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Saturday Modern Challenges Results - Dec 21 2024

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-12-2112718123

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-12-2212718129


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Decklists


137Saturday Modern Challenge 1 (December 21 2024)
1.BG Cauldron(10-1) Xerk @Xerk_MTGO
2.Grixis Oculus(9-2) Caleb_Yetman
3.RW Energy(8-2) scipios @SCIPIOS1 [Twitch] [YouTube]
4.BG Yawgmoth(7-3) Kukutza
5.4c Elementals [Keruga](7-2) RespectTheCat @RespectTheCat90 [Twitch]
6.Grixis Oculus(7-2) MagicalSnap
7.RW Energy(6-3) _Batutinha_ @_Batutinha_ [Twitch]
8.Temur Breach Station(6-3) GinkoHS
9.Amulet Titan(6-2) AChord4Five
10.Mono G Broodscale(6-2) _StN_
11.Mono G Broodscale(6-2) Eventwin_
12.Mardu Energy(6-2) PetrKikac1
13.BG Yawgmoth(6-2) DemonicTutors @DemonicTutors [Twitch] [YouTube]
14.Storm(6-2) Gianhunter
15.UR Murktide(6-2) Lobanovski
16.Mono G Broodscale(6-2) ceralguy
17.RG Breach Station(6-2) SpiderSpace @SpiderSpaceMTG [Twitch]
18.Mardu Energy(6-2) Jalzor
19.RW Energy(6-2) ArchaeusDota @ArchaeusDota
20.Mardu Energy(5-3) r3tract
21.UB Oculus(5-3) d_peliser
22.UB Mill(5-3) kopflurch
23.Mardu Energy(5-3) claudioh @claudiohmtg [Twitch]
24.UW Urza(5-3) HDG_BorisE
25.UB Oculus(5-3) cathjues
26.Naya Burn(5-3) AbelMolto
27.UR Twin(5-3) DB_Beerus @Lord_Beerus187 [Twitch]
28.Jund Saga(5-3) mtbWolf
29.Domain Zoo(5-3) Zoob5555
30.Mono G Broodscale(5-3) wallofspikes
31.Mono G Broodscale(5-3) termidor
32.BR Affinity(5-3) CrusherBotBG @StefanDimov413

91Saturday Modern Challenge 2 (December 21 2024)
1.4c Creativity(8-2) hyyy1
2.RW Energy(8-2) JulianJohn
3.BW Taxes(8-1) Fibor
4.RW Energy(7-2) _Batutinha_ @_Batutinha_ [Twitch]
5.BG Cauldron(6-2) NJ5030 @NJ5030
6.5c Omnath(6-2) mcertain
7.Jeskai Energy(5-3) Kev_1414
8.61-cards Abzan Food(5-3) selesneal @selesneal
9.Domain Zoo(5-2) TekiAkuma @AkumaMage
10.Amulet Titan(5-2) Raydan
11.UG Broodscale(5-2) termidor
12.BR Hollow One(5-2) xDingusKhan
13.UR Twin(5-2) blastoids
14.4c Goryo's Vengeance(5-2) Delve3
15.Mardu Energy(5-2) MTGHolic @winstonchamora
16.Mardu Energy(5-2) PierrePoilievre2025
17.UW Mill(5-2) vini_torres
18.UB Mill(5-2) quintan
19.Storm(5-2) SkullClampMTG
20.Mardu Energy(4-3) ipbanned
21.Grixis Persist(4-2) D00mwake @d00mwake [Twitch] [YouTube]
22.Grixis Oculus(4-3) JustCallMeJick
23.Temur Breach Station(4-3) peter780108
24.Mardu Energy(4-3) Jarnzy
25.Mardu Energy(4-3) InterludeShadow
26.Grixis Oculus(4-3) AmadeusPro
27.Mardu Energy(4-3) Valimoth
28.BG Yawgmoth(4-3) MacIsaac
29.Lantern(4-3) Flossing @mickeycushing
30.RW Energy(4-3) Hoocraft
31.Temur Breach Station(4-3) duanceyao
32.Temur Eldrazi(4-3) Jobbermann

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown


7 Energy (4 Mardu, 3 RW)
5 Mono G Broodscale
4 Oculus (2 Grixis, 2 UB)
2 BG Yawgmoth
2 Breach Station (1 Temur, 1 RG)
1 BG Cauldron
1 4c Elementals
1 Amulet Titan
1 Storm
1 UR Murktide
1 UB Mill
1 UW Urza
1 Naya Burn
1 UR Twin
1 Jund Saga
1 Domain Zoo
1 BR Affinity

10 Energy (6 Mardu, 3 RW, 1 Jeskai)
2 Mill (1 UW, 1 UB)
2 Grixis Oculus
2 Temur Breach Station
1 4c Creativity
1 BW Taxes
1 BG Cauldron
1 5c Omnath
1 Abzan Food
1 Domain Zoo
1 Amulet Titan
1 UG Broodscale
1 BR Hollow One
1 UR Twin
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 Storm
1 Grixis Persist
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 Lantern
1 Temur Eldrazi

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown


5 Energy (3 RW, 2 Mardu)
3 Mono G Broodscale
2 Oculus (2 Grixis)
2 BG Yawgmoth
2 Breach Station (1 Temur, 1 RG)
1 BG Cauldron
1 4c Elementals
1 Amulet Titan
1 Storm
1 UR Murktide

5 Energy (2 RW, 2 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
2 Mill (1 UW, 1 UB)
1 4c Creativity
1 BW Taxes
1 BG Cauldron
1 5c Omnath
1 Abzan Food
1 Domain Zoo
1 Amulet Titan
1 UG Broodscale
1 BR Hollow One
1 UR Twin
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 Storm

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0 Comments
2024/12/22
19:18 UTC

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Returning to Modern

I’m looking to return to modern after taking a long haitus. I stopped playing near the end of 2019 when Oko got banned. Decks I played towards the end were Jund and Grixis Shadow.

