if you really like playing a more fair/midrange deck with a good chance of beating those combo decks...you could play any UBx deck with Unmoored Ego (either main or SB)
for example (look at the bottom under Recent Decks Using Unmoored Ego)
I'm currently on the lookout for a deck that has a decent Tron and Amulet Titan matchup. The problem is that I don't really want to play something like Ad Nauseam or Storm...
Any ideas?
what about "combo creature decks"? like Hardened Scales, Infect or Devoted Company?
Hi! Here for some deck suggestion as I'm kinda lost in the various deck that you can build in modern.
I want to play something that is aggro, tempo or midrange.
Colors I like to play are green and blue but I'm open to other colors Smile Would prefer a mono-color deck but it's not fundamental.
I would like to build it to play it with friends and to local tournaments and fnm at my lgs (nothing too top tier or expensive but that can battle well against other modern decks).
No problem on the various cards as I can simply go an buy them
Budget: 200-300$ circa.
Cards you already own: I own the Vehicle Rush challenger deck and a U/W deck I made for casual play.
Colors you like to play: I like red, but anything goes. (Artifacts are also fun, so colorless?)
Style you like to play: I really like aggro decks with lots of synergy that can close out games quite early. I also like rogue decks. Budget Affinity decks have really caught my attention.
Budget you have: €100-125
Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to: FNM and other LGS events.
8 whack is a mono red aggro goblin synergy deck, is pretty cheap and competitive
without goblin guide is less than $ 100, the "fully non budget" version is still less than $200
Hello there, I play a semi-competitive meta, with tiers from belcher to uw vialess spirits to doran aggro or knights tribal, Im used to play grind decks with a combo back plan in case i need it and im trying to play temur colours (red green and blue), I've got a nice pool of semi-budget cards with fetches and shocks but no snapcasters or cryptics but the rest, do you have any idea or suggestion? Back on my days I played a lot of faeries and i like the delver-deceiver kiki too but im into temur charm and stuff like that, also have a chance to play something like jeskai control but on a budget.
Im kinda lost, I would love to read all your ideas, thank you for the time, xoxo
pick your poison!, mainly green +other colors midrange goodstuff decks:
So I'm honestly not complaining because this isn't even my kind of card but why is this rare rather than uncommon?
When was the last time a Cancel with significant upside was printed at lower than Rare? Ionize and Disallow are the two recent Rares that come to mind, not sure of any other good examples.
How about Izzet Phoenix? It's the new hot ***** and putting up some serious numbers.
Won't it be another UR wizards?
Sometimes those decks come up but never stick, and the phoenixes are quiet an investment. :/ I own almost all the rest thought.
[quote from="idSurge »" url="/forums/the-game/modern/801804-the-state-of-modern-thread-b-r-26-11-2018?comment=529"]Lol there are no 90/10s between real decks.
My ears always perk up when I hear someone say, "90/10 matchup." 80/20s happen in my opinion, but are rare, but the 90/10 is truly a super rare unicorn. [/quote
So! I need help deciding on what deck I should make. For the past few weeks, my friend has been letting me play his Jeskai Control deck and I've been overperforming with it regularly ending up in the top 3 out of 30 ish people. Personally, I can't afford that deck though but I've seen two decks that I could make in its place. The first deck was the last deck I played in Standard, Jeskai Saheeli. For the most part, I'd want to build it as a semi-value control deck with things like Crackling Drake, Gideon Ally of Zendikar, Reflector Mage, 2 Snapcaster Mage, Lightning Bolts and Helixes, Path and a few counterspells with maybe a Nahiri in the main or side and a target for her. The other deck I was thinking of is Mardu Pyromancer with more white than usual for Path, Gideon and the white sideboard cards since they are all pretty powerful cards to have here. I'm really torn between the two. I typically played control in the past and my modern experience is limited so I'm not really sure which to build. On one hand, I really know Saheeli since I spent a long time playing that deck in standard. On the other hand, Mardu Pyro is a better deck but Faithless Looting feels soooooo wrong to me by throwing away the card advantage. So! I'd like some advice on which to make and any tips on how to build them best
i like saheeli, but lets be honest, mardu pyromancer is the winner here. And while i firmly believe that mastering a deck is important in modern, having played in standard against a totally (subpar?) different meta is not relevant experience IMHO. its a totally different experience playing a mirror saheeli in standard that knowing how to play against humans or KCI in modern.
