Grixis Control

Grixis Control is 2.4% of the Pauper metagame over the last 30 days, with 89 results in the last 60 days. Updated October 20, 2026.

Average main deck

4 Counterspell
4 Lórien Revealed (in 99% of lists)
3 Murmuring Mystic (in 98% of lists)
2 Campfire (in 97% of lists)
3 Thorn of the Black Rose (in 96% of lists)
4 Baleful Strix (in 94% of lists)
2 Cast Down (in 94% of lists)
4 Snuff Out (in 91% of lists)
3 Plunder the Trollshaws (in 91% of lists)
2 Cut Down (in 90% of lists)
1 Bojuka Bog (in 89% of lists)
4 Preordain (in 87% of lists)
4 Contaminated Aquifer (in 87% of lists)
9 Island (in 85% of lists)
1 Swamp (in 84% of lists)
1 Extract a Confession (in 83% of lists)
1 Suffocating Fumes (in 81% of lists)
1 Dimir Aqueduct (in 74% of lists)
3 Spell Pierce (in 73% of lists)
2 Seething Landscape (in 70% of lists)
1 Volatile Fjord (in 51% of lists)
1 Lose Focus (in 47% of lists)
2 Ice Tunnel (in 30% of lists)
2 Brainstorm (in 27% of lists)
2 Nihil Spellbomb (in 24% of lists)
1 Molten Tributary (in 21% of lists)
7 Snow-Covered Island (in 16% of lists)
1 Dispel (in 16% of lists)
1 Snow-Covered Swamp (in 13% of lists)
3 Duress (in 10% of lists)
1 Bonder's Ornament (in 10% of lists)
1 Snow-Covered Mountain (in 8% of lists)
1 Sewer-veillance Cam (in 8% of lists)
4 Skred (in 7% of lists)
3 Seat of the Synod (in 7% of lists)
3 Ponder (in 7% of lists)
2 Augur of Bolas (in 7% of lists)
1 Gurmag Angler (in 7% of lists)
1 Arms of Hadar (in 7% of lists)
2 Devious Cover-Up (in 6% of lists)
2 Trinket Mage (in 6% of lists)
1 Mountain (in 6% of lists)
4 Shimmerdrift Vale (in 4% of lists)
4 Unfathomable Truths (in 4% of lists)
4 Terminate (in 4% of lists)
4 Sulfurous Blast (in 4% of lists)
4 Bender's Waterskin (in 4% of lists)
1 Troll of Khazad-dûm (in 4% of lists)
4 Cryogen Relic (in 3% of lists)
4 Mistvault Bridge (in 3% of lists)
4 Thoughtcast (in 3% of lists)
3 Vault of Whispers (in 3% of lists)
2 Drossforge Bridge (in 3% of lists)
1 Blood Fountain (in 3% of lists)
1 Cast into the Fire (in 3% of lists)
1 Viridian Longbow (in 3% of lists)
4 Refurbished Familiar (in 2% of lists)
4 Pactdoll Terror (in 2% of lists)
3 Reckoner's Bargain (in 2% of lists)
3 Twinned Vision (in 2% of lists)
2 Suplex (in 2% of lists)
2 Silverbluff Bridge (in 2% of lists)
1 Azure Fleet Admiral (in 2% of lists)
1 Muddle the Mixture (in 2% of lists)
1 Gandalf, Wandering Wizard (in 2% of lists)
1 Grim Bauble (in 2% of lists)
1 Giant's Boulder (in 2% of lists)
4 Mysidian Elder (in 1% of lists)
4 Black Mage's Rod (in 1% of lists)
4 Cleansing Wildfire (in 1% of lists)
4 Fanatical Offering (in 1% of lists)
3 Cuombajj Witches (in 1% of lists)
3 Ghostly Flicker (in 1% of lists)
3 Behold the Multiverse (in 1% of lists)
3 Lightning Bolt (in 1% of lists)

Sideboard

2 Vandalblast (in 96% of lists)
4 Hydroblast (in 92% of lists)
3 Annul (in 90% of lists)
1 Nihil Spellbomb (in 79% of lists)
1 Arms of Hadar (in 76% of lists)
1 Relic of Progenitus (in 60% of lists)
2 Blue Elemental Blast (in 46% of lists)
1 Drown in Sorrow (in 45% of lists)
1 Dispel (in 38% of lists)
1 Mountain (in 35% of lists)
1 Extract a Confession (in 25% of lists)
1 Stream of Thought (in 25% of lists)
2 Envelop (in 20% of lists)
1 Campfire (in 12% of lists)
1 Mind Extraction (in 9% of lists)
3 Pyroblast (in 7% of lists)
1 Suffocating Fumes (in 7% of lists)
2 Duress (in 6% of lists)
2 Steel Sabotage (in 6% of lists)
1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi (in 6% of lists)
2 Cast into the Fire (in 3% of lists)
1 Viridian Longbow (in 3% of lists)
2 Breath Weapon (in 2% of lists)
1 Volatile Fjord (in 2% of lists)
1 Crypt Rats (in 2% of lists)
4 Undo (in 1% of lists)
3 Red Elemental Blast (in 1% of lists)
2 Soul-Guide Lantern (in 1% of lists)
2 Faerie Macabre (in 1% of lists)
2 Fanged Flames (in 1% of lists)
1 Crypt Incursion (in 1% of lists)
1 Snow-Covered Mountain (in 1% of lists)
1 Cut Down (in 1% of lists)
1 Pactdoll Terror (in 1% of lists)
1 Flaring Pain (in 1% of lists)
1 Counterspell (in 1% of lists)

Spicy tech

Ponder, played by SpockVidaLoka (2nd at Pauper Challenge 32)
Grim Bauble, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Thoughtcast, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Trinket Mage, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Cryogen Relic, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Blood Fountain, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Giant's Boulder, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Pactdoll Terror, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Mistvault Bridge, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)
Drossforge Bridge, played by Lorenzo Invernizio (2nd at Lega Pauper Novara Tappa n. 6 - Eternal Season)

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Grixis Control

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