With the unbanning, are there any decks similar to those? I guess midrange. I don’t know what new mechanics are in now. I guess I have some reading to do.

Is Grixis Oculus a similar type deck?

7 Comments
2024/12/22
09:34 UTC

8

Trash for treasure with opal

There was a cool trash for treasure deck with goblin engineer. Now that opal is unbanned, that would slot right into it right ?

Sorry for mistakes, english not my first language

8 Comments
2024/12/22
06:14 UTC

3

Gruul delirium deck brewing

Anyone here playing around a more refined version of spike's jund delirium in RG colors only? I remember watching mengu tried the jund version and commented on cutting black to make it more consistent. Plus with the exectation that most decks are graveyard based now, its better to main [[endurance]] and probably splitting copies (2each) of [[vengevine]] and [[omnivorous flytrap]] for beaters.

13 Comments
2024/12/22
03:58 UTC

0

Is green suns zenith worth putting into amulet titan.

Discord? There are so many lists online for amulet, some say summoners pact, some say gsz and some say both. I try to look online for people’s thoughts and ideas but I can’t find any. ): I wish there was a group of ppl I could ask online who have experience with this deck. Discord?

16 Comments
2024/12/22
02:04 UTC

29

I’m new and have been looking at Death’s Shadow. Is it viable in the wake of the current band/unbans?

I've been looking at a lot of deck lists for Death's Shadow as I've always loved the flavor of putting oneself close to the brink of death to take out your opponent. I have never played modern before and I'm interested as a casual commander player. Am I in over my head? Just looking for some guidance because it seems like the main shell of Death's Shadow is prettt affordable and it looks like the strategy got some new support in the form of FOMO.

Sorry if this post is mostly rambling, I don't normally post.

28 Comments
2024/12/22
01:34 UTC

0

Has Modern Horizon's proven that bringing in players as contractors doesn't work, or just that Horizon's sets aren't healthy.

I've been thinking about some of the mtg podcasts I was listening to shortly after the release of MH3 as well as Sam Black's article about working on MH2. Sam and Mason Clark both gave their insights into what the design process was like, as well as some stories about how certain cards got designed and the discussion around them (with Mason even putting out that Phlage is a card he designed himself).

Obviously a lot of people enjoy the Horizon's sets and they sell incredibly well. And places like twitter and reddit can give a skewed representation of how a small population of highly enfranchised competitive players feel, but I feel as if their impact on the format as a whole is seen as negative.

The goal of bringing in contractors seems to be to get eyes on the prototype cards from people who love Modern and play it at a high level and design a product that pushes the format. I fully believe everyone that WotC has called in has seen it as dream come true and had the best intentions.

But here we are with Energy, Phlage, and Psychic Frog still being competitive powerhouses in the face of unbanning GSZ, Mox Opal and Faithless Looting. Opal and Looting are two cards I thought would never see the light of day and they still don't reliably beat the Energy package. WotC brought back 3 cards that defined modern for years and one that didn't get much time because it was considered too strong to begin with (GSZ) and after a week of experimenting, Mardu Energy is still one of the most played decks with a 60%+ match win rate.

It's just an accepted fact that each new straight to Modern set will eclipse anything else that happened before. I feel that if you hire outside people to work on cards with the goal of not breaking anything. And then one of them comes up with Phlage (in the running for the best card in Modern and may still need to be banned in the future). Perhaps it's time to re-think the approach. Or maybe it's inevitable and the issue is with WotC's approach to Modern. Either way I feel like something really needs to change if we are still jamming Phlage/Ajani into Psychic Frog in a month or two after unbanning Mox Opal and Faithless Looting.

23 Comments
2024/12/21
19:46 UTC

0

(For fun) New type of control deck

I was trying to make a control deck that just literally just played mostly hate/sideboard cards in the main deck for the best decks in Modern currently with of course some kind of win-con in the main being phlage/solitude. It seems like right now most decks either interact with the GY in a big way or are artifact decks, so why not just play the sideboard cards in the main, I know a lot of you will say "What if you come across a deck that doesn't use either" which is a valid point but those decks are pretty weak anyway and there's still ways in the main to deal with non meta decks, of course it's a feelsbad when you draw meltdown against frogtide for example but hopefully you prolong the game long enough you will draw into good stuff against them (Maybe Sanctifier is too niche? What else could take it's place?)

