Blink-Treader Nephilim

Modern RGWU

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Instant (12)

• 2x Cloudshift
• 4x Ephemerate
• 3x Niveous Wisps
• 3x Path to Exile

Creature (24)

• 4x Charming Prince
• 4x Coiling Oracle
• 2x Eternal Witness
• 3x Ink-Treader Nephilim
• 2x Knight of Autumn
• 4x Nivmagus Elemental
• 3x Reflector Mage
• 2x Skyclave Apparition

Land (24)

• 3x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 4x Temple Garden
• 4x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

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Sideboard

Instant (3)

• 2x Dismember
• 1x Path to Exile

Artifact (5)

• 4x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Pithing Needle

Creature (7)

• 2x Harmonic Sliver
• 3x Kitchen Finks
• 2x Lone Missionary

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This deck is an absolute blast to play! Your gameplan is simple: Play efficient creatures with valuable ETB effects alongide Ink-Treader Nephilim . You then target it with Cloudshift , Momentary Blink , and Niveous Wisps to generate insane value.

I found the inspiration for this deck on tappedout (Blink-Treader Nephilim (FEATURED ON DAILYMTG)) where it was being hyped for being featured on DailyMtG.
link to the article.

I changed the list to be slightly less combo-centric. The linked build focused on eventually using Lavinia of the Tenth to lock out your opponent while Sun Titan and Phantasmal Image went for the kill.

The new build adds a fifth color, streamlines the mana, and aims to set up our engine while we play good value cards. Niveous Wisps ends the game most of time time, allowing an uncontested alpha-strike. It can also be used to play defense while you fill your hand.

Most decks can't attack into you well, so the ground gets gummed up. When this happens and we don't have a Wisps, we can still get somewhere using our fifth color for Siege Rhino . The game usually ends at that point. The first Rhino ETB trigger is good. The second is crippling. The third, fourth, and fifth Rhino ETB triggers are all just plain dirty.

Update - Removing the fifth color, as Siege Rhino isn't as important in practice with Wisps enabling huge attacks. Added some more recent cards as well as some better mainboard interaction.

Nivmagus Elemental is the "new hotness" as it allows us to use Path to Exile as a one-mana one-sided boardwipe if you stack your triggers and use Nivmagus to eat all the copies targeting your board.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	37 - 6 Rares 8 - 7 Uncommons 13 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.97
Tokens	Illusion */* U
Folders	Yay
Based on	Blink-Treader Nephilim (FEATURED ON DAILYMTG) Thornspire MDN