UW Control Lessons from America and Europe

Where did the traditional blue-white control decks go in America? With the advent of the Counter-top combo and the printing of Tarmogoyf, it seemed that Counter-top Goyf became the face of the new control. The recent emergence of Blue Lands seemed to have squeezed the remaining UW control decks out of the Top 16 in the Star City Games Open Series. In the possible 144 top-16 slots in the previous 9 SCG Legacy events, there were only 6 copies of Landstill and Thopter-Swords, the same number as Blue Lands. Moreover, the most recent copy of Landstill to make Top 16 sought out the dark side for cards like Innocent Blood, Ghastly Demise, and most importantly, Pernicious Deed. It seems that traditional UW control is more or less dead in America.