4 Sanctifier en-Vec

2 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury

3 Snapcaster Mage

3 Solitude

3 Meltdown

2 Spreading Seas

3 Wrath of the Skies

4 Counterspell

3 Consign to Memory

3 Dress Down

3 Ghost Vacuum

3 Galvanic Discharge

2 Spell Pierce

1 Arena of Glory

4 Flooded Strand

1 Hallowed Fountain

3 Island

1 Meticulous Archive

1 Mountain

2 Plains

1 Sacred Foundry

4 Scalding Tarn

3 Steam Vents

1 Thundering Falls

17 Comments
2024/12/21
19:33 UTC

56

Friday Modern Challenges Results - Dec 20 2024

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-12-2012718105

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-12-2112718115

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-12-2112718117


Winners



Decklists


109Friday Modern Challenge 1 (December 20 2024)
1.Mono G Broodscale(9-1) NHA37
2.Mardu Energy(9-1) _Tia93_ @Tia_Rizzi93 [Twitch]
3.BW Taxes(7-2) Fibor
4.UB Oculus(7-2) sokos13 @sokos13_
5.Grixis Oculus(6-2) PieGonti @PiemontiAndrea
6.Mono G Broodscale(6-2) josetorr87
7.Mardu Energy(6-2) TheAlmightyCheddar
8.BR Hollow One(5-3) Bugsy69 @BugsyOP
9.Temur Twin(5-2) maear
10.Temur Breach Station(5-2) poiu45
11.Mardu Energy(5-2) MadHatter1442
12.RG Hollow One(5-2) Wolfjob
13.UB Oculus(5-2) No_e_that_knows @Noe_leal_jr
14.Grixis Oculus(5-2) Hiro_Hsiang
15.UB Oculus(5-2) Kroma_
16.Jeskai Urza(5-2) Marecki
17.GW Heliod(5-2) Luiza_braba
18.UW Hammer(5-2) DevinShave @Opt_gg [Twitch]
19.Mardu Energy(5-2) jvidarte
20.Mardu Energy(5-2) jev_ @jev_e_
21.Domain Zoo(5-2) manukoka
22.Temur Song of Creation(5-2) ceralguy
23.UR Through the Breach(4-3) Gobern
24.UW Hammer(4-3) BrofessorDumbelldore
25.Temur Breach Station(4-3) Killah_SUV
26.4c Omnath Control [Keruga](4-3) MiraiMTG
27.UW Tameshi Belcher(4-3) DustyClouds
28.Temur Breach Station(4-3) termidor
29.Neoform(4-3) badboykeenan
30.Temur Breach Station(4-3) billsive @billsive
31.UR Twin(4-3) grrg_bear
32.Storm(4-3) Erik157751

80Friday Modern Challenge 2 (December 20 2024)
1.Temur Eldrazi(9-1) CrisMTG77 @Cristia78884858
2.Mardu Energy(7-3) FlawlessVictory-
3.Mardu Energy(7-2) Venom1 @OowashiAkatsuki
4.Temur Breach Station(6-3) Tobyr6
5.RW Energy(6-2) LongSammy
6.Mardu Energy(6-2) gazmon48 @gazmon48 [Twitch]
7.Bant Living End(6-2) MeninooNey @MeninooNey
8.Jeskai Energy(5-3) Misplacedginger @misplacedginger [Twitch]
9.BG Yawgmoth(5-2) ashame
10.Abzan Amalia(5-2) DustyClouds
11.Domain Zoo(5-2) Casket2
12.4c Creativity(5-2) OtherWhiteStuff [Twitch]
13.Mono R Phoenix(5-2) m0sc0wmitch
14.Mono G Broodscale(5-2) BERNASTORRES @P22Bernas
15.Mardu Energy(5-2) TripleQ
16.Mono U Merfolk(5-2) Fruitkid
17.UR Affinity(5-2) Jack9Em
18.Mono R Phoenix(4-3) badgods
19.BR Hollow One(4-3) Alisa
20.BG Yawgmoth(4-3) NJ5030 @NJ5030
21.Mardu Energy(4-3) fingers1991 @fingers1991
22.Jund Creativity(4-3) MC_amp2267
23.BG Yawgmoth(4-3) Sparky165
24.Mardu Energy(4-3) _Stream @gurosi
25.4c Omnath Control [Keruga](4-3) GimmexGimme
26.Temur Breach Station(4-3) DarkBone
27.RG Rotpriest(4-3) auzzie51
28.Grixis Vengevine(4-3) InsomniaTV
29.UW Tameshi Belcher(4-3) -CAPS-
30.Hardened Scales(3-3) Arcbound_Papi @Arcbound_Papi
31.Jeskai Energy(3-3) Jon_W
32.Grixis Goryo's Vengeance(3-3) InterludeShadow

42Friday Modern Challenge 3 (December 20 2024)
1.Mardu Energy(7-2) Venom1 @OowashiAkatsuki
2.Mardu Energy(7-2) jvidarte
3.RW Energy(6-2) AlpInco @Alp_MTG [Twitch] [YouTube]
4.Temur Breach Station(6-2) Callenutg1
5.Storm(6-1) MTGMoneyMaker
6.Grixis Oculus(5-2) AmadeusPro
7.Mono G Broodscale(4-3) Rooney56 @rooney0506
8.RG Eldrazi Breach Station(4-3) Themata
9.Bant Hammer(4-2) LasVegasChaos
10.BR Hollow One(4-2) Decoyforhire
11.Bant Living End(4-2) MeninooNey @MeninooNey
12.Grixis Oculus(4-2) nahuel10 @Nahuel10Mtg
13.Dredge(4-2) Redhotphil87
14.Mardu Energy(4-2) BigD_1992
15.Amulet Titan(3-3) Juintatz
16.BR Waste Not(3-3) soggymeatball
17.BW Taxes(3-3) scipios @SCIPIOS1 [Twitch] [YouTube]
18.Lantern(3-3) FakeShaver
19.Jund Creativity(3-3) RainerZahnfall92
20.RW Energy(3-3) _Joseba_
21.Jund Creativity(3-2) Tienmtg
22.Bant Martyr(3-3) sergilpg
23.BG Yawgmoth(3-3) Furina
24.Naya Enchantress(3-3) Marvelman123
25.Mono R Saga(2-4) KillerSheep @Littlesislatias
26.BR Hollow One(2-4) medvedev @m3dvedev
27.UW Tameshi Belcher(2-4) Payakan
28.Hardened Scales(1-4) kePs
29.RW Burn(2-2) RowdyGainz
30.BW Taxes(1-4) fradev1988
31.UW Tameshi Belcher(1-2) Juggalotus92
32.Abzan Amalia(1-3) steelleaf51

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown


5 Mardu Energy
5 Oculus (3 UB, 2 Grixis)
4 Temur Breach Station
2 Mono G Broodscale
2 Hollow One (1 BR, 1 RG)
2 Twin (1 Temur, 1 UR)
2 UW Hammer
1 BW Taxes
1 Jeskai Urza
1 GW Heliod
1 Domain Zoo
1 Temur Song of Creation
1 UR Through the Breach
1 4c Omnath Control
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Neoform
1 Storm

