Fungus Saproling Deck
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on April 18, 2018, 12:54 p.m. by -Orvos-
I need to make this deck faster.The beefy creatures and saprolings allow me to block and defend myself until it winds up and starts going but thats not till turn 3 or 4. I really like the idea behind the deck and I think its really fun to play. I'm not looking to win any tournaments, just have fun.
Its black/green that uses Paradox Haze to get more spore counters on my fungus creatures.
Birds of Paradise is something i'm considering but dont really like the price tag on.
The Upside Down
Modern*
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buckeyetron says... #5
you really need removal in there. you gotta have some way of stopping your opponent from killing you.
April 18, 2018 11:25 p.m.
@buckeyetron Its not a lot of control but Deathspore Thallid does offer some creature removal. The endless supply of saprolings offer lots of chump blockers.
I know it needs some better removal, i just don't know what... Reality Strobe is one I've considered because Paradox Haze will make it a lot faster.
Do you know of any cards that would be good?
P.S. $7 for one card is expensive in my books
April 18, 2018 11:52 p.m. Edited.
buckeyetron says... #7
if $7 for a card is too expensive, competitive magic is not for you. Deathspore Thallid is not creature removal. Paradox Haze is just not a good card. at best, you tap out for it turn 3, and benefit turn 4 IF you've played cards with upkeep triggers during turn 1 or 2. modern is a format where you're usually dead by turn 4. infect can win turn 3. storm can win turn 3. you could even be attacked by an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn turn 3.
April 19, 2018 12:46 a.m.
buckeyetron says... #8
also, you need more lands. 18 is too many. even 20 can only support a deck whose highest cmc is 3. if you want to run cards that cost 4 or more mana, you need 24 lands.
April 19, 2018 12:48 a.m.
buckeyetron so what are some removal spells that you suggest?
Utopia Mycon and Cryptolith Rite have been providing me with some mana ramp, the only downside is that its slower than I would like; but I don't have too much trouble lasting until turn 3 or 4. Cryptolith Rite allows me to tap a saproling for mana to pay for itself to be sac'd to draw a card and Utopia Mycon provides mana filtering and just enough ramp to be useful.
I stated in the original post that I'm not looking to take this to tournaments, just have fun :D. My play group likes to play with modern rules and I have plenty of decks that are competitive enough to win so I thought I'd make a fun themed one. Black is a color I don't normally play which is why I don't know a lot of the removal cards. I'm fairly certain there is a really good one that does something awesome if a creature I control has died this turn, I just don't know whats its called. Those are the types of cards that I was hoping to get input on in here. I'd love to hear your suggestions, so please tell me some specific cards that you think would work and I'll make them fit into the deck. Please don't just point out all the ways you think this deck doesn't work, or at least if you're going to do that please offer some advice in return with specific cards. I'm comfortable running this deck on 18 lands and I'm willing to reduce the creature average CMC to make that work; but I think with my current ramp/draw/scry I have enough.
I killed an Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger with Deathspore Thallid yesterday by the way.
April 19, 2018 1:05 a.m.
buckeyetron says... #10
no offense man but if you had 10 saprolings out with this decklist, you were playing against a really bad player. really not trying to be mean when i say that, but looking at your decklist, even a best case scenario looks like it'd take a really long time to actually get 10 saprolings. especially if you need to sacrifice them for mana. i also find it really hard to believe that you have competitive modern decks. if you did, you would already know a lot of removal in green/black. you can't possibly convince me you've been to even a single modern fnm and went home still not knowing what a Fatal Push is. theres also Smother, Go for the Throat, Abrupt Decay, Beast Within, and Victim of Night. another massive clue you don't have competitive decks is your belief that Birds of Paradise is expensive. even the cheapest fetchlands cost twice as much as the bird. competitive modern decks cost hundreds of dollars, and if you can't afford a birds, you cant afford a modern deck, let alone multiple.
18 lands simply is not enough. let me show you the math.
to cast a cmc 3 card on turn 3, you need 3 lands by turn 3. by turn 3 a player will have seen 9 (7 opening plus 2 draws) cards from their deck if they're on the play. if you want 3 of those 9, or 1/3, to be lands, 1/3 of your deck needs to be lands. 1/3 of 60 is 20.
if you want 4 lands by turn 4, it becomes 4 lands out of your first 10 cards. 4/10 of 60 is 24.
better ramp would be the Arbor Elf/Utopia Sprawl combo which can let you drop a 4 cmc card on turn 2.
T1: Overgrown Tomb, Arbor Elf
T2: Forest, tap forest to put Utopia Sprawl on the Overgrown Tomb. tap the Overgrown Tomb for 2 mana. tap Arbor Elf to untap the Overgrown Tomb. tap the Overgrown Tomb for 2 more mana. 4 floating mana.
April 19, 2018 11:07 a.m.
I've made some updates, let me know what you guys think :D
April 20, 2018 11:25 a.m.
Some suggestions:
Intangible Virtue (no seriously, why are you not already playing this?)
Sporecrown Thallid (when it becomes legal)
Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
Slimefoot, the Stowaway (when it becomes legal)
Sprout Swarm (lets you pump out saprolings at a steady pace after you've been boardwiped)
Supply/Demand (ALL THE TOKENS! Even more hilarious with Cryptolith Rite)
Thelonite Hermit (only if you have room)
Vitaspore Thallid
Mycologist
Necrogenesis (sideboard)
Pallid Mycoderm
Scatter the Seeds
Selesnya Guildmage
Selesnya Evangel
Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
Gavony Township (probably your strongest option for buffing your team)
Glare of Subdual ("Hahaha fuck your attack phase!" is what you get to tell each of your opponents playing aggro or Affinity decks)
I have to agree about Paradox Haze. The card is good, but not in this deck. You aren't doing anything particularly broken with it, other than getting spore counters. It's not like you're using it to abuse Aether Hub. Playing white would be far better as you'd get access to more saproling generators, anthems, and so on.
You also need better removal. I like that you're playing Go for the Throat. Path to Exile and Fatal Push are going to be the bee's knees. Victim of Night, Abrupt Decay, and Tragic Slip are other options.
I like the idea of using the proliferate mechanic to get those spore counters going, but Grim Affliction is rather "meh." Tezzeret's Gambit is about the only other viable option, regardless of whether you decide to play blue. Contagion Clasp is also rather "meh" in Modern.
Keep in mind, you're basically a G/B/x Tokens deck that relies on creatures instead of instants/sorceries to generate tokens. You have a lot of the same weaknesses but less of the strengths of a conventional token deck. Seriously consider checking MtG Goldfish or MtG Top 8 token decks to be sure you're not just playing a worse version of those decks.
April 21, 2018 12:09 a.m.
MajinUlamog67 says... #13
I've been messing with a fun build of something similar. Slimefoot's Funguy Farm. I pretty much had all the cards except parallel lives, which is just a way for me to ramp up tokens to bulk things like Rot Shambler and Bloodbriar by sacrificing tokens to Costly Plunder and Thallid Omnivore. I've sideboarded a few Vicious Offering. These sacrifice triggers also allow Slimefoot, the Stowaway to ping my opponents.
Like you this was all for casual play with my friends.
Yunggodjt says... #2
Winding Constrictor
April 18, 2018 4:20 p.m.