Prime Wishes

Modern Combo Competitive Ramp Silver Bullet

Enral

Land (26)

• 1x Blast Zone
• 3x Breeding Pool
• 3x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Forest
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Steam Vents
• 2x Stomping Ground
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Waterlogged Grove
• 2x Wooded Foothills

Creature (14)

• 1x Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• 4x Fae of Wishes
• 4x Gilded Goose
• 4x Primeval Titan
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Farseek

Planeswalker (10)

• 4x Karn, the Great Creator
• 4x Oko, Thief of Crowns
• 2x Wrenn and Six

Instant (6)

• 4x Once Upon a Time
• 2x Summoner's Pact

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Sideboard

Artifact (9)

• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Relic of Progenitus
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x Torpor Orb

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Vandalblast

Instant (3)

• 1x Summoner's Pact
• 2x Surgical Extraction

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Prime Wishes

The Deck

Prime Wishes is my new brew where is is primarily a ramp/mid-range deck build around Primeval Titan and Fae of Wishes / Karn, the Great Creator to have a better early game interaction to lay the foundation for a better mid to late game. Karn, the Great Creator is great against the artifact combo decks that are running rampant in the modern meta right now. Unlike other titan builds that aims to combo off as fast as possible, this deck leans towards a more mid-range/disruption approach to shore up win % against the modern metagame. The best thing about this titan build is that it puts pressure on the board as early as turn 2 and can escalate quickly out of hand by turn 4/5 on several different axis if left unanswered. Imagine the following scenario:

• Turn 1 land into Gilded Goose ,
• Turn 2 land into Oko, Thief of Crowns ,
• Turn 3 land into Karn, the Great Creator tutoring for Liquimetal Coating ,
• Turn 4 play Castle Garenbrig into Primeval Titan fetching Field of the Dead and Blast Zone
• Next turn will start destroying opponent's land with Karn, the Great Creator + Liquimetal Coating while presenting a clock with zombie armies + Primeval Titan + Oko's elk tokens

This is a nightmare scenario for my opponent that isn't too uncommon to pull off with this deck. Another early game disruption that can come down by turn 3 is to Fae of Wishes into Surgical Extraction . There are so many different lines of play, redundancies, and disruption build into this deck that it will make my opponent fight hard for a win.

Oko, Thief of Crowns really changes the modern landscape in a way that is exciting to brewers like me. In my opinion, he is the missing piece for temur decks to finally have a chance to be truly competitive in modern. He can come down as early as turn 2 with Gilded Goose as a catch-all answer to threats early game and double down as a clock with elk tokens. Karn, the Great Creator goes really well with Oko, Thief of Crowns as his wish targets like Liquimetal Coating can open up additional lines with Oko's elk ability. Wrenn and Six is another great walker for the deck as he ensures that I will get that consistent land drop per turn as well as turning fetchlands into discard fodder for Fae of Wishes 's bounce ability. Tooth and Nail gives me inevitability to win the game on the spot with Emrakul, the Aeons Torn + Xenagos, God of Revels .

Why Prime Wishes Over Other Titan Builds?

Amulet Titan is still the best primeval titan deck with proven high win percentages but it is one of the most skill intensive decks to pilot and punishes inexperienced players for misplays. Titan Shift is another great primeval titan deck that is more straightforward and less skill intensive. Both decks have a weakness towards disruption/aggro strategies like Death Shadow which Prime Fires does not. Prime Fires also has a better early game interaction via Oko, Thief of Crowns and Karn, the Great Creator / Fae of Wishes . The other advantage is that this deck has a more favorable matchup against Burn/Aggro with Gilded Goose and Oko, Thief of Crowns .

Prime Strategy

Deck's Anatomy

The deck anatomy is broken up into 3 sections. Pre-prime time (early game), prime time (mid game), and post-prime time (late game).

• Pre-Prime Time (turns 1 to 3): Once Upon a Time , Farseek , Gilded Goose , Wrenn and Six , Oko, Thief of Crowns , Fae of Wishes , and Karn, the Great Creator . I would call these cards the most important foundation/linchpin of the deck which allow me to ramp, disrupt, and develop early game aggression/defense before getting Primeval Titan into play. Turn 2 Oko or turn 3 Karn can delay our opponent by a few turns depending on the matchup. Fae of Wishes can wish out early game interaction like Surgical Extraction and provide a relevant body to stifle early game aggression (like Goblin Guide ). Since this deck is designed to be ramp/mid-range first and combo second, getting this early game setup is crucial to the success of the deck.