9 Energy (6 Mardu, 2 Jeskai, 1 RW)
3 BG Yawgmoth
2 Temur Breach Station
2 Creativity (1 4c, 1 Jund)
2 Mono R Phoenix
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 Bant Living End
1 Abzan Amalia
1 Domain Zoo
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 Mono U Merfolk
1 UR Affinity
1 BR Hollow One
1 4c Omnath Control
1 RG Rotpriest
1 Grixis Vengevine
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Hardened Scales
1 Grixis Goryo's Vengeance

5 Energy (3 Mardu, 2 RW)
2 Grixis Oculus
2 BR Hollow One
2 BW Taxes
2 Jund Creativity
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 RG Eldrazi Breach Station
1 Bant Hammer
1 Bant Living End
1 Dredge
1 Amulet Titan
1 BR Waste Not
1 Lantern
1 Bant Martyr
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 Naya Enchantress
1 Mono R Saga
1 Hardened Scales
1 RW Burn
1 Abzan Amalia

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown


5 Mardu Energy
5 Oculus (3 UB, 2 Grixis)
2 Mono G Broodscale
2 Hollow One (1 BR, 1 RG)
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Twin (1 Temur)
1 UW Hammer
1 BW Taxes
1 Jeskai Urza
1 GW Heliod
1 Domain Zoo
1 Temur Song of Creation

6 Energy (4 Mardu, 1 RW, 1 Jeskai)
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Creativity (1 4c)
1 Mono R Phoenix
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 Bant Living End
1 Abzan Amalia
1 Domain Zoo
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 Mono U Merfolk
1 UR Affinity

4 Energy (3 Mardu, 1 RW)
2 Grixis Oculus
1 BR Hollow One
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 RG Eldrazi Breach Station
1 Bant Hammer
1 Bant Living End
1 Dredge

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46 Comments
2024/12/21
19:31 UTC

6

Mono blue eldrazi help

Hi, I would like to build mono blue eldrazi deck for modern. But I don't know if it's better to use urza's lands or the combination of "tamyio meets story circle" and "Archway of innovation". Can anyone tell me what's better and why? Thank's a lot to whoever answers

4 Comments
2024/12/21
18:08 UTC

20

Removal in modern

What is the best removal in modern? With the fading out of the elemental cards (besides gyro) solitude is falling out of meta. Fatal push is still relevant but their has to be more right? I am building a WBG modern deck and need some more ideas for good removal. Before I had (the before mentioned) fatal push and solitude but I also had go for the throat and terminate. Any more ideas?

30 Comments
2024/12/21
17:19 UTC

117

5 days later, what do you think of the new unbans so far?

So far, they seem fine to me, with one possible exception. Green Sun's Zenith just feels like Chord 5-8, which Toolbox Combo decks honestly needed. Opal as well feels needed to enable Artifact decks to do something, and it really doesn't seem that broken anymore thanks to the existence of Meltdown and Wrath of the Skies. Twin feels like a decent rogue deck, which feels really weird to say consider how powerful it once was. The one that feels like it may end up becoming a problem is Faithless Looting.

What are your thoughts?

148 Comments
2024/12/21
17:17 UTC

1

What to build.

Currently I play Zoo debating on switching decks. Torn between Hollow one or Creativity anyone thoughts or should I stick with Zoo still?

8 Comments
2024/12/21
15:41 UTC

2

Which combo deck to percieve

With the new unbans and alot of things happening Currently ı am in a dilemma. I have two options for decks to grind out Either jund creativty/persist Or ruby storm. I am okay with both and when leaned on them ı excel on both with practice . What I think (ı might be wrong ofc) Meta is basically blind and need time to settle and blind combo decks are good for now Everybody is packing meltdown for opals and some form of gy hate for faithless Both ruby and creativty is good against gy hates in their way Artifact hate ruby more good against for melt downs People still having storm hate ? Not sure Either forcing the opponent to a gamble with ruby storm or more distruption and flex option with jund creativity.

What are you guys thoughts on these two deck choices and which one would you rather lean between the two and why ?

8 Comments
2024/12/21
14:58 UTC

44

Modern: The Many Faces of Splinter Twin

Splinter Twin has returned to Modern, and players have wasted no time building lists around the most famous two-card combo in the format’s history. But does it have enough to compete with the 2024 Metagame?

https://mtg.cardsrealm.com/en-us/p/56373

It's only been a few days since Splinter Twin was released from its long exile from Modern since it was first added to the Banned and Restricted list in 2016. At the time, Twin was a fan favorite in the format and its ban took many players by surprise, as its numbers didn't justify it leaving the format. But Wizards decided to remove the archetype from Modern in the interest of competitive diversity.

Eight years later and with many requests and memes, the moment of glory that many have been waiting for has arrived: Splinter Twin is now legal in Modern, and players and content creators alike have wasted no time in testing every possible archetype with the card.

40 Comments
2024/12/21
14:31 UTC

66

Modern Qualifier Results - Dec 20 2024

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-qualifier-2024-12-2012718066


