I have attached my more tempo oriented version of the deck. I have literally only played a couple games with it (work is super busy right now), but it has been a blast. I really love this style deck. I am going to make a more controlling version as well like jacob comisky's and squacheifs version for fun as well. I really want to play ral zarek (the 5 drop) and the new narset planeswalker so I will make that version as well and see which one I like more.
I will keep you all posted. I will say it's one of the most fun decks I have ever brewed for sure.
I am working a Jeskai Lutri deck because that just looks like too much fun! I have a preliminary list and I will post it here later after work. I can't wait to give it a try.
That list looks awesome. Thanks for sharing it. I actually ordered another Meddling Mage last week because of how good it is against companions. I didn't expect to see anyone playing them in their maindecks. Especially not 3 copies (unless you play humans), but maybe we are at that point. It is exciting that jeskai delver is finally probably a good choice for a lot of players. I mean we have all been playing it for a long time, but now the masses will get to enjoy the deck. It appears as though my work will finally slow down this weekend so I will have time to play a bit of magic. It has been a weird few months, but its starting to get back to normal at least for work. We still have a long way to go before life gets back to normal.
I always love seeing these videos. I get to live vicariously through you :). I have been so busy at work that I haven't had a ton of time for magic. It's killing me since there are so many cool new goodies to try out. So far I am planning on going with my jeskai lurrus deck next time I have time to play a league. I really want to try out a UR flash deck and I have also built a Lutri deck. The lutri deck is a prowess deck that is really awesome, but definitely won't be a tier 1 deck because you have to play lesser cards. I do think it can still be competitive though.
I kinda of feel the same way Stevomat. I didn't really want to build Lurrus because I think it will likely get banned shortly. The burn deck is just stupid good with Lurrus in it. You basically have to have 3-4 sideboard slots for the burn matchup now to compete. I will be testing the Jeskai lurrus today and I will let you know how it goes. I do think Lurrus will likely see a ban in a couple of months though.
I have seen jacob comisky (thepensword) go back and forth with yidaro. He was super excited about it to start, but hasn't fallen in love yet. I talk to him a lot about his builds, but we have slightly different playstyles. So far yidaro has been best for him and a SUPER controlling style list. His is UR because that is about all he will play. I am just not fully sold on the card yet. Jacob can 5-0 with just about any UR list you put in his hands.
That white deck looks sick. I don't think anyone will be prepared for it. I bet you could easily take down FNM with that and also 5-0 a league or two online while almost never taking a 2-3 or worse.
I did finally get around to making a jeskai delver lurrus list that I am going to give a try. I attached an image. It is pretty basic to start, but I want to see how it goes and then start tweaking. I like the idea of my threats staying big with +1/+1 counters so I started with brineborn cutthroat in addition to Sprite Dragon. I will let you all know how it goes.
The deck also includes 3-4 Mishra's Bauble, but I sold the ones I had because they got up to $75 each online and I assumed I could buy them back later at a much lower price.
As for modern as a whole I have to admit that I am having a lot of fun lately. It seems that the companions are overpowered, but the silver lining is that modern has become a bit more midrange oriented. These games are a lot of fun to play. I still think some bans are needed (Veil of summer, simian spirit guide, astrolabe), but I would like to wait and see what happens with the companions for a bit. It could create the natural life cycle of value decks taking over, then tron/amulet/combo preying on them, then contorl/tempo/aggro preying on those decks and then midrange takes over again starting the cycle all over That normally is a great place to be. I am excited to see what happens when games stores can start opening again because I feel like modern has regained it's place as magic's best/favorite eternal format. I just hope enough stores have survived the virus
You aren't the only one saying you are tired of Lurrus already. There have been a lot of people talking about banning it already. It truly warped modern in a big way. I am working on a UR deck and a jeskai deck outside of Lurrus because I think it will likely be banned at some point. I honestly don't know what they will do about lurrus. I think they should leave him be for a bit and see what happens, but honestly I would be super happy if I woke up tomorrow and they said they have banned simian spirit guide, veil of summer, griselbrand, and lurrus in modern.
I am all for wizards printing powerful cards and changing up the meta. I get excited on spoiler season. However, I think they need to make sure they aren't warping too much each set. Also I think they should concentrate on getting a decent number of decent instants/sorceries into modern. The best would be a set of modal spells that can help out lesser played color combos (UR, UR, UW, etc). They seem to have been concentrating hard on making permanents much better over the past 5 years, but left spells in the dust.
As for our deck the cards I am really concentrating on trying right now are Sprite Dragon, Sea-dasher Octopus, and Cunning Nightbonder. I am actually trying nightbonder in a jeskai flash deck that seems like a lot of fun and the other two in a more prowess/tempo oriented UR list. I will let you all know when I come up with something remotely playable :).
