Just brewin a reanimator deck, have 4x archon, I'm tempted to play cityscape leveler but that's really only good if I can attack with it, what else could be a good target?

UW Affinity vs Hardened Scales | Modern Paper Gameplay

Continuing our gameplay and commentary adventures we've got the two top artifact decks in modern, UW affinity a control style deck that utilizes thought monitor and Kappa Cannoneer to take advantage of all the artifacts. The other deck, Hardened Scales utilizes the +1 +1 counter manipulation to end games quickly. Which artifact deck do you think is the best or would you most like play?

If you disagree, thats totally cool.

If you agree, please consider signing the below linked petition. I know its futile, but imo, it feels better to try and fail than not trying at all.

https://chng.it/5ccwxjpH4N

Thank you.

Hello!

I come to ask you about several decks that are viable today. In principle I would like to make a deck or two with the following cards and/or strategies.

One of the cards that I would like to play is AETHER VIAL, if possible in a dimir deck. Is there a possibility of it being a control/tempo deck? or possibly midrange.

POWERBALANCE is the other card that I would like to use, what decks are there today that it works well in? Is there a deck that shares with COUNTERBALANCE?

And finally, any black control/midrange mono deck that you can recommend?

thank you so much!

Tonight we had Me on Mono Blue Tron Boros Energy Jeskai Energy Amulet Titan Bant Soulherder Temur Breach Mono Black 8 Field Selesnya Birthing Ritual And Simic Woodland (with an additional combo of Release to the Wind + Bramble Familiar)

Really cool spread of decks and play some really cool games. Ended up 3-1. Just felt nice to share :)

What other decks besides Boro/Mardu Energy can Guide of Souls make a meaningful impact or offer a big buff?

For instance, is it a major upgrade in Soul Sisters, perhaps with a few Jolt Awake?

Hey folks, please be nice 😅

I've put together most of the stock Mono U Belcher list except for the Sea Gate Restorations which I'm having a hard time to get.

My goal right now is to get mileage with the deck... Play in the few weekly paper tournaments until it is Modern season again.

I wonder if it makes sense to replace it with another U MFDC even if it always enters tapped (Waterlogged Teachings) and just start playing until I get the Restorations or no, it's too important and I should just chill and play something else until I have it completed.

In a nutshell: How important is that card for the deck, and what is the best replacement even if temporary?

Palantir is a very powerful and unique card that never really got to see much play because The One Ring was a much more reliable card advantage engine for any deck that needed it.

I think anyone who hasn't been living under a rock and who even occasionally glances at the modern format will know that The One Ring is going to be banned next month.

After the ban in December, which decks can straight up replace Ring with Palantir? I think only the Eldrazi/Tron decks because they have enough high mana value cards to really threaten a win with the milling. In the energy decks, the opponent can pretty much always allow the mill, so there are better Ring replacements there.

Anyways, do you think the price on this card will go up and its worth investing in them now?

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1712705678

Winners

• RubyXillia on RW Energy [Jegantha]

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

14 Energy (8 RW, 4 Mardu, 2 Jeskai)
4 Tron (2 Mono G, 2 RG)
2 Jeskai Control
1 UB Goryo's Vengeance
1 UB Oculus
1 Hardened Scales
1 BG Broodscale
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm
1 Lotus Field
1 Bant Birthing Ritual
1 Bant Living End
1 Domain Rhinos
1 Domain Zoo
1 UW Tameshi Belcher

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

7 Energy (3 RW, 3 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
3 Tron (2 Mono G, 1 RG)
1 UB Goryo's Vengeance
1 UB Oculus
1 Hardened Scales
1 BG Broodscale
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm
1 Lotus Field
1 Bant Birthing Ritual

New Cards (FDN)

Kiora, the Rising Tide
Koma, World-Eater
Sire of Seven Deaths

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This year, I came back after taking a 2 year break from Magic. Originally, I expected to not be able to find time to play anything except commander, but now I find that I can play at one of my LGS' Modern nights fairly consistently, and a such I'm now faced with the daunting task of updating a deck that hasn't been touched since MH2. Here is my old list:

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6763733#paper

Of note, the Stormbreaths/Inferno Titans were 4x Fury; I changed them back post-ban even though I wasn't actively playing.

The Ponza sub basically died and the few people still holding on are playing Karn decks, which doesn't appeal to me. I can't find a shell similar enough to what I was playing to update my deck, so I am here for any suggestions. I'm also not trying to compete in any huge tournaments and will not be buying copies of TOR. That being said, what's the least wallet-breaking upgrade path I can take?