Winner


  • A_Turtle on RW Energy

Decklists


180Modern Qualifier (December 20 2024)
1.RW Energy(10-1) A_Turtle
2.Storm(9-2) hugofreitas1 @hugochaisman
3.Mardu Energy(8-2) Gitaxian_Probe
4.Mono G Broodscale(8-2) Zanman
5.UB Oculus(7-2) Preparation
6.Temur Eldrazi(7-2) ODlS
7.Temur Breach Station(7-2) Ale_Mtg @Ale_mora_02
8.Jeskai Wizards(6-3) Viatt
9.UW Tameshi Belcher(6-2) KO_Mak
10.Mardu Energy(6-2) Bezerra_da_Silva
11.Jund Creativity(6-2) ReanimatorFiend @Brett_Kroeger [YouTube]
12.Mardu Energy(6-2) _IlNano_
13.BR Hollow One(6-2) Tixis
14.Mardu Energy(6-2) sandydogmtg @sandydogmtg
15.Jund Creativity(6-2) RSS29
16.RW Burn(6-2) Kakashi_
17.Mono G Broodscale(6-2) LFC
18.Mono R Burn(6-2) quinniac @GeneralQuinniac
19.UR Breach Station(6-2) txepi
20.Mardu Energy(6-2) Grxss
21.UR Through the Breach(6-2) Lollopollo2001
22.Temur Breach Station(6-2) DarkBone
23.Amulet Titan(5-3) Graciasportanto @MauroSasso2
24.RW Energy(5-3) ElkVinci @ElkVinci
25.Jeskai Breach Station(5-3) CracklingDoom
26.RW Energy(5-3) slaxx
27.UR Through the Breach(5-3) MAFS
28.Naya Energy(5-3) Oppa
29.RG Phoenix(5-3) Mateusf34 @Mateus_f34 [Twitch]
30.Mardu Energy(5-3) 416FrowningTable @FrowningTable
31.UR Twin(5-3) O_danielakos
32.Jund Creativity(5-3) Varo @Varo7S

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Top 32 Archetype Breakdown


10 Energy (6 Mardu, 3 RW, 1 Naya)
4 Breach Station (2 Temur, 1 UR, 1 Jeskai)
3 Jund Creativity
2 Mono G Broodscale
2 Burn (1 RW, 1 Mono R)
2 UR Through the Breach
1 Storm
1 UB Oculus
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 Jeskai Wizards
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 BR Hollow One
1 Amulet Titan
1 RG Phoenix
1 UR Twin

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown


6 Energy (5 Mardu, 1 RW)
3 Breach Station (2 Temur, 1 UR)
2 Jund Creativity
2 Mono G Broodscale
2 Burn (1 RW, 1 Mono R)
1 UR Through the Breach
1 Storm
1 UB Oculus
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 Jeskai Wizards
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 BR Hollow One

New Cards (FDN)


Boltwave

Tournament Highlights


  • Nacatls Avenged! The winner is A_Turtle on RW Energy! What, did you think we were gone for good? The Energy core remains excellent, and when everybody else is trying to play new strategies with previously-banned cards in suboptimized shells, playing Energy continues to be a smart decision I believe.

  • hugofreitas1 is our runner-up and played Storm! Now, this archetype is mega slept on right now. The hate pieces seeing play don't overlap with Storm all that much, and it's still a blazingly fast combo deck. Don't diss Storm!

  • Gitaxian_Probe was on Mardu Energy. The B splash continues to see usage in the Energy shell, and we'll see if it is the best idea moving forward since the deck will go through more iterations in the coming weeks...!

  • Zanman was on Mono G Broodscale. Eyyy a Mox Opal Broodscale deck! I was really hoping to try this out at some point, congrats to Zanman for getting a nice result with it!

  • Preparation was on UB Oculus. Mainboard Dreams of Steel and Oil huh?

  • ODlS was on Temur Eldrazi. Karn Eldrazi is a sweet idea, you'll really punish the Mox Opal decks out there with the built-in Stony Silence static ability of Karn the Great Creator!

  • Ale_Mtg was on Temur Breach Station. Honestly... this deck continues to look incredible on paper, Mox Opal and Underworld Breach is very strong. I personally expect this to see more usage as people try the deck more because that's a powerful recipe in my book!

  • Viatt rounds out our T8 with Jeskai Wizards! Oh yeah, with Ring banned, it's now perfectly defensible to play Flame of Anor and Tamiyo Inquisitive Student as your source of card advantage! Love the fact this deck can play Wrath of the Skies, which is possibly one of its best assets in the current (unstable) metagame!

  • In the 5-3 bracket, I'm intrigued by Mateusf34's take on RG Phoenix! What a sweet one

  • Congrats to A_Turtle for taking the tournament down!


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2024/12/21
10:21 UTC

16

What are some decks or matchups in Modern that makes you feel like playing a good game of Chess?

As per title, what are some decks that makes you feel like playing a good game of chess, with deep gameplay, interaction, certain level of bluff and rewarding end.

42 Comments
2024/12/21
06:19 UTC

13

Good time to hop in?

I have an older amulet titan deck that I shelved around the time of the eldrazi summer and was curious if with bans and everything would it be a good time to jump in? I've played commander but miss the competitive and aggressive nature modern brings so what do you all think. Should I dust off the old deck and put in a few upgrades? Been doing some reading and got this deck to a place that I like and the modern seen at my lgs is always popping off!!! So what do you guys think? Should I make the upgrades and jump back in with amulet titan? Or stick to standard 🤣🤣

Also if you are curious about the list I'll drop it here:

https://www.archidekt.com/decks/10526410/no_rings_only_amulets_titan

10 Comments
2024/12/21
03:34 UTC

0

Asmo the unban winner?

I think most of the cards unbanned aside from splinter twin are able to be slotted in and used to great effect.

Does anyone have lists from challenges or personal brews that incorporate them?

Bonus points if it is a toolbox list using GSZ for random silver bullets.

5 Comments
2024/12/21
02:37 UTC

91

Will Splinter Twin, once again, be the Policeman of modern?

Back during the pre-ban era of modern, Twin was widely seen as the policeman of modern. By this was meant that other decks had to dilute their gameplan with removal spells in order to have answers to Twin combo, thereby forcing the other decks to become more fair, meaning interactive.

Now that Twin is back, will that be true once more? Will all the other combo decks have to devote some slots to removal spells to respect the Twin combo? Or perhaps this was never true and it was always a myth that Twin was the policeman.

What is the cold, hard, truth behind this public perception of everyone's favorite duo? Crime-stopping hero or yet another combo deck in a vast sea of combo decks? You decide

97 Comments
2024/12/21
02:00 UTC

0

Living Twin

Hey everyone, I was very hyped to see Splinter Twin unbanned - please don't hit me if you disagrees :/ Anyhow this is a list I brewed up heavily inspired by NeonMushroom's Grixis Living End list, but I though why not revieve Living Twin?

