B/R: Standard Control 04-2016

by Muktol on 18 April 2016

Main Deck (62 cards)

Sideboard (8 cards)

Creatures (4)

Instants (4)

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Deck Description

Legality:
Standard legal, built with cards from the blocks Return to Innistrad (Shadows over Innistrad), Oath of the Gatewatch, Battle for Zendikar, Magic Origins and Dragons of Tarkir

Idea:
This is an updated version of my http://www.mtgvault.com/muktol/decks/rb-standard-control/ where I tried to remove the Khans of Tarkir cards.

What had to be removed and was replaced with what:
-2 Lose Calm -> +2 Malevolent Whispers ...a loss of unblockable but this shouldn't be a to big problem as we want to keep the number of creatures our opponent runs near zero.
-2 Hordeling Outburst -> +2 Dance with Devils ...we get less tokens for a higher cc but those tokens deal damage when they die.
-3 Collateral Damage -> +2 Tormented Thoughts and +1 Magmatic Insight...This will increase the mana-curve of this deck and take away one removal/ direct damage spell but give some more control.
-2 Temur Battle Rage -> +2 Rush of Adrenaline or +2 Uncaged Fury or +2 Grotesque Mutation ...Adding the Rush will lower our mana-curve a little bit. I you like to play double-strike over some buff/trample spell use Uncaged Fury.
-4 Bloodfell Caves -> +4 Foreboding Ruins

Tests:
This deck exists only on this site and has never been played against another deck. Regardless I'm open to all suggestions and ideas that may help to improve this deck.

How to Play

The basic idea of this deck is to take your opponents creature, turn it against him and don't give them back.

There should be enough mind-control spells and also enough possible creatures/ spells to sacrifice the stolen creature into afterwards.

Deck Tags

  • Standard
  • Rakdos
  • Control
  • Untested

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Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Deck Format


Standard

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for B/R: Standard Control 04-2016

Experience playing with my RG Landfall deck, which also had to be updated because of rotation, showed just how powerful Lightning Axe is in the current Standard format. The additional cost of discarding a card is not so bad, and the burn comes in handy when you can't mind-control + sacrifice and really need that creature dead.

All I'm saying is its worth considering.

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Posted 18 April 2016 at 08:39

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At last a solid sideboard choice, especially after loosing Collateral Damage.

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Posted 19 April 2016 at 07:32

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