No-No! (Jeskai Control)

Modern Competitive Control Counterspell Exile Flash RUW (Jeskai, America)

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Land (24)

• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 4x Celestial Colonnade
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 2x Scalding Tarn
• 2x Steam Vents
• 3x Sulfur Falls

Instant (21)

• 4x Cryptic Command
• 2x Electrolyze
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Lightning Helix
• 1x Logic Knot
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Spell Snare

Creature (10)

• 2x Geist of Saint Traft
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Spell Queller

Sorcery (5)

• 4x Serum Visions
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Sideboard (15)

• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Disdainful Stroke
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Runed Halo
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Maybeboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Twincast

Land (2)

• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Spirebluff Canal

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Hi and thanks for viewing.

This deck was originally inspired by the tournament winning deck Nathaniel Knox played in late 2017. It has evolved some over the years, but not a lot. I have several Modern decks, but this one is my favorite. The deck is a lot of fun to play and it wins more often than not.

I am sure the deck could be improved upon given all the great newer cards available to players of the Modern format. As always, I welcome your thoughts and suggestions.

Deck Building Philosophies

Once I decide that I am going to construct a new deck around a given archetype (i.e. tribal, affinity, combo, control, mill, etc.) and flavours (i.e. Vampires, Slivers, weenie, stompy, etc.); my first thought is, "What game mechanics do I want to incorporate to create a deck that is fresh, fun, interesting, and reasonably competitive?"

Once I have a general idea what I want, my next thought is, "How am I going to win the game?". From there I begin considering my Wincons and studying what cards will take me to my desired end state.

When building a deck, I feel it is important that one can quickly and easily articulate a purpose/reason/mission for each and every card in the deck. Trying to decide what to pull when considering a new card for the deck should be a painful experience.

Deck Strategy

The basic deck strategy is to deny your opponent any chance to develop the battlefield in the early game. As they run out of resources going into the later turns, chip away at them with your Geist of Saint Traft s, Spell Queller s, Celestial Colonnade s and/or direct damage assets.

The primary purpose of Snapcaster Mage is to allow you to re-cast Instant and sorcery spells from your graveyard (at instant speed). If you do not have enough Snapcaster Mage s, they can be replaced with Mission Briefing .

Spell Queller is an interesting card which can come into play at most any time - even during your opponent's turn. Being able to flash in a 2/3 flier is sweet in it's own right, but Spell Queller 's counterspell ability is just as important. Keep in mind that Spell Queller does not exile a card from the battlefield; it exiles any single unresolved spell (with cmc <= ) that is still on the stack. Time your casting carefully to get full benefit from this great card!

The Sideboard

Control Deck Combos/Synergies

I am not aware of any cool combos that would fit the flavour and strategy of this deck without requiring a major rebuild.

If you know of any, I would love to hear your thoughts.

Notes on Game Play, Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Upgrades

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UPGRADES UNDER CONSIDERATION:

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 4 Mythic Rares 26 - 5 Rares 18 - 3 Uncommons 1 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	4/4 Angel
Folders	Modern, Dad’s Decks