REWORK for the Academy. Is it needed or not?

when you have resources and stats, but lack control and can't acquire it, and you just watch helplessly as your opponent with control outplays you turn after turn

Here, control can be seen as part of the balance. I've often encountered games where one player has good artifacts, cons, and hives, while the other has very little, and the game drags on to a draw because the second player found control.