Deck guide
Premodern Stiflenought Deck Guide
Also known as: 12/12 Beats · Stifle Nought · Phyrexian Dreadnought Stifle
Stiflenought is a Tier 1 tempo deck in Premodern, with a 54.9% win rate in the Duress Crew MTGO dataset.
At a glance
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Jonathan ? Stiflenought — Bay Area Eternal 3K Open @ Merlion Games (San Carlos, CA) (1) — 1 · 2026-08-23
Mainboard (60)
| Qty | Card |
|---|---|
| 17 | Island |
| 4 | Phyrexian Dreadnought |
| 1 | Chain of Vapor |
| 4 | Counterspell |
| 3 | Daze |
| 2 | Flash of Insight |
| 4 | Foil |
| 4 | Gush |
| 3 | Impulse |
| 1 | Misdirection |
| 4 | Opt |
| 4 | Portent |
| 4 | Stifle |
| 1 | Thwart |
| 4 | Vision Charm |
Sideboard (15)
| Qty | Card |
|---|---|
| 2 | Annul |
| 2 | Brain Freeze |
| 1 | Chain of Vapor |
| 3 | Essence Flare |
| 3 | Hydroblast |
| 2 | Powder Keg |
| 2 | Tsabo's Web |
Game plan
What Stiflenought is trying to do
A tempo deck that lands a Phyrexian Dreadnought, Stifles the comes-into-play trigger that sacrifices twelve power, and protects the 12/12 with counters and disruption. It plays as a tempo deck in Tier 1 of the current Premodern metagame.
Core cards
What defines Stiflenought
Sideboarding & matchups
How Stiflenought fares
MTGO match data via the Duress Crew Premodern Data Analysis Project.
- Red/Green Aggro 85.1% n=47
- Sligh 76.8% n=319
- Reanimator 70% n=40
- Stasis 58.3% n=84
- The Rock 54.9% n=71
- Elves 35.6% n=160
- Blue/Black Psychatog 38.9% n=90
- Gro-a-tog 40.6% n=64
See the full matchup matrix for head-to-head pairings across the format.
Strategy
How to play Stiflenought
A full written primer for Stiflenought — mulligan decisions, sequencing, and the sideboard plan — is in progress. The decklists, key cards, and matchup data above are kept current in the meantime.
FAQ
Common questions
- Is Stiflenought a good deck in Premodern?
- Stiflenought is a Tier 1 deck with a 54.9% win rate across 3,628 tracked MTGO matches (Duress Crew Premodern Data Analysis Project).
- What colors is Stiflenought?
- Stiflenought is a Blue, Black deck.
- How much does Stiflenought cost to build?
- A current Stiflenought list costs roughly $1,697 to build in paper.
Next steps
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