Modern Prime Speaker Vannifar

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Posted on Jan. 7, 2019, 4:49 a.m. by smackjack

How well will new Pod do in Modern? Im brewing a list using kiki combo and Saheeli combo as wincons. It can combo turn 3 pretty consistently, if opponent has no removal of course (being easier to remove than Birthing Pod is a problem).

Combo 1


Turn 1: Birds of Paradise
Turn 2: Goblin Motivator / Saheeli Rai / Thousand-Year Elixir
Turn 3: Prime Speaker Vannifar
Goblin Motivator -> Scryb Ranger (return forest to untap Vannifar)
Scryb Ranger -> Pestermite (untap Vannifar)
Pestermite ->Breaching Hippocamp (untap Vannifar)
Breaching Hippocamp -> Zealous Conscripts (untap Vannifar)
Zealous Conscripts -> Sun Titan (return Pestermite, untap Vannifar)
Pestermite -> Felidar Guardian (bounce Sun Titan return Pestermite, untap Vannifar)
Felidar Guardian -> Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker copy Sun Titan (return Pestermite, untap Kiki)
Now you got infinite Pestermite with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker.

Combo 2


Turn 1: Birds of Paradise
Turn 2: Saheeli Rai
Turn 3: Prime Speaker Vannifar
Copy Prime Speaker Vannifar with Saheeli Rai keep the token with haste.
Birds of Paradise -> Scryb Ranger (return forest to untap Vannifar)
Scryb Ranger -> Pestermite (untap Vannifar)
Pestermite -> Felidar Guardian (bounce Saheeli Rai).
Now you got infinite Felidar Guardian with Saheeli Rai.


Heres my list:


Vannifar Modern

Modern* smackjack

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Boza says... #2

Isn't better to simply go t1 birds -> turn2 Saheeli -> t3 Felidar and win instantly? I mean you are adding a lot of cards that are quite superflous and have barely any use outside the combo (scryb ranger, motivator, hippocampus, sun titan)

Aether Vial seems like a better inclusion than vanifar.

January 7, 2019 8:42 a.m.

smackjack says... #3

Thats not as fun ;p.

You also have the possibility to play turn 2 Saheeli and turn 3 Felidar if you get the right cards. Vannifar basically makes the deck more consistent by adding 4 more creatures to activate the combo, and makes the deck less dependent on Saheeli by being able to assemble kiki combo turn 3 without her.

January 7, 2019 9:08 a.m.

APPLE01DOJ says... #4

Seems to me the old Pod routes with Persist creatures is far more effective.

January 7, 2019 10:27 a.m.

APPLE01DOJ says... #5

https://www.quietspeculation.com/2014/02/modern-deck-primer-playing-and-sideboarding-melira-pod/

Here's a good article on it and the desicions.

January 7, 2019 10:34 a.m.

Boza says... #6

Vannifar adds more than 4 creatures - besides the four mentioned, you would probably not play conscripts or guardian, nor vanifar herself, so it is more 8-10 cards total added, which is too much.

January 7, 2019 10:55 a.m.

smackjack says... #7

I cut the 2 Motivators and one Scryb ranger which gives me 3 open slots. Im considering cutting one Wall of Roots or the second Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (should i keep 2 kiki in case i draw one?). Any suggestions what to do with the 3-4 slots? I considered Path to Exile, but being a combo deck there is not many creatures i fear. I also considered some toolbox creatures, but i cant see why i would pod to a Reclamation Sage instead of the kiki combo.

Any suggestions?

January 8, 2019 4:10 a.m.

Boza says... #8

Intruder Alarm is an idea to go for, since it allows you to combo anything with Kiki and works very well with the Vanifar.

January 8, 2019 4:31 a.m.

smackjack says... #9

Ive considered Intruder Alarm, I actually bought 3 the second Vannifar was spoiled. But since my creatures does the untapping already it feels overkill. One way to go would be to replace the untap creatures with better creatures and rely on Alarm for the combo, but that adds one card to the combo, and makes it impossible to combo turn 3 (without simic guide).

With Intruder Alarm + Prime Speaker Vannifar Glen Elendra Archmage pods to both Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts

January 8, 2019 5:19 a.m. Edited.

smackjack says... #10

Another interesting way to go would be:
Turn 1: Birds of Paradise
Turn 2: Faithless Looting (discard Vannifar) + Goryo's Vengeance (return Vannifar).

This give you a hasty Vannifar turn 2, altho it requires you to have Birds of Paradise, Faithless Looting, Prime Speaker Vannifar and Goryo's Vengeance in your hand/loot.

January 8, 2019 5:31 a.m.

pufferbot says... #11

Wouldn't Scryb Ranger not work as it has protection from blue and Prime Speaker Vannifar is blue?

February 7, 2019 12:28 p.m.

GrixisFlux says... #12

If you are going modern, Felidar Guardian is not a Restoration Angel also, why not have Thousand-Year Elixir sac tokens created with kiki and blink your Prime Speaker Vannifar with Felidar Guardian if you are going for overkill? Lol :)

May 17, 2019 7:57 a.m.

smackjack says... #13

pufferbot Vannifar never targets

May 18, 2019 4:53 a.m.

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