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 7 decks in the 7 days up to Sept. 26, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Merfolk Secretkeeper (4 vs 0.6)
- +2 Plunder the Trollshaws (4 vs 1.6)
- +2 Campfire (3 vs 1.0)
- +2 Ponder (4 vs 2.3)
- +2 Preordain (4 vs 2.3)
- +2 Prohibit (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Contaminated Aquifer (4 vs 2.4)
- +1 Bonder's Ornament (2 vs 0.6)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Baleful Strix (0 vs 2.9)
- -3 Snuff Out (1 vs 3.6)
- -2 Ice Tunnel (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Brainstorm (0 vs 2.0)
- -2 Murmuring Mystic (0 vs 1.9)
- -2 Thorn of the Black Rose (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Tolarian Terror (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Spell Pierce (0 vs 1.6)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Blue Elemental Blast (4 vs 1.3)
- +2 Dispel (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Cut Down (2 vs 0.6)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Hydroblast (0 vs 3.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 19 cards away from the average.






















