I want to make a $50ish control deck, ideally in Jeskai colors, but some other combination is fine. I want it to be more of a stereotypical control deck, with a couple good finishers and counters and draw spells and all that jazz.
So generally I think people here are looking for a little bit more structure in a question than just: "make me a sick control deck in these colours." For reference, you can use a simple search function to come up with any number of baseline control decks to make changes off of.
For a control deck, there are a few elements that are usually going to be in every deck. Sweepers, spot removal, counterspells, draw, finishers. This applies mostly to the draw-go style of control deck compared to the tap-out style, but I think this is what most people are thinking of when they think of a classic control deck. Once you come up with the things that you want in the deck, a decent decklist comes together as easily as putting decent cards in these categories into a list.
I guess I have experience building both UW and UR control decks, but not tri-color. I guess you need to decide whether or not the third color is worth it. Lightning Bolt obviously makes at least a splash quite attractive. I like to have a sideboard anti-agro package of Pyroclasm and Arc Lightning. However, I tend to find that a stable mana-base is worth more, as white and red tend to supply more-or-less the same types of cards (board sweepers, spot removal, some decent finishers).
Any suggestions?
Golgari Scavenge
For a control deck, there are a few elements that are usually going to be in every deck. Sweepers, spot removal, counterspells, draw, finishers. This applies mostly to the draw-go style of control deck compared to the tap-out style, but I think this is what most people are thinking of when they think of a classic control deck. Once you come up with the things that you want in the deck, a decent decklist comes together as easily as putting decent cards in these categories into a list.
For example:
Spot removal - Lightning Bolt, Oblivion Ring, and Exclude do good work
Sweepers - Day of Judgement and Pyroclasm are good in different situations
Counterspells - Mana Leak and Izzet Charm
Draw Spells - Fact or Fiction Preordain
Finishers - You can use pretty much any resilient, beefy creature for this if you build the deck right. I like Sphinx of Jwar Isle or Morphling
I guess I have experience building both UW and UR control decks, but not tri-color. I guess you need to decide whether or not the third color is worth it. Lightning Bolt obviously makes at least a splash quite attractive. I like to have a sideboard anti-agro package of Pyroclasm and Arc Lightning. However, I tend to find that a stable mana-base is worth more, as white and red tend to supply more-or-less the same types of cards (board sweepers, spot removal, some decent finishers).
MY favorite WUR control deck is Team America Blink. Flametoungue Kavue, Crystal Shard, Man-O-War, Momentary Blink, and etc. This is more of a tap-out control, but you can gain some sweet card advantage.
Anyhow, it is really up to you to supply more guidance, but try to put something together?