Moe's World

To everyone who took the UW deck I posted last week to their local PTQs and are now qualified for Pro Tour New Orleans – congratulations! I’d love to hear your success stories. The reader feedback for the last article was so high that I decided to write a follow-up with a more in-depth look at the key matchups, what your strategies should be, and a COMPLETE SIDEBOARDING GUIDE. Enjoy!

First thing’s first, here is the deck that I feel is the best version of UW control and the best deck in the current OnBC format:

Deck Name: Big Blue and Friends
Deck Designer: Eric Froehlich

4 Eternal Dragon
3 Exalted Angel
4 Silver Knight
2 Akroma, Angel of Wrath

4 Akroma’s Vengeance
4 Wing Shards
3 Decree of Justice
4 Complicate
2 Stifle
2 Discombobulate

10 Plains
8 Island
4 Flooded Strand
4 Temple of the False God
2 Secluded Steppe

SIDEBOARD:
3 Decree of Silence
2 Wipe Clean
3 Chromeshell Crab
4 Windborn Muse
1 Exalted Angel
2 Stabilizer

Now let’s get o...