When they go deep, we go deeper.
With everyone either playing creatures or trying to kill creatures, this deck attacks from a different angle. Back in the day, this style of deck was called "tap out control". Instead of leaving "mana up" to counterspell, this deck instead tries to push forward on the front foot and control the game with big, bomby permanents. Plan A is either Emrakul, the Aeons Torn through Nahiri, the Harbinger or Madcap Experiment for Platinum Emperion. If this doesn't work for whatever reason, Lingering Souls, Shambling Vent, and our old friend Lightning Bolt are there to fill in the gap. In between, we have Mardu colored control cards such as Liliana of the Veil, Painful Truths, and Anger of the Gods. The sideboard is just a short stack of pure hatred, various silver bullets, and plenty of ways to deal with Urza's Tower.
Fun trick: If you have Liliana of the Veil and an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in hand with a dead Platinum Emperion in the yard, you can throw away the Emrakul for a surprise
Feldon's Cane
and then blast them with another Madcap Experiment.
Warning: One big deck design limitation here is that because of the Madcap Experiment and Platinum Emperion combo, no other artifacts can be used, because the experiment would probably kill you. A Pithing Needle on the side would be great against Karn Liberated decks, and maybe you can "get away with it", but artifacts in general are a no-go here because of combo limitations. Not quite as bad as decks that revolve around Living End and
Violent Outburst
, but still something important to keep in mind.
As Sun Tzu said, the supreme mark of excellence is not to achieve victory in combat, but rather the supreme mark of excellence is to achieve victory before ever setting foot on the battlefield in the first place. This is a meta deck, and it will only hold its place in the sun for as long as the winds of change do not shift against it. But for now, it stands glorious.
