Collected Melira (Back after 6 Months)

Modern* OpenFire

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Updates and Testing —Nov. 30, 2014

So my local scene doesn't host any Modern tournaments, so I can only play against my friends. For a while the only decks I could play against were Dredgevine and Soul Sisters, but some of my friends are now building Affinity, Death & Taxes, U Tron, and Skred. So pretty soon (probably by January) I'll have matchup breakdowns for those. Also I'll be taking this to some PTQs once I finish the deck and get more fetches for it.

So deck. Wow. Such podding. Much value.

April 7, 2014 6:28 p.m.

safearus says... #2

Another consideration would be adding Dryad Arbor and Cartel Aristocrat . The Dryad let's you pod to Viscera Seer and the aristocrat allows you to have a sac outlet in the 2 cmc slot.

:)

May 31, 2014 2:31 p.m.

OpenFire says... #3

I was actually planning to add in the Dryad Arbor , thanks for reminding me. I'm not sure how good Cartel Aristocrat is but I have some laying around, I'll try that out. Do you have a good suggestion for a replacement to Noble Hierarch for someone on a budget? I want more than 4 mana dorks.

May 31, 2014 3:19 p.m.

safearus says... #4

That's hard to say unless you don't mind them in the 2 cmc slot. The 1 cmc slot doesn't happen to have any more dorks that produce multiple colors I'm aware of. But there is always Sylvan Caryatid

May 31, 2014 7:12 p.m.

OpenFire says... #5

Yeah, I'll try that out.

May 31, 2014 9:32 p.m.

Lbishop says... #6

If you can't afford the Hierarchs, Avacyn's Pilgrim is the next best thing.

June 11, 2014 11:11 p.m.

OpenFire says... #7

Duly noted.

June 14, 2014 11:48 a.m.

SaumusThe3rd says... #8

On lands, have you considered Treetop Village or possibly Stirring Wildwood or Spawning Pool ? :)

July 3, 2014 10:46 p.m.

OpenFire says... #9

Manlands aren't that useful here.

July 3, 2014 10:54 p.m.

TrevHulkC says... #10

Wall of Roots is a better choice than the Sylvan Caryatid here. It can be used on the turn it enters and is a bigger blocker. Wild Nacatl can't kill Wall of Roots on turn 2, unlike Sylvan Caryatid . It also plays well with Chord of Calling

Gavony Township is useful for resetting your persist creatures if you've lost Melira or haven't got her out yet (the +1/+1 counters it drops cancel out the -1/-1 counters from persist).

Sun Titan can add all kinds of value to this deck, particularly in combination with Eternal Witness .

July 12, 2014 9:17 p.m.

OpenFire says... #11

I'm not playing the Sylvan Caryatid , it was just an idea I passed around. I was planning on adding in Wall of Roots , I'm just not sure what to take out (not one of the manadorks). I might add in Sun Titan because I often find (in playtesting, with the current Voice-less and Chord-less deck) that I need a non-combo way to close out games. And I will get my hands on some Townships.

July 17, 2014 10:37 a.m.

TrevHulkC says... #12

I'd suggest dropping one of your Murderous Redcap , the Shriekmaw (should be a sideboard option) and Orzhov Pontiff (sideboard, it's mostly good for the mirror only)

3x Wall of Roots in

July 17, 2014 12:54 p.m.

OpenFire says... #13

The Pontiff puts in too much work for me to cut, but that might be because of the friends I have who play Modern ( a Soul Sisters list and a Dredgevine list).

July 17, 2014 4:17 p.m.