Hey guys! I'm a modern player I'm about to turn 16 so I have a budget. Of an initial $1000 however will upgrade over time.
Decks I have played and ejoyed: splinter twin (u/r and grixis). Esper control, jeskai control abzan midrange. Abzan company. Grixis control, Grixis delver. Esper walkers,
My playstyle is midrange/control (I love grindy decks). Colors
Blue-black-green-white-red in that order blue being my most perfered color.
Staples I already own: I'm buying 4 fow in 2 weeks. I own 3 snapcaster mage, 2 tarmogoyf 4 Bob, 2 Liliana of the veil, scooze death rite shaman 1 wasteland, 3 hymn to torach, 1 baleful strix. 3 brainstorm And probably some others. I have access to borrowing 1 underground sea, 1 tropical island, 1 jace the mind sculptor.
So what deck do you recommend? And I want to build up to I deck I would like to play it doesn't have to clock in at $1000, also what replacements/buying order would you recommend until I build the full deck?
I'm assuming you have at least some fetchlands if you're a modern player, which is going to be very relevant to anything multicolored. Hopefully you also have some number of Abrupt Decay, which seems very possible based on what you have listed there. I would look into Shardless BUG. It hits your preferred playstyle and colors pretty well, the deck is solid, and you either own or can borrow a fair number of the pricey cards. I'm not sure what the exact quantities of things that Shardless runs look like, but you have a chunk of the cards and a lot of what you're missing is in EMA so now is a great time to pick some of that up. Prioritize fetchlands for colors and you can cheat on dual counts for a while. Try and have one of each, but you can supplement with shocks or basics. The only things you really need to pick up are the set of Shardless Agent, 3-4 Ancestral Visions, 3 Deathrites, a pair of Goyfs, a couple Wastelands (I'm used to abbreviating this to Wastes, but that might throw people off now), and a Bayou. With the borrowed stuff, that should get you to something playable enough for local tournaments and practice with room in your budget left over. Swap out the duals you don't have for shocks, Creeping Tar Pits, and basics in some quantity or just use some of your remaining cash to fill in the holes.
Hello! Thank you for the reply! I've been interested in shardless bug since I started to hear about the legacy forma but never though I could ever be able to build it but now I can so yay there's that. And yes I have 3 polluted delta? 4 strands, 2 verdant catacombs, 2 Abrupt Decay I also own 3 thoughtseize. I sold my 2 creeping tar pit once twin got banned...so how does the priority list go for you? Probably bayou-wasteland-goyf-ancestral vision-deathrite-shardless agent? Also should I run the 2 duels I'm being lent and buy the 3rd and fill in rest with shocks and a couple basics? Or I could add in a couple more fetches. Also what about jace the mind sculptor? Could you help me make a list of the best things for this deck that clock in at $1000 minus the things I own and the cards I can borrow? Question about playstyle how grindy is the deck? Top deck wars? And also how long do the games tend to take? I have played control decks in magic since I began playing magic 5 years ago I'm pretty proficient with control decks but I'm wondering if I need to worry about the clock and closing games out?
Thanks for the recommendation and cheers!
Hey guys! I'm a modern player I'm about to turn 16 so I have a budget. Of an initial $1000 however will upgrade over time.
Decks I have played and ejoyed: splinter twin (u/r and grixis). Esper control, jeskai control abzan midrange. Abzan company. Grixis control, Grixis delver. Esper walkers,
My playstyle is midrange/control (I love grindy decks). Colors
Blue-black-green-white-red in that order blue being my most perfered color.
Staples I already own: I'm buying 4 fow in 2 weeks. I own 3 snapcaster mage, 2 tarmogoyf 4 Bob, 2 Liliana of the veil, scooze death rite shaman 1 wasteland, 3 hymn to torach, 1 baleful strix. 3 brainstorm And probably some others. I have access to borrowing 1 underground sea, 1 tropical island, 1 jace the mind sculptor.
So what deck do you recommend? And I want to build up to I deck I would like to play it doesn't have to clock in at $1000, also what replacements/buying order would you recommend until I build the full deck?
Hello! Thank you for the reply! I've been interested in shardless bug since I started to hear about the legacy forma but never though I could ever be able to build it but now I can so yay there's that. And yes I have 3 polluted delta? 4 strands, 2 verdant catacombs, 2 Abrupt Decay I also own 3 thoughtseize. I sold my 2 creeping tar pit once twin got banned...so how does the priority list go for you? Probably bayou-wasteland-goyf-ancestral vision-deathrite-shardless agent? Also should I run the 2 duels I'm being lent and buy the 3rd and fill in rest with shocks and a couple basics? Or I could add in a couple more fetches. Also what about jace the mind sculptor? Could you help me make a list of the best things for this deck that clock in at $1000 minus the things I own and the cards I can borrow? Question about playstyle how grindy is the deck? Top deck wars? And also how long do the games tend to take? I have played control decks in magic since I began playing magic 5 years ago I'm pretty proficient with control decks but I'm wondering if I need to worry about the clock and closing games out?
Thanks for the recommendation and cheers!
Decks I have played and ejoyed: splinter twin (u/r and grixis). Esper control, jeskai control abzan midrange. Abzan company. Grixis control, Grixis delver. Esper walkers,
My playstyle is midrange/control (I love grindy decks). Colors
Blue-black-green-white-red in that order blue being my most perfered color.
Staples I already own: I'm buying 4 fow in 2 weeks. I own 3 snapcaster mage, 2 tarmogoyf 4 Bob, 2 Liliana of the veil, scooze death rite shaman 1 wasteland, 3 hymn to torach, 1 baleful strix. 3 brainstorm And probably some others. I have access to borrowing 1 underground sea, 1 tropical island, 1 jace the mind sculptor.
So what deck do you recommend? And I want to build up to I deck I would like to play it doesn't have to clock in at $1000, also what replacements/buying order would you recommend until I build the full deck?