It's not as recursive, given that Oath and Oversold aren't around, but it's the same general concept. It uses Undertaker and Fauna Shaman to fetch and reuse the pieces, and is completely creature based. It fits in all the great creature-based control that I love, like the Nightmare Effect, Mangara abuse, Hate Bears, the Melira combo, and even my favorite beater - Doran. As I continue to convert and tune, it's becoming much more aggro-control than true control, but that may well be needed in modern.
I've dubbed it "Rock Band" since it's GWB (Rock colors) and creature-based (Band).
How it sits currently:
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//Card Manip (10) 4 Fauna Shaman 4 Undertaker 2 Squee, Goblin Nabob //Creature Removal (9) 3 Shriekmaw 3 Fiendhunter 3 Fleshbag Maurader //Board Presence (12) 4 Viscera Seer 3 Spellskite 3 Kitchen Finks 2 Dauntless Escort //Toolbox (6) 1 Doran, the Seige Tower 1 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Gaddock Teeg 1 Qasali Pridemage 1 Mangara of Corondor 1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast | //Lands (23) 4 Verdant Catacombs 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Marsh Flats 3 Overgrown Tomb 1 Godless Shrine 1 Temple Garden 2 Ancient Ziggurat 1 Murmoring Bosk 1 Isolated Chapel 1 Woodland Cemetery 3 Swamp 2 Forest 2 Plains | //Sideboard 4 Augur of Skulls 4 Qasali Ambusher 3 Gaddock Teeg 1 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Faerie Macabre 1 Kataki, War's Wage 1 Qasali Pridemage |
It runs extremely well, and I would absolutely take it to a major modern tournament with high hopes. It still needs some tuning if I expect to place with it, but it is currently my major deck passion.
It's currently aggro focused maindeck, with control focus sideboard.
A simple Shriekmaw+Marauder -> Augur+Teeg sideboard switch changes things drastically.
I love that game 2, the deck packs exactly what it needs to stop whatever the opponent hopes to do.
I think it's my favorite and best deck I've ever designed.