The Trollflayer

Modern Double strike Haste Hexproof

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Creature (29)

• 2x Adult Gold Dragon
• 2x Banehound
• 2x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Cragplate Baloth
• 2x Drogskol Reaver
• 2x Ghor-Clan Rampager
• 4x Lotleth Troll
• 2x Slippery Bogle
• 4x Soulflayer
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 3x Samut, Voice of Dissent
• 3x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Land (19)

• 1x Forest
• 2x Swamp
• 2x Blood Crypt
• 3x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 4x Verdant Catacombs
• 2x Wooded Foothills

Instant (6)

• 2x Grapple with the Past
• 4x Grisly Salvage

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Gather the Pack
• 2x Traverse the Ulvenwald

Artifact (2)

• 2x Mishra's Bauble

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Sideboard

Sorcery (4)

• 2x Collective Brutality
• 2x Thoughtseize

Instant (1)

• 1x Abrupt Decay

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity

Artifact (5)

• 3x Chalice of the Void
• 2x Damping Sphere

Creature (3)

• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 2x Endurance

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 2x Spellskite
• 2x Stinkweed Imp
• 2x Willow Geist
• 2x Chromanticore
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger

Instant (2)

• 2x Force of Negation

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Glimpse the Unthinkable

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I built Chromantiflayer for Theros-Khans Standard block and had so much fun that I want to bring it to modern, of course, with a modern twist.

The entire point is to discard or self-mill as many creatures with abilities that Soulflayer can absorb as fast as possible and swing with the biggest turn 3 (?) Soulflayer possible. Lotleth Troll is an enabler for Soulflayer, but due to the Troll's ability, it is VERY easy to pump the troll as well, allowing (in a good case scenario) a big troll and scary flayer swinging for near lethal by turn 4. I've had pretty good luck with consistent results and big swings by as soon as turn 3, but I want to make this as strong as I can. It's a work in progress so let me know if you have any suggestions.

Edit: I'm considering adding blue for more productive self mill and countermagic to protect my wincon. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Top Ranked	Achieved #58 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #2 position in Modern Haste 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 2 Mythic Rares 30 - 5 Rares 8 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.49