Budget Tron

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Posted on April 5, 2018, 11:36 p.m. by colton815

so i'm thinkin of building Gx Tron as my next modern deck, but i can't afford the normal bombs Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, Karn Liberated, Wurmcoil Engine, or Platinum Emperion. so i thought i'd find budget options.

Bane of Bala Ged seems to be the first obvious choice. its effect is like Annihilator 2 but better. Myr Battlesphere can hit for 12 total damage turn 4. or if i play 1 on turn 3, and a second on turn 4, the first can swing for as much as 22 total damage if i tap all 8 tokens plus the 2nd battlesphere. Steel Hellkite is an evasive beater and removal, while Banefire provides an uncounterable/unpreventable finisher.

opinions on these cards as budget options for GR Tron? if you have other suggestions, i'd prefer they be 8 mana or less. personally not comfortable with the idea of running cards beyond the range of the 3 urza lands plus 1 "normal" (only able to produce 1 mana) land. if i can assemble the urza lands turn 3 i want to be able to start droppin bombs right away.

heres the list i have so far:


Budget Tron

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Anteus3575 says... #3

Reality Smasher is really good, and only five mana, you could use Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger or Emrakul, the Promised End also since you are running red and green you might want to have a playset of Lightning Bolt Thought-Knot Seer is also amazing

April 6, 2018 9:36 a.m.

Will361405 says... #4

I would add a few basic lands to the deck to protect against various types of land destruction mostly forests for Blood Moon and Ghost Quarter effects. Maybe add in some removal such as Pyroclasm or Oblivion Stone or Firespout although if your meta isn't super creature heavy, then you could make do with just a few copies of Lightning Bolt

April 6, 2018 10:17 a.m.

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