madness was never a UG only mechanic
https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle:madness set:tor
nordic/viking theme, with snow theme (lands as non full art), gods and a white villain
WOW sick, instant speed ramp early game/PW "protection" late game?
t1 fetch
t2 fetch
t3 5 cc teferi, with mana leak back up.
honestly may not be playable in UW control, but the card is sick.
for example (look at the bottom under Recent Decks Using Unmoored Ego)
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/price/Guilds of Ravnica/Unmoored Ego#online
but honestly, you could just play almost any deck and fit it (ur phoenix splash B, grixis deathshadow, etc)
what about "combo creature decks"? like Hardened Scales, Infect or Devoted Company?
so, useless in modern
horizon lands are overrated.
they are pretty good. but you on average you need 1-2 while needing 6-8 fetch.
i think the bottom is around 10 (+-5)
lets see.
GU infect, its more combo than aggro/tempo, remove the hierach and is somewhat in your budget, not tier 1 but def FNM material
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-infect-46434#paper
U merfolk, a classic , the mono U aggro/tempo deck, again remove the non mutavault non island lands and some things in SB and is in your budget (note, you cant cut vial)
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-merfolk-60704#paper
mono G midrange: its more like ramp/midrange, impressive nonetheless
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-mono-green-midrange#paper
https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=21166&d=341163&f=MO
mono G aggro, a curve G deck, have some counters (+1/+1, not blue ones)synergy, got some new toys with evolve/adapt!
https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/established-modern/aggro-tempo/786859-stompy?page=40
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-8-whack-67181#paper
8 whack is a mono red aggro goblin synergy deck, is pretty cheap and competitive
without goblin guide is less than $ 100, the "fully non budget" version is still less than $200
with your budget, you could build this version
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1667453#paper
edit: for a budget red affinity deck look at https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-68-8-tix-artifact-blast-affinity-modern
pick your poison!, mainly green +other colors midrange goodstuff decks:
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-chromatic-fauna#paper :Knight of the Reliquary+Retreat to Coralhelm
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-eldritch-kiki#paper :Saheeli Rai+ Felidar Guardian
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-temur-vannifar-pod#paper :Prime Speaker Vannifar+anything
pauper unconditional removal that dont trigger "aristocrats" effect, in black
but at the end, the price reflect the low supply of the card.
edit: while unmake does the "same", this hate out rancor and helps devotion of Gray Merchant of Asphodel
how a 1x3 is a nightmare and a "free" draw 2 (or 4) is ok?
if anything ban gush, period
Dissolve?
https://www.channelfireball.com/home/i-thought-modern-arclight-phoenix-decks-were-a-flash-in-the-pan-i-was-wrong/?_ga=2.161746809.412362529.1544451310-699078655.1510146774
Deck is real, meta will adapt and numbers in top 8 will drop, but is a good deck.
to be honest UR wizards is still a thing (a tier 3 that can make a top8 at any time), at the end is just a delver/burn deck.
My ears always perk up when I hear someone say, "90/10 matchup." 80/20s happen in my opinion, but are rare, but the 90/10 is truly a super rare unicorn. [/quote
and that unicorn is called soul sister vs burn
i like saheeli, but lets be honest, mardu pyromancer is the winner here. And while i firmly believe that mastering a deck is important in modern, having played in standard against a totally (subpar?) different meta is not relevant experience IMHO. its a totally different experience playing a mirror saheeli in standard that knowing how to play against humans or KCI in modern.