Hey everyone! Just wanted to share my list and tournament report from my LGS's store championship. I went 3-1 in swiss and lost in the finals
It wasnt a big tourney around 10-15 people, so it was 4 round swiss and top 4
Here is the list:
https://www.moxfield.com/decks/kAIRhL2UaUGoX82ISFJR_g

Round 1, Yawgmoth: Won dice roll, won 2-0. Nothing special, Game 1 I was faster, and he didnt have main board removal for Slickshot. Game 2 i sided in blood moon which in the end won me the game.

Round 2, Amulet Titan: Lost the dice roll, lost 0-2. Its just amulet i couldnt do anything... game 1 he went first, killed me on his turn 2. Game 2 I only saw one alpine moon, naming Hanweir Battlements (the one that gives haste), and he proceeds to kill me on his 2nd turn with valakut combo.

Round 3, Mill: Won dice roll, won 2-0, Was faster game 1, and he didnt have that much main board removal... Game 2 he mills me down to 6 cards and I top deck unstable amulet in to some free spell pumping my stuff for lethal.

Round 4, Merfolk: Won dice roll, won 2-0, He mulled to 5 a didnt see merfolks later, so I just outgrind him, same thing game 2, Mull to 6 and outgrind him...

Top4

Semi-finals: Against the same Amulet player: Won the dice roll, won 2-0. Game 1 he mulled to 4 and I was extremly fast. Game 2 he mulls to 6, He goes amulet pass, and I drew alpine moon and blood moon in my opening hand, over the course of the game I proceed to drop the 2nd blood moon and the 2nd alpine moon, securing the win.

Finals: Merfolk. Lost the dice roll, lost 2-1, Mulled down to 5 and couldt keep up game 1, And stomped him in game 2, Game 3 i take control of the game, and he slams a chalice of the void on 1, while i had 4 one drop spells in my hand, which ultimetly lost me the game...

Overall I enjoyed the deck, for everyone wondering i dont own the 4th slickshot, unholy heat was played instead of him. Didnt miss the fourth copy to be honest, but I would still play it. All in all, I know I didnt face against, Energy decks, or storm... but I still feel like the deck is rather decent, if piloted well. Even tho I recommend it for beginners, its unforgiving to mistakes, but very rewarding if piloted correctly...

TLDR: Where do people find out about multi-day magic events?

Answers from comments

1. Firshoes Midwest Tournament Updater -
https://facebook.com/groups/MidwestTournamentUpdater/
2. MagicCon -
https://www.mtgfestivals.com/
3. Fanfinity -.
https://www.fanfinity.gg/event/spotlight-series-utrecht/
4. Magic Spotlight Series -
https://magic.gg/news/announcing-the-magic-spotlight-series
5. Starcitygames - SCGCON/Spotlight Series -
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1013103610861641&id=100064860335616

- longform -
Hey guys, I'm recently back to magic after a long hiatus. I stop playing after gate crash and just started again a few weeks into Bloomburrow.

I used to love to go to Grands Prix. I haven't been able to find any information about huge events like that. I'm using spice rack and the event finder through Companion.

The only thing that's come close is an event by laughing Dragon in Texas from December 6th to 8th.

Are there still Grands Prix? How do people find out about multi-event multi-day?

I prefer events on the west coast but I'm willing to fly somewhere so I can revisit that fun feeling of being in a big event surrounded by my people geeking out about our favorite game.

Hi,

Short story, I made a budget deck to get my 13yo nephew into mtg. Started with a rakdos carnival that was fun to play but not competitive.

Our lgs started modern and pioneer local tournaments, he have a nice gruul pioneer but for modern his rakdos will not be enough so I started to upgrade it by giving him 4 fetch and 2 shocklands and some good cards I owned.

But I feel like it can be better, so here's the actual decklist, the maybeboard is some cards that we own but dunno what could fit.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/17-11-24-zio-rakdos-budget/

Don't forget we're on a budget, I can't afford expensive cards for him actually.

(Potential matchups : UB mill, UB frogulus, UB frogtide, UR wizards, Monored goblins, monogreen infection, mono white humans, BW midrange.)

