifend as there is no difference on the play or on the draw, but it's a rough idea, please share your thoughts and improvements!
Wren and Six, Liliana, Tarmogoyf, that kind of deck. The plan is to have a better draw engine and a way to kill the opposing planeswalkers. My main pain point so far was Tireless Tracker and/or Wren and Six, because if you don't have a way to remove it immediately it will slowly draw them cards and we cannot allow that.
- out: ?? not sure
- in: +2 Celestial Purge, +2Rest in Peace in case of goyf and/or reanimation, +2 Aether Gust if present
Pretty straightforward, sometimes I board out Big Teferi and leave a Cryptic, the point is to make the deck faster, post side it's a very reasonable match-up.
- out: -2 Cryptic Command, -1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, -1 Jace, the Mindsculptor, -2 Terminus
- in: +1 Archmage Charm, +1 Timely Reinforcement, +1 Blossoming Calm, +1 Sunset Revelry, +2 Monastery Mentor
Should I side the same with these two? Spirit can play some permissions but nothing shocking, I just remove slow cards
- out: -2 Cryptic Command, -1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
- in: +1 Sunset Revelry, +1 Stony Silence, +1 Surgical Extraction, +?
There was a time when the sideboard sported 4 RIP but today it feels like too much
- out: -2 Cryptic Command, -3 Snapcaster Mage
- in: +2 Rest in Peace, +2 Celestial Purge, +1 Surgical Extraction
W.I.P. Probably I want Ashiock somewhere? And the Aether Gusts.
W.I.P. Same as Amulet Titan?
Search for Azcanta really shined here, that is the reason why I still keep it around in my mind. I like to have the card although in official decklists noone plays it anymore.
- out: -2 Terminus, -1 Prismatic Ending
- in: +1 Surgical Extraction, +1 Test of Talents, +1Archmage Charm
If I see a lot of graveyard theme I also bring in the Rest in Peace in place of the Snapcaster Mage
- out: -4 Terminus, -1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
- in: +1 Surgical Extraction, +1 Test of Talents, +2 Monastery Mentor, +1 Blossoming Calm
Bring in the pressure with Mentors, which also produce a bunch of tokens which help against some early empty the warrens. Surgical extraction and Test of Talents for Past in Flames or Manamorphose is usually gg.
Special Thanks
Alatheio on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Alatheio
His extra comprehensive google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Q7E-j3-i6nQj7kPs8RqGE6usi9OkeSxzfFpk6jkHK8/
The initial thread for discussion on DSphere and small tourney report: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/ir9yqp/still_playing_with_catchalldetentionsphere_in_uw/
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| Date added | 5 years |
| Last updated | 3 years |
| Legality | This deck is Modern legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 3 - 2 Mythic Rares 34 - 5 Rares 12 - 8 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.91 |
| Tokens | Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Human 1/1 W, Monk 1/1 W, Shark */* U, Soldier 1/1 W |
| Folders | Modern |
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