Iconic Cards: Counterspell, Ponder, Damnation, Jace, the Mind Sculptor Popular Decks: UW Control, Jeskai Control, Taking Turns, Esper Control 3 Midrange Midrange decks are popularly said to solve problems, not create them. In other words, these decks are sort of designed to be able to win against every archetype, although they wont bulldoze over anything (the way aggro often wrecks control, for example)
I significantly prefer Yavimaya Elder to Simulacrum
2: Transmute - cost: 12 1 - Fetch the next support from your library
Instants & Sorceries - 10
Its trigger goes on the stack
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