Grixis Control

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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
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Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1792	2757–3159	46.6	17	128	71
Grixis Control	68	92–118	43.8	0	3	1
Cruel Control	18	25–32	43.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	19–32	37.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	0–6	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–4	0.0
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Combo	19–16	54.3
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	5–3	62.5
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	5–11	31.3
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–7	53.3
Curses	1–3	25.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	21–30	41.2
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	0–5	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	6–10	37.5
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–2	71.4
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0