Grixis Control

This guide to the **Grixis Control** deck was put together by linguo by rifling through MTG Top 8 with very bad python code. As such it might not be very encyclopedic.

## SOI Standard

### Core Maindeck Cards

* Chandra, Flamecaller

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Grasp of Darkness

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* Island

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* Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

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* Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

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* Mountain

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* Ruinous Path

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* Smoldering Marsh

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* Sunken Hollow

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Swamp

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Wandering Fumarole

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Flexible Maindeck Cards

* Dragonlord Silumgar

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Evolving Wilds

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* Fiery Impulse

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* Foreboding Ruins

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* Goblin Dark-Dwellers

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* Kolaghan's Command

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* Radiant Flames

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* Read the Bones

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* Shivan Reef

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* Transgress the Mind

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* Ultimate Price

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### Standard Sideboard Cards

* Dragonmaster Outcast

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Duress

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* Ob Nixilis Reignited

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* Silumgar's Command

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### Unusual Meta Cards

* Anticipate

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* Bloodstained Mire

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* Choked Estuary

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* Clash of Wills

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* Dark Petition

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* Dead Weight

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* Dig Through Time

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* Disdainful Stroke

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* Dispel

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* Fevered Visions

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* Flooded Strand

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* Grip of Desolation

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* Infinite Obliteration

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* Invasive Surgery

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Jace, Unraveler of Secrets

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Languish

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* Murderous Cut

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* Negate

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* Painful Truths

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pick the Brain

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* Pitiless Horde

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* Polluted Delta

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* Rending Volley

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* Roast

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* Sphinx of the Final Word

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* Sphinx's Tutelage

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* Tasigur, the Golden Fang

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* Thing in the Ice

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* To the Slaughter

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* Virulent Plague

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* Void Shatter

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Wooded Foothills

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

## Modern

### Core Maindeck Cards

* Blood Crypt

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Bloodstained Mire

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Island

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kolaghan's Command

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Lightning Bolt

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Mountain

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Polluted Delta

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* Snapcaster Mage

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* Steam Vents

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* Swamp

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Terminate

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* Watery Grave

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Flexible Maindeck Cards

* Ancestral Vision

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Blackcleave Cliffs

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* Creeping Tar Pit

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Darkslick Shores

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* Goblin Dark-Dwellers

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Inquisition of Kozilek

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Jace, Vryn's Prodigy

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Liliana of the Veil

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* Mana Leak

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* Murderous Cut

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pia and Kiran Nalaar

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Remand

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* Scalding Tarn

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* Serum Visions

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* Spell Snare

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sulfur Falls

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Thought Scour

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Standard Sideboard Cards

* Anger of the Gods

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dispel

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Engineered Explosives

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Izzet Staticaster

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Thoughtseize

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Unusual Meta Cards

* Abbot of Keral Keep

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Academy Ruins

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Batterskull

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* Blood Moon

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* Boom / Bust

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* Cascade Bluffs

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* Counterflux

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* Countersquall

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* Crumble to Dust

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* Crypt Incursion

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Cryptic Command

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Curse of Death's Hold

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Damnation

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* Darkblast

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* Deceiver Exarch

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* Delver of Secrets

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* Deprive

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* Desolate Lighthouse

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* Dismember

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* Dragon's Claw

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Dragonskull Summit

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* Dreadbore

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* Drowned Catacomb

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* Duress

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Electrolyze

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* Flame Slash

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* Flashfreeze

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* Flooded Strand

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* Forked Bolt

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* Fulminator Mage

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* Ghost Quarter

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* Gitaxian Probe

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Go for the Throat

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Grafdigger's Cage

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Grave Titan

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Graven Cairns

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* Grim Lavamancer

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* Gurmag Angler

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Hurkyl's Recall

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Illness in the Ranks

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* Inferno Titan

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Izzet Charm

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kalitas, Bloodchief of Ghet

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Keranos, God of Storms

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Kozilek's Return

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Leyline of the Void

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Magma Spray

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Molten Rain

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* Mulldrifter

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Negate

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Night of Souls' Betrayal

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Nihil Spellbomb

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Notion Thief

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Outpost Siege

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Painful Truths

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pillar of Flame

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pithing Needle

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pyroclasm

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Radiant Flames

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Rakdos Charm

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Redirect

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* Rending Volley

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Rise / Fall

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* Roast

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Seal of Fire

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* Shadow of Doubt

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Shattering Spree

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* Shatterstorm

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* Shriekmaw

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Slaughter Games

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* Slaughter Pact

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Smash to Smithereens

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spell Pierce

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spellskite

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spreading Seas

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sun Droplet

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sunken Ruins

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Surgical Extraction

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sword of the Meek

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Thing in the Ice

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Thirst for Knowledge

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Thopter Foundry

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Tormod's Crypt

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Tribute to Hunger

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Twisted Image

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Vampiric Link

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Vandalblast

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Vendilion Clique

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Visions

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Wandering Fumarole

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Young Pyromancer

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.