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Azorius Control (Updated for WAR/MH1)

Modern Competitive Control Primer WU (Azorius) WUB (Esper)

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With the unbanning of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and printing of Teferi, Hero of Dominaria , Teferi, Time Raveler , and Narset, Parter of Veils , control strategies become even more powerful in modern. I run a rather unconventional list including Engineered Explosives + Academy Ruins combo.

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Early game

It's okay to start slow as long as we have the relevant pieces to stabilize mid game. Boardwipes/ Ghostly Prison in the opening hand is almost a keep as it severely hinders aggro strategies by turn 4. We run 3 different boardwipes due to the prevalence of the Humans archetype running Meddling Mage . Since we run a plethora of different removals, Meddling Mage is nothing but a slight annoyance. We also run 3 Surgical Extraction s to combat the fast graveyard-aggro strategies like phoenix and dredge.

Mid game

This is where we start to establish control. Engineered Explosives should be putting some work in removing problematic permanents. Once we get the lock in, start deploying Teferi and start taking over the game from there.

Late game

This is where we truly shine as we have huge late game inevitability. Our opponent should be at a severely disadvantageous position right now and we should be able to win easily from here. In the rare instance that our library is thinning out, we do not have to fear as Teferi, Hero of Dominaria 's -3 ability is essentially an insurance against decking out as he can just tuck himself back over and over again. We can also loop Engineered Explosives + Academy Ruins to clear the board while we win with Celestial Colonnade beats.

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  • Engineered Explosives : I'm probably one of the rare people running it maindeck. This is because it is a great catch all card for many different situations. I also run a one of Watery Grave to allow me to answer 3cmc permanents as well as including an Academy Ruins to recur it later in the game.

  • Field of Ruin : Running a playset gives me a slight fighting chance over Tron strategies as well as hitting a plethora of important lands like Cavern of Souls in the current meta.

  • Teferi, Hero of Dominaria : Dominaria gave me a new toy to make this deck even better. It is essentially a 3 mana planeswalker that can only be played at turn 5 (also an insurance against decking myself out by just putting it back in my library).

  • Narset, Parter of Veils : This is the best planeswalker from WAR in my honest opinion. It is card advantage and disruption all in one little package. The best thing about it is the incidental hate on phoenix decks.

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We have a poor matchup with gift storm, big mana (tron), and burn whereas we eat aggro/midrange strategies alive. That's why we dedicate a plethora of cards to combat our weakness to improve the matchup. The sideboard guide is outdated and will be updated with new cards from WAR/MH1 soon.

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Just did a total revamp/update to include new toys from WAR and MH1. Narset and Teferi is a total house!

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Revision 9 See all

(4 years ago)

+1 Ashiok, Dream Render side
-1 Batterskull main
-2 Celestial Colonnade main
+1 Ceremonious Rejection side
-1 Cryptic Command main
-2 Dispel side
+3 Dovin's Veto main
-1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion side
-2 Engineered Explosives main
+3 Force of Negation side
-1 Ghostly Prison main
+2 Glacial Fortress main
+2 Jace, the Mind Sculptor main
+1 Logic Knot main
+1 Lyra Dawnbringer side
-3 Mana Leak main
+4 Narset, Parter of Veils main
-2 Negate side
-3 Nihil Spellbomb side
+4 Opt main
and 33 other change(s)
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Date added 5 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

7 - 2 Mythic Rares

23 - 6 Rares

15 - 7 Uncommons

7 - 0 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.28
Tokens Emblem Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Soldier 1/1 W
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