That’s right, a former Daily Digest favorite is now a Grand Prix champion. Zac Elsik didn’t make many changes to the deck that he used to finish 15th at
Grand Prix Charlotte, but his practice seems to have paid off, as he took Lantern of Insight to a Grand Prix victory last weekend in Oklahoma City!
Don’t underestimate this pile of Draft leavings — This deck is real, and if you’re not prepared, you’re not going to have a good time. If you were
waffling on having that third Shatterstorm or whatever in your sideboard, now might be the time to pull the trigger. Both Affinity and this deck will
likely grow in popularity until they’re hated out, so make sure to punish them for playing a deck full of artifacts.
Again, this deck may look unimpressive, but its ability to take control of the game and actually maintain it isn’t something many decks can do in Modern.
Codex Shredder and Ghoulcaller’s Bell control your draw steps while Lantern of Insight gives them full information. It also allows them to control their
own library to find that missing piece that would lock the game up. Beating spot removal on their artifacts seemed relatively easy — Players need to be
specifically targeting this deck if they want to beat it consistently.
This may not actually be the worst mirror of all time, but it definitely looks that way on paper. If you watched Zac play on coverage, the first thing you
would have noticed would be his crisp, quick play. This deck takes a while to kill, so get used to making those actions quickly, lest you risk racking up a
bunch of draws. If you expect the mirror match, it goes doubly so.
I can’t believe what I’m saying, but Lantern Control is a real deck.
Creatures (3)
Lands (17)
Spells (40)
- 4 Ensnaring Bridge
- 4 Lantern of Insight
- 2 Pyrite Spellbomb
- 3 Pithing Needle
- 2 Thoughtseize
- 4 Ancient Stirrings
- 4 Inquisition of Kozilek
- 4 Mox Opal
- 2 Surgical Extraction
- 4 Ghoulcaller's Bell
- 2 Abrupt Decay
- 4 Codex Shredder
- 1 Ghirapur Aether Grid
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