Dimir Cipher Control

by RepMR on 12 February 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Sorceries (2)


Instants (9)

Artifacts (2)


Land (2)

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Deck Description

An attempt to make the Cipher keyword effective. Using evasive creatures to control and bleed the opponents deck with a few larger and more versatile creatures behind them seemed to be the best approach to that.

Deck Tags

  • Blue
  • Black
  • Dimir
  • Cipher
  • Mill
  • Control

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Dimir Cipher Control

Tips:
drop Whispering Madness to 1 to 3. I'd say 1 or 2, depending on how much you need it.
drop Stolen Identity to 1 or 2. It really depends on your ramp and you don't use keyrunes.
drop Soul's Ransom to 2 or 3. You have plenty of better answers to creatures and you are not the discard deck.
drop Consuming Aberration to 2 or 3. Run a different bomb as well to prevent Slaughter Games from locking you out.
drop Murder or Grisly Spectacle.
drop Dimir Charm to the sideboard. It's good but too specific compared to the other charms.
drop Augur of Bolas. It's good in decks with over 24 Instant/Sorcery spells but you still miss a lot even then.
drop Duskmantle Seer. Most of your costs are too high and you're not running life-gain.
drop Undercity Plague from the sideboard down to 1 or 2.
drop Thrull Parasite from the sideboard. The sideboard is answers to weaknesses of your deck.
raise Illness in the Ranks to 3 or replace it with 3 AEtherize.

I'd say to run 22-25 lands in this format because black and blue are targeting lands like the plague with Aberration and similar cards.

Edit:
Consider: Paranoid Delusions x3 or x4
Consider: Mind Grind x1 or x2

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Posted 12 February 2013 at 06:56

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It shaped up really nice. It's quite the hellish deck now. Last thing you need to do is handle hexproof's. Originally the main answer was "target player sacrifices a creature" but Gatecrash released Glaring Spotlight. My STD Dimir Mill uses Liliana because I built it around durability of the field so I run Liliana.

Because your Dimir Mill is more like an aggro build, I'd recommend running the Glaring Spotlight. Sideboard 2 or even main deck them depending on how you want to use it! :)

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Posted 12 February 2013 at 10:17

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Thanks! Your suggestions were very helpful in focusing it and the Glaring Spotlight was a perfect choice for those last two slots in the sideboard. I appreciate it!

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Posted 12 February 2013 at 18:20

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Ignore this comment, I figured something out rather quickly after I posted :P Good deck though!

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Posted 12 February 2013 at 10:05

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