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Mono Red Control

Mono-Red Control

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Overview

"Mono Red Control is a land-heavy red deck that wins through attrition rather than a fast clock. Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, Firebolt, and the sweepers Slice and Dice, Starstorm, and Pyroclasm keep the board clear, Pillage and Wasteland attack mana, and Nevinyrral's Disk plus recurring Shard Phoenix and Hammer of Bogardan provide inevitability."

Game Plan

Trade resources one-for-one with burn and sweepers, choke the opponent's mana with Pillage and Wasteland, then close with Shard Phoenix, Hammer of Bogardan, and manlands like Mishra's Factory and Ghitu Encampment.

Key Cards

Core engine & flex

Signature

Lightning Bolt

$2.50

TCG MP CK

Pillage

$0.31

TCG MP CK

Wasteland

$55.69

TCG MP CK

Shard Phoenix

$1.57

TCG MP CK

Nevinyrral's Disk

$2.36

TCG MP CK

Thawing Glaciers

$26.02

TCG MP CK

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Sample Decklists

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1st PlaceJun 7, 2026

Gabriele Sottocornola

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Gabriele Sottocornola

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$742

Creature (3)

$45.77

1Masticore

$42.634

2Shard Phoenix

$3.144R

Instant (8)

$13.02

2Incinerate

$0.701R

4Lightning Bolt

$10.00R

2Starstorm

$2.32XRR

Sorcery (14)

$11.09

$1.38R

$6.421RR

$1.352R

$1.241RR

$0.704RR

Artifact (10)

$339

4Nevinyrral's Disk

$9.444

4Powder Keg

$3042

2Phyrexian Furnace

$25.901

Land (25)

$333

$65.98

$1.76

$38.24

$7.60

$52.04

$167

Sideboard (15)

$42.69

$2.452RR

$1.293R

$1.09XR

$1.59R

$1.021R

$16.65R

$3.060

$15.540

Est. Total$784

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Semanal @ Sword Luderia (Teresina, Brazil)

1st PlaceApr 8, 2026

Marco Antonio Sachet

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Marco Antonio Sachet

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$573

Creature (4)

$4.87

1Flowstone Overseer

$0.412RRR

1Rorix Bladewing

$1.323RRR

2Shard Phoenix

$3.144R

Instant (9)

$13.37

3Incinerate

$1.051R

4Lightning Bolt

$10.00R

2Starstorm

$2.32XRR

Sorcery (13)

$11.18

$1.09XR

$1.38R

$6.421RR

$1.241RR

$1.054RR

Artifact (9)

$211

3Nevinyrral's Disk

$7.084

4Phyrexian Furnace

$51.801

2Powder Keg

$1522

Land (25)

$333

$65.98

$1.76

$38.24

$7.60

$52.04

$167

Sideboard (15)

$73.01

$2.583R

$0.462R

$26.723

$18.62R

$11.10R

$8.941RR

$4.590

Est. Total$646

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Litoral Alentejano - Setima Jornada @ Santiago do Cacem (Portugal)

1st PlaceSep 20, 2025

Nuno Madeira

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Nuno Madeira

TCG

Mainboard (60)

$550

Creature (6)

$5.18

4Avalanche Riders

$2.043R

2Shard Phoenix

$3.144R

Instant (5)

$11.79

4Lightning Bolt

$10.00R

1Urza's Rage

$1.792R

Sorcery (15)

$5.58

$0.902R

$1.38R

$0.931RR

$1.021R

$0.354RR

$1.002R

Artifact (9)

$60.81

$8.611

$4.724

$25.901

$21.584

Land (25)

$467

$32.99

$38.24

$10.64

$192

$26.02

$167

Sideboard (15)

