Basically the title. I recently got into Modern and started off with RG Tron. It's a lot of fun, but I've been wanting to go back to my roots and play some sort of blue control deck. I was mostly just curious on which one people thought was better in general, or which one was just more fun. I know Jes'kai gets Path and Lightning Helix, along with the Emrakul win condition, where Grixis get's Kolaghan's Command and Tasigur. Also any other Ux control deck suggestions are welcome, basically okay with trying just about any sort of control deck.
Sorry in advance if this isn't the right place to post, haven't really used MTG Salvation until recently.
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Modern RG RG UrzaTron RG BR Griselbrand Reanimator BR GRB Jund GRB
EDH U Teferi U WUBRG General Tazri Ally Tribal WUBRG
Really depends on your playstyle. Jeskai leads itself to an EXTREMELY reactive game. If you arent comfortable with treading water all game hoping to survive till you can win out of nowhere, it probably wont be for you
In addition, if a more creature heavy strategy is what your looking for, and you like being able to play a proactive game in addition to a reactive one, delver is the deck for you
Both are good, really depends on your local meta. Delver does better against the likes of tron, ad nauseam, and the likes, where t4 nahiri is too slow and risky to tap out for and you really need an early clock to kill them before they go off. Jeskai is better vs BGx/aggro due to the extreme removal package and mainboard lifegain
Jeskai is nice reactive deck but with a lot of answers. And a fast win condition in Nahiri, the Harbinger + Emrakul combo. You CAN play an older version, where you just win via Sphinx's Revelation, Bolt-Snap-Bolt, Colonnade plan. IMO Nahiri makes it very unappealing now. There's also a version with Restoration Angel + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror-Breaker. That one is fun. Not sure if it's worth it, as Kiki is fragile. There's also the midrange deck that is Geist of Saint Traft. I used to play that deck and did reasonably well with it.
Grixis can be built either very reactively (Patrick Chapin, 4 Cryptic Command, Fulminator Mages, etc.). Or it can be proactive with Kolaghan's Command, Tasigur, Kalitas.
Esper Draw-Go is an option (look for Guillame Wafo-Tapa; I forget his username on MTGO, but he's a master at Esper)
UW Control (several different variants of the deck; main plan is stall, board wipe with Wrath of God/Supreme Verdict, then win game with planeswalker).Link to reddit and some decklists/guides With UW Control, you have the version with creatures and the version without creatures. It's pretty strong too. You kinda need to meta game pretty hard to do well with the deck, or so I've been told.
There's also UB Faeries, which is a little harder to play. Idk if it's worth learning if your goal is to do really well at events. Basically, you CAN do well if you learn the ins and outs (Anthony Hyunh), but if you make even 1 mistake, you're donezo.
Blue Moon (UR) and RUG Moon are options too. I'm not a big fan of it (not a fan of Blood Moon in general), but it's aight. Seems like you get shrekt by aggro. My perspective might be skewed, because my friend seems to struggle with the archetype against aggro...
PERSONALLY, I recommend Jeskai Nahiri. But you can get a lot out of Grixis Delver too; Grixis Delver is always considered Tier 1.5-Tier 2, but it puts up results pretty admirably and semi-consistently.
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Sorry in advance if this isn't the right place to post, haven't really used MTG Salvation until recently.
RG RG UrzaTron RG
BR Griselbrand Reanimator BR
GRB Jund GRB
EDHU Teferi U
WUBRG General Tazri Ally Tribal WUBRG
In addition, if a more creature heavy strategy is what your looking for, and you like being able to play a proactive game in addition to a reactive one, delver is the deck for you
Both are good, really depends on your local meta. Delver does better against the likes of tron, ad nauseam, and the likes, where t4 nahiri is too slow and risky to tap out for and you really need an early clock to kill them before they go off. Jeskai is better vs BGx/aggro due to the extreme removal package and mainboard lifegain
UWRjeskai nahiri UWR
UBRgrixis titi UBR
UBRgrixis delverUBR
UR ur kikimite UR
EDH
RUG Riku of Two Reflections RUG
UBR Marchesa, the Black Rose UBR
UBRGYidris, Maelstrom Wielder UBRG
UBRJeleva, Nephalia's ScourgeUBR
Grixis can be built either very reactively (Patrick Chapin, 4 Cryptic Command, Fulminator Mages, etc.). Or it can be proactive with Kolaghan's Command, Tasigur, Kalitas.
Esper Draw-Go is an option (look for Guillame Wafo-Tapa; I forget his username on MTGO, but he's a master at Esper)
UW Control (several different variants of the deck; main plan is stall, board wipe with Wrath of God/Supreme Verdict, then win game with planeswalker).Link to reddit and some decklists/guides With UW Control, you have the version with creatures and the version without creatures. It's pretty strong too. You kinda need to meta game pretty hard to do well with the deck, or so I've been told.
There's also UB Faeries, which is a little harder to play. Idk if it's worth learning if your goal is to do really well at events. Basically, you CAN do well if you learn the ins and outs (Anthony Hyunh), but if you make even 1 mistake, you're donezo.
Blue Moon (UR) and RUG Moon are options too. I'm not a big fan of it (not a fan of Blood Moon in general), but it's aight. Seems like you get shrekt by aggro. My perspective might be skewed, because my friend seems to struggle with the archetype against aggro...
PERSONALLY, I recommend Jeskai Nahiri. But you can get a lot out of Grixis Delver too; Grixis Delver is always considered Tier 1.5-Tier 2, but it puts up results pretty admirably and semi-consistently.