Here's a chart showing the components of top-finishing control decks at PT Dragon's Maze.
| deck | lands | draw spells | removal | disruption | finishers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Shrout |
26
|
12
|
15
|
4
|
3
|
| Channel Fireball |
27
|
7
|
15
|
6
|
5
|
| Ari Lax |
28
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
| Richard Bland |
27
|
11
|
14
|
3
|
5
|
| Andrejs Prost |
27
|
8
|
14
|
8
|
3
|
| Matej Zatlkaj |
27
|
8
|
14
|
7
|
4
|
| Dusty Ochoa |
28
|
8
|
14
|
4
|
6
|
("Disruption" is defined here as counterspells and Sin Collectors. These examples leave out the StarCity Bant deck and the Esper deck with Precinct Captains main; for now we're looking at "heavy control.")
The seven decks in the table are all Esper, except Shrout (UWR) and Prost (straight UW). The Channel Fireball deck is a list that was played to 8-2 by Luis Scott-Vargas and Conley Woods, which has 30 of 33 nonlands in common with Matej Zatlkaj's version.
Observations on the control decks:
Removal: All the decks had 4 Supreme Verdict, and all except Lax had 4 Azorius Charm. All the Esper decks had 3-4 Far // Away, while the non-Esper decks had 3-4 Renounce the Guilds.
Mana: Lax's "28 lands" are really 26 lands and 2 Orzhov Keyrune. Ochoa's 28 lands are really 28 lands. Shrout ran only 26 lands but had 3 Prophetic Prism.
Counterspells: All the decks had 3-4 counterspells, except for Prost's deck which had 8 (Syncopate and Render Silent).
Big spells: All the decks had 4 Jace, 3-4 Sphinx's Revelation, and 2-3 Aetherling. None of the decks had Ghost Council of Obzedat.
4-0 control decks in recent block dailies:
The seven decks in the table are all Esper, except Shrout (UWR) and Prost (straight UW). The Channel Fireball deck is a list that was played to 8-2 by Luis Scott-Vargas and Conley Woods, which has 30 of 33 nonlands in common with Matej Zatlkaj's version.
Observations on the control decks:
Removal: All the decks had 4 Supreme Verdict, and all except Lax had 4 Azorius Charm. All the Esper decks had 3-4 Far // Away, while the non-Esper decks had 3-4 Renounce the Guilds.
Mana: Lax's "28 lands" are really 26 lands and 2 Orzhov Keyrune. Ochoa's 28 lands are really 28 lands. Shrout ran only 26 lands but had 3 Prophetic Prism.
Counterspells: All the decks had 3-4 counterspells, except for Prost's deck which had 8 (Syncopate and Render Silent).
Big spells: All the decks had 4 Jace, 3-4 Sphinx's Revelation, and 2-3 Aetherling. None of the decks had Ghost Council of Obzedat.
4-0 control decks in recent block dailies:
- Youbun playing Swedish-style Maze's End control, using 26 / 6 / 21 / 7 / 0 (i.e., 21 removal spells and 0 finishers outside of the mana-base)
- JIsOrange playing a close match of the CFB / Zatelkaj deck, using 1 Maze's End and 2 Psychic Strike
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