Enduring Ideal Control

Modern Combo Control RW (Boros)

Gudmund

Land (24)

• 2x Battlefield Forge
• 4x Clifftop Retreat
• 12x Plains
• 2x Rugged Prairie
• 4x Sacred Foundry

Enchantment (13)

• 3x Blood Moon
• 1x Curse of Exhaustion
• 2x Form of the Dragon
• 2x Phyrexian Unlife
• 1x Possibility Storm
• 4x Suppression Field

Artifact (8)

• 4x Lotus Bloom
• 4x Pentad Prism

Instant (3)

• 3x Lightning Bolt

Sorcery (12)

• 4x Anger of the Gods
• 4x Enduring Ideal
• 1x Terminus
• 3x Wrath of God

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Sideboard

Enchantment (3)

• 2x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Oblivion Ring

Instant (10)

• 2x Path to Exile
• 4x Silence
• 4x Wear / Tear

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Obliterate
• 1x Terminus

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Welcome back to Enduring Ideal! I've been testing this build for several months now and it has surprisingly good matchups in the current meta.

Everyone loves fetch lands in modern, and many decks run fairly greedy manabases or have many lands that serve a purpose beyond just creating mana. Enter Blood Moon and Suppression Field in main. Many Modern decks will fold to Blood Moon singlehandedly, and Suppression Field seals the deal for many others: fetch lands now cost 2 to activate, planeswalker abilities cost 2 to activate, and it doesn't affect any cards we run. Affinity usually can't handle a turn 2 suppression field followed up by a board wipe like Anger of the Gods.

The primary goal here is to resolve an Enduring Ideal and fetch out Phyrexian Unlife and Form of the Dragon for the kill, or get Curse of Exhaustion and Possibility Storm for the lock (the latter pair prevents your opponent from casting spells for the rest of the game). If in the hands of a skilled pilot, the deck almost always wins if Enduring Ideal has been resolved; there's an out to almost every possible situation. My original version did include Dovescape, but I was less than impressed with that card because A) it lets creatures through, and B) the opponent can get value out of it as well, which we don't want. Very strong matchups againt creature-based decks (majority of the modern meta) and decent matchups against most control decks. No concern about Emrakul, the Aeons Torn since Tron can't cast anything after Blood Moon.

Overall, a fun and silly deck that has the potential spike a tournament if piloted well. One of my favorites. What are your thoughts?

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	36 - 6 Rares 12 - 9 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.59