I want to make room for Slickshot Showoff because it seems insane. I have always liked Kiln Fiend but sadly it just wasn't good enough. Slickshot is Kiln Fiend but actually really good.

Here is my list: https://manabox.app/decks/VYxs35IaRVuSrFg77RPjVQ

I know Izzet or Temur is the more popular variant right now but I like Gruul the best. I actually think [[Abundant Harvest]] does a fine Preordain impression while [[Questing Druid]] replaced Expressive Iteration quite nicely.

So what should be cut for the Showoffs? Creatures? Non-creatures? Do I need to go up on lands if I'm adding more 2 drops?

With the vault in outlaws having a fair amount of cards that were reimagined versions of older cards is there any chance that this design philosophy could’ve ran into the card design of MH3?

One of the first previews was Priest of Titania and it got me thinking that Gaea’s Cradle would be an incredible reprint that could obviously never happen for many reasons, but what if that same thought process from The Big Score was used. They could make a typal land like Cradle that works for just elves.

Priest as well as the imagery on the fetch lands imply that the types will be a major theme of the set so it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

Are there any cards that are too strong for modern or on the reserved list that you’d like to see or could see being reimagined in the same way?

I know it is very unlikely to happen, but if it did which decks would be impacted the most by this change and which would be impacted the lease?

I quit magic about 6 years ago, at the time Skred Red and JUND were my fav decks. I tend to prefer aggressive/mid rangey "fair decks," I dont like combo decks like dredge, splinter twin, cascade etc.

While no new decks have made it on the list yet, That doesn't mean that the meta hasn't been shaken.

https://thegathering.gg/modern-tier-list/

Also, we are looking for community submissions for content, such as Gami's How Many Ragavans Could You Destroy With a Nuclear Bomb? , If you are interested feel free to submit here or ask any questions in our discord.

Been playing around with a deck using the new Molten Duplication card. Originally I was playing around with it in edh alongside Dualcaster Mage but thought it would have a more consistent place in a 60-card format. Seeing how Dualcaster isn't legal in Modern, I looked at Lutri the Spellchaser.

As a 4-of, he does the infinite Etb part for the deck. The standard combo is play Molten Duplication/Twinflame targeting one of your permanents, cast Spellchaser to copy the Duplication/Twinflame, the copy targets Lutri, the Lutri token targets the original Dup/Twin, repeat infinitely. The only way to turn this into a win (as the tokens can't swing for lethal because of the Legend Rule so you have to rely on Etb damage through cards like Impact Tremors, Witty Roastmaster, and Reckless Fireweaver already on your board to deal damage with the combo.

Impact tremors is cheap and works for both Twinflame and Duplication, but can't be a target itself. Fireweaver costs the same mana and can also be a target for either dupe spell, but only triggers off Molten Duplication since the tokens are also artifacts. Witty Roastmaster has both benefits of Fireweaver and Tremors but costs 3 mana instead of 2.

Any thoughts on how to improve the deck? Is it even a worthwhile avenue to pursue?

Current list btw

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/9rV2PXm1Y0OqxjIlxSLheA

Hey, I’m new to modern and I really love the reality chip as a card. What kind of deck could I build around it?

I am steering him towards Boros based on cost and learning curve.

Is there a cheaper deck than Boros Burn that put up results in the last 5 years? I checked MTGTOP8 for clues but its hard to sift through it based on overall deck cost.

Maybe a deck (other than Merfolk) that does not use fetches or shocks? He'll be playing in a closed environment where all of us with decks already are running obsolete decks from the past few years.

I’ve been brewing around with [[ Satoru, the infiltrator ]] in a somewhat soulherder like shell. It feels not quite round yet but I was absolutely excited to build something around Satoru since he was spoiled. Saw a lot of reanimate or scam brews with him, but wanted to try the blink-route. Now I would appreciate some opinions, feedback and ideas to make this deck somewhat viable.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/x1G2AGJCDky1bYsxKWzmEA

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Already tweaked the list a bit and implemented the suggestions I got so far, thanks a lot!

I really like playing control decks but I would like to see if anyone has a cheap version that can build me physically little by little, thank you.