Any help will be very appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1612705668

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-64-2024-11-1712705673

Winners

• josetorr87 on UW Tameshi Belcher

• @TibaltOfRedSub on UB Mill

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

9 Energy (6 RW, 3 Mardu)
4 UB Oculus
4 Goryo's Vengeance (3 4c, 1 UB)
3 Living End (2 4c, 1 Bant)
2 Broodscale (1 Mono G, 1 UG)
2 Infect (1 Sultai, 1 BG)
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Domain Zoo
1 Jeskai Control
1 Amulet Titan
1 Lantern
1 RG Eldrazi
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm

7 Energy (6 RW, 1 Mardu)
3 Storm
3 UB Oculus
3 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 Temur Eldrazi
2 BG Cauldron
2 Temur Breach Station
1 UB Mill
1 UG Shifting Woodland
1 Amulet Titan
1 Lotus Field
1 UR Wizards
1 Sultai Infect
1 UR Boom // Bust
1 Jund Delirium
1 Dredge
1 Mono G Broodscale

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

7 Energy (5 RW, 2 Mardu)
1 UB Oculus
1 Goryo's Vengeance (1 4c)
1 Broodscale (1 Mono G)
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Domain Zoo
1 Jeskai Control

4 Energy (3 RW, 1 Mardu)
2 Storm
2 UB Oculus
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 BG Cauldron
1 Temur Breach Station
1 UB Mill
1 UG Shifting Woodland

New Cards (FDN)

Kiora, the Rising Tide
Koma, World-Eater
Sire of Seven Deaths

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If they ban the ring that destroys the viability many middle to low tier decks that need it to stay relevant. Dimir is the only control deck that does well without the rest. Every other control deck is outclassed by without the ring to stabilize, and gain card advantage.

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1512705648

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1612705660

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1612705668

Winners

• Killah_SUV on Temur Breach Station

• RubyXillia on RW Energy [Jegantha]

• josetorr87 on UW Tameshi Belcher

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

10 Energy (5 RW, 5 Mardu)
4 UW Tameshi Belcher
3 Temur Breach Station
3 Colorless Tron
2 Goryo's Vengeance (1 4c, 1 UB)
2 4c Living End
1 BG Cauldron
1 UB Oculus
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 UW Affinity
1 BG Yawgmoth
1 UB Mill
1 RG Through the Breach
1 UR Wizards

13 Energy (8 RW, 4 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
2 Storm
2 UB Oculus
2 Broodscale (1 UG, 1 Mono G)
2 Temur Eldrazi
2 4c Living End
1 Amulet Titan
1 BG Soultrader
1 UR Murktide
1 Jund Delirium
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Sultai Infect
1 Mono B Necro
1 BW Taxes
1 BG Cauldron

9 Energy (6 RW, 3 Mardu)
4 UB Oculus
4 Goryo's Vengeance (3 4c, 1 UB)
3 Living End (2 4c, 1 Bant)
2 Broodscale (1 Mono G, 1 UG)
2 Infect (1 Sultai, 1 BG)
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Domain Zoo
1 Jeskai Control
1 Amulet Titan
1 Lantern
1 RG Eldrazi
1 Temur Breach Station
1 Storm

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

3 Energy (2 RW, 1 Mardu)
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 Temur Breach Station
1 Colorless Tron
1 Goryo's Vengeance (1 4c)
1 BG Cauldron
1 UB Oculus
1 Mono G Broodscale
1 UW Affinity
1 BG Yawgmoth

8 Energy (6 RW, 2 Mardu)
2 Storm
1 UB Oculus
1 Broodscale (1 UG)
1 Amulet Titan
1 BG Soultrader
1 UR Murktide
1 Jund Delirium
1 UW Tameshi Belcher

7 Energy (5 RW, 2 Mardu)
1 UB Oculus
1 Goryo's Vengeance (1 4c)
1 Broodscale (1 Mono G)
1 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Domain Zoo
1 Jeskai Control

New Cards (FDN)

Sire of Seven Deaths
Kiora, the Rising Tide
Koma, World-Eater

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Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-showcase-challenge-2024-11-1612705887

Winner

• @kanister_mtg on Amulet Titan

Decklists

Scraper by bamzing! ALL deck names are automated, please don't get too angry if the scraper mislabeled something. If your name is on there and you have a Twitter/Twitch/YouTube link, I'll add it! But please tag me (u/bamzing) so I can see your request.