$104

$20.982

$3.59XRR

$1.06R

$35.462R

$18.62R

$11.10R

$10.794

$1.530

$1.194RR

Est. Total$654

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Archetype Anatomy

Based on 41 decks with known dates2022-10-15 to 2026-06-13

Mana Base

Average25.9lands

Median26lands

Range21–27lands

Spells34.1avg non-land

Based on 41 decks (All-time)

core Cards(>80%)

Lightning Bolt

100%

4.0x

Pillage

95%

3.7x

Nevinyrral's Disk

95%

3.5x

Wasteland

95%

3.1x

Shard Phoenix

95%

1.9x

Incinerate

93%

2.7x

Thawing Glaciers

93%

1.8x

Ghitu Encampment

90%

3.6x

Powder Keg

85%

3.9x

Slice and Dice

85%

3.1x

Dust Bowl

85%

1.1x

Mishra's Factory

83%

3.9x

Hammer of Bogardan

83%

1.4x

flex Cards(30-80%)

Phyrexian Furnace

78%

2.4x

Urza's Rage

63%

1.8x

Firebolt

51%

2.9x

Pyroclasm

44%

2.1x

Starstorm

41%

2.1x

Lava Dart

34%

2.8x

fringe Cards(<30%)

Masticore

20%

1.0x

Karplusan Forest

15%

4.0x

Oath of Druids

15%

4.0x

Wooded Foothills

15%

3.7x

Gaea's Blessing

15%

2.0x

Naturalize

12%

1.8x

Earthquake

12%

1.6x

Avalanche Riders

10%

3.8x

Treetop Village

10%

3.5x

4.0x

3.3x

3.3x

2.7x

1.7x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

4.0x

3.5x

2.0x

1.5x

1.0x

1.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

4.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

3.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

2.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

1.0x

Sideboard Anatomy

core Sideboard Options(>80%)

Tormod'S Crypt

87.4%

2.0x

Red Elemental Blast

86.5%

2.5x

flex Sideboard Options(30-80%)

Pyroblast

73.8%

2.3x

Ensnaring Bridge

53.4%

2.4x

Overload

52.2%

2.0x

Pyroclasm

48.3%

1.9x

Anarchy

41.3%

1.7x

Zuran Orb

39.4%

1.9x

Sulfuric Vortex

32.1%

1.9x

fringe Sideboard Options(<30%)

Mogg Salvage

29.1%

1.5x

Crash

28.4%

1.4x

Boil

18.3%

1.2x

Gaea'S Blessing

13.8%

1.0x

Naturalize

13.2%

2.0x

Call Of The Herd

11.9%

4.0x

Exalted Angel

9.9%

1.0x

Mages' Contest

8.5%

3.0x

Black Vise

8.1%

1.7x

Phyrexian Furnace

6.6%

1.8x

Dwarven Miner

6.4%

3.0x

Ascendant Evincar

6.2%

1.0x

Masticore

5.6%

2.0x

Ancestor'S Chosen

3.4%

2.0x

Tranquil Domain

3.4%

1.0x

Earthquake

3.4%

1.0x

Nevinyrral'S Disk

3.3%

2.0x

Iron Star

3.3%

2.0x

Pulverize

3.3%

1.0x

Rejuvenation Chamber

3.1%

3.0x

Akroma, Angel Of Wrath

2.7%

1.0x

Cursed Totem

2.7%

2.0x

Fault Line

2.7%

1.0x

Price Of Glory

2.7%

3.0x

Smokestack

2.7%

1.0x

Wildfire

2.7%

1.0x

Blue Elemental Blast

2.5%

2.0x

Annul

2.5%

2.0x

Hydroblast

2.5%

1.0x

Lava Dart

2.5%

2.0x

Shattering Pulse

2.1%

1.0x

Phantom Nishoba

2.1%

1.0x

Grim Lavamancer

2.1%

2.0x

Sphere Of Resistance

2.1%

4.0x

Breath Of Darigaaz

1.6%

1.0x

Kaervek'S Torch

1.6%

1.0x

Meltdown

1.6%

1.0x

Pyrokinesis

1.4%

2.0x

Meekstone

1.3%

2.0x

Powder Keg

1.1%

1.0x

Shatterstorm

1.1%

1.0x

Siege-Gang Commander

1.1%

2.0x

Recent Events Featuring this Archetype

Blekinge Rumble Premodern 10

2026-06-13•Blekinge, Sweden•17 Players

Highest Finish: 3rd

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Top Choice Gaming Bash

2026-05-17•Redlands, United States•17 Players

Highest Finish: 8th

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Premodern LeagueApril262026 (2026-04-26)

