Borderpost Restore Balance

Modern Cascade Exile Suspend

thegreatgodloki

Land (11)

• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 4x Terramorphic Expanse

Planeswalker (5)

• 2x Gideon of the Trials
• 3x Nahiri, the Harbinger

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Restore Balance

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Ardent Plea
• 2x As Foretold
• 2x Detention Sphere
• 2x Monastery Siege

Instant (12)

• 4x Dismember
• 4x Supreme Will
• 4x Violent Outburst

Artifact (14)

• 2x Bow of Nylea
• 4x Fieldmist Borderpost
• 4x Firewild Borderpost
• 4x Wildfield Borderpost

Creature (4)

• 1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• 3x Greater Gargadon

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 3x Ravenous Trap
• 2x Ricochet Trap
• 3x Wear / Tear

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Blood Moon
• 2x Imprisoned in the Moon

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Anger of the Gods

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Perfectly balanced as all things should be

-- Thanos

My first official modern deck. I had this built years ago when I was attending community college back in the early 2010s. Back before Hammer time, companions, and when Hollow One was the new kid on the block touting Goblin Lore as the unknown powerhouse. I built Restore Balance whether it was due to money constraints, the weird unorthodox win condition, or using a handful of weird cards I loved it. Then Affinity became super good and I found out Borderposts don't like Artifact removal. I soon shelved this deck and built my Mono Green Stompy.

However, I rediscovered this deck in my closet looking for something, and a wave of nostalgia hit me.

The Why

With decks switching gears to battle creatures and combo, Artifact hate has dwindled leaving our vulnerable mana base to be safe.

A lot of decks simply don't have the tools to deal with a weird board wipe, and even the decks that prepare for Living End and Crashing Footfalls are more prepared with anti-creature tools than board wipe recovery.

Combine that with next to no creatures so popular cards like Fury have no targets when they enter give us a very weird angle of anti-metaness.

The How

With the banning of Simian Spirit Guide the deck just lost out on a T2 Balance. Our basic line of play is usually,

Turn One: Land + Post.
Turn Two: Land + Post.
Turn Three: Land + Post/Cascade Effect.

One Restore Balance is enough to make the opponent reconsider and have to rebuild.

The Infinity Gauntlet

4 Restore Balance
Armageddon, Mind Twist, and Wrath of God all rolled into one beautiful card. While the card is called Balance we intended to break it using Greater Gargadon and Borderposts to skirt our lands and creatures. We also fair very well in todays meta of Creatures now that Lurrus of the Dream-Den was banned a while back.

The Enchantments

4 Ardent Plea
A good secondary effect when you're either out of Violent Outburst or haven't drawn any.

2 As Foretold
I loved this card when it first dropped. A new way to cast bricked Restore Balance In your hand and scales forever to give free spells

2 Bow of Nylea
I mainly put this card in as a way to recycle Restore Balances that got stuck there before I could get Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in my graveyard. But over time, found every form was very useful. Need to kill delver? Bow has you. Need to gain some life to stabilize against aggro? Bow has you.

2 Detention Sphere
This is my catch-all against popular decks that Restore Balance couldn't deal with. Back when Boggles was the thing, this helped deal with auras until I could remove the problem creature

2 Monastery Siege
Back in the days, before I could afford Leyline of Sanctity, this was my go to and still is. The (2) additional mana protection helped win a few games against RDW/Straight Burn and protected my fragile borderposts. If I ever found myself not needing protection the cycling effect helped power through my deck to find answers I needed.

The Instants

4 Violent Outburst
The original Cascade card is cheap, effective, and at instant speed opponents never know when it's coming.

4 Dismember
The new addition since Simian Spirit Guide was banned, also gives my deck some additional tools against now popular creatures not seen since I originally made this deck. (Looking at you Ragavan and MH2 Elementals)

4 Supreme Will
One of my favorite additions to this deck. A great counterspell against anything problematic or a great dig 4 spells to find an answer. The fact you never have to reveal what you find is such a great tool.

The Creatures

3 Greater Gargadon
The beat stick to end all sticks. Too beefy to Fury, too costly to Fatal Push, and gives us an edge when we cast Restore Balance.

1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
The win of the deck when paired with Nahiri, the Harbinger. Also, a great way to reset our GY when she enters the GY.

The Planeswalkers

3 Nahiri, the Harbinger
The partner to Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, but also acts as a solid draw effect and removal

2 Gideon of the Trials
How do you get around the creature-heavy removal format? Play a card that becomes Indestructible. Besides becoming a 4/4, he prevents any powerful thing from dealing damage and also gives a fantastic emblem that requires him to die taking damage off of my face and giving me some breathing room

The Sideboard

3 Anger of the Gods
Tokens, aggro, wide boards. Anger has me covered!

2 Blood Moon
I originally played this to stop Tron, but since 5cc Domain aggro decks have surfaced, this is beginning to look a lot better now

2 Imprisoned in the Moon
Need to "stop" tron? Throw off a 5cc deck? Stop a pesky creature? Stop a pesky planeswalker? This weird little card has you covered. I've long debated putting it in my mainboard, but its more useful Game 2 if I need it.

3 Ravenous Trap
My only really way to deal with Dredge, Living End, and any other decks that do that GY stuff

2 Ricochet Trap
My protection from spells. Since a lot of xU decks run cards like Spell Snare, Spell Pierce, and even Force of Negation become a tad sad when I hold this up to target something else.

3 Wear / Tear
A great and cheap, removal spell.

Change Log History

Change Log: 3.26.23 Show

Out:
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Cast Out

In:
4 Dismember
2 Detention Sphere

Simian Spirit Guide
For obvious reasons that need no explaining as to why he's been removed. He'll be missed, but adding in Dismember will help bring more removal to a creature-heavy environment.

Cast Out
With how fast the meta is 4 mana is super slow. Detention Sphere, while not having flash, removes more bulk at once and is cheaper.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 10 Rares 12 - 5 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Emblem Gideon of the Trials
Folders	Modern Decks