I have never been good at building control decks. My friends know me for my beatdown decks, and I never really liked the prospect of having a deck that couldn't win by at least turn 5.

Now though, I have decided giving a shot at pure control, though my control deck building skills are lacking -

Here is my first tournament-worthy control deck:

4 Counterspell

3 Force of Will

2 Propaganda

4 Incinerate

4 Prophetic Bolt

3 Pyroclasm

3 Suffocating Blast

2 Force Spike

3 Boomerang

2 Rushing River

2 Hammer of Bogardan

2 Rhystic Study

1 Shard Phoenix

3 Smoke

2 Ghitu Encampment

4 Faerie Conclave

4 Volcanic Island

4 Shivan Reef

2 City of Brass

2 Gemstone Mine

2 Wasteland

2 City of Traitors

Sideboard:

3 Hydroblast

3 Pyroblast

3 Hurkyl's Recall

3 Hibernation

3 Earthquake

This deck has 3 ways to win:

#1 - Shard Phoenix

#2 - Faerie Conclaves and Ghitu Encampments

#3 - ( the most fun) burn your opponent to death, mainly with Hammer of Bogardan