Divine Intervention

Modern JDegenerate

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Card Changes —Sept. 27, 2016

Massive overhauling of the deck! New aim in addition to the original - will be playing stronger on Sigarda's giving humans hexproof, as well as giving human creatures plenty of buff. Added Avacyn for obvious reasons! Also changed up the deck's protection a bit.

JDegenerate says... #1

TheVectornaut Do you think Patron of the Valiant or Seraph of the Masses would fit in this deck? I picked up 2 copies of each at my LGS today as I was sorting through singles, they seemed like they could be of some use, or at least Patron.

September 18, 2016 9:45 p.m.

TheVectornaut says... #2

Patron of the Valiant can currently only hit Herald of War, a renowned Topan Freeblade, and something that's survived a turn with Ring of Thune (the last of which I still think is too slow to be worthwhile). This means that the average result of the Patron's ability will be very meager. And even in decks like G/W outlast that can maximize +1/+1 counters, the angel ends up not doing enough for its cost. Seraph of the Masses is actually pretty similar. It requires a lot of creatures/tokens to be viable, and that's something this deck doesn't have a ton of. And again, even in the most creature heavy decks, the Seraph is unlikely to make the cut. The reason you'll only really see cards like these in commander is that they are too high-cost, low-impact for modern. Modern is a pretty fast format, even at most casual levels, so you usually don't want too many big cards unless you have excellent ramp or those cards are going to win you the game. So Serra Angel and Aegis Angel could be too heavy as well. Herald of War and Sigarda, Heron's Grace are cards that represent the other side of that coin to me. The first offers ramp for other big stuff and the second is a game-winning card if it sticks. If I was going to make a competitive human/angel deck, I'd run mostly humans with just a few angels on the top end to close out the game. I'm actually gonna whip up a first draft version tonight. I'll post it here when It's done so you can see my thought process at least.

September 18, 2016 11:01 p.m.

TheVectornaut says... #3

Here's what I threw together with some slight inspiration from old modern lists and some turbofog.

Butorides virescens

September 19, 2016 12:17 a.m.

JDegenerate says... #4

TheVectornaut I've been thinking the same things, I just don't know what cards I can use on a budget but I'm getting Martyr of Sands and Mirran Crusader and Patron will probably come right back out when they arrive. Aegis Angel I use for providing Sigarda with indestructible to help keep hexproof active on myself and humans. I do need more human creatures in the deck to maximize that effect, and angels are expensive creatures so I'll look through what you've suggested. Thanks! Would it be easier/cheaper to get rid of Aegis and find an indestructible enchantment for Sigarda?

September 19, 2016 9:42 a.m.

TheVectornaut says... #5

I don't think Aegis Angel is terribly weak, but it has the potential to be meaningless if your opponent has a lot of removal. Some other things that will yield similar effects for less mana are Gift of Immortality, Spirit Bonds, Indestructibility, and Darksteel Plate. Then there's Mother of Runes as a deterrent.

September 19, 2016 10:16 a.m.

JDegenerate says... #6

I'd use Darksteel Plate if it wasn't $7.50 a card lol. I'll look deeper into it, but from my understanding it wouldn't be much harder to remove those enchantments than it would a creature, right?

September 19, 2016 10:51 a.m.

TheVectornaut says... #7

It's gonna depend a lot on your local meta and what people are equipped to deal with. It's usually a good idea to spread out your effects across card types so your deck doesn't have a single point of weakness, but it's important to maintain as much synergy as you can too. You could try testing online on something like untap.in to see what kind of removal you struggle against.

Anyway, I feel you on the budget struggles man. But there is a reason Avacyn, Angel of Hope is 25 times the price of Aegis Angel. To say she's 25 times as useful would probably be a drastic understatement. Sometimes you just gotta grit your teeth and run whatever you can get your hands on, hoping that one day Wizards of the Coast will stop printing the best cards in the fewest quantities.

September 19, 2016 11:06 a.m.