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

13 Energy (8 RW, 4 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
4 Storm
3 Broodscale (2 Mono G, 1 UG)
2 Amulet Titan
2 Tron (1 Mono G, 1 RG)
2 Temur Breach Station
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Bant Living End
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 UB Oculus
1 UW Artifacts

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

7 Energy (4 RW, 3 Mardu)
4 Storm
3 Broodscale (2 Mono G, 1 UG)
2 Amulet Titan
2 Tron (1 Mono G, 1 RG)
2 Temur Breach Station
2 UW Tameshi Belcher

New Cards (FDN)

None

Tournament Highlights

• With a Vampire's Vengeance! The winner is kanister on Amulet Titan! Fun fact, kanister faced 3 distinct archetypes in the entire 13 rounds of the tournament: Energy, RG Through the Breach, and Storm. And, in those 13 rounds, 11 of them were versus Energy. While it's obviously an incredible outlier, it's still pretty darn funny!

• komattaman is our runner-up and played Mardu Energy with Jegantha!

• Giltspire was on Mono G Tron.

• Aiteth was on RW Energy with Jegantha.

• Gitaxian_Probe was on RW Energy with Jegantha.

• Oscar_Franco was on RG Tron.

• Cachorrowo was on Storm with Jegantha.

• 416FrowningTable rounds out our T8 with Mardu Energy with Jegantha!

• Congrats to kanister for taking the tournament down!

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https://www.moxfield.com/decks/zZ0VhiF9iUOqMULRWODEcg

I've been looking a fun deck to get back into local modern play with, and scrolled through some aspiringspike vids and was hooked by the FOMO Prowess/Delirium decks. It's a cool package of [[fear of missing out]], [[dragons rage channeler]], [[mishras bauble]], and [[tarfire]] primarily to quickly enable delirium and aggro the opponent out.

I've had a [[lightning skelemental]] deck together since before Looting was banned and this seems like a good updated place for my discard spells and rb lands. Without a doubt this will lose the consistency of just jamming low cost threats, but [[unearth]]ing skelemental is a thrill I've not felt with other decks. I've also been looking around for a good [[blood moon]] deck and this could pretty easily run that alongside [[fulminator mage]] to heavily disrupt enemy lands.

Thoughts on immediate changes I should think about? The sideboard is very slapped together, and the main has some flex spots that can be played with for sure. This is relatively inexpensive and like I said I've already got a a chunk of these cards, so I'm pretty set on building some iteration of this monstrosity. Thanks!

https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=61622&f=MO

1st Boros Energy

2nd Boros Energy

3-4th Boros Energy

3-4th Boros Energy

5-8th Boros Energy

5-8th Boros Energy

5-8th Boros Energy

5-8th Goryo's Vengeance

Anticipating a potential [[The One Ring]]banning in December, seems like [[Fable of the Mirror-Breaker]] would be a great replacement in Boros/Mardu Energy.

Fable seems like it can provide enough value to energy decks that they’d be able survive a One Ring banning and still remain Modern’s top deck.

Thoughts?

The Pioneer meta is great right now, but without RCQs on the horizon, every shop in my region has given up on it. Its a bummer. Even though things are particularly dire this time, this is pretty much how Pioneer has been for its entire lifespan, it never quite gets a permanent crowd.

Meanwhile, Modern never dies out at the shops in my region. Doesn't matter if there's tournaments coming up or not. Doesn't matter if the meta sucks or not. People just keep jamming Modern.

Why's it like that?

To be clear: I have nothing against either format, I play both. Not trying to yuck anyone's yum. Just curious what people think/feel on this one. Especially since the current Modern meta is really not to my taste, where as the current Pioneer meta kicks ass.

Also, @mods, sorry about the flair, there wasn't really a good option.

Seen the latest Lotus Fields decks dont run Wish, or only 1 copy. What is the upside to running wishclaw talisman over wish? seems like you just have less options since you are not playing from sideboard with orims chants and whatnots.

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1412705629

Source: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-32-2024-11-1512705639

Winners

• @FerMTG_2 on Mardu Energy [Jegantha]

• Chichichi on UB Oculus

Decklists

Top 32 Archetype Breakdown

17 Energy (12 RW, 4 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 Temur Breach Station
2 UB Murktide
2 UB Oculus
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 UG Broodscale
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 GW Heliod
1 Bant Infect
1 BG Cauldron
1 Bant Living End

17 Energy (11 RW, 5 Mardu, 1 Naya)
3 Bant Living End
2 UB Oculus
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 Tron (1 Mono U, 1 Mono G)
1 Lotus Field
1 Temur Breach Station
1 BG Cauldron
1 Storm
1 Temur Eldrazi
1 RG Through the Breach

X-2 or better Archetype Breakdown

10 Energy (7 RW, 2 Mardu, 1 Jeskai)
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
2 UB Murktide
2 UB Oculus
1 Temur Breach Station
1 4c Goryo's Vengeance
1 UG Broodscale

9 Energy (6 RW, 2 Mardu, 1 Naya)
2 UB Oculus
2 UW Tameshi Belcher
1 Bant Living End
1 Tron (1 Mono U)
1 Lotus Field
1 Temur Breach Station
1 BG Cauldron
1 Storm
1 Temur Eldrazi

New Cards (FDN)

Sire of Seven Deaths

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Anyone in the Atlanta Georgia area know where a good place is to play Modern on Friday nights? My LGS has all but dissolved it's group and I'm frustrated and looking for a new place to go.

