iamajellydonut
05-01-2013, 06:30 PM
A while back when I was a naive cherub (now I'm a naive couch-potato), I came up with a nifty Extended deck that, simply put, involved abusing the hell out of Ensnaring Bridge. It worked fairly well, but I was lazy and it had certain glaring flaws both with itself and against the current meta. However, it recently dawned on me that Liliana of the Veil is now a card, and a strict topdeck mode would make Bonfire of the Damned actually relevant in something other than last year's Standard. Having an inane desire for a competitively viable deck in each format, I figured I'd give it a whirl. So, without further adieu, Hell's Bridge Modernized.
Landx22
1 Mountain
5 Swamp
4 Blood Crypt
1 Graven Cairns
2 Howltooth Hollow
3 Marsh Flats
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Sulfurous Springs
2 Verdant Catacombs
Other Spellsx38
2 Duress
2 Extirpate
3 Gibbering Descent
2 Infernal Tutor
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Necrogen Mists
4 Blood Moon
4 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Pyroclasm
1 Shattering Spree
1 Dreadbore
3 Chrome Mox
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Grafdigger's Cage
Sideboard
1 Duress
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Thoughtseize
2 Shattering Spree
1 Slagstorm
2 Guttural Response
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Pithing Needle
3 Sun Droplet
2 Trinisphere
So, I'd like to first state that this deck is untested since its first incarnation. I would have to invest in a few cards (honestly not a big deal) and I haven't a Modern test partner for something like MWS. However, the core of the deck remains unchanged from that time ago, and it functioned fairly well then. With that in mind, this is largely theoretical, but not entirely unfounded or without merit.
Probably the most major card choice is that I went with Inquisition and Duress over Thoughtseize. Reason being that the previous incarnation would often have to uselessly cast Thoughtseize in order to keep a zero handsize. That, combined with Volcanic Fallouts and the like, would often cause a significant amount of life loss. Thanks to modern innovations in card making, I don't think that'll be as much of an issue, but I'm still inclined to err on the side of caution. At the very least, though I lost a significant portion of my collection during my "hiatus", I do have a playset of Thoughtseizes on hand.
Infernal Tutor has always been brilliant in the late game which is why there's a few one-ofs as something of a tutor suite.
Cards I've thought about and would like to hear your opinions on are Pyromancer's Swath, Bituminous Blast, Blood Scrivener, more Dreadbores, potential of Trinisphere in the mainboard or lack thereof in the sideboard, Demigod of Revenges in the sideboard. Honestly, I would like any and all suggestions for card options big or small.
Landx22
1 Mountain
5 Swamp
4 Blood Crypt
1 Graven Cairns
2 Howltooth Hollow
3 Marsh Flats
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Sulfurous Springs
2 Verdant Catacombs
Other Spellsx38
2 Duress
2 Extirpate
3 Gibbering Descent
2 Infernal Tutor
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Necrogen Mists
4 Blood Moon
4 Bonfire of the Damned
1 Pyroclasm
1 Shattering Spree
1 Dreadbore
3 Chrome Mox
1 Engineered Explosives
4 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Grafdigger's Cage
Sideboard
1 Duress
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Thoughtseize
2 Shattering Spree
1 Slagstorm
2 Guttural Response
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Pithing Needle
3 Sun Droplet
2 Trinisphere
So, I'd like to first state that this deck is untested since its first incarnation. I would have to invest in a few cards (honestly not a big deal) and I haven't a Modern test partner for something like MWS. However, the core of the deck remains unchanged from that time ago, and it functioned fairly well then. With that in mind, this is largely theoretical, but not entirely unfounded or without merit.
Probably the most major card choice is that I went with Inquisition and Duress over Thoughtseize. Reason being that the previous incarnation would often have to uselessly cast Thoughtseize in order to keep a zero handsize. That, combined with Volcanic Fallouts and the like, would often cause a significant amount of life loss. Thanks to modern innovations in card making, I don't think that'll be as much of an issue, but I'm still inclined to err on the side of caution. At the very least, though I lost a significant portion of my collection during my "hiatus", I do have a playset of Thoughtseizes on hand.
Infernal Tutor has always been brilliant in the late game which is why there's a few one-ofs as something of a tutor suite.
Cards I've thought about and would like to hear your opinions on are Pyromancer's Swath, Bituminous Blast, Blood Scrivener, more Dreadbores, potential of Trinisphere in the mainboard or lack thereof in the sideboard, Demigod of Revenges in the sideboard. Honestly, I would like any and all suggestions for card options big or small.