Premodern Mono-Blue Control Deck Guide

At a glance

Event decklists

Event decklists

No event decklists on file yet — lists are pulled from mtgtop8 PREM and the MTGO Premodern Challenge feed.

Game plan

What Mono-Blue Control is trying to do

A mono-blue permission deck that counters every threat with Counterspell, Force Spike, and Force of Will, then closes with Morphling under Forbid lock. It plays as a control deck in Tier 2 of the current Premodern metagame.

Core cards

What defines Mono-Blue Control

• Counterspell
• Force of Will
• Force Spike
• Morphling
• Forbid
• Fact or Fiction
• Capsize
• Wasteland
• Back to Basics
• Mishra's Factory

Sideboarding & matchups

How Mono-Blue Control fares

Matchup win-rate data for Mono-Blue Control is being compiled.

See the full matchup matrix for head-to-head pairings across the format.

Strategy

How to play Mono-Blue Control

A full written primer for Mono-Blue Control — mulligan decisions, sequencing, and the sideboard plan — is in progress. The decklists, key cards, and matchup data above are kept current in the meantime.

How to play Mono-Blue Control →

FAQ

Common questions

Is Mono-Blue Control a good deck in Premodern?

Mono-Blue Control is a Tier 2 deck in Premodern. See its matchup spread and decklists for how it performs.

What colors is Mono-Blue Control?

Mono-Blue Control is a Blue deck.

Next steps

Decks that play like it

• Landstill WU
• Psychatog UB
• Wake WUG
• Astral Slide WR
• Discard Rack B
• Mono-Black Control B