2026-04-26•Magic Online•16 Players

Highest Finish: 1st

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Event @ The Portal

2026-04-26•Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA•9 Players

Highest Finish: 2nd

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Jornada Mensual Liga Granada 2026 - Abril @ Granada (Spain)

2026-04-25•Granada, Spain•17 Players

Highest Finish: 5th

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Quick Facts

Tierrogue

Stylecontrol

Meta Share0.1%

Avg Lands25.9

Est. Price~$784

Colors

Deck Weaknesses

It has a slow clock, so it can run out of cards or stabilize too late against resilient threats.
Lifegain effects like Zuran Orb or large lifelink creatures blunt the burn — based reach.
Resolved enchantments and planeswalker — style engines are hard to answer outside of Nevinyrral's Disk.
Heavy reliance on Powder Keg and Nevinyrral's Disk means a fast wide board can outpace its reset buttons.

How to win with it

Mulligan any hand that cannot produce red mana on turn one or lacks early interaction: a keepable hand wants two or three lands plus at least one cheap answer such as Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, or Firebolt, and a credible path to four mana for Pillage or Nevinyrral's Disk by turn four. Hands that are all burn and no land, or all land and no spells, ship back.
The dream draw spends Lightning Bolt, Incinerate, and Firebolt to kill the opponent's early creatures one-for-one, then lands Shard Phoenix as a 4/1 flyer on turn four to start a real clock; remember its sacrifice ability deals 2 damage to each creature, so you can also cash it in as a mini-sweeper and return it from the graveyard to play at your next upkeep by paying {R}{R}{R}.
Sequence Pillage proactively when it costs the opponent a turn: blowing up a key land on turn three while they are mana-light forces a stumble that your one-for-one removal then snowballs into. Do not sit on Pillage as pure reach when destroying a land now denies a whole turn of development.
Hold Nevinyrral's Disk until the opponent is genuinely ahead on board, not merely even; it enters play tapped, so plan a full turn ahead and fire it the following turn when its sweep nets you the most cards. Pair the reset with a follow-up like a recast Hammer of Bogardan or a freshly returned Shard Phoenix so you rebuild faster than they do.
Use Powder Keg for surgical kills on artifacts and creatures at a specific converted mana cost, and save Slice and Dice for when several creatures must die at once; note that even cycling Slice and Dice still deals 1 damage to each creature, so it is never a wasted blank, but spending the full four-damage sweep on a near-empty board throws away your best wrath.
The grind plan leans on recursion: once you have heavy mana, return Hammer of Bogardan from the graveyard to your hand at upkeep for {R}{R}{R} after three cards sit above it, then recast it for three damage every turn, and hold Urza's Rage as an uncounterable finisher whose kicker pushes 10 unpreventable damage through any blocker or life buffer when you are ready to close.

How to beat it

Gain life with cards like Zuran Orb or lifelink creatures to outrun the burn clock.
Deploy threats that dodge the sweepers, such as high-toughness creatures or resilient recurring bodies.
Apply enchantment-based pressure or planeswalker-like engines that Nevinyrral's Disk is slow to remove.
Pressure their life total quickly before Pillage and Wasteland strip your mana and the disk resets the board.
Sandbag threats so a single Slice and Dice, Starstorm, or Pyroclasm cannot two-for-one you.

Last Updated: May 2026