MTG Salvation

All right,
Just took the deck through another local tournament. Went 3-1. Pretty good. Lost to boggle deck, won against melira pod, merfolk, UWR tempo.
My changes include: +2 resto angels in place of glare, +1 pridemage instead of a rancor. Some SB changes. More impressions:

• ulvenwald tracker is all right, sometimes very handy
• this deck has no game against boggle
• it's impossible to loose to melira pod
• UWR tempo is a good matchup
• fish is very tough. Their aggro is better, we can't disrupt them much

Friend of mine played this list today:



Sadly, our usual Pod crew didn't show up in full strength and none of the ones who showed up was on Pod.
Hero has been the nuts from what I gathered and switching from Linvala/Angel to Liege might be appropriate, as most MUs were grindy creature mirrors. Even though he lost to UW and Jund, he said that this came clearly from him not knowing the MUs or his deck as well as he should.

This was the SB he ran:


Same stuff as always, some cards to shore up the MUs, additional fat for creature standoffs. Nothing fancy.

I'm completely new to Modern, don't even have a deck yet. (Wow so new!

This deck looks like it might be precisely what I want to play.

Currently still on a budget on MTGO, but I'm very interested in seeing where you go with this, I'm almost invested

I like the name... :sneaky::D:embarrass:

Cool list, thought it looks a lot like some of the regular GW D+T lists I've seen.

I recommend Teeg main deck personally.

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I'm completely new to Modern, don't even have a deck yet. (Wow so new!

This deck looks like it might be precisely what I want to play.

Currently still on a budget on MTGO, but I'm very interested in seeing where you go with this, I'm almost invested

I'll post an updated list tomorrow, still hammering out some of the details.

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I like the name... :sneaky::D:embarrass:

Cool list, thought it looks a lot like some of the regular GW D+T lists I've seen.

I recommend Teeg main deck personally.

It started off a lot closer to GW DnT, but I got banished from the thread because the deck contains no Vial and no Flickerwisp ;-)
Teeg is constantly on the "to be considered"-list, but in my local Meta he doesn't block a whole lot I'd like to see rotting in their hand. For bigger tournaments, he's definitely at least a 2-of somewhere in the 75.

Everybody likes the name, I guess

I really like this list. Seems like it will do really good!

Oops, I totally forgot to post the new list.



Cutting Rancor seems necessary to support Wilt-Leaf Liege, Avacyn's Pilgrim should help with the heavier mana requirement.
Singleton Linvala to help against Pod, 1 or 2 more will wait in the SB.

I'm not sure how well the deck is positioned right now, so I can't really tell you whether it's safe to play it or not.
It seems to crush UWR, though. It's ridiculous against anything that plays Liliana of the Veil. Pod can be a problem. Needs a good SB plan to deal with Pod. Maybe Rancor shows up in the SB to help deal with their tons of possible chump blockers.

Testing has shown that the deck is good, but I'm still hesitant.

Your lands look weird to me. Running 4 shocks and 4 canopy is going to hurt a lot, and those 4 thickets are going to make those 4 drops pretty hard to cast. Having 6 lands that don't produce colored mana looks like asking for trouble to me.

I would add a few basics and some fetchs to avoid color screwing yourself.

Mana has rarely been an issue in this deck, the manabase is very smooth and runs well.
Selfinflicted damage can be an issue, but it rarely is, as you're the aggro deck in nearly all matchups.

so did you add 4x voice of resurgence seems really good in this deck

I haven't had a lot of time to test this deck at the moment, but Voice seems good and provides me with a 2 drop that receives the double pump from Liege and is a turn 2 play without needing me to have a Hierarch.
I'll have to see whether we can assemble a playset in our testing group and whether we have time to revisit this deck or not.
I'd probably shave the 1-of Linvala for Voice, maybe cutting a Finks is feasible, too. That depends.

I've been playing the list that won a premier event online about a month ago at a competitive FNM environment. So far it has worked brilliantly and I've only lost one match. The deck that I lost against was MonoU Merfolk... Some how this is the only deck that I've ran into where I don't feel like I've got an advantage. I just can't think of how to beat it... Anyone have an idea?
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9907410&postcount=469 The list is at the bottom.

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I've been playing the list that won a premier event online about a month ago at a competitive FNM environment. So far it has worked brilliantly and I've only lost one match. The deck that I lost against was MonoU Merfolk... Some how this is the only deck that I've ran into where I don't feel like I've got an advantage. I just can't think of how to beat it... Anyone have an idea?
http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showpost.php?p=9907410&postcount=469 The list is at the bottom.

Playing more Finks seems good if you want to beat Aggro.

This seems like a good place to park my current decklist.

Updated 13/5/13

Anyone Playing with Vines of vastwood? Seem to me a pretty good card, with the option to boost and protect a creature...
And What about Harms way?

Playing non-creature spells that don't pressure the opponent is not part of this deck's gameplan.
If you want something to protect your guys, Wilt Leaf Liege and Restoration Angel do the job just fine while also presenting a reasonable clock.

Can someone fill me in on what alexis taxes is supposed to be referring to [NVM, googled Alexis T and found it :p]

I've got a GW humans standard deck that I'm looking to maybe transition into a GW modern deck of some sorts by the time rotation happens. Always did like death and taxes concept, just didnt like those 20 dollar aether vials and 10 dollar kitchen finks playsets ><

Looks like step 1 for any build is 4x noble hierarch though... here's hoping its one of the yet-to-be-spoiled cards in modern masters

This is the new list. As soon as I can get my hands on a bunch of Voices, I'll try this out!

Here is the deck list that I have been playing with. Similar to Alexis Taxes. I would love some input:

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Euphony's DeckMagic OnlineOCTGN2ApprenticeBuy These Cards
Creatures 4 Noble Hierarch 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim 4 Leonin Arbiter 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Qasali Pridemage 3 Voice of Resurgence 4 Kitchen Finks 4 Loxodon Smiter 3 Aven Mindcensor 4 Wilt-Leaf Liege	Instants 4 Path to Exile Lands 4 Ghost Quarter 2 Gavony Township 4 Temple Garden 4 Razorverge Thicket 4 Horizon Canopy 2 Forest 1 Plains 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers 1 Eiganjo Castle

This is the new list. As soon as I can get my hands on a bunch of Voices, I'll try this out!

How is your testing going with this deck? I am testing something similar and I'm wondering how your version is doing. I'm planning on piloting something similar at KC, and I've done a lot of changes every day just because of gold fishing.