We are the Borg.
Modern*
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Replaced some stuff —May 23, 2015
Replaced Suture priest with soul warden. and added 2 duress and removed 2 despise
Elspeth, Sun's Champion is fine for my casual meta. I do get up to 6 mana often enough since the decks in my meta are nowhere near tier one. My meta is actually pretty enchantment heavy, so mortify needs to stay mainboarded, and I'm not fond of the double phyrexian of Dismember. Devouring Light can also be cast when I'm tapped out, and even creatures with summoning sickness can be used to convoke. So, it has excellent synergy with intangible virtue and spectral procession. I am looking for a replacement for Suture Priest though. Something with CMC =1 would be ideal, though I do like having my opponents lose life whenever they play creatures. I am currently looking at Soul Warden. Thoughts?
May 15, 2015 6:40 p.m.
ojmandias, not that the lifegain is even necessary, but both Soul Warden and Soul's Attendant are fine for gaining you life.
May 15, 2015 6:45 p.m.
Gaining life isn't all that important overall though. You really want to be playing a hand disruption card on turn one.
May 15, 2015 10:55 p.m.
Heavystorm274 says... #5
I agree with xzzane. Hand disruption is a must, especially since you don't want to see someone dropping Pyroclasm or some other ridiculous mass removal. I would max out on Duress and add Tidehollow Sculler. To be safe, I would also include Dismember and maybe even Mana Tithe to handle extra threats.
May 16, 2015 9:50 p.m.
Heavystorm274 says... #6
Disregard what I said about Dismember. I was stupid and just read your first comment.
May 16, 2015 9:52 p.m.
Don't add Mana Tithe, much better choices out there for the deck.
May 16, 2015 10:01 p.m.
Mana Tithe is unique. It might not always work, but when it does it works well.
May 17, 2015 7:37 a.m.
Unique does not equate good. There are far better cards for bw tokens that are useful at all times.
May 17, 2015 11:21 a.m.
Urborg is a bad idea. We done need that level of Mana fixing and you'll end up helping your opponent more in cases like abzan.
May 22, 2015 9:02 a.m.
It goes with the name so well though. Also, not having to crack your fetches because they can tap for mana is nice. Not even considering fetching shocks is nice, because a basic plains will do with urborg.
May 22, 2015 1:17 p.m.
Sory for commenting so late.
@ xzzane - Hand Disruption is important, but I feel like the 6 slots I have budgeted already seems enough. Currently they are also my only one drops as well, so I generally get one out. I don't want to add more because after the first three or four turns, hand disruption is a terrible top deck. I'd much rather have a creature, token generator, or Elspeth.
@Heavystorm274 Same thing goes to you about hand disruption, and as for Mana Tithe, I don't think its a good fit for this type of deck. A counterspell is a terrible topdeck in this build, and mana tithe is a pretty shitty one. Its only useful in the first 2 or 3 turns where I'd much rather be using my mana to build up on my own tokens & enchantments.
@ perseus1718 Secure the Wastes isn't that good early game and late game isn't that great until I have >5 mana out. Then it gets pretty good. It might be alright as a 1 or 2 of, but the high mana slot I've filled with Elspeth. So I don't think I'm going to include.
Thanks for your suggestions!
xzzane says... #1
Take out Elspeth, Sun's Champion. It's no good for modern. You should also be running a minimum of 23 lands. There are better options than Suture Priest as well. For removal, Dismember is both very good and very cheap. Take out Devouring Light and Mortify.
May 15, 2015 2:44 p.m.