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QuestionMarc

Land (22)

• 4x Ancient Ziggurat
• 2x Breeding Pool
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 2x Stomping Ground
• 2x Temple Garden
• 3x Windswept Heath
• 3x Wooded Foothills

Creature (33)

• 2x Aven Mindcensor
• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Bloodbraid Elf
• 4x Kitchen Finks
• 4x Mantis Rider
• 4x Noble Hierarch
• 2x Rhox War Monk
• 3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 3x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 3x Woolly Thoctar

Instant (5)

• 2x Boros Charm
• 3x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Creature (13)

• 2x Aven Mindcensor
• 4x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rhox War Monk
• 3x Scavenging Ooze
• 3x Spell Queller

Instant (2)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Path to Exile

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Maybeboard

Creature (54)

• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Aven Sunstriker
• 1x Boggart Ram-Gang
• 1x Boros Reckoner
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Burning-Tree Shaman
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Countryside Crusher
• 1x Dauntless Escort
• 1x Dungrove Elder
• 1x Elusive Krasis
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fanatic of Xenagos
• 1x Geist of Saint Traft
• 1x Goblin Rabblemaster
• 1x Great Sable Stag
• 1x Groundbreaker
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Hearthfire Hobgoblin
• 1x Heartwood Storyteller
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Iroas's Champion
• 1x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Jenara, Asura of War
• 1x Knight of New Alara
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Loxodon Smiter
• 1x Markov Blademaster
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Mizzium Meddler
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 1x Prophetic Flamespeaker
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Rafiq of the Many
• 1x Rhox War Monk
• 1x Savage Knuckleblade
• 1x Skyhunter Skirmisher
• 1x Skyknight Legionnaire
• 1x Sprouting Thrinax
• 1x Stonecloaker
• 1x Tarmogoyf
• 1x Troll Ascetic
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Viashino Firstblade
• 1x Vithian Renegades
• 1x Void Grafter
• 1x Wilt-Leaf Cavaliers
• 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege
• 1x Winged Coatl
• 1x Wistful Selkie
• 1x Woolly Thoctar

Instant (1)

• 1x Selesnya Charm

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Utopia Sprawl

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This is a Modern deck made to take advantage of the newly unbanned Bloodbraid Elf. The deck intends to get out either Noble Hierarch or Birds of Paradise on turn 1, followed by a turn 2 3 mana creature, followed by a turn 3 Bloodbraid Elf, and should be able to kill consistently by turn 5 if unobstructed. This deck has had extensive goldfish testing and runs pretty smooth and consistent, but now needs thorough real world testing.

It does get a little scary with how much life it is losing to lands. I tend no to worry about this too much because it draws a good balance between hitting all 4 colors with untapped lands when you need them, especially the turn 1 green source that never fails, and thinning your deck after getting 4 mana so you are getting more active draws mid to late game. The Kitchen Finks also should help a little with the life loss. The Ancient Ziggurats help a lot with the 4 colors of creatures you run like Mantis Rider, and the only drawback is the Boros Charms it can't cast. I could also see this being turned into a Human Tribal deck with Cavern of Souls but Bloodbraid Elf and a handful of others aren't humans so I currently don't prefer it.

The Thalias are solid creatures that hinder other decks in the metagame so while you are speeding up with mana dorks, they are slowing down and may not keep up. Turn 2 surprise Aven Mindcensor should surprise some opponents with mana bases full of fetches like this one, and may steal you some games while also being a decent 2 power flier. Mantis Rider is probably the best thing to Cascade into. Wistful Selkie draws you a card so you are less likely to stall out and enter topdeck mode, and can be a relevant body especially with Exalted Boosts. Rafiq of the Many can be a house with the +1/+1 and double strike and can be a huge threat by itself especially if your opponent has already used their removal on your other creatures. Boros Charm is your protection against board wipes, or an extra 4 damage to finish off an opponent, or double strike for a variety of reasons.

I am not convinced I have the sideboard right, but here is what I was thinking. I figured board in Reclamation Sage against Affinity, Boggles, and any other decks with an artifact or enchantment that stops you or combos out. Void Grafter against spot removal. Spell Queller against wipes and tricky spell decks that might be combo. Stonecloaker might exile a dredge card or reanimation target, and bounce back one of your mana dorks or Wistful Selkie for another card, or Bloodbraid Elf for another Cascade. An extra Fink against burn, and an extra Mindcensor against Tron. And of course all of these are creatures with at least 2 power that can be cast usually on turn 2 in this deck.

Also there is a ton of stuff in the maybe board to look at and consider, but what I have right now I think is pretty solid. What do you all think?

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	B
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	32 - 6 Rares 24 - 9 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.39