Can't seem to do good research
Modern forum
Posted on April 17, 2016, 12:48 p.m. by MagicalHacker
I've been trying to use MTG Top 8 to find decks that mainboard Blood Moon and/or Rest in Peace and/or Leyline of Sanctity and/or Spellskite.
I like the idea of playing cards that are one-card answers to entire decks, but I have a feeling that this just doesn't exist. People typically see these cards as sideboard material only, but I think there could be synergies with cards like these, like hatebear decks, but with less fragile cards than creatures.
Am I crazy to think this could work? Like a control deck that grinds out a game with one-shot answers?
I should probably say that I don't actually play modern anymore, but a deck like this could be exciting enough to get me to play modern again.
ducttapedeckbox says... #3
If you want to go the control route, Blue Moon mainboards a set of Blood Moon, but gets rough against aggressive decks and decks that have simple mana bases (ok, so that's basically still aggro).
You might like the R/W Control deck that came in 30th at the SCG event a week ago. It mains sets of Moon and Leyline, and then runs some angels for win conditions. It's not exactly top-tier, but JWiley129 and I have been messing around with it since we saw the list.
The near-original list can be found here.
We also started toying with a more red-centered version that replaces the Angels with Dragons, and Protection spells with Burn. You can find that very rough list here.
This is the original, 30th place list.
I love that decks like this have some potential in the current meta, as long as they're well thought out and constructed. Twin and Eldrazi would not have allowed this to even exist.
April 17, 2016 1:01 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #4
Hmm, I wonder if modern will get any Opalescence effects one day, cause I could see that making Boros hate-enchantments a real deck.
April 17, 2016 1:02 p.m.
You could build R/W white prison. A friend runs it with mainboard Blood Moon, Ensnaring Bridge, Leyline of Sanctity, Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Ajani Vengeant, Spellskite, Magus of the Tabernacle plus the usual Lightning Bolt, Lightning Helix, and Path to Exile. His wincon is Assemble the Legion
April 17, 2016 1:17 p.m.
There are enchantment pillow fort decks that are usually mono white and run Sphere of Safety, Leyline of Sanctity, Rest in Peace, Ghostly Prison, Runed Halo, Nevermore e.t.c
They usually win with either Heliod, God of the Sun+Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or with Sigil of the Empty Throne.
Here is a link to one of these decks: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/enchanting-your-face-with-angels-1st-place-mnm/
April 17, 2016 1:27 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #7
In addition to the better decks people have also listed, there is an Abzan Hate deck that mainboards these kinds of hate cards and kills via Gaddock Teeg, Thrun, the Last Troll, and Scavenging Ooze. You run as many Leylines and hate cards as possible, then use Serum Powder to find the relevant ones in the matchup. After game 1, you side out the irrelevant hate cards and side in more copies of the relevant ones.
April 17, 2016 2:16 p.m.
Dalektable says... #8
As the above have said, RW Prison is a deck that is very costomizable and can run all of the above. It normally runs Blood Moon, Leyline of Sanctity and Spellskite. However, Rest in Peace is a dead card against a lot of decks so it isn't typically main boarded but you very well could.
April 17, 2016 2:22 p.m.
ninjaclevs13 says... #9
MagicalHacker isn't Starfield of Nyx basically the same thing?
April 17, 2016 2:44 p.m.
I've tried this kind of deck a few times, and I've never really gotten it to work. This does not mean that it can'r work, though. A lot of the most hateful cards in modern are R or W enchantments, so that seems like an okay base. Using something to tutor up these enchantments would be ideal, so I've made a short list: Zur the Enchanter and Idyllic Tutor. Zur seems like it would be awesome in modern and doesn't see any play. Add in some starfield of nyx and nykthoses, and you've got an okay deck.
April 17, 2016 3:04 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #11
Okay, so I have a very VERY rough draft up:
The Mainboarded Sideboard
Modern*
4 VIEWS
I guess this forum post has now become a "deck help" post, even though that was not my original intent... I need help getting it down to 60 cards, and that's after cutting Lightning Bolt, Path to Exile, and Lightning Helix (which is probably horrible) and shrinking my enchantment-based removal package (probably not that great either).
I have to thank each one of you so far. Literally every single person in this thread has helped me, be it with recommending cards, or at the very least giving me confidence to at least try to build something.
This deck could very well be crap, but I'm glad I tried.
April 17, 2016 9:41 p.m.
ninjaclevs13 says... #12
So Starfield of Nyx is what you were looking for ;)
April 17, 2016 9:52 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #13
Yes, it was! Thank you so much :D I love how it never will make itself a creature, meaning there's no way to completely decimate my whole field by using a creature-removal spell on the one enchantment that is giving me a way to win.
April 17, 2016 9:53 p.m. Edited.
WizardOfTheNorthernCoast says... #14
I have an absolutely wrecking U/W enchantment deck with most of the cards you mentionned above.
The reason I think blue is better is because the only cards that can blow up the whole strategy are things like Back to Nature or Fracturing Gust. So blue gives you Negate, which is a great catch-all spell, especially when you need to defend your permanents.
Boros Charm could be a good solution for red players, but I don't see it fit very well in the main strategy of the deck :)
Sergal says... #2
Skred and blue moon both mainboard blood moon. Skred is actually one of my favorite decks, because it is mono red control. Who wouldn't love that? Pillowfort maindecks leyline of sanctity and spellskite, but i am not sure of decks that mainboard rip. There is always the option to brew something up with all of those pieces.
April 17, 2016 12:59 p.m.