The Fundamental Differences Between Control and Midrange A concept that is often overlooked and undervalued by Control players is “Who’s the beatdown?” To be fair, winning through combat isn’t generally… Read more

Gather round ladies and gentlemen, for there is a story to tell, and at the end of it, an invitation to a deck that has won my heart (and hopefully… Read more

Before ’s debut in Modern, BennyHillz dominated the UW Control scene with a UW Control deck that would become a new standard for the archetype, known for its versatile proactive… Read more

Inspired by Darrel Feltner’s recent be-all-end-all primer for UW Tron, I’ve accomplished the same for an archetype I’ve known better than any other, UW Midrange. This primer, in collaboration with… Read more

Thanks to Teferi, Hero of Dominaria, Jeskai Control is in one of the best positions it’s ever been in Modern. In fact, it was the most represented deck at SCG… Read more

Last month, Benjamin Nikolich won the Star City Games Modern Open in Columbus with Jeskai Control.  In contrast to the Spell Queller and Geist of Saint Traft versions that were… Read more

This time on Modern Power Rankings, I’ve teamed up with Francesco Neo Amati, our resident UWx control expert and creator of Team UWish, to come up with a list of the 10… Read more

This time, Corey takes Francesco Neo Amati’s Bant Control deck, “UWish” for a test drive through some Modern Two-Man Queues.  The deck, which was inspired by, and evolved from, Benny… Read more

“Adding Glittering Wish to this archetype is good deck building, not just doing something because we can do it. It solves some problems UW has.” -Jeff Hoogland If you’re new… Read more

If you’re a Control player in Modern, you know how unforgiving the format has been for us, most prominently due to variance. Maybe we’re gluttons for punishment, but we continue… Read more