The Dragon Problem...

Modern DarkHero

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It seems a little too slow. Add Birds of Paradise , Sylvan Caryatid , other mana dorks. Good idea! +1

March 2, 2014 9:44 p.m.

DarkHero says... #2

Yeah I hadthe elf that lets you rampant growth when it dies but it was pointless. mana dorks would help

March 2, 2014 9:47 p.m.

You are quite wrong, what you have here is an amazing deck that could definitely see some serious play at a local modern tournament with a little fine tuning. You definitely need a little more ramp. Cultivate , Kodama's Reach , Growth Spasm and Birds of Paradise are great. The ramp also helps speed up the trigger on Dragonmaster Outcast and you can sac the birds and eldrazi token to a devourer later on. Speaking of devourers, Predator Dragon is an excellent one that ends games on the spot. But what are they to devour? Fists of Ironwood provides two devour fodder tokens and trample on a big beater such as Mycoloth or Xenagos, God of Revels . Eldrazi spawn can easily be produced in large quantities. Brood Birthing , Nest Invader , Emrakul's Hatcher and Kozilek's Predator can produce them in a decent quantity. If you find yourself needing to find a certain creature, Fauna Shaman is pretty awesome. Well, those are all my recommendations. I hope they were helpful. Awesome deck and +1!

March 2, 2014 9:53 p.m.

And I meant you were quite wrong to your original statement that this deck " is probably far too slow for competitive play".

March 2, 2014 10:01 p.m.

DarkHero says... #5

OmniscientPotato [haha wow thank you for the vote of confidence! I decided to cut Dragonmaster Outcast for the mana dorks, mostly because he is almost always going to get downed before 6 mana, he may come back or end up in the sideboard if I face a deck without a readied answer for him. I originally had Cultivate but cut it out for Rampant Growth thinking it would be faster, in modern I would hope that by turn 3 I'm confident with my mana base, not hoping for more. Fists of Ironwood is an old favorite of mine, I used to run a Jund Devour deck so I am fully aware of the fun to be had, just hard to fit enough in here along that line without taking away from the things that greater benefit Dragon Broodmother . Definitely really good suggestions though.

March 2, 2014 10:01 p.m.

Pardon any confusion.

March 2, 2014 10:02 p.m.

Are the Crucible of Fire really worth it now? Seeing as you took out the Dragonmaster Outcast s, your 3 Dragon Broodmother and your 2 Sarkhan Vol are your only source of dragons. Also, your curve is a little rough with too many 4 drops and not enough three drops. I think Growth Spasm could help a lot in this case. Again, real nice deck you've made here.

March 2, 2014 10:08 p.m.

DarkHero says... #8

well i guess was hoping you would implore me to cut birds or caryatid for dragonmasters. but yea at least i can see that have 3x of them is a little silly without them.

March 2, 2014 10:10 p.m.

DarkHero says... #9

actually yea there is the question...Birds of Paradise or Sylvan Caryatid ???

March 2, 2014 10:12 p.m.

The birds are preffered to the caryatid in this case, they're cheaper to play and with a deck like this, I doubt you would actually need to block with them.

March 2, 2014 10:14 p.m.

DarkHero says... #11

hows it looking now

March 2, 2014 10:25 p.m.

Better, much better. I do think it would be a good idea to drop at least 1 Asceticism for another Growth Spasm or Awakening Zone , though.

March 2, 2014 10:48 p.m.

SatakOz says... #13

I did something similar to this a while back. I used Scourge of Valkas to turn all the tokens Broodmother produced into burn spells.Also Utvara Hellkite might help, turn all your 1/1s into 6/6s just by attacking with them :)

March 3, 2014 11:19 a.m.

DarkHero says... #14

Yeah I contimplated both of those. Xenagos, God of Revels replaced Scourge of Valkas as a cheaper game winner, once the dragons start to show up it is basically game. And the idea behind Utvara Hellkite is good, but he is so expensive to hard cast I am almost relying on Elvish Piper to get him out, which sucks. The ramp is there sure, but there is only so much room in the deck.

March 3, 2014 11:26 a.m.

DarkHero says... #15

Basically both of those just add insult to injury when it comes to Dragon Broodmother she ends games on her own. Its like here I have 2 10/10 flying dragons...now you take 4 damaged for my 4 dragons being in play...and then when they attack I get 4 6/6 dragons, who then deal a ton more damage by entering and thats game. Amazing combo, but its kind of a shot in the dark to get them all in play.

March 3, 2014 11:30 a.m.

Ezrius says... #16

Doubling Season is pricier than Parallel Lives (in-game and out), but would do twice the work here since it would also double the amount of counters you'd be putting on with devour.

March 3, 2014 12:45 p.m.

Ezrius says... #17

Also, it would allow Sarkhan Vol to immediately crush face. Missed that. Too funny.

March 3, 2014 12:47 p.m.

DarkHero says... #18

yeah that is pretty crazy... didn't think about Doubling Season with planeswalkers. if i get my hands on a pair of them for whatever reason they will be a great addition.

March 3, 2014 5:59 p.m.

TreeCat says... #19

Doubling Season works with their starting loyalty but not activations, so he can ult immediately.

September 20, 2015 10:35 a.m.

DarkHero says... #20

TreeCat ahh I see. I miss understood the effect of Doubling Season on planeswalkers. That still works for me though.

September 20, 2015 2:37 p.m.

TreeCat says... #21

Evan better now, since you can ult him right away!

September 20, 2015 11:14 p.m.

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