Rogue Modern Deck Ideas
Modern forum
Posted on Dec. 23, 2014, 4:21 p.m. by TheGamer
So, Modern is an open format, full of lots of variety and variance. And im interesting in hearing the TappedOut Communities' rogue deck ideas for Modern!
When I say that, I don't mean Infect or Naya Zoo. Those decks may not show up anymore, but people know about it. I mean things like Bolas Cruel Control or Owl Turbo Fog.
I'd love to hear any and all deck ideas. Thanks guys and happy deckbuilding!
Okay.... Here you go:
You know what to do with that big fat butt! Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 1 | 2 COMMENTS | 202 VIEWSWut.... Well, I played around with this deck, and it seemed to be rather good. I know, weird....
But, well, I don't really know what a rogue deck is so.... However, I think that this deck follows the criteria! :D
December 23, 2014 4:53 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #4
Any version of Turbo fog is pretty sick, but they all just lose to burn.
I'm currently working on a Maze's End deck that's faring quite well, but it's facing the same issues as any other fog based deck.
I'm also a fan of off-beat control lists, like Rakdos or mono blue.
December 23, 2014 4:55 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #5
Well, you sort of mentioned what I'm working on - Ebony Owl Netsuke but I'm slapping Silence on a stick (Isochron Scepter) and using Eidolon of Rhetoric. Other than that it's a cookie-cutter Modern control shell. Bouncy Hooters.
December 23, 2014 4:56 p.m.
Dalektable says... #6
Mono White Turbofog using Luminarch Ascension as a win con. I can provide a link if requested. What is Owl Turbo Fog? I also just threw together a Simic Delver list, which is pretty rogue-y.
December 23, 2014 4:57 p.m.
Dalektable says... #7
ThatBlueMage Four sideboarded Leyline of Sanctity work well for me with my Turbofog list. And Dawn Charm on an Isochron Scepter is pretty good.
December 23, 2014 4:59 p.m.
miracleHat says... #8
I have a host of rogue decks in modern. My 3 favorite are:
Eternal Bant Command (Cryptic Command
+
Eternal Witness
)
;;; T3Z T00L C0NTR0L ;;; (Chalice of the Void + Engineered Explosives)
Rug Anti-Aggro LIfe (lifegain in rug)
The first two of the decks are remakes of other decks (eternal command + tezzerator control), but the RUG lifegain is just for shits and giggles.
turn 1 Birds of Paradise
turn 2 Courser of Kruphix
turn 3 Huntmaster of the Fells
Flip
turn 4 Thragtusk / control card / misc
December 23, 2014 5:09 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #9
I have a mardu build that's pretty cool :) plz luv mai mardu homebrew
December 23, 2014 5:19 p.m.
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The Human Catch-22 Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 82 VIEWSIt won't be winning any tournaments, but it's fun to play.
December 23, 2014 5:23 p.m.
ducttapedeckbox says... #11
Dalektable, Owl Turbo Fog is using Ebony Owl Netsuke as your win con. You let your opponent draw tons of cards with Howling Mine effects (deck is also called "Owling Mine" sometimes) and cast Fog effects every turn until they can't do anything and you win through Owl damage. Modern Turbo Owl was a top deck on here for a few days. My variation is also an example, Bouncy Hooters.
December 23, 2014 5:30 p.m.
Nice deck ideas guys!
Incase anyone is curious, im working on a Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank combo deck.
Fire up the crank! Time to burn through flesh... Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 47 VIEWS.
I also have a nice Elf Combo deck:
Elves of Ashenvale... Unite! Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 5 | 41 COMMENTS | 671 VIEWSThen there's my latest creation, Jund Titan with a splash of blue:
Don't go too far into the forest... Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 4 | 26 COMMENTS | 318 VIEWSDecember 23, 2014 5:46 p.m.
fluffybunnypants says... #13
December 23, 2014 6:22 p.m.
