Elves and Eternal Command aren't at a power level the other decks are at, in my opinion. I think Elves is actually unplayable in the format, considering Glimpse and GSZ are banned. While D&T is a solid deck, I feel that it has too many bad matchups to be competitive. It's great when it's great, and it's bad when it's bad, and it's not particularly good against Jund or Delver. Everything else from DOL's list looks like it should be there.
Some decks you missed include:
UR Storm
UW Tempo Control
Zoo
Delverless Delver
Twin
Martyr-Proc (unless that's what Soul Sisters is)
That's a terrible name for that deck considering there is no UW Delver deck in the Modern format and the colors aren't determinable from the name. It'd probably be better to refer to it as "UW Blade" or something. Less creative, sure, but more efficient.
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Modern - Esper Draw-Go (Best finish - 12-3, 45th at GP Charlotte 2015), Jeskai Control, UR Breach Moon
the U/W delver less delver deck he is referring to is U/W restoration control, even though it doesn't really run like delver
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I like the list, but Delver isn't very specific. And decks like Merfolk or WB tokens may not be top tier, but they're showing enough numbers and are cheap enough that they'll be out in enough numbers to warrant testing against.
Most likely tempo, depending on what colors you're running.
Also, don't use RUG twin, just use UR Twin.
Junk/Doran
Elves (aggro variant)
Death and Taxes
Ad Nauseam combo
Hivemind combo
Eggs combo (second sunrise)
Glass cannon
Esper teachings
Zoo
Boros aggro (similar to RDW)
Tokens
All of these, though not necessarily top tier decks, are definitely decks that people still play. Some of which you'll probably want to have in a gauntlet. But that's up to you.
Elves is still playable in modern, people just don't because it's a really fragile strategy.
I've only ever once see someone play AN in Modern, it's fairly difficult to play cause it's fragile. You've got red rituals instead of black ones and you have red win conditions. You also don't really have Lion's Eye Diamond or anything of the sort. Also, I think Hivemind is mostly dead now, it's been a while since I've seen it played.
Glass Cannon Griselbrand is a combo deck that attempts to abuse Griselbrand's drawing ability to win in a single turn. It tries to reanimate it as quickly as possible, and then draw either Force Spike or Fury of the Horde. The idea is to keep gaining life and dealing damage. If you reanimate it with Goryo's Vengeance, it has haste and you can attack, drawing likely 21 cards before even using Spike or Fury. You just chain those two to gain enough life and keep dealing damage. They often play Bolt or Nourishing Shoal with Chancellor of the Tangle to gain life and draw tons of cards. While it's sweet when it works, it's fragile to any grave disruption, or something like Leyline of Sanctity. It also uses Simian Spirit Guide so it has the capability of winning on turn 1.
Mono U Fae should definitely be included in the gauntlet... you'll see enough people playing it. I'd say 10 deck gauntlet would be:
Jund
Affinity
Zoo
Mono U Fae
RDW
Tron
UW Resta Control
Valakut
Gift-based/Storm Combo (one of these)
BW Token or DnT (not sure which would is more consistently dangerous)
That sounds actively terrible and something I would never include in my gauntlet, unless all graveyard hate is banned.
There are less fragile versions of the deck. It's actually a pretty good deck, and hands down the fastest deck in the format. It is fragile, but some people play more consistent versions that are slightly slower, but have greater inevitability and protection.
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Not sure I would even waste time testing against a deck that is designed to beat you turn 1. If it goes off turn 1 you lose, if it doesn't you prolly win...need to test to know that? There are other decks in the format where your testing can be useful.
If the deck can gain some traction in the format then it might be a good idea to get a decklist.
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Right now we have:
Soul Sisters/Martyr Proc
Affinity/Robots
WB Tokens
U/W Tron
Jund
Aggro Loam
UWR Delver
things we are planning to add on:
Valakut
RUG Delver
RG Tron
Merfolk
RB Burn
Melira/Naya Pod
U/R Storm
RUG Twin
Infect
Did we miss anything?
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Some decks you missed include:
UR Storm
UW Tempo Control
Zoo
Delverless Delver
Twin
Martyr-Proc (unless that's what Soul Sisters is)
Grixis Death's Shadow, Jund, UW Tron, Jeskai Control, Storm, Counters Company, Eldrazi Tron, Affinity, Living End, Infect, Merfolk, Dredge, Ad Nauseam, Amulet, Bogles, Eldrazi Tron, Mono U Tron, Lantern, Mardu Pyromancer
Hive Mind, 4 color pod counts in too
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
That's a terrible name for that deck considering there is no UW Delver deck in the Modern format and the colors aren't determinable from the name. It'd probably be better to refer to it as "UW Blade" or something. Less creative, sure, but more efficient.
Modern - Esper Draw-Go (Best finish - 12-3, 45th at GP Charlotte 2015), Jeskai Control, UR Breach Moon
I am pretty sure that is Eternal Command.
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Ad Nauseam
RDW (BR Burn is close)
Esper Gift
Bant Troll/Worship
Mono U Faeries
WU Resto Blade
RUG Tron
BUG Infect
WBG Melira Pod
WBRG White Jund
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:symu:UR Storm:symr:
I wouldn't bother with most of these.
I like the list, but Delver isn't very specific. And decks like Merfolk or WB tokens may not be top tier, but they're showing enough numbers and are cheap enough that they'll be out in enough numbers to warrant testing against.
Most likely tempo, depending on what colors you're running.
Also, don't use RUG twin, just use UR Twin.
Junk/Doran
Elves (aggro variant)
Death and Taxes
Ad Nauseam combo
Hivemind combo
Eggs combo (second sunrise)
Glass cannon
Esper teachings
Zoo
Boros aggro (similar to RDW)
Tokens
All of these, though not necessarily top tier decks, are definitely decks that people still play. Some of which you'll probably want to have in a gauntlet. But that's up to you.
Elves is still playable in modern, people just don't because it's a really fragile strategy.
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Glass Cannon Griselbrand is a combo deck that attempts to abuse Griselbrand's drawing ability to win in a single turn. It tries to reanimate it as quickly as possible, and then draw either Force Spike or Fury of the Horde. The idea is to keep gaining life and dealing damage. If you reanimate it with Goryo's Vengeance, it has haste and you can attack, drawing likely 21 cards before even using Spike or Fury. You just chain those two to gain enough life and keep dealing damage. They often play Bolt or Nourishing Shoal with Chancellor of the Tangle to gain life and draw tons of cards. While it's sweet when it works, it's fragile to any grave disruption, or something like Leyline of Sanctity. It also uses Simian Spirit Guide so it has the capability of winning on turn 1.
Grixis Death's Shadow, Jund, UW Tron, Jeskai Control, Storm, Counters Company, Eldrazi Tron, Affinity, Living End, Infect, Merfolk, Dredge, Ad Nauseam, Amulet, Bogles, Eldrazi Tron, Mono U Tron, Lantern, Mardu Pyromancer
Jund
Affinity
Zoo
Mono U Fae
RDW
Tron
UW Resta Control
Valakut
Gift-based/Storm Combo (one of these)
BW Token or DnT (not sure which would is more consistently dangerous)
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There are less fragile versions of the deck. It's actually a pretty good deck, and hands down the fastest deck in the format. It is fragile, but some people play more consistent versions that are slightly slower, but have greater inevitability and protection.
If the deck can gain some traction in the format then it might be a good idea to get a decklist.