Eldritch StompoSaurus (V 3.0)
Modern
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Version 1.0 —Dec. 29, 2018
After some online playtesting it became glaringly obvious that the Eldritch Evolution + Allosaurus Rider
= Iona, Shield of Emeria (or Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite) is faaar from enough to win the game against control (due to stuff like bounce mode on Cryptic Command) & against tron.
To solve this issue, i molded the sideboard to allow me to transform into "mono" green stompy for game 2 & 3. As such a deck coupled with silver bullets like Gaddock Teeg has pretty good chances at beating the decks in question.
Changes:
Mainboard:
-2x Fauna Shaman
+2x Life's Legacy
Sideboard:
-1x Kor Firewalker
-1x Selfless Spirit
-1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
-1x Reclamation Sage
-1x Acidic Slime
+1x Thrun, the Last Troll
+1x Steel Leaf Champion
+1x Tireless Tracker
+1x Obstinate Baloth
+1x Mitotic Slime
+2x Life's Legacy
This allows me to take out the package of 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria & 4x Allosaurus Rider, and replace them with 1x Steel Leaf Champion, 1x Tireless Tracker, 1x Obstinate Baloth, 1x Mitotic Slime & 2x Life's Legacy. (and depending on the matchup some number of It of the Horrid Swarm & Voice of Resurgence may also exchange place)
I also found that the Fauna Shaman present in the craggawick cremator deck severely underpreformed my expectations. There is simply too much creature removal present in the format to allow it to survive, while counterspells are comparatively rare.
Thus Life's Legacy is a much safer choice to use, even if it doesn't tutor cards, refilling my hand with 5 cards drawn for 2 mana is not something i would ever complain about.
Rhonas the Indomitable is nice but is very weak to path, i don't have the inifinite mana that the vizier druid version of the deck created to pump anything beside it to have high enough power to enable him to do anything. Imho Selfless Spirit > Dauntless Escort... Eternal Witness > Saffi Eriksdotter/Renegade Rallier.
December 20, 2018 5 p.m.
Easy +1. You show a good sense of humor when you list it the budget hub. Maybe midrange?
December 20, 2018 9:19 p.m.
redbird97
Compared to UWx control and the like its dime a dozen.
Jokes aside, the prices displayed on this site are bogus, for example Noble Hierarch is ~35 euro at magiccardmarket.eu, not 60$. The full deck costs ~300 euro as it is.
Beside that its pretty easy to get budget replacements for lands & Noble Hierarch - which makes the deck ridiclously cheap in terms of modern. (i mean postage costs will be close to the cost of the cards)...
Icbrgr says... #1
personally i like your choices against control.
maybe Vengevine/Eternal Scourge could just be a bane for their recurring nature. Rhonas the Indomitable seems like its go nice as a nice beater thats indestructible. Saffi Eriksdotter seems like it has opportunity for some shenanigans in this outfit.... like somthing that is like Dauntless Escort/Renegade Rallier
December 20, 2018 1:39 p.m.