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| NBarden |
![]() Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:27 pm |
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Everyone says that blue is the only way to run control, but Black has some fun stuff as well.
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Okay, so everyone knows that blue based control is the reigning control deck of MtG. However, Black has potential to be a nasty control build in and of itself, with some decent counterspells, disruption and board-sweepers. So, I’m going to attempt to build a Black control deck that disrupts your opponent like crazy.
Lands:
Swamp x 18
Mutavault x 4
Instants:
Dash Hopes x 4
Nameless Inversion x 4
Extirpate x 3
Sorceries:
Damnation x 3
Thoughtseize x 4
Creatures:
Epochrasite x 4
Hypnotic Specter x 4
Oona’s Prowler x 4
Artifacts:
The Rack x 4
Planeswalker:
Lilliana Vess x 4
The point is to discard all their stuff, Extirpate their important stuff, and then use The Rack to hit them over and over again. Lilliana tutors ANYTHING, to make sure you get what you need. |
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| Felipe Musco |
![]() Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:12 pm |
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| Extirpate is a merely reactive card, not that great maindecked. Liliana could be a 2-of, and really, Dash Hopes? Might as well drop it. You could fit in a set of Stupor, perhaps some Augur of Skulls, Tombstalker, Phyrexian Arena, and maybe a loose Mind Shatter. |
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| NBarden |
![]() Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:44 am |
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| Felipe Musco |
![]() Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:13 am |
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| It is, but then again, how many decks are really HOSED by Extirpate? Not that many. So, you run Thoughtseize main (disrupts any kind of deck), and leave Extirpate on the sideboard, so you can board it in and combo with Thoughtseize for total anihilation. Also, I repeat, Dash Hopes suck, SPECIALY in control, since they CAN afford the life loss if it’s that important. And I can’t really see why a Swamp hasn’t been changed into a singleton Urborg... |
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