This deck was built for modern play off of a deck I have been using in MTG Arena to pretty good success. Unfortunately I have taken some time off from Magic so I don't know the meta or what's good in modern right now, so any suggestions for main board or sideboard would be appreciated.
The Cards:
Llanowar Elves
: Mana dork for ramp, pretty self explanatory. Also cheaper than
Birds of Paradise
, which I don't think is needed.
Sylvan Caryatid
: More flexible mana fixing, good ramp card if I don't start out with an elf. Hexproof is nice.
Jadelight Ranger
: One of my favorite MTG Arena cards, double explore is stupid useful. Considering going up to a full playset and taking out one
Boggart Ram-Gang
.
Boggart Ram-Gang
: Handy to get out from a
Bloodbraid Elf
and I wanted a utility man in the deck that could do some damage on offense or defense with that wither effect. Have not been able to actually play it but could possibly go down to two to make room for one more jadelight.
Courser of Kruphix
: Pretty dang good.
Bloodbraid Elf
: Yuh. This dude is dumb good. Can pop off a pretty decent amount of cards. Can totally see why it was banned before.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
: I have a soft spot for legendary creatures. This one has a pretty nice combat effect and can help bring out the big guns earlier, or more at a time. Unfortunately can't target much of the smaller guys but a
Rekindling Phoenix
for 2 red is pretty sweet.
Rekindling Phoenix
: Can fly, attack, block, and trade pretty frequently. Kind of hard to get rid of, at least in Arena. Not sure how it translates to modern.
Thundermaw Hellkite
: Always been a fan of this guy and have wanted to fit him into a deck somewhere. Was using
Demanding Dragon
during Arena and I think that T-Maw is straight up better in every way.
Carnage Tyrant
: Will always come onto the battlefield and pretty difficult to remove. I'm a fan.
Garruk Wildspeaker
: Mainly in deck for the mana ramp aspect. Generating extra utility creatures and an overrun is pretty nice too.
Lightning Bolt
: Removal.
Mizzium Mortars
: Big boy removal.
Thanks for reading through this rather long description, if you have any ideas for the deck or sideboard make sure to let me know. I am planning on building this deck on a semi-stringent budget so things like goyfs are out of my price range (for now, hopefully).
