MTG Salvation

Two topics I wanted opinions on:

First, I'm seeing a lot of love from U/W and American control/Miracle, but not a lot in Grixis Control. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is a powerful game ender, not to mention you can get some serious power out of cards like Liliana of the Veil, Olivia Voldaren, Dreadbore, Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis, etc. Plus when gatecrash comes out, we'll see some U/B cards out of Dimir.

Is anyone else playing this, and are you having success? What are your hardest matchups, and how do you deal with them?

Secondly, I'm just looking for opinions on Inaction Injunction. I'm confident it's the best cantrip out right now, but I'm seeing more love from thought scour.

Thanks for the replies.

Things Thought Scour has that beat Injunction:

1 mana, not 2.
Favorable for Graveyard shenanigans.

And the most important thing, it's instant speed.

If they were both instant or sorcery, it would be more comparable.

I see your point. But something about grinding against any zombies is something I'm uncomfortable with. I personally run think twice for my instant speed draw, and I'm never unhappy to draw an inaction. It's a great tempo card.

Here's the thread discussing Grixis Control in competitive standard: http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=450574

I have a cheap Grixis Deck I don't have the money for many of the cards you mentioned.

my Win cons are Niv mizzet, dracogenius, Lone revanant, Chandra the firebrand + devil's play and Nicol Bolas ,planeswalker.

The original deck had Olivia back when she was $4 but I didn't get her before her price skyrocketed, Niv does the job, he is a good card and slightly underrated.

My worst game 1 match up is Mill, but I have witchbane orb in the side to stop that.

I have had some trouble with tokens, turn 2 intangible virtue is a big problem. Sever the bloodline and Izzet charm helps though and it is fairly easy to run them out of steam.

Giest of saint traft and the nightmare Siguarda are a problem. So bant control/mid range decks I suspect could be problematic but I haven't faced one.

I personally feel grixis control is very strong right now. the deck im running isnt fully complete yet im missing a few high dollar staples, but i borrow from friends for fnm, and i always do fairly strong. im trying a few new gate crash cards as well, the deck im running is,

Land(25)
4x steam vents
4x sulfur falls
4x drowned catacomb
4x watery grave
4x blood crypt
4x dragonskull summit
1x swamp


Creature(7)
2x olivia voldaren
1x niv mizzet
2x desecration demon
2x vampire nighthawk(to be replaced with snapcaster mage)

Planeswalker(2)
2x Nicol bolas, planeswalker

Artifact(3)
3x rakdos keyrune

Sorcey(23)
4x izzet charm
4x dimir charm
4x think twice
2x rakdos's return(1 to be replaced with bonfire of the damned)
4x dreadbore
2x sever the bloodline
2x dissipate
1x negate

Sideboard(15)
2x devour flesh
3x cremate
3x slaughter games
3x appetite for brains
1x underworld connection
1x blasphemous act
2x rolling temblor


Feel free for suggestions, advice is always good, i havent been playing very long, maybe 8 months. So if you feel im missing something that will help let me know!

I'm really sick of Falkenrath Aristocrat.

I just noticed that Inaction Injunction means during his turn I can instant-speed kill one of those even if he has other creatures on board.

So it's got that going for it.

what? how does it kill falkenrath?

during his main phase he can't activate the "make it indestructible" ablility

I've tested Inaction Injunction. In a deck without mass-removal, it doesn't do enough. A control deck's biggest challenge is overcoming the inability to play all it's cards early. If you want to spend a precious 2 mana in the early going, it needs to do something to help you stabilize. Inaction Injunction doesn't do enough. It's like 10% of a Blind Obedience.

yeah, haste is the mechanic that is really hurting control decks and inaction injunction just makes you softer to it