Please let me know what you think and what should be added or removed. Thank you :)

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/50f5ltuB10ijeF2lMm5V3w

3 Comments
2024/12/20
23:50 UTC

22

Modern Izzet Phoenix

Hey everyone,

I play a lot of Phoenix in Pioneer and since they unbanned Faithless Looting, I am really excited to try this in Modern.

Here is a list I brewed up, I am happy about your feedback and input. Are there cards I missen or you think that are not good?

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/_MKmmsk-pU6Oka-WKJeL9A

36 Comments
2024/12/20
23:35 UTC

3

Deck idea

So with the one ring banned, I'm going to start getting into modern I am debating between Hollow one because it looks fun, and explosive It can also be a budget build with upgrades over time Dredge just looks like alot of fun, I know it is easy to get shut down but I think it's interesting and decently cheap with room for upgrades to the manabase

A phoenix deck either izzet or rakdos, maybe go grixis in the future, izzet would be like pioneer, and rakdos would try to fill the grave with archon of cruelty to use persist on and whatnot

What are your guys thoughts? I'm fairly new to actual modern magic and I know these might not be the most competitive, but I think they could be okay, if there is any other decks that might be good to try instead?

14 Comments
2024/12/20
20:13 UTC

1

Delver vs Preordain in UR Twin

List: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/twizards-2/?cb=1734721381

I plan to play Modern tonight for the first time in a long time. I dusted off my old jeskai twin list and spent some time upgrading it, but I'm stuck on my last two slots. I don't want to spend the money on Tamiyo or Pact of Negation right now so I'm trying to figure out if I'm better off putting in 2 Delver, 2 Preordain, or something else. Maybe 2 Pestermite.

Delver is a wizard before it flips which feels very relevant since I'm down 4 Tamiyo, and is an extra creature to sac to Flare. It also has the potential to make the beatdown plan more viable when I can't combo, however I don't have a reliable way to flip it so that's flimsy.

I'm sure some people will comment on my including white when I have 0 white spells mainboard and only a couple questionable white cards in the side. I thought I'd be getting some Orim's Chant that I wanted to splash for but that fell through. I'll probably ditch white after I have a better feel for the local meta and what I really want in my sideboard. Happy to hear any suggestions!

16 Comments
2024/12/20
19:19 UTC

4

Anyone On As Foretold Rhinos Still?

I built the original [[crashing footfalls]] iteration when it released using [[as foretold]] and [[electrodominance]] to cast it and [[ancestral visions]] in a UR [[blood moon]] shell. I know the cascade lists are pretty down now, and I never really dug that version anyway, not enough jank for my taste. Anyone still working on the old tempo version, or a [[restore balance]] [[greater gargadon]] version? I've still got all of those cards and have the modern rogue deck bug at the moment, between this and skelemental variants I'll be the most "that guy plays shitty but cool decks" person at locals

15 Comments
2024/12/20
18:28 UTC

82

Thursday Modern Challenges Results - Dec 19 2024

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-12-1912718086

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-12-2012718096


Winners


  • Gobern on UR Eldrazi

  • steelleaf51 on Abzan Amalia


Decklists


107Thursday Modern Challenge 1 (December 19 2024)
1.UR Eldrazi(9-1) Gobern
2.Grixis Oculus(8-2) sokos13 @sokos13_
3.Temur Song of Creation(7-2) GigaChadSigmaMale
4.Mardu Energy(7-2) levunga21 @levunga
5.RW Energy(6-2) Elboomercasposo
6.Amulet Titan(6-2) kanister @kanister_mtg [Twitch] [YouTube]
7.Mardu Energy(6-2) marcofabrizi
8.BG Yawgmoth(6-2) DemonicTutors @DemonicTutors [Twitch] [YouTube]
9.Grixis Oculus(5-2) Ale_Mtg @Ale_mora_02
10.Mardu Energy(5-2) jvidarte
11.Jund Creativity(5-2) oOMegaGenesis
12.Jund Creativity(5-2) Misplacedginger @misplacedginger [Twitch]
13.Temur Breach Station(5-2) Fatcaster_Mage @Fatcaster_Mage
14.UR Murktide(5-2) _Tia93_ @Tia_Rizzi93 [Twitch]
15.BR Hollow One(5-2) Venom1 @OowashiAkatsuki
16.RW Energy(5-2) PintuMtg @Pintu_mtg
17.Temur Breach Station(5-2) Bezerra_da_Silva
18.Mardu Energy(5-2) rastaf @MtgRastaf [Twitch]
19.Jund Creativity(5-2) McWinSauce @McWinSauce
20.Storm(5-2) sixmp
21.UW Tameshi Belcher(5-2) TheAdonis
22.Mono R Prowess(5-2) YSZzz
23.Temur Breach Station(4-3) solaec0501
24.4c Goryo's Vengeance(4-3) EmreKilic
25.Grixis Persist(4-3) TSPJendrek @TSPJendrek [Twitch] [YouTube]
26.UB Basim(4-3) Jpsn54
27.Mono G Tron(4-3) Takayama
28.RW Energy(4-3) Txuris
29.UB Murktide(4-3) Sven745
30.Mardu Energy(4-3) A_Turtle
31.Grixis Wizards(4-3) M0GG_Fanat1c
32.Mardu Energy(4-3) AlpInco @Alp_MTG [Twitch] [YouTube]

