Grixis Control - Top 8 at PPTQ

Standard UBR (Grixis)

eragon795

Land (26)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 2x Canyon Slough
• 3x Dragonskull Summit
• 3x Drowned Catacomb
• 2x Fetid Pools
• 2x Island
• 2x Mountain
• 3x Spirebluff Canal
• 3x Sulfur Falls
• 2x Swamp

Instant (23)

• 3x Abrade
• 3x Disallow
• 3x Glimmer of Genius
• 1x Harnessed Lightning
• 3x Magma Spray
• 3x Moment of Craving
• 2x Syncopate
• 1x Unlicensed Disintegration
• 4x Vraska's Contempt

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 2x Sweltering Suns

Creature (5)

• 1x The Scarab God
• 4x Torrential Gearhulk

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Chandra's Defeat
• 2x Harnessed Lightning
• 4x Negate

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Doomfall
• 4x Duress

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass

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Hi everyone!

This is the deck I took to top 8 at a PPTQ on the 17th of June. It felt very strong against aggro, but in the future I would change the sideboard a little. Basically have the main tweaked against mono-red etc and build the sideboard to beat control, because otherwise it's a horrific matchup. I'd probably swap onee chek land for one cycle land, and I would also like to find room for another glimmer, but I don't know what I'd take out. Maybe the Harnessed Lightning?

One other note: It is very important to know when to pick your battles against control. I was very bad at it, and should have made top 4 if I was better.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 9 - 6 Uncommons 11 - 9 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.15
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance