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    Dimir Control

    Standard
    Control
    intermediate

    A reactive control deck that answers every threat with counterspells and removal, then wins with card advantage and powerful finishers. Patience is key — let your opponent overextend, then take over.

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    Creatures (9)

    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    CardDetailsQty
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

    P/T: 4/5

    3
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    {B}: This creature becomes a Human Cleric with base power and toughness 2/2. {1}{B}: If this creature is a Cleric, put a deathtouch counter on it and it becomes a Phyrexian Human Cleric with base power and toughness 3/3. {1}{B}{B}: If this creature is a Phyrexian, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

    P/T: 1/1

    3
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Blitz—{2}{B}{B}, Pay 2 life. (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.) You may cast this card from your graveyard using its blitz ability.

    P/T: 3/2

    3
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

    P/T: 4/5

    3
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
    Sheoldred, the Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    {B}: This creature becomes a Human Cleric with base power and toughness 2/2. {1}{B}: If this creature is a Cleric, put a deathtouch counter on it and it becomes a Phyrexian Human Cleric with base power and toughness 3/3. {1}{B}{B}: If this creature is a Phyrexian, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

    P/T: 1/1

    3
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Blitz—{2}{B}{B}, Pay 2 life. (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.) You may cast this card from your graveyard using its blitz ability.

    P/T: 3/2

    3
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Instants (17)

    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Cut Down
    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Negate
    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    CardDetailsQty
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Destroy target nonartifact creature.

    4
    Cut Down
    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    Destroy target creature with total power and toughness 5 or less.

    3
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

    4
    Negate
    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Counter target noncreature spell.

    2
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    4
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Destroy target nonartifact creature.

    4
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Cut Down
    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    Destroy target creature with total power and toughness 5 or less.

    3
    Cut Down
    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

    4
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Negate
    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Counter target noncreature spell.

    2
    Negate
    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the amount of mana spent to cast this spell. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Flashback {5}{U}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    4
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    Enchantments (2)

    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    CardDetailsQty
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

    2
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

    2
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    Planeswalkers (4)

    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    CardDetailsQty
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    At the beginning of your end step, if Kaito entered this turn, he phases out. +1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn. −2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This token can't be blocked." −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

    2
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    +1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

    2
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    At the beginning of your end step, if Kaito entered this turn, he phases out. +1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn. −2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This token can't be blocked." −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."

    2
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    +1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.

    2
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    Lands (27)

    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh

    Land

    Underground River
    Underground River
    Underground River

    Land

    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb

    Land

    Island
    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant

    Land

    CardDetailsQty
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh

    Land

    This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

    4
    Underground River
    Underground River
    Underground River

    Land

    {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

    4
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb

    Land

    This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

    4
    Island
    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    ({T}: Add {U}.)

    8
    Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    ({T}: Add {B}.)

    6
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant

    Land

    If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {3}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/3 black Beholder creature with menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from defending player's graveyard." It's still a land.

    1
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh

    Land

    This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

    4
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh

    Land

    Underground River
    Underground River
    Underground River

    Land

    {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

    4
    Underground River
    Underground River
    Underground River

    Land

    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb

    Land

    This land enters tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

    4
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb

    Land

    Island
    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    ({T}: Add {U}.)

    8
    Island
    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    ({T}: Add {B}.)

    6
    Swamp
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant

    Land

    If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B}. {3}{B}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/3 black Beholder creature with menace and "Whenever this creature attacks, exile target card from defending player's graveyard." It's still a land.

    1
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant

    Land