Nic Fit Modern Primer

Modern BG (Golgari) Combo Competitive Control Ramp

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2 drop (18)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Devour Flesh
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Doom Blade
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Signal the Clans
• 1x Smother
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Time of Need
• 1x Victim of Night

0 drop (7)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

3 drop (10)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Vendilion Clique

5 drop (18)

• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Garruk, Primal Hunter
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Reality Smasher
• 1x Sapling of Colfenor
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 1x Sigarda, Heron's Grace
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Vraska the Unseen
• 1x Wingmate Roc

6 drop (16)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Broodmate Dragon
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Frost Titan
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Linvala, the Preserver
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Primeval Titan
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

4 drop (22)

• 1x Damnation
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip
• 1x Gifts Ungiven
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Languish
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Night of Souls' Betrayal
• 1x Obstinate Baloth
• 1x Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Wrath of God

7 drop (2)

• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x World Breaker

1 drop (7)

• 1x Duress
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Traverse the Ulvenwald

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IntroductionHey guys, Cxseals here and today I'll be bringing you a new series on Nic Fit in modern. For those who don't know nic fit is a G/B/x base toolbox control deck that uses removal and ramp to dish out large threats late game. The deck is primarily used in legacy with Green Sun's Zenith, Veteran Explorer , and Pernicious Deed however there are plenty of good substitutes in modern.

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Overview
First let me start off by saying this how versatile this archetype is; there are several ways and color variations to build this deck with so far the ones I have tested have been Sultai, Jund, Abzan, a five color bring to light and all of the above tested with traverse the unvenwald, all with varying degrees of success.This page will be used as a primer for the Nic fit archetypes and I will explain various tips and card choices that can be made. A full list of all my builds will be displayed at the bottom for reference.

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Nic Fit tech

Nic fit is a G/B removal shell given combined with ramp; the objective of the deck is to last long enough to field significant threats and then close the game out. The deck does well against aggro as it fields good main board removal coupled with life gain and preforms equally well against controls and combo due to its hand disruption package.

When building there are a few basic cards to use; a Hand disruption set consisting of 3-5 cards, threats between 3-10, ramp between 4-12 cards, and the rest being removal and utility cards coupled with between 22-26 lands depending on how you are playing.

There are several ways to play nic fit in addition to the creature tool box objective. The archetype is capable of borrowing from other combo or aggro archtypes such as Scapeshift , Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel combo,Life from the Loam aggro, et. al. The decks versatility means it can pick and choose its composition to fit the meta.

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Card Choices
When selecting cards for this deck its important to remember to field a versatile mainboard and a diverse side board, but the deck can be broken down mainly into four parts, discard and removal, threats,ramp, and search. Click on the spoilers below to see explanations for some of the major players


Discard & Removal

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Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize, Duress- Try to go with a 4-5 main board packet of discard spells in the main board and options in the side (board according to your meta).

Abrupt Decay-standard G/B/x removal

Doom Blade,Smother,Go for the Throat- standard black singleton removal again board according to the meta.

Victim of Night, Devour Flesh-off brand removal but still very good, victim is effective against most meta aggro decks (though not as infallible as it was before shadows over Innistrad) it also cost double black which can strain mana bases.

Path to Exile, Terminate,Lightning Bolt,Anguished Unmaking,Dreadbore- the X removal in the G/B/x decks.

Gaze of Granite ,Maelstrom Pulse-big removal spells; gaze of granite does a lot of work in aggro match ups with low mana curves without killing off your own threats.

Engineered Explosives Ratchet Bomb-Other good sweepers and very effective in the versions that play Academy Ruins.

Damnation,Wrath of God,Day of Judgment,Languish- four mana sweepers.

Ramp

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Search for Tomorrow-has so far been one of my favorite card ramp spells as it can be put out on turn one and lead to big plays on turn three.

Rampant Growth , Farseek, Sakura-Tribe Elder- the two mana ramp squad in almost all case Farseek is better than growth due to the fact that Farseek can get duel lands and most all basic lands. elder is a good pick for early game blocking.

Birds of Paradise, Wall of Roots ,Noble Hierarch,various elves- Creature package is more of a chord tool-box style deck than nic fit keep in mind that this deck likes to destroy low cmc cards.

Lotus Bloom- a good one-time ramp, can be used to fuel delirium in traverse the unvenwald decks.

Threats

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Grave Titan- Good finisher or to stall a game good at both offense, defense or just going out of control with tokens.

Thragtusk-a must have in every main board, hoses aggro and burn and two for ones any amount of removal.

Wurmcoil Engine-good against any deck that does not run Path to Exile

Primeval Titan-Good attacker thins the deck out and can get utility lands.

