An engine of grey

Standard Combo Control Cruel Control Four Color UBR (Grixis) WUBR

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Land (25)

• 3x Aether Hub
• 3x Canyon Slough
• 2x Cascading Cataracts
• 3x Choked Estuary
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 2x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Wandering Fumarole

Sorcery (15)

• 3x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 3x Pieces of the Puzzle
• 1x Pore Over the Pages
• 1x Remorseless Punishment
• 2x Rise from the Tides
• 2x Ruinous Path
• 2x Yahenni's Expertise

Artifact (3)

• 3x Brain in a Jar

Instant (12)

• 2x Anticipate
• 2x Disallow
• 2x Essence Extraction
• 2x Fatal Push
• 2x Glimmer of Genius
• 2x Harnessed Lightning

Creature (5)

• 2x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 3x Enigma Drake

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Fumigate
• 2x Rise from the Grave
• 2x Transgress the Mind

Artifact (3)

• 3x Dynavolt Tower

Instant (3)

• 2x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Negate

Land (1)

• 1x Plains

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Trespasser's Curse

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (7)

• 2x Baral's Expertise
• 3x Live Fast
• 2x Lost Legacy

Creature (4)

• 2x Cryptic Serpent
• 2x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

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Changed from Esper-green to Grixis-white for Enigma Drake, dropping Seasons Past for now. Could technically still be includeable due to Aether Hub (and maybe worth it due to recycling spells,) but trying this recipe for now.

Brain in a Jar does have some fun utility, as there are a quite a few interesting mechanics that it makes possible. To be extra annoying to your opponent:

• Play Harsh Scrutiny/Transgress the Mind etc during your opponent's draw-step.

• Instant-speed boardwipe with Fumigate/Planar destruction and instant speed spell-fetches (such as Diabolic Tutor)

2-3 Baral, Chief of Compliance seems like a natural inclusion, due to BiaJ making the deck as slow as it is.

Sideboard and countering the (KLD/AER-)meta:

• Dynavolt Tower for control vs control

• Trespasser's Curse /Gisela, the Broken Blade against aggro

• I could not resist adding another combo-card, so Rise from the Grave as an additional win-con. Retrieving a big creature that was destroyed/Disallowed. It being such an uncommon card means people would (possibly) not see this coming.

• Transgress the Mind/Harsh Scrutiny/Lay Bare the Heart for the occational draw-step shennanigan

• Additional counterspells for and against control

[Addendum] Other ideas, thoughts and strategies...

Initially I had the idea of making a counterboosting deck by utilizing mainly Skyship Plunderer ( Maulfist Revolutionary was also ideal, although its mechanic could potentially be a little double-edged for BiaJ) The idea was then boosting it to play discount high-cmc instant/sorceries for major wreckage alongside walkers.

Vizier of Tumbling Sands is another solid choice I've been considering here, mostly for being able to untap BiaJ.

Input, ideas and constructive feedback is appreciated as usual

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	G
Splash colors	WUBR
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 7 Rares 18 - 4 Uncommons 7 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.14
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Decks to Build