Mardu Minotaur Mid-game (Modern MTG Deck)

What we have here is a work in progress, budget deck I've been working on for a local PTQ. Back in the days of my youth I played Minotaurs with digeredoo and Tangarth at its heart, and so was instantly attracted to the tribal style deck recent releases have allowed me to create.

It's pretty straight forward. A lot of these cards have been out for a while; just play a bunch of Minotaurs (at reduced cost, hopefully,) and use some boros control to keep them alive or burn the opponent down. Neheb, the worthy is a huge boon if you can get 3-4 Minotaurs all swinging at +2 +0 and first strike, and obviously with death touch, another +1 +1 from the rageblood shaman, etc, they can crush a lot of stuff.

The side board is basically my current attempt and having answers to the dangerous and complex game that is modern format. Extra artifact hate, protection from colors, counter-aggro in the form of blind obediance, and some board wipe from Bontu's.

Ultimately it has been a lot of fun to play. More updates to follow, thanks for checking it out.

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Another update. — Aug. 23, 2017

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New update from more playtesting. Been consistently successful against affinity and tron-eldrazi with this altered composition. Zombies and burn are still giving me a hard time though, which is what influenced me to add the Tormod's Crypt into the sideboard and put Ajani into the mainboard. The mana base is working far beyond my expectations, so that's good. Took out a couple Bloodrage Brawler to make room for Harsh Mentor who's won me quite a few games thanks to the 2 damage chipping away at decks that use a lot of activated abilities. I also got tired of discarding just to have him get hit with Fatal Push or Grasp of Darkness and didn't feel like the 4/3 was a big enough body to make the few times he did work pay off in comparison.

Ragemonger gets controlled asap which is to be expected, I've got a couple pro-colors in the side board in hopes to keep him alive against heavy control decks once in a while, but I'm considering swapping them out for some discard that would probably be more beneficial on a more regular basis. PTQ is Saturday so I'll be testing a bunch more before then. I have no dilusions of grandeur, but it will be fun to hopefully put up a decent fight.

Creatures:21

Spells:16

Lands:23

1 Plains

3 Swamp

Sideboard:15

2 Declaration in Stone

2 Bontu's Last Reckoning

Upgrayde — Aug. 16, 2017

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	W
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 27 - 6 Rares 21 - 7 Uncommons 0 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.27
Tokens	Clue
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