Unprecedented Domination

Modern Control Counterspell Flashback Gifts Ungiven Reanimator Tempo Theme/Gimmick Toolbox

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Instant (22)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Fatal Push
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Snare
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Faithful Mending
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Remand
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Prismari Command
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 2x Gifts Ungiven
• 1x Ojutai's Command
• 1x Invoke Calamity
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Land (27)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Celestial Colonnade
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 2x Field of Ruin
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Hall of Storm Giants
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 3x Scalding Tarn
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (6)

• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 2x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Archon of Cruelty

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Persist
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Damn

Artifact (2)

• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Crucible of Worlds

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Sideboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Aether Gust
• 1x Celestial Purge
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Pollen Lullaby
• 1x Kaya's Guile

Creature (2)

• 1x Sanctifier en-Vec
• 1x Serra's Emissary

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Sunset Revelry
• 1x Timely Reinforcements
• 1x Unmoored Ego
• 1x Slaughter Games

Land (1)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All

Artifact (3)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Sun Droplet

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Tourach, Dread Cantor
• 1x Valki, God of Lies  ^Flip
• 1x Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
• 1x Murktide Regent

Instant (3)

• 1x Nameless Inversion
• 1x Maestros Charm
• 1x Steam Augury

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Raven's Crime

Land (1)

• 1x Dakmor Salvage

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An almost entirely singleton control deck (no two games are exactly alike)!

A lot of the cards do the same basic thing (which you can see easier by clicking on the custom categories on the side, and it will highlight the functionalities for you). Basically, the deck tries to prevent/remove everything, with instant speed card selection/draw when there's no threats.

Also worth mentioning is that Engineered Explosives + Academy Ruins serves as my back up anti-self-mill (while still being useful by themselves), since games can sometimes go that long (control mirrors mostly).

The deck mostly wants to play instant speed prevention/removal and get something out cheap to finish them off eventually (while still keeping mana for answers). If you can reanimate Archon of Cruelty at some point, that works too. Just removing everything and anything is the main goal though. Gifts Ungiven can be a win condition with reanimation against some decks, but it is usually a better Thirst for Knowledge, allowing for some amazing card advantage plays.

For example, some of the better gift packages are:

Most Versatile Package

• Mission Briefing / Kolaghan's Command / Ojutai's Command / Invoke Calamity
• Snapcaster Mage
• Any two instant/sorcery I want (i.e. Unmarked Grave + Persist or counter/removal of choice)

Land Destruction Recursion Package

• Academy Ruins
• Crucible of Worlds
• Field of Ruin / Ghost Quarter or Kolaghan's Command if you've already used one or have access to one (preferred)
• Tasigur, the Golden Fang - exile everything but Crucible of Worlds when casting if they don't give you Academy Ruins or Crucible of Worlds
You can also recur fetches with this, and giving things flashback with Snapcaster Mage also helps to force them to give you what you want with Tasigur, the Golden Fang.

Value Package

• Faithful Mending / Crucible of Worlds / Persist / Invoke Calamity depending on what's in graveyard/hand
• Mission Briefing
• Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• Kolaghan's Command

There are really a lot of powerful 4 card options for gifts (far too many to list), and depending on what you already have, you can basically trick your opponent into giving you the two cards you actually want. The above 3 examples should give you a general idea about how to construct your 4 card gift packages. I like to think of this deck as a psuedo-crossover of Commander and Modern, due to the large card pool within the deck. You may always have a different group of cards in the starting hand, but your general path to victory always converges to the same basic route.

Top Ranked	Achieved #40 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 2 Mythic Rares 44 - 6 Rares 7 - 7 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.67
Tokens	Human 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure
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