Let's Begin With Control...

Modern Saint1129

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I'm baaaack! —Aug. 30, 2018

I've done a LOT of work on this deck over the summer, and just never got around to upgrading the decklist. Soooo without further ado...

I took out 4 Ghost Quarters, 1 Island, 2 Plains, 1 Path to Exile, 1 Approach of the Second Sun, and 1 Supreme Verdict before replacing those cards with...

4 Field of Ruins- While I formerly believed in the power of Ghost Quarter, I can no longer deny the advantages of keeping up (or staying ahead) of the opponent mana-wise.

1 Flooded Strand- My first fetchland! Need 3 more of these, but this is a good start.

2 Hallowed Fountains- 1 card away from a playset, and I cannot wait to have a reliable mana base for this deck.

1 Wrath of God- With this secondary boardwipe in hand, I can still control the board if the opponent names Supreme Verdict with a Meddling Mage.

1 Cryptic Command- I'm going to run 3 of these, but I hear a full playset could work, also. A must-have in modern control decks, I'll slowly swap these into my deck in exchange for Disallows.

1 Gideon of the Trials- A strong planeswalker, giving us a good form of defense AND a heavy hitter from the early game and onwards, Gideon of the Trials's emblem can completely shut down certain decks, forcing them to take out all our Gideons before they can win.

Sorry, I didn't think about this when I made my first suggestion, but you may want to run some single copies for your wrath effects, like a Wrath of God or Settle the Wreckage . Meddling Mage could be problematic otherwise. Also, if you can pick it up, a single copy of Sphinx's Revelation is pretty standard in these U/W control builds.

June 7, 2018 11:39 p.m.

Saint1129 says... #2

Chainer_the_Dementia_Master

Thank you for another suggestion! I will be replacing a single Supreme Verdict with a Wrath of God to get around Meddling Mage, so thanks for that idea. As for Sphinx's Revelation I have noticed that it could almost be called a staple of Blue/White Control, but since I'm using Torrential Gearhulk instead of Snapcaster Mage I think the benefits are just slightly less than in most Blue/White Control decks. I will add it to my maybeboard though because I can definitely see the benefits of Sphinx's Revelation and may want to add it if I decide I lack the card draw necessary or need life gain to stay alive against more aggressive matchups.

June 8, 2018 10:30 a.m.