Daily Digest: Pure Modern Control

Control is a pretty loosely used term these days, typically meant to describe a deck that controls the early game before switching gears and becoming the beatdown. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a real control deck.

Osmanozguney continues to impress with his Modern creations. Who would have thought playing Jace’s Ingenuity in Modern would be a good idea?

Truthfully, this deck might turn the corner quicker than I’m imagining due to the manlands and Snapcaster Mages, but I don’t think anyone can argue that this is about as close to a pure control deck as we’re going to get in Modern.

U/B Control

Osmanozguney

2nd Place at Magic Online Daily Event on 09-23-2014

Modern

Creatures (4)

• 4 Snapcaster Mage

Planeswalkers (3)

• 3 Jace, Architect of Thought

Lands (25)

• 2 Watery Grave
• 4 River of Tears
• 3 Mutavault
• 4 Creeping Tar Pit
• 4 Tectonic Edge
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Temple of Deceit

Spells (28)

• 2 Island
• 1 Smother
• 4 Mana Leak
• 2 Spell Snare
• 3 Damnation
• 4 Cryptic Command
• 1 Thoughtseize
• 1 Doom Blade
• 3 Disfigure
• 2 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2 Jace's Ingenuity
• 2 Batterskull
• 1 Dismember

Sideboard

• 2 Remand
• 1 Damnation
• 2 Thoughtseize
• 2 Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1 Disfigure
• 3 Ratchet Bomb
• 4 Pack Rat