95Thursday Modern Challenge 2 (December 19 2024)
1.Abzan Amalia(9-1) steelleaf51
2.Amulet Titan(9-1) HouseOfManaMTG @HouseOfManaMTG [Twitch] [YouTube]
3.61-cards Amulet Titan(7-2) Capriccioso @dominharvia
4.BG Yawgmoth(7-2) TheMeatMan @MeatMTG [Twitch] [YouTube]
5.BR Hollow One(6-2) Decoyforhire
6.UR Eldrazi(6-2) oOMegaGenesis
7.Temur Twin(5-3) Richie727
8.Temur Breach Station(5-3) Killah_SUV
9.Mardu Energy(5-2) rastaf @MtgRastaf [Twitch]
10.Grixis Oculus(5-2) AmadeusPro
11.Temur Eldrazi(5-2) CrisMTG77 @Cristia78884858
12.Temur Breach Station(5-2) UninspiredMehjagic
13.Jeskai Energy(5-2) RubyXillia
14.UG Eldrazi(5-2) Lightspirit
15.Temur Breach Station(5-2) DarkBone
16.Temur Breach Station(5-2) solaec0501
17.BR Hollow One(5-2) iruleoverkittens
18.Mardu Energy(5-2) Grxss
19.Temur Breach Station(5-2) Manny- @MannyStach
20.Jund Creativity(5-2) Archer365
21.Mardu Creativity(4-3) TekiAkuma @AkumaMage
22.UB Oculus(4-3) delverihardlyknowher
23.UR Wizards(4-3) mrtoolshed
24.Grixis Twin(4-3) burnt_taco77 @Burnt_Taco77
25.Amulet Titan(4-3) gurig @TaintedOpt
26.UW Miracles(4-3) DeviousPenguin666
27.RW Energy(4-3) DookieTrouserMD @CardGameTalk [Twitch] [YouTube]
28.Grixis Oculus(4-3) thedoc96
29.UB Urza(4-3) Gherrity
30.BR Hollow One(4-3) manalacaio
31.Colorless Mystic Forge(4-3) StormQrow
32.UG Mystic Forge(4-3) FunkyBrewster

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown


9 Energy (6 Mardu, 3 RW)
3 Jund Creativity
3 Temur Breach Station
2 Grixis Oculus
2 Murktide (1 UR, 1 UB)
1 UR Eldrazi
1 Temur Song of Creation
1 Amulet Titan
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 BR Hollow One
1 Storm
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Mono R Prowess
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 Grixis Persist
1 UB Basim
1 Mono G Tron
1 Grixis Wizards

5 Temur Breach Station
4 Energy (2 Mardu, 1 Jeskai, 1 RW)
3 Amulet Titan
3 BR Hollow One
3 Eldrazi (1 UR, 1 Temur, 1 UG)
3 Oculus (2 Grixis, 1 UB)
2 Twin (1 Temur, 1 Grixis)
2 Creativity (1 Jund, 1 Mardu)
2 Mystic Forge (1 Colorless, 1 UG)
1 Abzan Amalia
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 UR Wizards
1 UW Miracles
1 UB Urza

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown


6 Energy (4 Mardu, 2 RW)
3 Jund Creativity
2 Temur Breach Station
2 Grixis Oculus
1 Murktide (1 UR)
1 UR Eldrazi
1 Temur Song of Creation
1 Amulet Titan
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 BR Hollow One
1 Storm
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Mono R Prowess

5 Temur Breach Station
3 Energy (2 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
3 Eldrazi (1 UR, 1 Temur, 1 UG)
2 Amulet Titan
2 BR Hollow One
1 Oculus (1 Grixis)
1 Twin (1 Temur)
1 Creativity (1 Jund)
1 Abzan Amalia
1 BG Yawgmoth

New Cards (FDN)


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2024/12/20
17:50 UTC

15

Hollow One homies represent?

I go by beestime online and I'm looking forward to an FNM tonight. I was messing with Hollow One before the B&R but now for obvious reasons it's sick as hell. Looking for a community. Playing tonight with this. https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zijqx4zo306aDFRN0GFX6Q

7 Comments
2024/12/20
17:32 UTC

0

Help me determine if my Flash Combo brew would be viable

I know there are so many posts just like this one popping up on this sun right now. The same sort of "is my deck viable posts" but could you give me some insight maybe how to streamline my build?

Now that the bans/unbans have been out for a while and the metagame has shaken out and energy is no longer the top dog out there, which I'm still upset that they had to ban the one ring just because one OP deck was able to fully utilize it.

I'm thinking I may be on to something with this brew I'm working on, I think it really has legs. I've been testing it with my sister against her Jund Kindred Ooze, and Goryo's Vengeance Obezedat of the Ghost Counsil deck. I've even been able to win games against a timely vindicate on one of my crucial lands!

My basic list revolves around starting the game with a leyline of anticipation in play. Then T1 eot flash in a noble hierarch. T2 eot flash in deceiver exarch, village bellringer (no pestermite because being damaged by orcish bowmen is backbreaking), or Saheeli Rai. T3 Splinter Twin or Felidar Guardian to combo off and easily win from there. I also play Kiki-Jiki, breaker of mirrors for redundancy. I also play savage summoning for redundancy in terms of the leyline effect, and it has the bonus of making my stuff uncounterable which seems really good. Especially when my opponent thinks they'll catch me off guard by trying to consign into memories my game winning triggered abilities!

All suggestions are welcome!

3 Comments
2024/12/20
16:49 UTC

0

Potentially Safe Bans

Hey Yall,

With the recent unbanned cards in modern looking to shake things up a bit (still too early to tell for sure) I was looking at other banned cards in Modern and noticed some cards that are banned in Modern but legal in Timeless that have no real effect on the meta. So with that said, what's everyone's thoughts on unban Uro and/or Oko? Would they take over the meta or would they fold to energy and other fast decks? Or would they only act to slow the game down?