Obstinate Baloth - aggro and Liliana of the Veil deck hoser.

Garruk Relentless  -removal, tokens, tutor, he has it all; decks usually run 0-3.

Thrun, the Last Troll - Devastating against any deck that runs removal or counters a very safe pick against almost any deck.

Siege Rhino-hard to kill, instant board presence , good attacker, a must have in abzan variants.

Silumgar, the Drifting Death- an allstar in the bug variants, hexproof and kills small creatures.

Dragonlord Atarka-Big flyer and instant removal.

Anafenza, the Foremost-4/4 for three and can hose re-animator and living end decks.

Tasigur, the Golden Fang-card advantage and a big body.

Sphinx of the Final Word-a side board card that just says no.

Broodmate Dragon,Wingmate Roc- Buddy bringers.

Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Sorin, Grim Nemesis, Vraska the Unseen -powerful walkers with removal abilities.

Elspeth, Knight-Errant-another good walker.

The Gitrog Monster-somewhat counter productive to the ramp of the deck but it gives card advantage and a 6/6 deathtouch body.

Mogis, God of Slaughter-possible sideboard card against control.

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet- a break out card in standard and in modern its a multi-faceted card that will preform well in most versions of this deck.

Restoration Angel-flying 3/4 that interacts well with many of the creatures in the deck.

Polukranos, World Eater -5/5 body for four with a removal ability.

Thundermaw Hellkite-good for metas that have an abundance of thopters or Lingering Souls.

Godo, Bandit Warlord- low power for the cost but his affects are suburb play with Batterskull or Argentum Armor.

Search

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Primal Command- standard green tutor with other modes useful for prolonging the game or dealing with non creature threats.

Summoner's Pact-great for more green centered decks can easily get Primeval Titan, Thragtusk, Thrun, the Last Troll or any other g/x creature; the dowside is that it limits options on the following turn.

Time of Need -can be a great tutor for a legendary deck.

Traverse the Ulvenwald-a good card that can get any creature or land but requires the deck be built around it.

Congregation at Dawn- This card is an excellent tutor in white variants as it can be played at the end of turn 3 and set up turn four, five, and six (my most common play with this card has been setting three Siege Rhinos on top of my deck)

Beseech the Queen-a good tutor for heavy black decks.

Signal the Clans -a decent tutor for red variants; although the selection is random most of the big threats in the deck are universally daunting so running 1-2 copies in red varients is an okay pick.

Jarad's Orders-can be good in variants that like to work more with the graveyard otherwise Diabolic Tutor is better.

Gifts Ungiven-a good instant speed blue tutor the deck will have be made to work well with it.

Bring to Light-A interesting card that allows for more than creature options to be used its also one of the few cards on the list that allows the spell to go to the field rather than the hand.

Chord of Calling-This card ranges between mediocre to bad within this deck due to the lack of early game creatures and the massive amount of mana needed to get the decks big threats. Chord of Calling is far better in creature toolbox decks like chord control.

Cards to Avoid

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Liliana of the Veil-Though an excellent card in most G/B/x decks Nic fit does not handle hand attrition well as there is little card draw and cards tend to have more impact than an opponents.

Tarmogoyf-a good efficient card however not in this deck; goyf like to be in low cmc decks that value small efficient creatures nic fit likes impact and power over anything else. Goyf is simply better in aggro type of decks rather than a toolbox deck.

Gurmag Angler type creatures- by this I mean avoid big creatures that do nothing besides be a big body. When building always try to put in creatures that gain instantaneous value or have good lasting power.

keep in mind during building that the above is just a primer to get started with building the options the deck has a very wide option of creatures the top of the curve is between a CMC of between six and eight.

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Nic Fit Lists

below are a few lists I've engineered in the archetype with my explanation of how they play and explanation of my card choices.

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Nic fit (Abzan)

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SCORE: 2 | 472 VIEWS

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Nic Fit (Sultai)

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SCORE: 1 | 1 COMMENT | 245 VIEWS

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Nic Fit (Jund)

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196 VIEWS

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Nic Fit (bring to Light)

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160 VIEWS

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Nic Fit (Scapeshift combo)

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96 VIEWS

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Thanks for Reading

Thanks again for reading guys if you like the explanation please upvote the decks and the primer itself. If you have questions about cards or composition leave a comment bellow and I will answer it promptly, If you'd like to see the decks in action follow me on Twitch to see live streams or on twitter for more information .

Top Ranked	Achieved #4 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Restoration Angel
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	38 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Angel 3/3 W, Assassin 1/1 B w/ Player Killer, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 3/4 W, Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Thopter 1/1 C, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Wurm 6/6 G, Zombie 2/2 B
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