Change outs

dscherer21, 9 years ago

Removed Rot Wolf and added Illusionist's Bracers.

xnewnoisex33, 9 years ago

-1 Managorger Hydra -1 Bramblecrush +1 Genesis Wave +1 Gaea's Herald

Change outs

dscherer21, 9 years ago

Removed Elvish Mystic and added Warstorm Surge.

N_, 9 years ago

Been working on a major overhaul with this deck. Trying to get it to run more smoothly and focus on lifegain, removal and card draw.

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N_, 9 years ago

Been working on a major overhaul with this deck. Trying to get it to run smoother and focus on lifegain, removal and card draw.

Cue sad music...

SwaggyMcSwagglepants, 9 years ago

I had to do it. I cut Cryptic. I feel like that its expensive mana cost is like keeping a hand with Ugin in standard. It's like not having a card in your hand. Instead, though, I replaced it with my test card, Hangarback. See above why I think it'll be good.

Second FNM 4-0!

DoomsdayXIII, 9 years ago

So, I've run this deck at 3 of my local modern FNM's, and on Friday last week I got my second 4-0 victory.

The modern cell is usually a more casual group of players over the serious set of standard players, but we still usually see some competitive decks each week. Anyway, here were the match ups:

Round 1: VS Demonic Pact 2-1

This was a fun game against a homebrew Demonic Pact deck. Game 1 I took through an aggressive start and him getting land screwed, was pretty breezy. 1-0.

Game two I took a turn for the worst. I started slow, with only 1 black mana, and a hand full of black spells. He got out explosively, and on turn 6 I was facing 3 demonic pacts. They kind of set the scene when i took 12 to the face and then jsut scooped. 1-1

Game 3 was a close one. We went back and forth for a lot of the game, my Lightning Helix and Path to Exile functioning to keep me alive and remove his tasigur, the golden fag. It got down to us both on 3 life, I top-decked a Lightning Bolt, he thows down a Mana Leak, and then looks at my 4 remaining mana. Game. It was enjoyable to say the least. 2-1

Round 2: VS Izzet homebrew burn 2-1

All three games followed a similar route honestly. I was burnt down relatively quickly, staying alive with Lightning Helix and Vault of the Archangel. Lost game 1 to mana-flood and Keranos, God of Storms ruining my board. Other two games I just rushed down and removed threats. Fun little match.

Round 3: VS Naya Zoo 2-1

This was a tough round. Although Naya zoo has taken a dip in popularity, this is still a strong deck to verse. No major plays were made really, just was constantly beat down for each of the three games. Lost game one to a barrage of Lightning Bolt, Boros Charm and Atarka's Command.

Round 4: Puresteel paladin 2-0

This round was against a notoriously bad sport and deck stacker at my local game store. The deck involved using Puresteel Paladin, 0-drop artefacts and Inkmoth Nexus combined with Cranial Plating. An annoying deck, but I took game one with a solid suite of removal and horde damage. Game 2 was a turn-2 scoop by him because I shuffled his deck after he fetched. I can only assume I ruined a solid stack and he conceded.

Overall, the deck did pretty solid, though suffered a bit of flooding, which was unfortunate. The sideboard needs heavy work, and I definitely need some Stony Silence in there. I've always debated the use of Blood Artist over Zulaport Cutthroat, but the issue is still in testing.

Finally, running 2 Kolaghan's Command was definitely a good idea, as it is just a damn useful card.

2 FNMs, Gameday, and Changes

Cameron2394, 9 years ago

FNM 10/16: Went 2-2-1. Had a couple of good matches where the deck worked well. Then had a couple bad ones where mana could not be found for some reason. Atarka is hard to beat.

FNM 10/23: Went 2-2. Pretty much the same as the 16th. I had two rounds that went great. I had all the removal for their creatures and got my threats out. Other games were against Atarka, again, and lost these.

Gameday: 2-2. This deck likes to go even for some reason. I lost to Atarka and G/W get tons of +1/+1 counters with Citadel Siege. If I could have removed the enchantment I would have been fine, but I didn't have any answers to it. Utter End might replace Stasis Snare. I won against B/U Eldrazi and a Sphinx's Tutelage deck fairly easily. At least I got the promo Radiant Flames

Sorry about the lack of details in the FNMs. Finally got around to making a complete description and update tonight.

Add/Drop:

+2 Drana, Liberator of Malakir +1 Swamp -3 Gurmag Angler

I need to get at least one more Monastery Mentor, but no one at my LGS has any. Looks like I'll have to order them at some point..

sideboard revamp

Aric_Haldan, 9 years ago

I reorganized the sideboard to put in some more creatures. I removed 2 Scatter to the Winds (because I already have plenty of counter cards) and 2 Roast (because the deck already has some ways to deal with larger creatures f.e. counter cards or Icefall Regent). I added 2 Bounding Krasis in order to have some early creatures that can be played after you're sure that you won't be needing the mana for counter-cards/removal and 2 Temur Acendancy? in order to side in against sorcery removal like Ruinous Path and get some card advantage to grind out the game.

1000 Views!

Traxym, 9 years ago

Corny... I know... but its my first deck with 1000+ Views, thanks all! :)

Ver 1.1

tiltstern, 9 years ago

Valorous Stance isn't as useful as Feat of Resistance. Cut to 2x and move 1 to SB. Surge of Righteousness is needed vs Atarka Red. Den Protector is slow, better on sideboard. Moving out for now. Move Inspired Call to sideboard as well. Only needed for slow matchups. Citadel Siege is GREAT as 1-of. Undergrowth Champion was OK, not as great if you can't get Landfall right away. Trying 2x but skeptical. Interested in trying CoCo but worried about 6x X-cost creatures making deck too dilute for this. Holding off for now. Trying 1x Evolutionary Leap for more card advantage. Doesn't have x-cost problem. Going to 4x Wooded Foothills. Can fetch Canopy Vista and enables possible red splash. Only Atarka Red, Jeskai Black, and Abzan/GW Megamorph in meta. Streamline.

I could use some help

Chefjohntodd, 9 years ago

Give me some ideas please. I got smacked around at fnm last week and since then added 2 negates. Got sick of loosing enchantments

landpirate123, 9 years ago

Changed the deck up.

spiritwolf13, 9 years ago

Now going more delvy focused, with keeping the counterspell count higher because of the high presence of storm and kiki combos.

-2 +2 Cryptic Command

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

-1 Celestial Colonnade, +1 Plains

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

Not really consistent and not my idea of a land I want.

-4 Scry Lands +4 Hallowed Fountain

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

Lots of criticism from Reddit to do this lol.

-2 Ojutai's Command, +2 Cryptic Command

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

-2 Banishing Light +2 Detention Sphere

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

Kind of minorly superior.

-1 PLA, -1 Arcanis, +2 Snapcaster Mage

Hoodlem, 9 years ago

Pearl lake ancient isn't a card I wanna draw early on, and arcanis is to expensive and inconsistent.

JackSlack, 9 years ago

Have since concluded others at my FNM were right and I was wrong.

LittleGizmo, 9 years ago

This deck became a 4-color rally. 4 Color Rally