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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 Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    Evolved Sleeper
    Evolved SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    Tenacious Underdog
    Tenacious Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    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 Apocalypse2 + 2 Black

    Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor

    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 SleeperBlack

    Creature — Human

    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 Underdog1 + Black

    Creature — Human Warrior

    Instants (17)

    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    Make Disappear
    Make Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Memory Deluge
    Memory Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Destroy target nonartifact creature.

    4
    Go for the Throat
    Go for the Throat1 + Black

    Instant

    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

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

    3
    Cut Down
    Cut DownBlack

    Instant

    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 Disappear1 + Blue

    Instant

    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    Counter target noncreature spell.

    2
    Negate
    Negate1 + Blue

    Instant

    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 Deluge2 + 2 Blue

    Instant

    Enchantments (2)

    The Meathook Massacre
    The Meathook MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    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 MassacreX + 2 Black

    Legendary Enchantment

    Planeswalkers (4)

    Kaito Shizuki
    Kaito Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    Liliana of the Veil
    Liliana of the Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    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 Shizuki1 + Blue + Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Kaito

    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 Veil1 + 2 Black

    Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

    Lands (27)

    Shipwreck Marsh
    Shipwreck Marsh

    Land

    Underground River
    Underground River

    Land

    Drowned Catacomb
    Drowned Catacomb

    Land

    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    Hive of the Eye Tyrant
    Hive of the Eye Tyrant

    Land

    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

    Land

    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

    Land

    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

    Land

    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    ({T}: Add {U}.)

    8
    Island
    Island

    Basic Land — Island

    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    ({T}: Add {B}.)

    6
    Swamp
    Swamp

    Basic Land — Swamp

    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

    Land