UB - Ashiok - Pioneer

Pioneer Counterspell Exile UB (Dimir)

Paya

Land (25)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 2x Darkslick Shores
• 3x Fetid Pools
• 3x Field of Ruin
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 1x Hall of Storm Giants
• 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant
• 2x Island
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 2x Restless Reef
• 2x Shipwreck Marsh
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (21)

• 1x Cling to Dust
• 3x Deduce
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disallow
• 2x Drown in the Loch
• 3x Fatal Push
• 2x Memory Deluge
• 1x Negate
• 3x Phantom Interference
• 2x Sheoldred's Edict
• 2x Three Steps Ahead

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bloodchief's Thirst
• 2x Deadly Cover-Up
• 3x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (3)

• 2x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Enchantment (4)

• 3x Shark Typhoon
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Creature (1)

• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Feed the Cycle
• 2x Mystical Dispute
• 1x Negate
• 1x The End

Creature (4)

• 1x Hullbreaker Horror
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Deadly Cover-Up
• 1x Malicious Eclipse
• 1x Path of Peril

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 2x Bitter Triumph
• 2x Feed the Cycle
• 1x Memory Deluge
• 2x Spellgyre

Land (1)

• 1x Field of Ruin

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In general Blue / Black control deck using Ashiok, Nightmare Muse as win condition.

Spot removal, hand disruption, few anti grave spells, counter magic, some card draw.

Living lands as additional threats.

There are still cards like Torrential Gearhulk and Shark Typhoon as regular finishers.

Trying to use Phantom Interference instead of Censor as early game counter + some utility later. Testing Three Steps Ahead as versatile counter with other possible effects (instead of Confounding Riddle). Possibility to copy Ashiok's tokens or Torrential Gearhulk with Three Steps Ahead is really nice. Disallow is here as universal counter magic with possibility counter abilities.

Drown in the Loch has still nice versatility. Trying Bloodchief's Thirst as fast removal with possibility to target bigger threats or planeswalkers later.

Added 1x Path of Peril to sideboard. Some fast destruction was needed against aggressive decks.

The End in the sideboard is nice answer for bigger threats and works great vs Phoenix.

Date added	7 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 3 Mythic Rares 31 - 4 Rares 13 - 7 Uncommons 7 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.77
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Nightmare 2/3 UB, Shark */* U, Spirit 2/2 W, Zombie 2/2 B