Dimir Control 

- Player
- Joel Cathcart
- Finish
- #9 of 33, 2-1
- Archetype
- Dimir Control
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (10)
Instants (17)
- 2 Cast Down
- 4 Counterspell
- 2 Cut Down
- 1 Dispel
- 1 Lose Focus
- 2 Plunder the Trollshaws
- 4 Snuff Out
- 1 Suffocating Fumes
Sorceries (8)
Artifacts (6)
- 1 Bonder's Ornament
- 1 Campfire
- 1 Nihil Spellbomb
- 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
- 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
- 1 Viridian Longbow
Lands (19)
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 2 Contaminated Aquifer
- 4 Ice Tunnel
- 9 Island
- 2 Seat of the Synod
- 1 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Dimir Control list
Average of 129 decks in the 90 days up to Oct. 12, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Ice Tunnel (4 vs 1.1)
- +2 Trinket Mage (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Seat of the Synod (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Preordain (4 vs 2.7)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Spell Pierce (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Brainstorm (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Contaminated Aquifer (2 vs 3.2)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Blue Elemental Blast (4 vs 1.2)
- +2 Duress (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Annul (4 vs 2.9)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Hydroblast (0 vs 3.2)
- -1 Nihil Spellbomb (0 vs 1.0)
Most unusual list in this period: Martin Labarussias in Masters (38 cards away from the average)































