Spending on a Modern-Day Budget #1

Be interesting if you could also offer some advice on the staple cards of Modern, how to play around them and what decks tend to play them.

Gotta love weirdstorm :D Fun seeing the look on their face if thy've never played it.

I've been trying to build this for a week or so, I need lotsa stuff still

As I was trying to convince xzzane of, Storm and Eggs is my version and should also be there for more perspective.

But very good article nonetheless. It hits the deck's focus points very well. Does it mention the best part of this deck; that it can win on turn 2?

As an additional finisher you could also put in some Fling .

This deck already has 2x Grapeshot , which might be strictly better in this deck.

The deck needs most of the cards to be cantrips; you already have lands, mantles, weirds, and the one artful dodge as dead draws, so fitting a two mana non-cantrip that wins less than Grapeshot is probably not worth the slots.

I have a question: what are your thoughts on Aphotic Wisps , Ohthenoises and Matsi883? It could replace Artful Dodge and still be a cantrip; and let's face it, how many times do you win by swinging instead of Grapeshot ?

The problem that I have with Aphotic Wisps is simply that Jund and Affinity are commonly played. Deathrite Shaman is B so he would easily be able to chump the weird and Memnite makes an ideal blocker. Unblockable rules out those possibilities.

(Jund is the most played deck in modern so you have to keep that in mind..)

Fling can easily be countered. Grapeshot puts 20 copies of itself on the stack which means that you can't simply Dissipate the spell to prevent death. In fact, it takes a very specific card to beat storm on this early of a turn; Counterflux would be too expensive so they have to use Mindbreak Trap .

Makes sense. How many times have you won by swinging as opposed to Grapeshot ?

Sometimes I win off of a combined effort. Most times it's Grapeshot though.

A big thank you to xzzane for the props. Weirdstorm is really an interesting build. Just be sure you can dodge removal.

I play one of these as well, and I would suggest playing Spell Pierce over Dispel to deal with Pyroclasm and a few other odd non-instant removal spells. Otherwise I suggest it to players new to modern, it's a fun deck, but will realistically probably never win a tourney because of how vulnerable it is. It also can have a bit more money dumped into it if you like it a lot and suddenly come into money by playing fetchlands which are invaluable in a deck like this when every draw needs to be a cantrip.

How about Preordain instead of Sleight of Hand ?

Preordain isn't modern legal.

I have a version of this that is legacy legal: Legacy Weirdstorm.

Ohthenoises: Legacy has Force of Will . It will completely destroy this deck, therefore Legacy Weirdstorm isn't the best idea.

Not the best idea no but still a possibility. FoW can't stop the Grapeshot so I suspect you are saying that they T1 counter Blistercoil Weird or Paradise Mantle . If that's what, in fact, you are referring to there are ways of playing around Force of Will if need be. (As is the case with any valid counterspell.)

Dispel for example, or Daze

what would it take for you to do an article on my deck, Bolas of Grixis, only about $60

Playing against the meta is rough. Combo decks are king right now which means control isn't horrible. While budget is nice and all I never will recommend it for a tournament in a external format. You might catch someone in a game but I assure u the decks that are teir 1 will be ale to handle you with ease.

Good article, will check for future reads :)

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gargageddonrestore-balance/

This is my budget modern deck. This deck is really good. And its tons of fun to play. At a ptq my friend went 4-3 with it. So that was not too bad.

@ killersuv I have played against a very similar list several times on mtgo and Its pretty descent. Horribly inconstant and defiantly a cheap deck to make. It hits the meta in weird way which is good but if you play against control decks your kinda hosed.

Jund is a worse matchup than R/W/U Control, the only control deck in Modern.

Tron is always control...

Don't ever rule out TRON but this list should combo before the do anything. Even if they naturally draw tron

You should also explain how to play this deck with matchups and how to deal with them post-board? For example, the sideboard includes Dispel and Mizzium Skin which you should say comes in vs Path to Exile decks and Lightning Bolt decks, but you should then say that it sometimes is worth waiting an extra turn to drop the Weird so that you have mana to counter their removal spell.

Also, Izzet Charm comes in against? I'm guessing Scapeshift and Liliana of the Veil . Anything else?

Quicken in the sideboard is for what reason? Does it come in to replace Thought Scour against Graveyard-based shenanigans? Are you usually Scouring yourself or your opponent?

Just some tips and questions of my own for Ohthenoises and xzzane.

Izzet Charm does nothing against Scapeshift trust me I run scape on mtgo and counter is never a issue considering we have our own charms and Remand main board.

So is it only the Liliana of the Veil decks then?

Lightning Bolt can be responded to by instant cantrips. Quicken helps in this regard. As do Dispel , Mizzium Skin , and Izzet Charm .

No one would cast Scapeshift for 4... (Or at least I've never seen it done.) Izzet Charm wouldn't help much there but it does help as a anti-removal counter.

Scapeshift is lethal turn 4 with Prismatic Omen turn 2.

Yes you can scape with 6 lands out as long as omen is in play for 4 valakut a doing way more damage then I care to do the math for right this min.

And it does but it's not as good as Negate for you. Granted charm does serve dual function but I think a good blend would be better against scape and tron.

With all respect, but i tried wierd-combo deck half year ago. Lack of [ponder]s and [preordain]s is hard for this deck... I play with it in legacy and it is preety good =)