This is my budget version of 8 rack. I would appreciate it if anyone has any suggestions on this deck as I am really looking to improve it. Any advice about any aspect of the deck is welcome. Thanks in advance. Suggestions are welcome.
8 Rack Modern Budget
Lands
3 Bojuka Bog
4 Caves of Koilos
6 Plains
7 Swamp
Artifacts
4 The Rack
Enchantments
4 Ghostly Prison
4 Necrogen Mists
4 Shrieking Affliction
Instants
4 Condemn
3 Extirpate
3 Hero's Downfall
Sorceries
3 Day of Judgment
4 Duress
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Raven's Crime
Sideboard
4 Fragmentize
3 Infinite Obliteration
3 Rain of Tears
3 Relic of Progenitus
2 Stony Silence
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What are your intentions with the deck? Are you currently (or planning to) taking the deck to tournaments and FNMs? Are you just playing casually and chose the Modern card pool? Are the decks you will be playing against casual or competitive? And if competitive, are they optimal or budget builds? Is it important to you that you win games or is participating enough?
I get a bunch of your substitutions:
- Necrogen Mists is a budget Liliana of the Veil
- Ghostly Prison is a budget Ensnaring Bridge
I would immediately cut Bojuka Bog. Many decks can ignore the effect, and it's a non-bo with Extirpate (which I also feel needs to be cut, or at least moved to the sideboard). If it came into play untapped, then who cares... play 4. But I believe you'll find you're going to need your lands to be usable immediately.
I'll wait to hear your answers to the questions in my first paragraph before commenting further!
What's your budget? Is a 10 dollar card too much?
Can try to give suggestions when we know which suggestions have a chance of happening. Otherwise it's nearly impossible to give any advice.
I agree with what Phoenix Ignition has posted, but have some additional thoughts.
First and foremost, I don't really see the reason to include White in the deck. If you were going the Smallpox route, with Flagstones of Trokair, I'd be on board, but as is, it seems like you're primarily compensating for Ensnaring Bridge with Ghostly Prison. I think you could probably cut White. If you're not playing fetchlands, Fatal Push isn't quite as good, but Dismember is still solid as a replacement for Path to Exile. I also think Wrench Mind is a powerful card that is generally really solid, unless your meta is full of Affinity. While Necrogen Mists seems like a Liliana of the Veil substitute, I think the edict ability is really important, and as such, I'd suggest running Doomfall in that slot.
From what I've seen, the deck you are describing is Pox (no Rack effects). The 8 Rack lists I've seen that splash white typically do so for the sideboard options and usually maindeck Lingering Souls.
Totally agree on both points.
I think we can agree that both Necrogen Mists and Doomfall are poor substitutions for Lili. The upside to Necrogen Mists (and why it is always chosen in budget lists) is that it is a repeatable effect.
The reason I lead my initial post with all those questions is because I feel 8 Rack is already a fairly budget deck when you look at the price of most Modern decks... So further weakening it really gives you no chance in a competitive environment.
Dismember - $3.50
Smallpox - $0.25
Shambling Vent - $6-7
Concealed Courtyard - $6-7
Sorin, Solemn Visitor - $5
Lingering Souls - $0.50
Souls of the Faultless - (couldn't find a price, maybe $1 each?)
Disfigure - $0.25
Mortify - $0.75
Anguished Unmaking - $3
Wrench Mind - $1
You could spend about $30 and get a set of Dismember, Smallpox, Lingering Souls, a Sorin, and a Shambling Vent.
Last edited by Mr. Safety; 08-02-2017 at 07:35 AM.
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