Pulled 2 of them and just seems like it could be a stupid fun deck to play

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-04-1612630966

Winners

• @_Batutinha_ on Domain Zoo [Jegantha]

Decklists

Full Metagame Breakdown

7 Domain Zoo
6 Creativity (4 5c, 2 Jund)
5 BG Yawgmoth
5 Amulet Titan
4 BR Grief
4 Mono G Tron
3 URx Murktide (2 UR, 1 Jeskai)
2 4c Goryo's Vengeance
2 Domain Murktide
2 Mono B Coffers
1 UW Control
1 Domain Rhinos
1 UR Control
1 5c Omnath
1 4c Living End
1 Eldrazi Tron
1 GW Martyr
1 Mono B Rack
1 Jund Saga
1 5c Humans
1 Sultai Shadow
1 GW Bogles

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

3 BG Yawgmoth
3 BR Grief
2 Domain Zoo
1 Creativity (1 Jund)
1 Mono G Tron
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 UW Control
1 Domain Rhinos
1 UR Control
1 5c Omnath
1 4c Living End

New Cards (OTJ/BIG)

Lavaspur Boots
Jace Reawakened
Smuggler's Surprise
Lost Jitte
Nexus of Becoming

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Hey guys, thinking of trying Satoru in Crabvine this FNM and I was curious if anyone had any testing or suggestions on how the list should look. My idea currently is to take this list from dack_fayden07: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWC11P9Wnas&t=8s and sub out Roots for Satoru. I was thinking though that with the extra draw you might want some Trolls to discard any graveyard creatures, but maybe Souls of the Lost is good enough there. What do you guys think?

New cards showcased from the recent Modern League that might shake the metagame:

[[Slickshot Show-Off]] from this list: Izzet Prowess by YungDingo
[[Satoru, the Infiltrator]] from this list: Sultai Scam by mosh_joscoe

The Slickshot gives this Storm combo feel while Satoru may not be Beanstalk, it still has that same value card snowball effect which can be exploited by the reincarnates.

This thread is meant to discuss not just about the decks above but also about OTJ/ BIG cards in general with some questions:

1. What can be some other cards that can potentially reshape the new metagame now that the new set (OTJ x BIG) is out?
2. Are there old cards that could finally resurface in combination with these new releases?
3. Do you have any brews to show including OTJ/ BIG cards?

Hey folks,

Grixis control player switching it up for UW Days Control. I've seen a lot of lists that run a couple copies of [[Day's Undoing]] in the sideboard.

Im just curious as to what matchups do you bring the other copies of Days in? What's the reason?

I can only think that against Mill, it makes sense to bring them in. But I'm sure there are other matchups that brining in Days Undoing are better.

Help me learn your ways o' wise control mages.

Hello everybody,

I've been playing Grixis Control for about 5 years on MTGO, almost exclusively. I played the colors and strategy as a child, and it's always been the one deck for me. It's also been a fringe deck forever, sometimes barely playable, sometimes ok, but over the last couple sets, it recieved several key additions and this last month, it has felt like an extremely powerful, well-positioned deck that is grossly over-looked and under-played. I've gone through countless iterations over the years, and the one I am on now has good to great matchups across pretty much the whole of Tier 1 and 2. It's absolute worst matchups in Living End and Rhinos have been nerfed to the fringes of modern, and one of it's long-time-nemesis, Dredge, isn't played anymore either.

As the title says, I've recorded an 80% winrate over the past month of sustained (if moderate) play in competitive leagues, including 3 5-0 runs (the 3rd one finished not 30 minutes ago which kicked off this post). My job and life don't permit me to take the extended time to enter Challenges, but honestly, I wouldn't hesitate to sign up with the list I've been playing, with minor tweaks in flex-slots and sideboard:

Grixis Control (Decklist on AetherHub)

I would consider writing everything up in an article-style post (deck building concept, card choices, flex slots, play patterns, matchups, sideboard plans etc.), but again, I sorely lack the time. This post is intended to shine a light on a powerful, interesting, highly competitive deck that is, I think, in part so under-played because it has been so mediocre for so long. Grixis Control a good deck? Seems far-fetched, I know.

As an alternative to an article, I'd like to open this post up as an AMA about this deck. If any matchups, card choices etc. peak your interest /appear weird to you, feel free to ask in the comments!

