Multi-Combo Battle of Wits (WORK IN PROGRESS!)

Modern Combo Control Five Color Gifts Ungiven Scapeshift Twin

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Instant (64)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 2x Clutch of the Undercity
• 1x Condescend
• 4x Cryptic Command
• 4x Delay
• 4x Electrolyze
• 4x Forbidden Alchemy
• 4x Gifts Ungiven
• 4x Harrow
• 4x Izzet Charm
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 3x Pact of Negation
• 4x Path to Exile
• 4x Peer Through Depths
• 4x Remand
• 1x Repeal
• 2x Swan Song
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 4x Worldly Counsel

Sorcery (37)

• 3x Bring to Light
• 1x Crumble to Dust
• 4x Farseek
• 2x Firespout
• 4x Glittering Wish
• 1x Hallowed Burial
• 2x Idyllic Tutor
• 2x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Primal Command
• 4x Scapeshift
• 4x Search for Tomorrow
• 4x Serum Visions
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 4x Wargate

Enchantment (16)

• 4x Battle of Wits
• 1x Chained to the Rocks
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Illness in the Ranks
• 4x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Rest in Peace
• 4x Splinter Twin

Creature (23)

• 3x Bounding Krasis
• 4x Deceiver Exarch
• 4x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 3x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 3x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Thragtusk
• 2x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Zealous Conscripts

Land (100)

• 4x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 4x Breeding Pool
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 2x Cinder Glade
• 4x Flooded Grove
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 10x Island
• 4x Marsh Flats
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Prairie Stream
• 4x Sacred Foundry
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Swamp
• 4x Temple Garden
• 3x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Watery Grave
• 4x Windswept Heath
• 4x Wooded Foothills

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Fracturing Gust
• 1x Guttural Response
• 1x Jund Charm
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Catch / Release
• 1x Firespout
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (2)

• 1x Bounding Krasis
• 1x Siege Rhino

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Maybeboard

Instant (7)

• 1x Azorius Charm
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Squelch
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Traumatic Visions

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Brainspoil
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Edge of Autumn
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Lingering Souls
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Wrath of God

Artifact (1)

• 1x Engineered Explosives

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Creature (7)

• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder

Land (1)

• 1x Tolaria West

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I think the deck title says it all! This is my attempt to get Battle of Wits to work in Modern. At its core, the deck is a combo-control deck with multiple lines of victory - Battle itself is actually the secondary win condition, with the primary one being Scapeshift.

This is obviously a draft build - the mana base is still shaky (of course), and there are LOTS of cards that could be in the deck but aren't yet. The core cards all support the "toolbox" aspects - it was the addition of Bring to Light that really pushed it from "neat, too difficult" to "actually might be good". Even though BtL can't directly get Battle, it CAN get Scapeshift.

I strongly feel that a deck like this could actually be quite good in Modern, but that my current incarnation is far too rough. I could really use some help smoothing it out!

MORE NOTES: I'm playing around with adding the Splinter Twin combo as well. Seems to add another dimension, without actually making the deck worse.

The mana base is currently a mess. It will eventually get cleaned up. As it is, it is functional, but a little inconsistent (less than it looks) and FAR too painful.

I'm missing a lot of "Silver Bullets" that will eventually be added! Suggestions welcome.

I'm not running Loam/Urborg/Crime on purpose. There were simply always better Gifts piles available for this deck, and drawing the components could be a drag.

UPDATE - THE CORE CARDS

The deck is going to be in flux for a while, so I wanted to point out the cards that are MUST HAVES in the deck as I see it. These are the "Core Cards" that make up the combos, the "Core Interactions" that are the most efficient interactive cards, and the "Core Enablers" which make the deck work.

CORE ENABLERS

• Gifts Ungiven
• Glittering Wish
• Bring to Light
• Muddle the Mixture
• Wargate
• Worldly Counsel, Peer Through Depths
• Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  

CORE COMBOS

• Battle of Wits
• Scapeshift, Prismatic Omen
• Unburial Rites, (insert fattie)
• Splinter Twin, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Bounding Krasis, Deceiver Exarch

CORE INTERACTION

• Path to Exile
• Cryptic Command
• Delay, Remand
• Snapcaster Mage

Date added	10 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 1 Mythic Rares 133 - 8 Rares 45 - 6 Uncommons 29 - 0 Commons
Cards	240
Avg. CMC	2.61
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Folders	Modern