FreddyFlash311 says... #14
I always had a thing for Enduring Renewal. It was key to my first infinite combo, back during Ice Age (major PITA to put together, it + Fastbond + Living Lands + Zuran Orb
Anywho, when I came back to MTG and started looking into Modern I saw Enduring Renewal was legal. I haven't figured out the best way to really abuse it but there's a plethora of options available. Anything that can abuse recurring creatures really. The link below has the beginnings of a deck that's infinite damage via Blasting Station + Enduring Renewal + Ornithopter .
My first draft had Krark-Clan Ironworks in it for infinite mana so you could either hard cast a Blightsteel Colossus or just Reshape your Ornithopter or Memnite into it. Doing that on top of the blasting station combo took up too much room though and took away from the control part of it to try and keep alive long enough to go off.
But anyways, yeah. Not saying it's a good idea but it's different than what you generally see. Sometime soon I'll have to actually flush out the description with the various interactions, but I'm lazy so not right now.
Enduring Combo Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 2 VIEWSDecember 23, 2014 6:39 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #15
Treasure Hunt + Lightning Storm combo decks are pretty fun and cost less than $5.
Also I have a fun Heartless Summoning deck that is powerful, it isn't tier 1 but it also doesn't have any really bad match ups except infect. Heartless Myrs of the Brood
December 23, 2014 9:55 p.m.
kungfuturtle says... #16
Black White Turbo Fog Rebels. play Holy Day, Darkness, Dawn Charm, Angelsong, Pollen Lullaby and rebels. search out Mirror Entity and swing very hard. Play other Black white good stuff.
December 23, 2014 10:28 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #17
This was my first magic deck. It's mono-black midrange. It ramps into Sheoldred, Whispering One and the sacrifice theme is rampid throughout the deck... Geth's Verdict, Tribute to Hunger Grave Pact Phyrexian Obliterator Desecration Demon..
Sheoldred, Whispering One -†-BLΔCK-†- SΔCR‡F‡C3 Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 37 | 5 COMMENTS | 5929 VIEWSThe deck does well vs fair decks but obviously crumbles to unfair decks.
...Beyond that I've been running a more competitive rogue brew of Mono Black Control.
Of Plague & Persecution Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 87 | 20 COMMENTS | 12096 VIEWSDeck is hard to play but kicks ass when u know how to use it.
Lastly, while certainly not an established archetype yet I'm currently playing
. It's a super well balanced deck. Very unforgiving but extremely versatile. (U need to know ur match ups!) Most of the time this is classified as a "Dredgevine Deck". I'd recommend it to those who can't afford Dark Confidant and Tarmogoyf
December 24, 2014 1:24 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #18
I've been wanting to use Enduring Renewal in a deck for the longest time but am faced with the same dilemma. The card is so cool though!
December 24, 2014 1:27 a.m.
Hey look, a land. Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 19 | 27 COMMENTS | 1358 VIEWSHaven't worked on it recently, but I love this deck. It's currently got dual themes, so I've gotta focus on one of the two to make it stronger.
December 24, 2014 3:43 p.m.
FreddyFlash311 says... #20
APPLE01DOJ It has a lot of potential right? It's just finding the right shell that won't completely falter against most other strategies. I may try to see if it's possible to push it into a UWR control package, I dunno. We'll see
December 24, 2014 5:19 p.m.
As-Above_So-Below says... #21
So, I'm pretty sure a Death's Shadow possible turn 3 combo deck is pretty rogue right??
Красивая Смерть Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 24 | 13 COMMENTS | 2423 VIEWSTurn 1: Spoils of the Vault for a missing combo piece, preferably losing anywhere from 8-16 life in the process.
Turn 2: Play Death's Shadow, hopefully leaving open 1 mana for protection effects.
