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3. Blue/Black Control

Golden Demise is great for a control deck with few creatures, esecially when it can get ascend with so few. It's fast enough to deal with aggro.

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This season’s U/B Control deck is a classic example of draw-go. It runs very few threats, with the Scarab God and Champion of Wits as the only creatures in most lists. Instead, you rely on countermagic from blue and removal from black to control the game until your opponent is low on options. Then you draw and play one of your superior threats.

The first line of defense in U/B Control is countermagic. You have unconditional counters in Wizard’s Retort, and excellent backup in Supreme Will and Syncopate. Essence Scatter and Negate round out your options nicely, leaving less pressure for your removal spells. Golden Demise is a pseudo-boardwipe that you should consider in a meta dominated by tokens. Scarab God, Liliana, Death’s Majesty and Glyph Keeper are each more than enough to handle a weakened opponent.

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benjuswar13 5 years 2 months ago

Article posted in Dec but has cards in the decks that went out in Sept? why?

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