To kick things off, a slightly controversial take: don't play Preordain in this deck. Just... well^^ Consider is strictly better ;))

Hi guys,

Was going through some MH cards and found [[suspend]]. My first thoughts were using this for a few things:

Cast [[valki, god of lies]] , then suspend it and cast the Tibalt side

Evoke an elemental, then suspend it to get around the sacrifice trigger

With [[teferi, time raveler]] this becomes “pay a blue, exile a creature””, as they cannot cast it due to teferis passive.

I think another use of this could be to cheat out a large creature, then suspend it before it gets sacced. For example, in Goryos you can reanimate [[emrakul the aeons torn]] and the suspend it, then you get the cast trigger when you cast it unlike Goryos.

Solitude evoked, then suspended, essentially means the opponent knows their creatures they play will be exiled when it comes off suspend so they lose a turn or so potentially while you can play as normal.

Endurance evoked, the suspended, against graveyard decks forces them to either rush their game plan and play riskily, or wait until endurance has come and gone - once again meaning you can get on with your own game plan.

Does anyone have any ideas for how I can use and abuse this card further?

Thanks!

For folks who are still playing / experimenting with different builds of the Rhinos deck, how do players feel about the deck in this meta, with Zoo, Goryo’s, Yawgmoth, Tron, Titan and Scam being top of meta?

Since VO was banned, I’ve seen decks with the Leyline/ Draco package, and a few playing without the combo and just a straight up Bant deck. I’m one of those who just switched completely to Domain Zoo but I miss the interactions in Rhinos and considering brewing with Crashing Footfalls again.

The domain combo is nice but I also found the variance to be too high for my taste, if i don’t have LotG in opening hand then it feels just like playing weaker cards.

Flex cards that’s popped up include T3feri, Failure//Comply, Questing Beast, Solitude. Losing the instant speed VO seems to have changed the deck strategy to be less aggressive. Any thoughts? 🦏🦏

Hi, I'm trying to build an allies list, I had decent success in the past with allies when lurrus was legal, but after that ban I dropped the deck, but I think satoru might be good for the deck so I decided to revisit it. I'm currently struggling with how to make the manabase work. The deck plays out where you pretend you're a clunky angro deck, then combo mill your opponent. Games 2 and 3 you board into thassa's Oracle. The mana base is filler, I just put random rainbow lands in there

Would love any input, I know it's not going to be tier 1, but it's a fun little combo deck.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Jxbfo4wrykySB0pG_F3AIQ

*Edit - I cut satoru for break out, it allows for smoother mana when comboing, and digs deep for excavator, which is needed to combo.

Another Monday meets another commentary video this time showing of mill vs Mono red burn.

https://youtu.be/-rR40s-rk1I

The burn deck is piloted by a new player so if any burn players have some tips for players new to the format/burn please leave them on the video for the player to read.

I was building this deck with my friend, really liked it and will be the next thing that I want to buy and play. However I not really sure what can I do to make it better. I put some cards on "considering". If you played with similar decks feel free to give me some insights (cards to add, matchups, sideboards).

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/fZnsgRwdzUyJthBeyJBHSA

OTJ drops on MTGO tomorrow and it looks like a surprisingly deep set for Modern brews. I think us brewers will definitely be feasting on this set til MH3!

• [[Jace Reawakened]] is probably one of the most interesting cards in the set. If not for its "wait til turn 4" restriction it would easily be one of the strongest walkers ever printed in a vacuum, but with that restriction we'll have to see. Will pairing it with [[Leyline of Anticipation]] break us through the restriction in some crazy new deck? Will it enable new busted things for Valki and Cascade spells? Or will it have a home as an efficient filtering engine that allows you to cheat on mana in control/tempo? Or will it just be a total bust and a meme?

• I wrote a whole post on here a few months back extolling [[Tinybones, the Pickpocket]] as a future format all star before realizing that it didn't steal Instants and Sorceries also. Just the same I think the card has some serious legs as a 1 mana potential snowbally threat that also has Deathtouch. Will it team with Ragavan and Inti to finally give us a reason to brew a Mox Amber aggro deck in Modern? Will it end up a reasonable enough threat in Mono Black Aggro builds?

• We also got some really interesting new toys for Urza's Saga decks in the form of [[Lavaspur Boots]] and [[Lost Jitte]]. Both cards aren't insanely busted but are very powerful new flexible options for Saga decks to expand their gameplan. A tutorable means to give your creatures haste and Ward is very interesting, as is the flexibility Jitte can offer in slow grindy matchups.

