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I feel like this deck needs more removal/counter spells, but I'm not sure if this is correct. I might also increase the black splash for hand disruption. I don't think Liliana of the Veil fits in this deck because double-black is a strain, but I'll consider her.

Elesh Norn > Emrakul because the former is actually castable.

Gideon is a flex slot. This slot could easily be Elspeth, Knight Errant or another counterspell.

Lingering Souls is incredible all around. Batterskull is very good except against Kolaghan's Command decks or decks with fatter dudes.

I think the Talismans are at home in this deck. They enable turn 3 Cryptic Command or Supreme Verdicts into turn 4 Batterskull or Lingering Souls + flashback. They also make activating Celestial Colonnade easier and hard casting Elesh Norn possible. I'm still optimizing the number of Talismans.

I would consider increasing the number of Talismans and maybe switching the finisher to Inkwell Leviathan to make Thirst for Knowledge viable in this deck. Currently, this deck doesn't have the space to enable this synergy.

I have no idea what the sideboard for this deck should look like, so I just listed a few strong candidates.

I'm not sure this deck wants 4 Celestial Colonnade. I'm also not sure Colonnade is better than Creeping Tar Pit.

I'm not convinced that ThopterSword combo would be good for this deck, but it could be. It would require cutting some counterspells for Muddle the Mixture and potentially cutting Batterskull + Gideon for the combo itself.

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Date added 7 years
Last updated 7 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

6 - 1 Mythic Rares

28 - 5 Rares

21 - 1 Uncommons

0 - 1 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.95
Tokens Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W
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