Murky Waters

Modern* Control Counters Counterspell Tempo UB (Dimir)

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Land (19)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Hall of Storm Giants
• 7x Island
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 2x Watery Grave

Instant (29)

• 4x Archmage's Charm
• 4x Consider
• 4x Counterspell
• 3x Dismember
• 4x Force of Negation *f-etch*
• 4x Otherworldly Gaze
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 4x Thought Scour

Creature (8)

• 4x Murktide Regent
• 4x Subtlety

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Devastation Tide

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Sideboard

Artifact (5)

• 1x Pithing Needle
• 2x Unlicensed Hearse
• 2x Winter Moon

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Dress Down

Creature (2)

• 1x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Iymrith, Desert Doom

Instant (2)

• 2x Flusterstorm

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 2x Narset, Parter of VeilsGC

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Harbinger of the Seas
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 1x Sphinx of the Final Word
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder

Instant (3)

• 1x Consign to Memory
• 1x Mystical Dispute
• 1x Stern Scolding

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Temporal Mastery

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Should I add some Blast Zone or Misty Rainforest to the mana base?

The game plan is simple Control the board and beat down with Murktide Regent

Some optimal plays are T1 EOT Fetch > Otherworldly Gaze > T2 Murktide Regent protected by Force of Negation

Using Otherworldly Gaze and Jace, the Mind Sculptor’s Brainstorm mode to setup Devastation Tide as a Miracle

Flashing in Subtlety to deal with stuff like Wrenn and Six then following it up with Thought Scour to mill it away.

Flashing back Think Twice or Otherworldly Gaze with a Murktide Regent on the board grow it.

Narset, Parter of Veils + Teferi's Puzzle Box is a soft lock that gives your opponent 0 cards

Tweaking the sideboard still

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #5 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Control 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Tempo 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 2 Mythic Rares 22 - 9 Rares 7 - 4 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	On an Adventure
Folders	Of Interest
Based on	Return To Ravnica Control Dead_Blue_ MDN