• [[Satoru the Infilitrator]] is probably the most likely card to break the hell out of something. It has about a million interesting interactions in the format, and is a reasonably costed body in two of the best colors in the format. It reminds me a lot of Agatha's Soul Cauldron in the sense that the card is a veritable brewers paradise of options but the default best thing will probably be making an already existing Tier deck better. I can see this empowering all types of strange brews related to blink and reanimation effects, but the best thing it will end up doing will likely be something pitch elemental related. As long as this isn't the second coming of Up the Beanstalk (STAY DEAD BEANS, I HATE YOU BEANS) I think we're going to end up with a few really interesting decks with this one.

• With [[Simulacrum Synthesizer]], us Affinity players get to once again experience the feeling of hope. Much like the citizens of 2300 in Chrono Trigger, we've basically forgotten what the word "hope" means at this point, so on one hand it's hard to get excited for a new card offering tons of promises, but at the same time it's hard to resist the snowbally Magical Christmasland this card can generate when paired with Affinity creatures.

• The Strive cards are fundamentally interesting in so many ways, and it seems inevitable that at least a few of them sneak into the format. [[One Last Job]] gives a redundant (although weaker) effect for Forge Anew type variants of Hammer that were looking to cheat Kaldra into play pre-LOTR. [[Lively Dirge]] is a two card combo with Goryo's to tutor, bin, and reanimate an Emrakul all for five mana. Speaking of cheating Emrakul, [[Smuggler's Surprise]] is a flexible new spell that (amongst other things) can feel a bit like Through the Breach 5-8 in the right shell as a means to sneak fatties in.

There's a lot of other cards to check out (this set is surprisingly deep for a Standard set!) but I think that's a pretty good summary! What's on your radar for the set?

Hey everyone, about this time last year I was really happy with my glimpse Elementals deck, but it totally lost its legs when Fury got banned, then Violent Outburst had to go too so now it's completely dead in the water.

Is there any hope for a fringe build of the deck? I want to make this meme work. The elementals build mainly relied on Fury for removal, so post ban a lot of them shifted to the Omniscience Atraxa build of the deck, but now nobody is playing it as far as I can tell.

Does anyone have a list for a version with elementals? Preferably without relying on Domain. I've been thinking of getting a version together with Omnath and Solitude, replacing violent outburst with ardent plea. If you have lists for the Omniscience Atraxa build, I'd be interested to see those too 🙂

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-04-1412629024

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-04-1512629034

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-04-1512629035

Winners

• jeunejulio on Jund Grief

• @winstonchamora on BR Grief

• SoggyCheerios on Mono B Coffers

Decklists

Full Metagame Breakdown

15 Bx Grief (10 BR, 1 Jund, 1 5c, 1 Mono B, 1 BW, 1 BG)
7 Creativity (5 Jund, 2 5c)
7 URx Murktide (4 UR, 2 Jeskai, 1 Temur)
6 Amulet Titan
5 BG Yawgmoth
5 Coffers (4 Mono B, 1 BW)
4 UWx Control (2 UW, 1 Jeskai, 1 Esper)
2 Living End (1 Bant, 1 4c)
2 RGx Valakut (1 Naya, 1 4c)
2 4c Goryo's Vengeance
2 Domain Zoo
2 Mono B Rack
2 Affinity
1 Mono W Tron
1 4c Breach Station
1 Jund Saga
1 Sultai Shadow
1 UR Control
1 Jund Asmo
1 GW Emeria Control
1 Domain Midrange
1 Jund Assault Loam
1 Naya Martyr
1 RG Ponza
1 Lotus Field
1 Bant Hammer
1 BR Persist
1 Mono G Tron
1 Bant Eternal Control
1 GW Bogles
1 RW Burn
1 UR As Foretold
1 4c Omnath

15 Bx Grief (10 BR, 3 Mono B, 2 Jund)
11 Domain Zoo
10 Creativity (5 5c, 5 Jund)
7 BG Yawgmoth
4 Domain Rhinos
2 Amulet Titan
2 Omnath (1 5c, 1 4c)
2 Rx Burn (1 Mardu, 1 RW)
2 UB Mill
2 Mono G Tron
2 4c Goryo's Vengeance
2 UWx Control (1 UW, 1 Jeskai)
1 Domain Murktide
1 RG Assault Loam
1 Mono B Coffers
1 UR Murktide
1 BR Persist
1 Eldrazi Tron
1 Domain Midrange
1 Sultai Shadow
1 Bant Walls
1 GW Hammer
1 Temur Breach Station
1 BW Vampires

