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Lock Down

Your only course of action is no action. If nobody moves, then nobody gets hurt. Trust us, we know what’s best for you...

Lock Down is a White/Blue control deck that uses creatures and enchantments to make sure the opponent never moves a muscle.

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Overview

Control

A versatile White-Blue midrange deck that combines efficient threats with interaction, scaling into powerful late-game options.

Signature Cards
Chillbringer
Guardian of Tazeem
Kytheon's Irregulars
Keywords
AddendumFlyingLandfallRenown

Game Plan

Early Game

Turns 1-2
Make efficient plays with Sleep of the Dead and Sleeper Dart and set up your mid-game. Don't overextend into sweepers if you have a lead.
Sleeper Dart
Pressure Point
Piercing Rays

Mid Game

Turns 3-4
Develop your board while leaving up interaction. This is where the deck's threat-answer flexibility shines — read the matchup and pivot accordingly.
Frost Lynx
Frost Trickster
Kytheon's Irregulars

Late Game

Turn 5+
Leverage Guardian of Tazeem and Chillbringer to dominate the late game. Resolve your biggest threats and protect them.
Guardian of Tazeem
Chillbringer

Deck Play Profile

Derived from automated card-by-card analysis across all known versions. The Capability Profile shows how the deck measures up across six functional dimensions — pressure, interaction, card advantage, and more. The Play Style hexagon uses the same data to place the deck on the aggro–control–combo–midrange spectrum.

Capability Profile
Play Style
MidrangeAggroControlCombo
Deck average (all versions)

Strengths & Weaknesses

  • Flexible threat-answer ratio adapts to different matchup archetypes
  • Individual card quality means you win most fair fights
  • Slower than aggro decks and can struggle if forced to play purely reactively in the early game
  • Weaker to overwhelming synergy decks that go "above" fair interaction