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Instant Deck Tech: U/B Sword Control (Modern)

by SaffronOlive // Sep 13, 2016

Instant Deck Tech time! Today we're headed to Modern to check out a sweet control deck that's looking to take advantage of powerful flash creatures with enters the battlefield abilities along with some Swords to pump them up: U/B Sword Control!

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Instant Deck Tech: U/B Sword Control (Modern)