I also built a new jeskai deck. I will be playing later tonight and I will post the list and results! It's a fun time!
It looks like if you aren't playing a companion right now you are probably losing percentage points. That is all the excuse I need to add W back into my deck.
Thanks for posting that. I haven’t got to test Kinnan much; but I got two online; so I may have to invest in a few more
In my early testing with both new Planeswalkers...they are SUPER powerful. 5-CMC is tough (our sweet spot has always been four)...but I bit the billet and added Simian Spirit Guide.
I don’t know if a prison version for Lucca would be better; but even as straight up fair cards they are incredible
I have not tried Failure // Comply. The white side just doesn't seem strong enough, but it is basically free so that might be worth it. I haven't been playing a ton of white so I haven't had a change to try it.
Nice run with mono white StevomatUWR. I know I personally hate playing againstRanger-Captain Eos so I can see why it wins you so many games. I too cannot wait until Ikoria comes out online. I am super excited to brew. I have been playtesting the new octopus in my UR delver list and it has been REALLY good. I think that card is super strong. I haven't had time to test anything else out, but I sure can't wait to try all of our new goodies. I am also really excited to see how the tri-land feels in our jeskai decks.
As soon as I get some time to play I will post some lists that I am brewing and post some results.
I LOVE Monastery Mentor. I bought like 10 of them when they were spoiled. I honestly thought it was going to be the best card in the set. It has never really taken off, but I think it is very underrated. It's one of those cards that ends games on it's own. If you untap with Mentor you are likely winning the game. I really want to play him in my current deck, but I haven't jumped into white with the current build.
I have been having jeskai withdraws so when the new set comes out I will definitely be building a new jeskai list.
I wish I could help more with mono white, but I have never even thought about mono white.
We are basically a family here on this post so if you are having fun with another deck feel free to talk about it. I am not a huge stickler on the rules as long as a majority of the thread is about delver/prowess based decks. There is a lot to be learned about playing with other decks so it's always fun to share.
I do think once the new cards come out and people start looking into prowess (with Sprite Dragon), delver with of one mind & the new octopus, and once they get into jeskai with the new jeskai dragon and spells we will get more traffic on here.
I'm the same way Stevomat. I have never played Green or Black. I messed around with brewing a Grixis deck at one point, but never finished anything. I pretty much stick to UR or URW. I am so happy that modern is in a place where a mono white deck can work and that a RG midrange deck is tier 1 right now! I do think now that they are moving flash into UB that Dimir will be better in the future. That mono white deck looks amazing and very unique. It's the kind of deck that if it ever went 5-0 in a league people would freak out and pick up all the cards.
I too am very excited for Ikoria spells. Two spells that are kind of under the radar are Fire Prophecy and Of One Mind. Fire prophecy is really tough to evaluate on paper. I need to actual play with it to see if it's any good, but I think it could be great, especially in certain metas where creature based decks are tier 1. Of one Mind looks like a card that any delver deck playing Young Pyromancer might really like. I think it only works out well with Young Pyromancer right now because Delver and Snapcaster are also humans and it needs a non-human. Maybe if the deck also had Brazen Borrower, Vendilion Clique, Brinborn Cuththroat, etc I might be a very playable card. Again, it is one of those cards that really needs reps in practice to see if it actually works in play. Then there are the obvious cards like Rielle, Sprite Dragon, Valdrox, Vadrox, etc.
I really want Reille to work, but I am worried about here 3 toughness as a three drop. I am not a beliver in the "it dies from removal" argument normally, but I would like my three drops to stick around a bit. For that reason I want to try if first in a more tempo oriented build that has other threats that must be answered so the opponent may be slim on removal by the time Rielle comes down. I am also working on finding the perfect amount of looting spells to go in the deck that doesn't hurt the deck, but warrants the inclusion of Rielle. So far I have Izzet Charm as the most obvious inclusion. I was thinking about Jace, Vryn's Prodigy as another wizard that also loots. I need to find one or two more looting style spells that work well in the deck. It will definitely be a wizard based deck as well since so many are wizards.
It's a really fun time to brew. Modern is in a great place right now in my opinion and this new set looks awesome. I cana't wait to see what we call come up with.
I will keep you all posted. I will say it's one of the most fun decks I have ever brewed for sure.
That white deck looks sick. I don't think anyone will be prepared for it. I bet you could easily take down FNM with that and also 5-0 a league or two online while almost never taking a 2-3 or worse.