• Prime Time (turns 4 to 6): Getting Primeval Titan out by the latest of turn 6 is what this deck wants to do by mid game. This deck has the capability to cast Primeval Titan as early as turn 3 (forest-> Gilded Goose , Castle Garenbrig -> Farseek , and land-> Primeval Titan ). Depending on the matchup and what's in play, tutoring for Field of the Dead + Blast Zone or the tron lands is a typical line of play. Getting a Vesuva to copy either FOTD or Urza's Tower can lead to a zombie army swarm or enable a looming Emrakul, the Aeons Torn / Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice lock depending on the context of the battlefield and matchup.

• Post-Prime Time (turn 7 and beyond): You should have at least 8 to 9 mana available right now. Tron lands assembled can provide an easy path to a same turn wish into entwined Tooth and Nail for Emrakul + Xenagos or Karn + Lattice lock.

Notable Card Choices

• The inclusion of each tron land is intentional. This is to provide me the option to either power out a Karn + Lattice combo after tutoring them out with prime time or lets me hard cast or resolve an entwined Tooth and Nail easily mid game. The tron lands are just a backup plan that acts as a steroid for the deck so it isn't important if it is broken up.

• The inclusion of Emrakul, the Aeons Torn as a finisher can be critiqued as being slower than its valakut or amulet variant. However this deck isn't designed to be combo first but rather a mid-range strategy with a combo finisher. This makes Emrakul so much better as it can steal games if I get a an early prime time into tron lands assembled to either hard cast or cheat it in via Tooth and Nail . The deck also has a faster win con via Karn, the Great Creator + Mycosynth Lattice lock. Having different victory paths is important to reduce the failure rate of the deck if one piece gets shut off.

• Xenagos, God of Revels is needed in order to give Emrakul haste and 30 power (for instant kill) via an entwined Tooth and Nail . It can also be easily hardcasted to give a surprise 12 power hasted Primeval Titan .

Prime Combos

• Mycosynth Lattice / Liquimetal Coating + Oko, Thief of Crowns = Oko can basically turn any of your opponent's permanents into elks.

• Wrenn and Six + Fae of Wishes = W6 can bring a fetchland back as a discard fodder to bounce fae back to hand.

• Emrakul, the Aeons Torn + Fae of Wishes = Have the ability to save your graveyard from being exiled by discarding Emrakul to fae's bounce ability.

• Mycosynth Lattice / Liquimetal Coating + Karn, the Great Creator = Lock out opponent from casting spell with lattice or land/0 cmc artifact destruction with coating.

• Relic of Progenitus + Karn, the Great Creator = Ability to get any artifact back to hand by exiling it. It can exile itself for constant graveyard exile or exile an Engineered Explosives to get it back constantly.

• Mycosynth Lattice + Vandalblast = Destroy every opponent's permanents with its overloaded cast.

Prime Sideboard

I've designed the sideboard in three categories: answers, utility, and win condition. This works pretty well and shore up % in historically unwinnable matches. The sideboard is currently being tested and tweaked.

Answers

• Anger of the Gods : Primarily to answer dredge or any graveyard aggro based strategies.
• Torpor Orb : Great against a large number of decks.
• Chalice of the Void : Great against a plethora of lean decks running a bunch of similar cmc cards.
• Chromatic Lantern : Answers Blood Moon effects.
• Damping Sphere : Great against tron and amulet titan.
• Engineered Explosives : Takes care of go wide strategies.
• Relic of Progenitus : Doubles as both graveyard hate and artifact recursion engine for Karn's -2.
• Sorcerous Spyglass : Self explanatory. Answers a plethora of problematic permanents like planeswalkers.
• Vandalblast : Fast answer for a critical artifact and also a total blow out for artifact strategies who over commits.
• Surgical Extraction : First interaction as early as turn 3 with Fae of Wishes to remove a key piece from the deck or peek at opponent's hand.

Utility

• Liquimetal Coating : The synergy with Karn, the Great Creator and Oko, Thief of Crowns is unreal. Karn kills lands or 0 cmc permanents and Oko turns any problematic permanent into elks.
• Mycosynth Lattice : Instant win with Karn, the Great Creator and turns everything into an elk-able permanent with Oko, Thief of Crowns .
• Chromatic Lantern : Can be wished for early game to help with mana fixing.
• Summoner's Pact : Tutors for Primeval Titan .

Win Condition

• Tooth and Nail : Puts Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and Xenagos, God of Revels into play and attack immediately for lethal.
• Mycosynth Lattice : Instant win with Karn, the Great Creator by locking out my opponent from ever casting any spells.

Top Ranked	Achieved #5 position overall 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern 4 years ago
Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 3 Mythic Rares 37 - 7 Rares 0 - 5 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Elk 3/3 G, Emblem Wrenn and Six, Food, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	My Modern Brews, Cool ideas, Competitive Decks, Modern, Modern, Cool Ideas, Test, Ideas