Turn 3: Either swing for 10 and use Rite of Consumption for a fling effect, or swing 9 and use Tainted Strike to get there. Also, use your protection spells for unblockability and shit. :D
December 24, 2014 5:45 p.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #22
Rogue deck ideas? :D
Kor Legions Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 224 | 8 COMMENTS | 25580 VIEWS
Okay Kids, It's Show and Tell Time! Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 62 | 0 COMMENTS | 6172 VIEWS
Only Angels Come to a Near Death Experience Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 18 | 44 COMMENTS | 1152 VIEWSAnd I have a lot more in the test run. Like an esper version of Stolen Grimoires, a grixis draw and trap deck, Traps ... Right Over Here!, and three not so rogue decks of Abzan Death's Shadow: The Grim Reaper is Stalking Us ...., mono-B vampires: Children of the Night Make Quite a Mess and Bant exalted glass cannon 300 and Alone.
Have fun :D
December 25, 2014 2:32 a.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #23
Owl whatevers sounds familiar to Runeflare Combo.
December 25, 2014 6:31 a.m.
bijschjdbcd: Out of curiosity, what is the Runeflare Combo you speak of?
Femme_Fatale: Quite a lot of decks you got there. Me and you are like HUGE modern brewers as far as i can tell.
December 26, 2014 10:15 a.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #25
New idea... Creatureless MBC with Cruise. :D
Not sure if the deck wants a different manland yet.
December 26, 2014 10:24 a.m.
SpartanCEL says... #26
I've spent many a day thinking about
Turn 3 win//Turn 3 Rakdos, Lord of Riots Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 12 | 2 COMMENTS | 982 VIEWSand how to make it better. I haven't gotten a chance to play the finished product because I don't have all the cards but as you can tell from the title we have a turn 3 win condition(3 cards plus our tricked out mana base) and we can turn 3 Rakdos, Lord of Riots which is an insane card way above the curve that's hard enough to turn 4. Anyway Rakdos rules boros sucks
December 27, 2014 12:40 a.m.
9headedhydra says... #27
i'm trying to make Mardu Vampires work :P we shall see, my biggest problem now is wrath effects
December 27, 2014 4:26 a.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #28
Runeflare Combo is a U/R Combo deck with Howling Mine and Temple Bell effects to make your opponent drawultiple cards then kill with Runeflare Trap, Serum Visions and Faithless Looting To dig and the standard Mana Leak and Remand packages.
December 27, 2014 10:02 a.m.
I've been thinking of a Biovisionary deck for a while. I don't have a deck list but the basic strategy would be Biovisionary + Clone for example or Rite of Replication to win. The rest of the deck would be a basic control shell, or turbo fog because I'm seeing a lot of that..
December 27, 2014 10:39 a.m.
CanadianShinobi says... #30
The Spell Smithy: Semblance of Control Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 43 VIEWSWhile the idea for the deck wasn't originally mine I thought it was an interesting concept. I've made adjustments that I thought the original deck list was lacking, and am trying to improve it. The deck can be budget friendly too, just removal all expensive lands.
December 27, 2014 11:03 a.m.
Femme_Fatale says... #31
People have been mentioning decks that I've already built :p
December 27, 2014 2:43 p.m.
astroknotts says... #32
these probably arent the rogues your looking for..
Rogue Clan
December 28, 2014 3:26 a.m.
Fleetwood-Mat says... #33
There's a really funny instant win combo, very quirky. So I built a deck that looks a little like this:
4x Bazaar Trader4x Immortal Coil4x Shred Memory4x Dark Confidant4x Surgical Extraction4x Extirpate4x Pain Seer2x Maralen of the Mornsong4x Bojuka Bog4x Sign in Blood4x Cremate
if you read what those cards do, you'll understand the point of the deck.
The confidants and maralens are there to draw your opponents' removal. I use Bloodstained Mire as my fetches, make sure I have cards in my graveyard for Immortal Coil to come out without killing me. Once it's out, you just donate it over with Bazaar Trader, and if they have cards in their graveyard, get rid of them.
It's certainly very entertaining to see this deck win.
December 29, 2014 7:46 p.m.
astroknotts says... #34
Would love some input on this deck. Play testing it so far has shown some really cool combos
Blood Bender Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 6 VIEWS
quesobueno123 says... #2
I'm working on pili-pala combo (Architect of Pili) and ordering void since it is so cheap. void
December 23, 2014 4:38 p.m.