I did finally get around to making a jeskai delver lurrus list that I am going to give a try. I attached an image. It is pretty basic to start, but I want to see how it goes and then start tweaking. I like the idea of my threats staying big with +1/+1 counters so I started with brineborn cutthroat in addition to Sprite Dragon. I will let you all know how it goes.
The deck also includes 3-4 Mishra's Bauble, but I sold the ones I had because they got up to $75 each online and I assumed I could buy them back later at a much lower price.
As for modern as a whole I have to admit that I am having a lot of fun lately. It seems that the companions are overpowered, but the silver lining is that modern has become a bit more midrange oriented. These games are a lot of fun to play. I still think some bans are needed (Veil of summer, simian spirit guide, astrolabe), but I would like to wait and see what happens with the companions for a bit. It could create the natural life cycle of value decks taking over, then tron/amulet/combo preying on them, then contorl/tempo/aggro preying on those decks and then midrange takes over again starting the cycle all over That normally is a great place to be. I am excited to see what happens when games stores can start opening again because I feel like modern has regained it's place as magic's best/favorite eternal format. I just hope enough stores have survived the virus
I am all for wizards printing powerful cards and changing up the meta. I get excited on spoiler season. However, I think they need to make sure they aren't warping too much each set. Also I think they should concentrate on getting a decent number of decent instants/sorceries into modern. The best would be a set of modal spells that can help out lesser played color combos (UR, UR, UW, etc). They seem to have been concentrating hard on making permanents much better over the past 5 years, but left spells in the dust.
As for our deck the cards I am really concentrating on trying right now are Sprite Dragon, Sea-dasher Octopus, and Cunning Nightbonder. I am actually trying nightbonder in a jeskai flash deck that seems like a lot of fun and the other two in a more prowess/tempo oriented UR list. I will let you all know when I come up with something remotely playable :).
It looks like if you aren't playing a companion right now you are probably losing percentage points. That is all the excuse I need to add W back into my deck.
Thanks for posting that. I haven’t got to test Kinnan much; but I got two online; so I may have to invest in a few more
In my early testing with both new Planeswalkers...they are SUPER powerful. 5-CMC is tough (our sweet spot has always been four)...but I bit the billet and added Simian Spirit Guide.
I don’t know if a prison version for Lucca would be better; but even as straight up fair cards they are incredible
This is a really interesting thought...I doubt it; but it would be fun to try!
Nice run with mono white StevomatUWR. I know I personally hate playing againstRanger-Captain Eos so I can see why it wins you so many games. I too cannot wait until Ikoria comes out online. I am super excited to brew. I have been playtesting the new octopus in my UR delver list and it has been REALLY good. I think that card is super strong. I haven't had time to test anything else out, but I sure can't wait to try all of our new goodies. I am also really excited to see how the tri-land feels in our jeskai decks.
As soon as I get some time to play I will post some lists that I am brewing and post some results.
I have been having jeskai withdraws so when the new set comes out I will definitely be building a new jeskai list.
I wish I could help more with mono white, but I have never even thought about mono white.
I do think once the new cards come out and people start looking into prowess (with Sprite Dragon), delver with of one mind & the new octopus, and once they get into jeskai with the new jeskai dragon and spells we will get more traffic on here.
I too am very excited for Ikoria spells. Two spells that are kind of under the radar are Fire Prophecy and Of One Mind. Fire prophecy is really tough to evaluate on paper. I need to actual play with it to see if it's any good, but I think it could be great, especially in certain metas where creature based decks are tier 1. Of one Mind looks like a card that any delver deck playing Young Pyromancer might really like. I think it only works out well with Young Pyromancer right now because Delver and Snapcaster are also humans and it needs a non-human. Maybe if the deck also had Brazen Borrower, Vendilion Clique, Brinborn Cuththroat, etc I might be a very playable card. Again, it is one of those cards that really needs reps in practice to see if it actually works in play. Then there are the obvious cards like Rielle, Sprite Dragon, Valdrox, Vadrox, etc.
I really want Reille to work, but I am worried about here 3 toughness as a three drop. I am not a beliver in the "it dies from removal" argument normally, but I would like my three drops to stick around a bit. For that reason I want to try if first in a more tempo oriented build that has other threats that must be answered so the opponent may be slim on removal by the time Rielle comes down. I am also working on finding the perfect amount of looting spells to go in the deck that doesn't hurt the deck, but warrants the inclusion of Rielle. So far I have Izzet Charm as the most obvious inclusion. I was thinking about Jace, Vryn's Prodigy as another wizard that also loots. I need to find one or two more looting style spells that work well in the deck. It will definitely be a wizard based deck as well since so many are wizards.
It's a really fun time to brew. Modern is in a great place right now in my opinion and this new set looks awesome. I cana't wait to see what we call come up with.