Thanks

Hi, I just wanted to share some janky homebrews that I've built and enjoyed over the years. I think the lists bring a couple interesting ideas to the table, and I hope some people find them interesting. I'd be happy to discuss any thoughts or suggestions. I'm always looking for new ideas.

Power Sagas

My favorite deck. Uses Power Conduit to recur Saga abilities, and uses The Raven's Warning and Reason/Believe to cheat out any creature you like from the sideboard.

link

Timebelcher

A very different approach to Belcher. Runs only high mana cost cards so that Timesifter can be an extra wincon that prevents opponents from ever having another turn.

Mono-white: link

Miracles: link

The Book of Exalted Deeds

Live forever by activating The Book of Exalted Deeds on a creature land. Protect the land with Isochron Scepter. Win by decking the opponent, or at least by threatening to.

link

Shared Fate

Swap decks with your opponent, giving them a deck that has no way to win.

link

Solemnity

The Solemnity + Nine Lives soft lock is nothing new, but each of these decks has a different approach to making the lock truly unbreakable.

Dovescape: link

Neverending Torment: link

Nazgûl Shapeshifters

An outlier in this list, an aggro deck that uses Shapeshifters to more than double the number of allowed Nazgûl.

link

Thinking of building the below to use for modern but, I'm struggling to see if i can speed it up any more without going for largely expensives cards. The deck is more for fun not competitive, and trying to stick to demons & devils. Is there a way I can improve it or am I limited?

Deck list

https://manabox.app/decks/QrYDULp_TJ21R8enIeBvOA

[CREATURES] 4 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire 4 Master of Cruelties 4 Vexing Devil 2 Scourge of the Skyclaves 2 Dream Devourer 4 Ammit Eternal

[ARTIFACTS] 3 Mishra's Bauble 3 Springleaf Drum 4 Thieves' Tools

[INSTANTS] 2 Pyretic Ritual 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Expedite

[SORCERIES] 4 Unearth

[LANDS] 10 Mountain 10 Swamp

[MAYBE BOARD] 1 Lotus Bloom 2 Desperate Ritual 1 Illness in the Ranks 1 Rakdos Cackler

see title. I'm not here to plead a ban just want to know what you would try if ring does leave the format.

Hi, im kind of new to magic and wanting to build a deck for modern / pioneer to play at my lgs, im trying to use alot of cards i already have but I still need to buy alot of cards for this deck. Before I spend money on this, how good will this be?

4 Hinterland Sanctifier 4 Ajani's Pridemate 2 Giada, Font of Hope 2 Youthful Valkyrie 4 Angel of Vitality 4 Dazzling Angel 2 Marauding Blight-Priest 2 Enduring Tenacity 4 Exemplar of Light 2 Fiendish Panda 4 Bloodthirsty Conqueror 4 Authority of the Consuls 14 Plains 10 Swamp

Maybe swapping som lands for duallands later :)

So thinking of giving Modern a go after having a very, very hard time with Commander. I am just getting back into it and trying to find a format I can sink my teeth into.

I was thinking of building up the deck I built at the Foundation Pre-release. I think it has some potential and at least a decent foundation to build from.

Attached is the link to my deck (ignore the sideboard): https://www.moxfield.com/decks/BuhfXD9_QkWSa7dfxRTIsQ

What would you suggest to round out the deck and make it more solid for Modern play?;

Most Zoo lists are playing Phlage, which is definitely a good card, but it is a little slow for the deck. I'm just wondering if anyone has given Detective's Phoenix a try, even as a 1 or 2-of, since it does have some ability to pitch to Kavu for value, and it also helps to give evasion to a Kavu.

The deck has some high CMC cards easily able to achieve Collect Evidence such as Scion of Draco, Leyline Binding, and extraneous copies of Leyline of the Guildpact if you do get it in the yard, but maybe the deck needs extra ways to loot (possibly play FOMO as well?)

Feels like there's always some new way to explore Zoo that people haven't tried yet and was just throwing some thoughts out there.