Gibbous Ponza

Modern Control Land Destruction Ramp Tempo

ecdiesel

Creature (22)

• 4x Arbor Elf
• 2x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 2x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip
• 2x Inferno Titan
• 1x Obstinate Baloth
• 2x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 2x Stormbreath Dragon
• 4x Tireless Tracker

Land (21)

• 8x Forest
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mountain
• 3x Stomping Ground
• 4x Windswept Heath
• 4x Wooded Foothills

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
• 4x Stone Rain

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Blood Moon
• 4x Utopia Sprawl

Artifact (1)

• 1x Trinisphere

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Sideboard

Sorcery (5)

• 3x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Roast
• 1x Shatterstorm

Creature (1)

• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll

Instant (5)

• 3x Ancient Grudge
• 2x Lightning Bolt

Artifact (4)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus
• 2x Trinisphere

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This is a Ponza variant with a focus on threat density rather than land destruction, as opposed to my other build Moonless Ponza aka "Crescent Ponza"

SIDEBOARD

These are the slow, value generating cards in the maindeck and the ones you will want to consider cutting first when you need to win quickly against an uninteractive deck:

2x Courser of Kruphix, 2x Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, and 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Ponza has favorable matchups against control decks, so the sideboard is dedicated mostly to deal with fast combo and aggro.

BURN
+2 Trinisphere
+2 Lightning Bolt
+1 Roast
+3 Anger of the Gods
-2 Mwonvuli
-4 Stone Rain
-2 Blood Moon

JESKAI CONTROL
+1 Thrun
+1 Trinisphere
-1 Obstinate Baloth
-1 Abrade

GRIXIS CONTROL
+1 Thrun
-1 Obstinate Baloth

COUNTERS COMPANY
+3 Anger of the Gods
+1 Lightning Bolt
-1 Nissa
-3 Tireless Tracker

ELVES
+3 Anger of the Gods
+2 Lightning Bolt
+1 Roast
-4 Blood Moon
-2 Tireless Tracker

MARDU CONTROL
+1 Thrun
-1 Abrade

ABZAN
+2 Relic
-1 Abrade
-1 Stone Rain

VALAKUT
+2 Trinisphere
-2 Courser

UW CONTROL
+1 Thrun
+1 Relic
-1 Abrade
-1 Obstinate Baloth

AFFINITY
+3 Ancient Grudge
+1 Shatterstorm
+3 Anger of the Gods
+2 Lightning Bolt
-4 Stone Rain
-2 Mwonvuli
-1 Nissa
-2 Courser

DREDGE
+3 Relic
+3 Anger of the Gods
+2 Trinisphere
-4 Stone Rain
-2 Mwonvuli
-2 Tireless Tracker

ELDRAZI TRON
+2 Ancient Grudge
+1 Roast
-2 Courser
-1 Nissa

LANTERN CONTROL
+3 Ancient Grudge
+1 Shatterstorm
+2 Trinisphere
-2 Courser
-4 Blood Moon

DEATH'S SHADOW
+2 Trinisphere
+1 Roast
+2 Lightning Bolt
-1 Stone Rain
-2 Mwonvuli
-2 Courser

ELDRAZI AND TAXES
+3 Ancient Grudge
+3 Anger of the Gods
+1 Thrun
-4 Stone Rain
-2 Mwonvuli
-1 Nissa

STORM
+2 Trinisphere
+2 Lightning Bolt
+3 Anger of the Gods
+2 Relic
-1 Nissa
-2 Courser
-3 Blood Moon
-3 Tireless Tracker

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 1 Mythic Rares 27 - 6 Rares 0 - 3 Uncommons 14 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Clue, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Thopter 1/1 C, Wolf 2/2 G