Sideboard


Back to straight Jeskai, wanting to play a bit more straight-forward to evaluate where the format is at. This imitates common sideboards, but the 60 is much more aggressive, with a lower curve and main-board Geist of Saint Traft.

Initially, this was a Delver of Secrets   deck with Geist of Saint Traft as the top end. As I played it, I appreciated the aggression, while disliking Delver as a topdeck and as an inconsistent opener. At the same time I noticed typical Jeskai Control lists moving towards the more aggressive side, playing Spell Queller and as many Bolt effects as possible. I splashed Black to take advantage of Geist as much as possible to lean on this. While the card advantage of Kolaghan's Command and efficiency of Collective Brutality, as well as the sideboard options made available were all very powerful, many hands ended up rather clunky. Therefore, I decided to simplify back towards the type of lists I've had success with before.

The important differences:

-Censor: When I initially built this style of deck, I had just come off a Grixis kick and wanted a deck-thinning effect similar to Thought Scour. Due to less graveyard interaction and being unimpressed with the two-mana counters available, I looked to the recently released Censor. It has impressed me beyond expectations. I play it as a cantrip, yet at the same time it punches far above its weight for how often it has stopped an opponent cold. If they choose to ignore it, I blow them out. If they develop a respect for it, I'm playing one less card in my library. Many opponents do nothing on their turn, watch me cycle it, and exclaim, "Aha! I played around it!" Yes, and I'm now a turn ahead of you, without costing me a card.

-Geist of Saint Traft: Easily a contender for fastest clock in these colors, and has a fighting chance for the title of such in all of Modern. When playing so much disruption and removal, St. Traft can easily end the game on his own, and of course burn spells can push through the last couple points if they think they can race one more hit.

-Forked Bolt: This is run in place of Electrolyze, and the spot is up debate. I sincerely love Electrolyze, but when tempo is such a high priority, I'd rather have the option of killing a dork on turn one or multiple creatures on turn two, into a turn three Geist, as opposed to trying to overwhelm my opponent on card advantage.

-Lack of Cryptic Command: I honestly want to run this card. It has gotten me out of many bad spots and plays well with Geist. However, four mana is enough to conflict with tempo- the goal is to end the game, not create the control lock. As much as it pains me, I will ignore card advantage for aggression.

12/11/2017 Edit- I've pushed this through a few experiments and have settled on a relatively stock 60 that is popular right now. It's a lot of fun, and I'm quite pleased that my favorite deck is Tier 1.

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Date added 6 years
Last updated 6 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

3 - 2 Mythic Rares

39 - 7 Rares

7 - 2 Uncommons

6 - 4 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.08
Tokens Angel 4/4 W, Thopter 1/1 C
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