Dimir Control 

- Player
- Christoph Ames
- Finish
- #20 of 25, 0-0
- Archetype
- Dimir Control
- Format
- Pauper
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- TopDeck.gg
Main deck (60)
Creatures (4)
Instants (17)
- 4 Cast Down
- 4 Counterspell
- 2 Cut Down
- 4 Plunder the Trollshaws
- 2 Prohibit
- 1 Snuff Out
Sorceries (14)
Artifacts (6)
Lands (19)
- 2 Bojuka Bog
- 4 Contaminated Aquifer
- 10 Island
- 3 Swamp
Sideboard (15)
- 3 Annul
- 2 Arms of Hadar
- 4 Blue Elemental Blast
- 2 Cut Down
- 2 Dispel
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
Compared with the average Dimir Control list
Average of 13 decks in the 30 days up to Sept. 26, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Merfolk Secretkeeper (4 vs 0.3)
- +3 Preordain (4 vs 1.2)
- +2 Campfire (3 vs 0.5)
- +2 Plunder the Trollshaws (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Contaminated Aquifer (4 vs 1.9)
- +2 Prohibit (2 vs 0.2)
- +2 Bonder's Ornament (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Swamp (3 vs 1.3)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Brainstorm (0 vs 2.9)
- -3 Snuff Out (1 vs 3.8)
- -2 Ice Tunnel (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Tolarian Terror (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Thorn of the Black Rose (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Murmuring Mystic (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Augur of Bolas (0 vs 1.5)
- -2 Baleful Strix (0 vs 1.5)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Blue Elemental Blast (4 vs 1.4)
- +2 Dispel (2 vs 0.2)
- +2 Cut Down (2 vs 0.3)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Hydroblast (0 vs 3.3)
- -1 Extract a Confession (0 vs 1.1)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 23 cards away from the average.






















