Soul Sisters (Sky Monument)

Modern Enral

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TKDbeast says... #1

Interesting! I love Sky Hussar. Really creative design.

I'd recommend putting a basic island in there, just in case a creature receives a Path to Exile and you need {U}, you're cracking a fetch on low life, or your opponent plays a Blood Moon, you'll still be able to cast your {U} spells.

Perhaps more copies of Auriok Champion should go to your sideboard.

I'm interested as to why you didn't add Ajani's Pridemate. Is the metagame too removal-heavy for it nowadays? Same goes for Kor Skyfisher.

I'd also think about having Sundering Growth instead of Disenchant. In fact, thanks to Detention Sphere, I don't even think you need Disenchant at all! Maybe put a planeswalker or two in its stead, or perhaps a Celestial Purge, although, with all the Auriok Champions, you might not need it. Heck, with the overabundance of Humans, Linvala, Keeper of Silence might be a good choice.

What a really creative twist on Soul Sisters!

June 12, 2018 6:42 p.m.

Enral says... #2

TKDbeast: Hey..thanks for the feedback. Ajani's Pridemate wasn't added because the deck was heading towards a token generation engine (going wide) direction rather than going tall. I also think that it doesn't impact the board and is often another vanilla creature without the soul sisters in play. I think the 1-of basic island is a good idea, I would have to test that out. The reason why I use disenchant is because I run 5 colorless source, and the inability to hold up 2 plains at a crucial moment might spell the difference between a gameloss or chance at victory. I think you're right about detention sphere being more than enough actually, I might have to relook at my sideboard again. Thanks again!

June 13, 2018 1:44 p.m.

TKDbeast says... #3

Enral: No problem! I love seeing brews like these.

How does Soul Sisters fare in the current meta, anyways? I know it has dropped off of a lot of WotC listings.

June 13, 2018 3:12 p.m.

Enral says... #4

TKDbeast: I think Soul Sisters is great in my local meta (people run more beatdown decks/burn that soul sisters are good against)...but it is pretty much a toss up in a GP/SCG tournament settings. This deck pretty much loses to combo decks (storm and breach seems to be gaining popularity) game 1 and will be fighting an uphill battle post-sideboard with aggressive mulligans. Midrange decks like Jund/Mardu is also on the rise which is a very good matchup for me.

June 14, 2018 12:41 a.m.

JakeHarlow says... #5

I love this. Hot new take on Soul Sisters. I was thinking of a Soul Sisters Monument deck myself, using Oketra's Monument, Ballyrush Banneret, Squadron Hawk, and Legion Conquistador, and Ranger of Eos for a ramping card advantage package while going wide.

I really like the forecast card for card advantage though -- it makes a lot of sense in your build. I also like how you've planned on curving into an answer-me-now threat in Archangel of Thune. Traditional Soul Sisters lacks a blowout bomb like this. How has this been performing in Modern events?

June 14, 2018 1:28 p.m.

Enral says... #6

JakeHarlow: Thanks for the comment. Your take on Monument Sisters seems cool, do you have a decklist? In my local meta, my best record is 3-1 against a mostly midrange centric opponents (lost to the one u/r storm deck). I'm still in the process of playtesting and tweaking as I go but I find that having a sideboard dedicated to fight its weakness has been decent so far.

June 14, 2018 3:52 p.m.

JakeHarlow says... #7

I feel like Dryad Militant might be able to pad up that UR Storm matchup a bit.

Yeah, here's my Soul-Monument deck list, if you want to have a look. I haven't tested it yet, really.

It might not even need the life gain aspect, honestly, lol. Maybe my list would be better off running 3x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  Flip and 4x Dryad Militant instead of the Sisters. Let me know what you think?

June 14, 2018 5:10 p.m.

hamiam says... #8

AWESOME +1

June 15, 2018 1:59 a.m.

Manemaan says... #9

I love this deck and I think sky hussar is great tech in it, however your exemplary boardstate is not possible. You're forgetting that Oketra's monument is legendary....

June 15, 2018 7:34 p.m.

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