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Mono-Black Control

A Premodern control archetype that leverages powerful black spells — removal, recursion, hand disruption — to out-resource opponents.

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Control
A strategic archetype focused on denying opponent resources — through counterspells, removal, and sweepers — before winning with a powerful late-game threat.

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