20 Comments
2024/12/20
14:21 UTC

35

3-1 with UR Splinter Twin at my local Modern tournament

So Monday came and I was as suprised as everyone to see Twin unbanned. Considering this was my old favorite deck I had to go and dust my old cards. Considering this was played on Wednesday I had to just take cards from my collection to build the deck so the build is a bit wonky and contains almost no cards from LotR and beyond (I only had 1 Sink into Stupor from prerelease)

List: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/u-i9-Cds30SGeZi2pjE72A

Round 1 0-2 vs Jeskai Control

So yeah Round 1 I run into a bad matchup. My opponent was on a Jeskai build that played a lot of the same control cards, but instead of Twin combos had Solitudes, Leyline Bindings and Phlages.

This was actually a close matchup. In game 1 I ultimately got ground down though when he went into Snap Flame of Anor later in the game. I had at least one spot where I could have comboed him had I actually had drawn a Splinter Twin, but I actually didn't draw a single Twin in my like first 25 cards.

Sideboard: +2 Blood Moon + 4 Force of Negation -2 Flasme Slash -1 Electrolyze -2 Pestermite -1 Splinter Twin

Game 2 played out similarly. A long grindy game. Here it ultimately came down to a close combat game. I had one turn where I could draw Bolt to win, but that wasn't and he ultimately stabilized on Phlage to kill me.

In the post baord game I had little option to combo, but I think maintaining the threat was actually solid. He attempted a Turn 3 Teferi and if I actually had the combo there I could have comboed after forcing the Teferi. In general Force felt very valuable here.

Round 2 2-1 vs RG Prowess

I lose the die roll here. Game 1 I keep a hand that has Turn 3 Exarch Turn 4 Twin with not much else. He has a very fast explosive kill and my Turn 2 Snapcaster Turn 3 Deceiver Exarch are not enough to stop him from killing me on his Turn 4 on the play without losing my Exarch and then losing the next turn.

Sideboard: +2 EE +2 Pyroclasm -1 Electrolyze -2 Memory Deluge -1 Spell Snare

Game 2 we get into a pretty long grindy game where it again ultimately came down to him finding the last Lightning Bolt to kill me before I could beat him down. Here again I just didn't draw into the combo, but ulitmately my dorky creature beatdown plan was enough.

Game 3 I keep a very removal heavy hand and just kept on kiling his early creatures to prolong my game. He had a fairly early Cindervines that both put pressure on me and stopped me from comboing (the only opening I had where I could have tapped him out I did not have the Twin). This turned into an extremely long grindy game. Ultimately I beat him down with his own Soul Scar Mages after taking over 3 of them in total in this game with my Archmage's Charm. Ultimately I ended on 4 life here and he almost finished me out, but I could close it.

Round 3 2-0 vs UB Faeries

Ok this was probably the most lopsided matchup of the evening. He was playing a very homebrew build with Sheoldred and Liliana of the Veil.

Game 1 he played an early 1/1 flier and started to beat down. He quickly began tapping out for activating Restless Reef and beating me down with it. At this point I felt like he didn't really know what was going on. A turn later I recklessly tried to combo into an open blue mana. I get blown out by Rona's Vortex. Here i had to explain to him how the combo actually worked. A little bit later I tried to combo again and killed him

Sideboard: +2 Force of Negation -2 Spell Snare

Game 2 I force his Liliana of the Veil on the play. Then we grind a little bit before I ultimately manage to combo him out with protection.

Round 3 2-0 vs Amulet Titan (ft. GSZ)

I lost the die roll here too. Game 1 he plays an early Urzas Saga hand. I keep on having mana open to stop his Dryad. Then after he fetches Amulet of Vigor and can't present a Titan that Turn I end of turn use Archmage's Charm to steal his Amulet of Vigor to stop him from doing anything explosive. We durdle a little before I combo him out a little bit later

Sideboard +4 Force of Negation +2 Blood Moon -2 Flame Slash -1 Electrolyze -1 Spell Snare - 2 Memory Deluge

Game 2 I keep a hand of mostly control elements and a Moon. I forced his Turn 1 Amulet and then hit a Turn 3 Blood Moon. That basically locked him out and we played a little bit of Draw Go until I actually found a combo to kill him after countering his force of Vigor on my Blood Moon.

We then played a couple more games. Overall I went 5-1 against him on Amulet.

This lead to a 4 way tie for first at 3-1 (I actually got paired up round 2 and 4) and me winning a little bit of Store Credit (12,5€ for 5€ entry)

Overall the deck actually quite impressed me despite how hastily it was thrown together. Archmage's Charm was just the one I had lying around instead of Flame of Anor and it was actually extremely good in a lot of spots from countering to drawing, to removing Soul-Scar Mages and Amulet. Another card that extremely overperformed for me was Force of Negation. That card was so good that I would actually consider moving some portion of them to the mainbaord. I also was suprised how easy sidebaording felt to me.

As for the not so good: Desolate Lighthouse was fine, but awkward some of the time. Probably just not a card for contempporatry modern and definitely not two of them. Flame Slash was a very mediocre card. It did what it was supposed to in being additional removal, but you probably are at least supposed to be playing Galvanic Discharge here. Electrolyze is just too far out. It wasn't awful, but it was definitely one of the cards I cut a lot. That was just one of the cards I put in to fill out the dek. Same goes for Izzet Charm. Card was ok, but I don't think you want to play this. Memory Deluge also was just ok, but I think I don't actually need them in a build with 4 Archmages Charm. That was another one of those "I need to get to 60 cards" card.

I think this was the most fun I have had playing Modern in years. That deck was pure joy to pilot. Very long and very close games most of the time. Overall I feel like Twin right now is getting underrated quite a bit. I think it is at the very least a solid choice to play. I am incredibly happy to have this deck back. I also ordered some more cards for the Wizards build of Twin and I think I will actually go back to playing my weekly Modern tournaments. Attendance at our store also spiked back up to ten people (from 3 the week before I was told). People were genuinely much more excited to play and that was despite the more busy time right before Christmas. I hope we can recover again to the 15-20 people we regularly had a while ago. The last few months seem to have really hurt the scene, but people were excited

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

36 Comments
2024/12/20
13:03 UTC

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