Armageddon & Taxes
Modern
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Ikoria Updates! —May 19, 2020
MB:
-1 Ghost Quarter, +1 Razorverge Thicket
-1 Knight of Autumn, +1 Scavenging Ooze
SB:
-1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar, +1 Knight of Autumn
I decided to cut a GQ for another GW source in the main because it made mana awkward a few too many times for my taste in testing and GQ + Leonin Arbiter taxes aren't really a focus of the deck anyways. The Knight of Autumn in the main made way for Scavenging Ooze due to the heavy presence of Lurrus decks in Modern.
I kind of redid the entire sideboard since my last update, but to keep things consistent I'm just gonna say I cut a big Thalia to make room for the Knight that was in the main (you want at least 2 of them in the 75 at all times). I am currently testing a sideboard with a couple Veil of Summer to hedge against all the midrange/Lurrus stuff going on, but I'm having trouble finding which of the other sideboard cards are safe to cut. Right now, I've dropped a Collector Ouphe and an Eidolon of Rhetoric to fit them in, but the deck's honestly hurting over the loss of Eidolon so I think that was wrong of me.
I've been keeping a match log for all of my matches with this deck in the league I'm playing in, so stay tuned for a big results update!
Sorin_Markov_1947 says... #2
Norn's Annex is an awesome card to put in any taxes deck, particularly if you're post-apocalypse and your opponent isn't playing white. Crucible of Worlds would also find a nice place in this deck. Maybe not in place of Ramunap Excavator , but in 1-2 in addition would regulate it in the deck. Maybe replace Giver of Runes or have it in the sideboard?
September 13, 2019 8 p.m.
Goofydat I'll try it out, but unlike UW this deck does need to apply pressure with creature damage, so I don't think it'll be as good as Windborn Muse .
Sorin_Markov_1947 The problem with Norn's Annex is that it fails you when you need it most; if you've killed all lands but your opponent has a full board of creatures, they can still attack with them by paying life (and you don't deal much damage early on, so they'll have a lot of it) and then you'll be in a tough spot with no board presence to race with, no way to create board pressure since all your lands are gone, and a low life total. Ghostly Prison is just straight up better since they can't get around paying mana for it.
I've tested with Crucible and didn't like it. This deck's weakness lies in its ability to stay alive long enough to pull off the combo, and Crucible does next to nothing to help with that issue. Also, playing lands from the graveyard isn't completely necessary to win, so cards that help keep you alive end up being more valuable.
September 13, 2019 9:16 p.m.
Luckybastard86 says... #4
Trinisphere + indestructible lands? Use artifact ramp? Go mono white?
January 31, 2020 2:30 a.m.
All good ideas, I'd probably make that a whole different deck though. An artifact based Kirin combo with stuff like Thorn of Amethyst and Lodestone Golem and Ethersworn Canonist would be cool, maybe have Karn+Liquimetal Coating to lock their lands completely.
Goofydat says... #1
Have you seen Magus of the Moat ? It completely locks down most decks but you can still attack with your fliers. I have used it in my control/ prison deck
U/W Control
Modern Goofydat
SCORE: 3 | 11 COMMENTS | 119 VIEWS
and it works great.
September 5, 2019 12:34 p.m.