9 Bx Grief (7 BR, 1 5c, 1 Mono B)
9 BG Yawgmoth
8 Domain Zoo
4 Mono B Coffers
3 Amulet Titan
2 Creativity (1 Jund, 1 5c)
2 UR Murktide
2 Mono G Tron
2 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 Domain Murktide
1 GW Heliod
1 Eldrazi Tron
1 UW Control
1 UB Mill
1 BG Asmo
1 Bant Living End
1 4c Tameshi
1 Storm
1 Mardu Boom Bust

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

3 Bx Grief (1 Jund, 1 5c, 1 BR)
3 Amulet Titan
2 BG Yawgmoth
2 UWx Control (2 UW)
2 Living End (1 Bant, 1 4c)
1 Creativity (1 Jund)
1 RGx Valakut (1 Naya)
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 Mono W Tron
1 4c Breach Station

3 Bx Grief (2 BR, 1 Mono B)
3 Domain Zoo
2 Domain Rhinos
1 Creativity (1 5c)
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 Amulet Titan
1 Omnath (1 5c)
1 Rx Burn (1 Mardu)
1 Domain Murktide
1 RG Assault Loam
1 Mono B Coffers

3 Bx Grief (3 BR)
3 Mono B Coffers
2 BG Yawgmoth
2 Domain Zoo
2 UR Murktide
1 Amulet Titan
1 Creativity (1 Jund)
1 Domain Murktide
1 GW Heliod
1 Eldrazi Tron

New Cards (MKM)

Pick Your Poison
Leyline of the Guildpact
Worldsoul's Rage
Cryptic Coat
Deduce
Insidious Roots
Novice Inspector
Deadly Cover-Up
Archdruid's Charm
Vein Ripper
The Pride of Hull Clade
Assemble the Players
Long Goodbye
Case of the Ransacked Lab

All 10 Surveillands

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Basically the title, I was just wondering hypothetically

Made a new Deck, Check it out: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/xvVwOVC9pEujwLh1st4WTg

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Some notes: Averice Can either Draw cards for you, or can stack your deck for a Bronco kill using Shadow of Mortality.

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I hand tested it in person, and I only Russian Roulette myself Once, it was quite funny to me. The reason why Mortality is used over other high cost Spells is because it is at least Castable in the shell, and if needed its a 7/7 in late game, or a pitch target to Grief.

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Stalactite stalker is growable in this shell so that when you do get Caustic Bronco Out it can do damage to your opponent instead of you.

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Notable Possible Cards:

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Spell Pierce

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IOK

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Witch’s Cottage

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Unearth

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Of course bowmasters, for an extra 6 damage and a 4/4 boy if done right.

Curious as to you guys thoughts? This was just something i've been brewing as of yesterday.

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Okay so a Firend of mine wants to Get in on a Budget of less than 500 but does not want to contribute to the additon of Tron Players at my lgs. He later saw spikes Boros Humans deck but it was out of his budget and asked me to make him a list so here it is. Please give advice or suggestions for it.https://www.archidekt.com/decks/7364536

The main argument I see against banned as companion (and banned as commander) is that it adds unnecessary complexity, but BAC seems awfully simple compared to every other recent set mechanic (I'm actually in favor of this complexity creep). Another factor in not implementing BAC might be the lack of exigence, seeing as how there are only a few cards this would affect. However, Lurrus, as a normal card, has high potential to impact several decks in several formats in a mostly healthy way, a potential impact large enough to initiate a change like this. Another issue might be that companion as a category isn't defined enough in the rules as to avoid this change being a functional errata, which magic is very hesitant about. This is the most understandable point, but the functional errata already given to companion is much more drastic, and this "errata" would not affect gameplay in any traditional sense. A relatively small change to slightly improve every format and massively please Lurrus fans such as myself would be more than welcome.

So before anyone says anything yes I know amulet titan is a thing, I just don't want to be the 5h person playing it.

Thunder junction has re peaked my interest in building a ramp deck and am curious if anyone has some weird giant cmc card to use as a win con.