I recently tinkered with a control deck to see if it's viable. This deck is not yet optimized, there are quite some suboptimal card choices but I decided to post it anyway.
// Lands
1 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (1)
1 [UL] Faerie Conclave
1 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [WWK] Creeping Tar Pit
1 [WWK] Celestial Colonnade
1 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
1 [ZEN] Scalding Tarn
1 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
1 [ZEN] Marsh Flats
1 [ZEN] Arid Mesa
1 [ON] Flooded Strand
1 [ON] Windswept Heath
1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
1 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
1 [RAV] Watery Grave
1 [TE] Wasteland
1 [MM] Dust Bowl
1 [WWK] Tectonic Edge
3 Island (1)
3 Island (3)
4 Island (2)
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
1 [DK] Maze of Ith
// Creatures
1 [ROE] Wall of Omens
1 [JGC] Vendilion Clique
1 [FD] Trinket Mage
1 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
1 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
1 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
1 [OD] Shadowmage Infiltrator
// Spells
1 [FUT] Logic Knot
1 Counterspell
1 [NE] Daze
1 [WL] Disrupt
1 [ON] Complicate
1 [HL] Memory Lapse (1)
1 [UL] Miscalculation
1 [RAV] Muddle the Mixture
1 [EX] Forbid
1 [LG] Mana Drain
1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
1 [MM] Misdirection
1 [AL] Force of Will
1 [PS] Dromar's Charm
1 [LRW] Cryptic Command
1 [NPH] Mental Misstep
1 [FD] Condescend
1 [RAV] Remand
1 [ZEN] Day of Judgment
1 [PLC] Damnation
1 Wrath of God
1 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 [LRW] Jace Beleren
1 [ALA] Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 [DKA] Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
1 [IN] Fact or Fiction
1 [AP] Vindicate
1 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
1 [MBS] Go for the Throat
1 [CFX] Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 [ROE] Consuming Vapors
1 [NPH] Dismember
1 [NE] Submerge
1 [IN] Recoil
1 Control Magic
1 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
1 [UD] Treachery
1 Demonic Tutor
1 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
1 [VI] Impulse
1 [LRW] Ponder
1 [IA] Brainstorm
1 [M11] Preordain
1 [NPH] Gitaxian Probe
1 [FUT] Coalition Relic
1 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
1 [SOK] Pithing Needle
1 [MM] Bribery
1 [MOR] Bitterblossom
1 [SC] Stifle
1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
1 [ZEN] Expedition Map
1 [M12] Timely Reinforcements
1 [TE] Humility
1 [LG] Moat
Cards on the watch list for a cut: Crucible of Worlds, Expedition Map, Coalition Relic, some of the counterspell choices.
Other Counterspell choices considered: Spellsnare, Forcespike, Mana Tithe, Remand, Spell Pierce, Deprive, Desertion, Dismiss, Remove Soul, Exclude, Flusterstorm.
Cards that may be viable in exchange: Lingering Souls.
Maybe Miracle cards? There are some strong choices for control, but with only one JTM and Brainstorm they are probably too random.
What do you think?
// Lands
1 [AQ] Mishra's Factory (1)
1 [UL] Faerie Conclave
1 [MOR] Mutavault
1 [WWK] Creeping Tar Pit
1 [WWK] Celestial Colonnade
1 [ZEN] Verdant Catacombs
1 [ZEN] Scalding Tarn
1 [ZEN] Misty Rainforest
1 [ZEN] Marsh Flats
1 [ZEN] Arid Mesa
1 [ON] Flooded Strand
1 [ON] Windswept Heath
1 [ON] Bloodstained Mire
1 [ON] Polluted Delta
1 Underground Sea
1 Tundra
1 Scrubland
1 [DIS] Hallowed Fountain
1 [RAV] Watery Grave
1 [TE] Wasteland
1 [MM] Dust Bowl
1 [WWK] Tectonic Edge
3 Island (1)
3 Island (3)
4 Island (2)
1 [LG] Karakas
1 [WWK] Bojuka Bog
1 [DK] Maze of Ith
// Creatures
1 [ROE] Wall of Omens
1 [JGC] Vendilion Clique
1 [FD] Trinket Mage
1 [LRW] Sower of Temptation
1 [FUT] Venser, Shaper Savant
1 [ISD] Snapcaster Mage
1 [OD] Shadowmage Infiltrator
// Spells
1 [FUT] Logic Knot
1 Counterspell
1 [NE] Daze
1 [WL] Disrupt
1 [ON] Complicate
1 [HL] Memory Lapse (1)
1 [UL] Miscalculation
1 [RAV] Muddle the Mixture
1 [EX] Forbid
1 [LG] Mana Drain
1 [FUT] Pact of Negation
1 [MM] Misdirection
1 [AL] Force of Will
1 [PS] Dromar's Charm
1 [LRW] Cryptic Command
1 [NPH] Mental Misstep
1 [FD] Condescend
1 [RAV] Remand
1 [ZEN] Day of Judgment
1 [PLC] Damnation
1 Wrath of God
1 [WWK] Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 [LRW] Jace Beleren
1 [ALA] Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 [DKA] Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 [TSP] Ancestral Vision
1 [IN] Fact or Fiction
1 [AP] Vindicate
1 [LRW] Oblivion Ring
1 [MBS] Go for the Throat
1 [CFX] Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 [ROE] Consuming Vapors
1 [NPH] Dismember
1 [NE] Submerge
1 [IN] Recoil
1 Control Magic
1 [FD] Vedalken Shackles
1 [UD] Treachery
1 Demonic Tutor
1 [CHK] Sensei's Divining Top
1 [VI] Impulse
1 [LRW] Ponder
1 [IA] Brainstorm
1 [M11] Preordain
1 [NPH] Gitaxian Probe
1 [FUT] Coalition Relic
1 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus
1 [FD] Engineered Explosives
1 [SOK] Pithing Needle
1 [MM] Bribery
1 [MOR] Bitterblossom
1 [SC] Stifle
1 [FD] Crucible of Worlds
1 [ZEN] Expedition Map
1 [M12] Timely Reinforcements
1 [TE] Humility
1 [LG] Moat
Cards on the watch list for a cut: Crucible of Worlds, Expedition Map, Coalition Relic, some of the counterspell choices.
Other Counterspell choices considered: Spellsnare, Forcespike, Mana Tithe, Remand, Spell Pierce, Deprive, Desertion, Dismiss, Remove Soul, Exclude, Flusterstorm.
Cards that may be viable in exchange: Lingering Souls.
Maybe Miracle cards? There are some strong choices for control, but with only one JTM and Brainstorm they are probably too random.
What do you think?