Mardu Control TOP 8 GAMEDAY 3-1 SWISS

Standard Control Dragons RBW (Mardu)

snpr89

Instant (15)

• 4x Crackling Doom
• 3x Draconic Roar
• 2x Murderous Cut
• 2x Ultimate Price
• 2x Utter End
• 2x Valorous Stance

Sorcery (10)

• 2x Crux of Fate
• 3x Radiant Flames
• 2x Read the Bones
• 3x Transgress the Mind

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Stasis Snare

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ob Nixilis Reignited

Creature (6)

• 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan
• 4x Thunderbreak Regent
• 1x Zurgo Helmsmasher

Land (25)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Caves of Koilos
• 3x Mountain
• 4x Nomad Outpost
• 2x Plains
• 3x Shambling Vent
• 4x Smoldering Marsh
• 2x Swamp

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Sideboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Empty the Pits
• 1x Foul-Tongue Invocation

Sorcery (7)

• 3x Duress
• 1x Radiant Flames
• 2x Ruinous Path
• 1x Self-Inflicted Wound

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Quarantine Field

Creature (5)

• 2x Arashin Cleric
• 1x Erebos's Titan
• 2x Scab-Clan Berserker

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Mardu Control for standard. Thunderbreak Regent and Dragonlord Kolaghan for Draconic Roar Thunderbreak is good against spot removal and Kolaghan punishes repetitive creature decks. Zurgo Helmsmasher may be surprising but he plays very well with board wipes with this indestructibility. Valorous Stance pulls double duty as removal and a way to protect Zurgo or Kolaghan specifically. With the format being so aggro right now I feel 3 Radiant Flames is correct. The other removal is fairly standard, just a mixture of all the amazing removal in this color scheme. I love Read the Bonesscrying is never a bad thing. Ob Nixilis Reignited also helps with card draw and removal. Stasis Snare is great with flash.1 of Swift Reckoning for the occasional colorless creature that I can't hit with ultimate price. Murderous Cut is always great, can be played cheap or for full price late game. Utter End is just what you need when you need it. Ultimate Price good and cheap. Transgress the Mind to get their big spells. Ruinous Path for walkers and awaken in the late game. Crackling Doom needs no explanation. The mana base is amazing, I've never had a problem casting radiant flames for 3 on turn 3. All comments and suggestions are welcome. I've only lost once with it so far and I even won a 3 way match with this deck.

Sideboard

Duress for control matchups

Scab-Clan Berserker for control if I can get it to stick

Self-Inflicted Wound and Foul-Tongue Invocation for Dragonlord Ojutai, Abzan and G/W Megamorph

Erebos's Titan for creature light decks

Arashin Cleric for mono red and just life gain

Top Ranked	Achieved #37 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 3 Mythic Rares 29 - 5 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 2 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.37
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Dream list, I Love It, Mardu RWB