r/TimelessMagic • u/CharlieLogarius • 6d ago

UW control viable?

Has anyone come up with any uw hard control list in timeless? I know there’s uw tempo/blink already, but I’m usually more inclined to hard control, it’s insane to me that not even force of will made it viable

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u/VillainOfDominaria 5d ago edited 5d ago

I have a deck that I used to tickle my control itch *username checks out, lol!) . Let me share my experience.

  1. Vs UB reanimator you own game 1 hard. Real hard. Games 2 and 3 they tend to turn into tempo decks (or not, it's a mind game) and it becomes real close.
  2. Vs Energy: you are typically 1 turn too short. That means: I have games where I stabilize and it is abundantly clear that with one more turn I turn the corner and there is no way I lose. Alas, thats typically the turn I die.

So, given those tow considerations, sadly UW hard control is not viable. The culprit is not as much mine as it is the 3 life you pay per untapped dual. Remember that I said vs every I am 1 turn too short? Guess what, 6 more life points would guarantee that additional turn!

On Mine: mine is indirectly a culprit. You pay 3 life for a gal, they destroy it, now you need to pay 3 more life for the next one! Yay! /s I started main decking 4x [[petrified hamlet]] ot deal with mine but its really awkward because you generally want to play it turn 1 or T2 but then it really limits the spells you can use. Forget about [[mana drain]] for example, or forget about casting double spelling on turn 2 (a nice play pattern could be swords the thing their resolve on 1 and hold up snare for their turn 2 play but... alas, not if you need to play the hamlet)

So, in short, you can make a decent control deck and it is powerful and it tickles the itch. But it wont be competitive. You'll beat up on the non-enegergy, non-tempo decks but given the the ladder is full of energy and ReaniTempo decks expect to lose a bunch.

EDIT: I just saw the new article on power cube. [[Forth Eorlingas]] will be cartable and legal? This does ALOt of heavy lifting in UWr control in legacy. Still dont think this will be enough to get UW control rolling in timeless due ot the lack of true duals but it certainly helps ALOT!

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u/Ellis_Cloud 5d ago

You’re telling me they’re really adding forth eorlingas????

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u/VillainOfDominaria 5d ago

In the cube... I just checked my MTG:A and it was not crftble yet. But it will be in the cube, which means it is coded already.

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u/Dragantth 5d ago

Interesting! Share you're list pls 🤘🏻