This is really tough. I had to scoop against it twice in a row. I could have played them out but it would have been pointless just dragging out the inevitable.

Thanks Quadsimotto! I've been playing around with it a bit lately and this seems to be the most consistent setup so far.

Is there a reason for City of Brass over Mana Confluence, besides price point?

Nope. That's about it. I own the actual deck and don't feel Mana Confluence is worth 10 a pop.

Not to mention the benefit of one over the other is pretty minimal. If City of Brass hurt me when it was snagged by Primeval Titan and Mana Confluence didn't I might consider switching.. But the cost/benefit just doesn't match up currently.

Love the deck, but I feel it is a really bad mach-up against hate-bears. This deck just falls over to Qasali Pridemage , Suppression Field , and Linvala, Keeper of Silence . Maybe 3-4 Path to Exile could be main-boarded?

Thanks Scorprix Yes, it will definitely be vulnerable to certain matchups. Its why I'm running 5 cards that can remove permanents. Path to Exile is there in the sideboard if I am having particular trouble with certain creatures, but otherwise I prefer to have the versatility of Oblivion Ring and Cyclonic Rift as they can target any non-land permanent that is giving me trouble. With the ramp, mana generally isn't an issue. But, yes if I am suddenly up against a deck that is running creatures that thwart my combo, Path to Exile can be easily sideboarded in.

To assure a T3-T5 win why not add another Birds of Paradise for ramp and Bloom Tender . You could substitute these in for 2xOblivion Ring ?

Hey 40cal Bloom Tender doesn't always get me what I need. Often I can have infinite green mana and nothing to do with it. So running a 3OF rather than a 4OF seems to work best. Also, given the fact that the deck is vulnerable to combo killing permanents like Pithing Needle and the like, its good to run a fair amount of solutions to those threats which Oblivion Ring as the "swiss army knife of removal" provides in spades.

I see do you think you could create this deck for casual?

Swords to Plowshares subsituted in for Oblivion Ring 1 drop versus a 3 drop and this decks wincon is mainly infinite combos so no matter if they get a little bit of life.

Swords doesn't feel with threats like Pithing Needle unfortunately.

*deal rather.

Need the ability to remove artifacts and enchantment combo hate.

Wall of Denial is a great 3 drop defender.

Also Perimeter Captain ends up filling a similar role as attack deterrent at a much lower CMC, as an opponent doesn't want to watch me gain a bunch of life using multiple defenders to block one creature.

For sideboard Path to Exile sub for Swords to Plowshares since they dont get a land and this deck runs on infinite combo so little bit of life wont do much.

@ 40cal StP isn't Modern legal, broman.

If it were though... Path would cease to be a thing. :)

Wow this is a fantastic deck, I love the synergy and the combos. I did some playtesting against my Modern decks, Big Boss Krenko and Affinity Dudes, and I would run over you before you got set up about 4 out of every 5 games. There were those one games where you'd combo off by turn 4 or 5 or so and there was nothing I could do about it, but if I got a decent hand I'd flatten you before you could get even a second defender out. Not to belittle your deck by any means, you definitely know what you're doing. Just a heads up that blitz aggro might be really tough in a tournament. I'm afraid I have no suggestions though, I'm just getting into Modern so I apologize. All I can think of would be like a Circle of Flame in the sideboard. I'm sure there's better options but if you had one of those on the field against my Goblins, I would have been considerably slower.

Hey CrovaxTheCursed thanks for the feedback! I had pulled Story Circle from the sideboard but I guess I need to put it back. Both your decks seem awesome. Welcome to Modern! :)

I have added Circle of Flame as well as readded Story Circle will continue to play with the sideboard to deal with Blitz Aggro. Thanks!

Ah, Story Circle is nice, never seen that before. It may not be too effective against the goblins since you'd have to leave 5-8 white mana open to stop all my dudes each turn, but definitely can shut down a Voltron style player, excellent sideboard option. Which just got me thinking, Wall of Essence would really slow me down too as well as Perimeter Captain . Again, I'm not sure how viable those are in Modern, but certainly hinders aggro in Standard. Oh and Jdvanliew I would be more than happy to critique your deck if you like. I believe I have commented on that deck before, the title looks familiar.

Yep already run two Perimeter Captain in the main board but will consider adding two to the sideboard as I own a playset. May be the most viable solution.