CKL Plays (Modern) Grixis Control

I noticed an old favorite of mine popping up in recent MTGO league results and was hopeful that it might be time to dust off Grixis Control. Is this meta ripe for the return of Kolaghan’s Command and friends? We’ll see…

For older iterations of the archetype, check the following links:

As you can see, I was a bit obsessed with this deck. When Hollow One decks appeared, the headache that I endured caused me to put this deck aside for some time. This December, a number of lists popped up that looked rather similar…no discard/Liliana package, a couple of maindecked Tasigurs, Search for Azcanta…and I was enticed. But, because I was also feeling a bit lazy, I started by throwing together a list that I cannot take credit for…

BFCxKrazyak’s Grixis Control [5-0 December 2018]

Planeswalkers (1)
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Creatures (7)
4 Snapcaster Mage
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Vendilion Clique

Spells (25)
1 Dreadbore
1 Countersquall
4 Cryptic Command
2 Fatal Push
4 Kolaghan’s Command
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Logic Knot
1 Spell Snare
2 Terminate
4 Thought Scour

Artifacts (1)
1 Engineered Explosives

Enchantments (2)
2 Search for Azcanta

Lands (24)
1 Blood Crypt
2 Creeping Tar Pit
3 Field of Ruin
3 Island
1 Mountain
4 Polluted Delta
4 Scalding Tarn
2 Steam Vents
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Swamp
2 Watery Grave

Sideboard (15)
1 Countersquall
3 Anger of the Gods
2 Ceremonious Rejection
1 Damnation
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Dispel
1 Izzet Staticaster
3 Surgical Extraction
2 Young Pyromancer

I made a couple of minor changes. Notably, -1 Kolaghan’s Command for +1 Countersquall and a few sideboard swaps which I will explain in the “Deck Tech”…