Orzhov Heavy Removal Control

A removal-dense Orzhov control deck that trades one-for-one with cheap interaction, stabilizes with mythic value engines, and closes with resilient finishers.

Shoot the Sheriff, Withering Torment, Long Goodbye, Fell, and Murder keep the board clear while Sheltered by Ghosts removes an opposing nonland permanent and turns one of your creatures into a lifelinking warded threat. Malicious Eclipse cleans up go-wide boards, and Beza, the Bounding Spring refuels your hand and gains life. Kaya, Spirits' Justice grinds value from the graveyard, while Overlord of the Mistmoors and Valgavoth, Terror Eater provide top-end threats that are difficult to answer after the opponent has exhausted their resources. Diresight smooths your draws, and Duress strips key opposing spells before they can resolve.

Keep hands with two or three lands and at least two cheap interaction spells. A hand with one early removal spell, one value permanent, and three lands is acceptable. Mulligan hands with fewer than two lands, no early interaction, or too many expensive finishers with no way to survive the early game.

Early game: use cheap black removal to trade with the opponent's first threats and cast Duress to remove a key spell. Mid game: stabilize with Sheltered by Ghosts, Malicious Eclipse, Beza, and Kaya while using Diresight to keep your hand full. Late game: deploy Overlord of the Mistmoors or Valgavoth, Terror Eater and protect them with your remaining removal to close out the game.

This deck can struggle against hexproof, indestructible, and recursive threats that dodge targeted removal. Non-creature combo and enchantment/artifact strategies can also slip past creature removal, so sequence Duress and Sheltered by Ghosts carefully. The mana base uses basic lands, Scoured Barrens, and Public Thoroughfare, so very fast aggro starts can punish clunky draws.