Magic is a complicated game with many battles to be fought and many opportunities to gain advantages. It packs counterspells, both temporary and permanent removal spells to slow your opponent down, draw cards and eventually end it with a strong finisher. Control decks typically get their edge through card advantage. Want to make your opponent wish they did anything but fire up magic arena. He allows all of your spells instants and sorcery to cost 1 less. Some strategies have proven popular across many formats in the game, and among them are tokens. Mono black devotion control deck modern legal custom built magic the gathering mtg 60 card. However, countless different strategies are possible in constructed magic, each focusing on different aspects of the game and earning advantages in different ways control decks represent the polar opposite of aggro decks. While both are good cards, whether theyre better than what monoblue is.
A control deck is a term for a deck of usually sixty cards that aims to control the opponents cards and progression with, ideally, the end result where one has full control of everything that is done during the game. Mtg limited strategy a guide to drafting, deck building. Of course, the downside of playing a control deck is that you can get overwhelmed in the first few turns of the game, before youre able to establish control. The most interesting white, blue and black cards in core set 2020. Aggrocontrol decks traditionally can win out of nowhere riding a handful of efficient 22s and a pair of mana leaks all the way to victory. Tags articles, standard, control, constructed, analysis, decklist, azorius, bluewhite, arena, mtg arena. Hey all i have been searching through the internet to try and answer this riddling puzzle i play abzan aggro main deck all the time i won a fate reforged game day and top 8ed 2 more game days so im not a horrible player but one thing ive noticed and infuriates me is. This is a mono blue control deck i built recently, the whole idea is to get either talrand or a nivmagus out at some point in the game, and not only will i counter their spells but ill get a 22 flyer every time i do it, and excess counters can be used to beef nivmagus. The gathering control deck is a type of deck or archetype that focuses on dominating the game using some or all of the following kinds of strategies. On the color pie, it is allied with white and black and is the enemy of red and green. Beginner looking to build his first blueblack deck. Today we feed the budget control players with modern blue control. For example, monoblue merfolk is a fine hatebears deck and so is xcolor.
Mtg best blue cards in commander format mtg blue edh decks. Mtg challenge results show lurrus dominating most formats. Ensure that you have inevitability by building your deck with plenty of card advantage and powerful cards. One of my friends is blue to the core and ob nixilis held his ground insanely well. Where aggro decks are strongest early and then taper off, control decks gain strength over time. Mtg arena blue black dimir budget vs esper control vs. Unfollow black control deck mtg to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The goal of this deck is to give the player the feel of the bu control decks, arguably the big daddy of tournaments, without breaking their bank.
While all colors can kill creatures on the board, only blue can so easily pr. Philippe van langenhove, software engineer 2006present. Ideally this modern deck would be epic by t a u r a l c w. Control decks will usually play fewer creatures and favor a higher manacurve. Theres no wrong way to play and comprises many formats, from legacy to commander to cube draw in the crowds. While not currently a tier 1 deck, mono blue mill provides a deep level of play, with. Players begin the game by shuffling their decks and then drawing seven cards. I like speculating on this early, as the effect is powerful enough to justify doing some work for it. Bident is even more important to this deck than it was before, and its very possible that the deck wants a third copy.
Creature tokens are a beloved part of this game, and many of them are based on powerful. The deck then uses a control deck building archetype, throwing all the best spells in standard into one deck, and winning with a card with a powerful effect such as cruel ultimatum. Azorius addendum deck blue white modern legal custom built magic the gathering mtg 60. Rivaling hearthstone from blizzard and artifact from valve. Blues magic is also associated with control, allowing the player to gain. Automatically import your magic the gathering collection and brew decks before spending wildcards. The gathering colloquially known as magic cards, magic or just mtg is a. Mono blue control, which uses a heavy suite of counterspells alongside carddrawing such as thirst for knowledge, removal such as echoing truth, and a win. Top 10 greatest white cards of all time continuing on from blue cards now we come to white cards. Bluegreen control constructed deck list and prices for the magic the gathering tcg. Like all of the other blue control decks, the deck relies on search for azcanta for lategame card advantage, as this is the best card in any type of control mirror. Control the alterego of aggro, control decks want to prolong the game in order to capitalize on valuegenerating andor powerful but expensive spells. Updated dec 06, 2012 by mcsparticus using our mtg deck builder. This encourages a deck full of them, and as blue and red will have the most.
Top magic the gathering decks, magic arena and mtgo. This is why aggrocontrol decks cant control as well as control decks. The deck, which uses card drawing such as fact or fiction and deck searching cards such as demonic tutor to find powerful cards that are highly effective against particular strategies such as the abyss, diabolic edict, and balance, alongside a blue base of counterspells to control the game and obtain an insurmountable lead. I like that faerie miscreant stacks well in multiples, and the gudul lurker can be cast on turn three if. This material is provided as is, with absolutely no warranty expressed or implied. Standard saw five of the top eight decks built around a companion. It is drawn from islands and embodies the concepts of logic and technology and seeks perfection through knowledge. Control decks are based around efficiency and controlling the board, which is where the name comes from.
If a threecolor control deck is having trouble finding. Blue black control deck hello everyone, i recently started playing magic and bought a common pack for 7,50 and a generous donation from a friend means i have some cards to play with. White has not historically been a powerful color but it has had dominant cards at certain times. Last week, we discussed aggro decks, which capitalize on tempo to win games. What is a easy way to build and play a control deck in magic. This site provides accurate and independent information on more than 500. My starting point for those of us who cant afford snapcaster mage. Working on a series of cheap decks for the broke wannabe mtg players. Control decks have been prominent throughout the history. Try countering every single spell they cast with monoblue. Magic tcg deck bluewhite control deck by alternate1st. How to play and compete against blue black control as.
After looking at some beginner guides and the like, ive decided to try and build a blueblack deck. In saying that, new players may not fully understand how to build their first couple of magic. Im trying to get into magic, and a buddy of mine has a modern redblue deck he has been showing me. Azorius control key cards azorius control looks to play the long game. So to make a good control deck, you need to make every card count in the early game. This makes it particularly hostile to answerheavy control decks, where drawing the wrong interaction for a given matchup is often an. The top 5 control decks in modern by seth manfield magic. Im not sure most players think of it this way, but it tries to answer opposing threats, fill up the graveyard, and eventually win with card advantage. I like the control it seems to have, but im a little lost on where to start. Browse mtg arena featured deck lists or upload your mtga decks with the most powerful realtime tracker for magic the gathering arena. Modern legal custom built magic the gathering mtg 60 card. This is a monoblue control deck i built recently, the whole idea is to get either talrand or a nivmagus out at some point in the game, and not only will i counter their spells but ill get a 22 flyer every time i do it, and excess counters can be used to beef nivmagus. Bluebased control decks thrive on that cardadvantage juice. The doomsday deck takes some control elements of big blue decks to protect itself.
For one thing, that means using lots of cheap counterspells. This card is most likely a 1of or 2of in any white control deck, even if it is playing a. They are very powerful and present in virtually every format in the game. Elite mill deck mono blue very powerful modern legal custom built magic the gathering. Combining this with drowned secrets and your various control. Esper ubw, bant wug, naya gwr, jund rgb, and grixis bru. The gathering arena is slowly starting to pick up pace, and soon will hopefully be one of the biggest online trading card games. Which mtg deck is the best against counter spell decks. Standard mono blue mtg decks a deck that uses mana. I was wary of drawing too many legendary cards, so im starting with two bidents and one hall of triumph for now, all of which combo with the full eight evasive onedrops.
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