Grixis Control

Casual

Shorta42

Land (25)

• 3x Bad River
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 2x Dragonskull Summit
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 2x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 3x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs

Instant (16)

• 2x Anticipate
• 2x Crosis's Charm
• 2x Grasp of Darkness
• 2x Incinerate
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Terminate
• 2x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Divination
• 1x Treasure Cruise

Creature (14)

• 3x Goblin Dark-Dwellers
• 1x Gurmag Angler
• 1x Identity Thief
• 3x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 3x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 2x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ob Nixilis Reignited

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Bile Blight
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 2x Grixis Charm
• 2x Negate
• 2x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Spell Shrivel
• 1x Syncopate

Creature (4)

• 1x Flamewake Phoenix
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 2x Stromkirk Occultist

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Radiant Flames

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Maybeboard

Artifact (2)

• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Ratchet Bomb

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Currently working on this Grixis control deck. I would consider it almost a B/R control deck with a splash of blue for card advantage and utility cards. Overall, it is mostly board control, with lots of removal.

Goblin Dark-Dwellers is great since all of my instant/sorcery cards are 3CMC or less. It essentially turns my graveyard into a toolbox, and it usually stays pretty full with the use of the Merfolk Looter.

Identity Thief is just a 1 of that I pulled from a booster pack and turns out he's pretty sweet. Lets me exile and return a Goblin Dark-Dwellers to trigger the etb ability a couple extra times. Also nice at removing a blocker to punch through the last points of damage. Or just essentially giving my Nicol Bolas haste to swing in with a 7/7 flyer and make them discard their hand. Just all around fun.

If worst comes to worst, I can run this similar to a burn deck. Lightning Bolt then Goblin Dark-Dwellers and flashback Lightning Bolt and still have a 4/4 Menace left over.

The issue that I'm having now is dealing with other problem permanents (enchantments and planeswalkers). Nobody in my play group uses many artifacts, but I have those covered anyway with Crosis Charm which is multipurpose so it is rarely a dead card.

My mana base is pretty stable for needing double 3 colors at times ( Tasigur, the Golden Fang activation, Ob Nixilis Reignited , and Goblin Dark-Dwellers ). It is kind of slow depending on my hand, but it works well.

I am looking for advice on how to make it more well rounded, and any sideboard suggestions that you might have. I want to keep it as a relatively budget build but any suggestions are very welcome.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 5 Rares 18 - 6 Uncommons 12 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited