UW Control

by Panda_Bair on 05 August 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Creatures (4)


Sorceries (3)

Instants (4)


Planeswalkers (1)


Enchantments (3)

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How to Play

It's a control deck, man.

Deck Tags

  • Azorius
  • Control
  • Mill
  • Standard

Deck at a Glance

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for UW Control

Two milldecks recently went top 8 in modern.

Since there were two very different designs winning, I think the cards they shared in common should be a hint towards what actually works for mill...

Here's what the two winning designs got in common:
4 hedron crabs
4 archive trap
4 visions of beyond
4 glimpse the unthinkable
3 cards giving slight card advantage (either snapcaster mage or augur of bolas)
2 cards discarding important stuff (either thoughtseize or surgical extraction)

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Posted 13 August 2013 at 13:26

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This is standard :]

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 01:28

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woops, sorry. I go through a lot of millingposts, and sometimes i let some standard slip through :(

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 11:09

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No problem :] I was confused when i first read what you posted because i was like "Yeah that sounds solid.. but most of that isn't standard.

3 cards giving slight card advantage may be Slight of Hand or Ponder effects. Preordain is really good as well.
If you're running UB, there are much better cards. But you don't want to splash black for thoughtsieze and take away from your goal in all entirety.

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Posted 15 August 2013 at 16:38

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Well just found out preordain is banned in modern :(

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Posted 16 August 2013 at 17:33

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Ohhh forgot about that. Slight of Hand or Ponder then :]

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Posted 17 August 2013 at 21:23

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I try serum visions :D but haven't looked into slight of hand.

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Posted 19 August 2013 at 10:39

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Serum Visions is good, also if you're running a mill deck, visions of beyond is very good.

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Posted 20 August 2013 at 00:14

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PANDA BAIR:
Well I dislike visions of beyond for being a lategame card. You need to mill at least 33 cards to activate it's advantage. So I'm considering something more immediate will be better.

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Posted 20 August 2013 at 11:10

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How long does it take to mill 33 cards though? That's on like turn 5 or 6, or should be. That's around when you want to draw cards. But you might like Brainstorm.

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Posted 20 August 2013 at 16:33

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It depends on the nature of the deck. Turn 3 mill-kill is doable (non-combo).
I use to say that if you can't win at turn 5 with mill, then it's not a good mill-deck.
brainstorms nifty in legacy, but banned in modern.

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Posted 21 August 2013 at 10:47

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