(HOU) Rise of Nicol Bolas (Grixis Control)

Standard* Competitive Control Cruel Control UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (23)

• 1x Abrade
• 3x Censor
• 3x Disallow
• 2x Essence Scatter
• 4x Glimmer of Genius
• 3x Harnessed Lightning
• 3x Magma Spray
• 1x Negate
• 3x Supreme Will

Land (26)

• 4x Aether Hub
• 2x Canyon Slough
• 2x Choked Estuary
• 2x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 5x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Wandering Fumarole

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Sweltering Suns

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 2x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Creature (4)

• 4x Torrential Gearhulk

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Abrade
• 2x Dispel
• 2x Negate
• 2x To the Slaughter

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Cut / Ribbons
• 1x Doomfall
• 1x Sweltering Suns
• 2x Transgress the Mind

Creature (1)

• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word

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(If you could +1 and/or provide feedback on how to improve the deck I'd appreciate it.)

This is a pretty cool Grixis Control Deck that I think can preform really well in standard.The main idea of the deck is to utilize removals and counterspells to eventually win the game with Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh or Torrential Gearhulk

Removals: Abrade is for those pesky artifacts and opposing Gearhulks. Harnessed Lightning is one of my favorite removals as it can get rid of small creatures early game and can kill high health creatures late game with energy that can be gained with Glimmer of Genius . Magma Spray is a good 1 mana removal.

Counterspells: Censor is good early game and can provide card draw late game with cycling. Disallow is just amazing however, I am only running 3 as it requires double blue. Essence Scatter counters creatures and Negate counters non creatures.

Card Draw: Control decks love card advantage. This is provided by the use of cycling and also Supreme Will and Glimmer of Genius.

Board Wipes: 2x Hour of Devastation as late game it will wipe everything except our Gearhulks and Nicol Bolas. 1x Sweltering Suns and another in the side board as it requires double red to cast.

Win Conditions: 4x Torrential Gearhulk 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance 2x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh . Nicol Bolas is the reason I'm splashing black and Chandra is my favorite planeswalker in the formal right now. She's versatile and also allows us to play Nicol Bolas turn 5.

Sideboard: Dispel , Negate and Sphinx of the Final Word help against other control decks. Sweltering Suns Cut and Abrade help against artifacts and aggro. There is also hand disruption.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WG
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 19 - 5 Rares 17 - 3 Uncommons 9 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.41
Tokens	Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance