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    Modern MOST

    Primer: http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/s...radewind-Rider

    Here is a deck I have been enjoying in Legacy ported to Modern. It's called MOST (Merieke, Opposition, Survival, Tradewind Rider) but really it's a Fauna Shama+Scryb Ranger, and to a lesser extent a Vial deck. It plays 4-colors and a lot of silver bullets. Merieke is maybe not needed in Legacy, but it has won me a lot of games so far in Modern.

    Not sure if all those fetchlands are needed, but it's important most of the lands in the deck are Forest, if not all, so you can use Scryb Ranger on them. The 2nd Forest is a nod to the fact that Scryb Ranger+painlands is a non-bo, so that aspect of the Legacy version is pretty handicapped.


    4 Windswept Heath
    3 Misty Rainforest
    1 Snow-Covered Forest
    1 Forest
    2 Overgrown Tomb
    2 Breeding Pool
    1 Temple Garden
    1 Hallowed Fountain
    1 Horizon Canopy
    1 Dryad Arbor

    Acceleration
    4 Aether Vial
    4 Birds of Paradise
    3 Noble Hierach

    Engine
    4 Fauna Shaman
    2 Scryb Ranger

    The Meat
    3 Siege Rhino
    2 Tarmogoyf
    1 Bitterblossom
    1 Gaddock Teeg
    1 Scavenging Ooze
    1 Spellskite
    1 Phyrexian Revoker
    1 Phantasmal Image
    1 Eternal Witness
    1 Renegade Rallier
    1 Merieke Ri Berit
    1 Orzhov Pontiff
    1 Reflector Mage
    1 Knight of Autumn
    1 Aven Mindcensor
    1 Spell Queller
    1 Vendilion Clique


    Other
    4 Assassin's Trophy
    1 Chord of Calling
    1 Sword of Light and Shadow

    SB
    2 Thoughtseize
    1 Bitterblossom
    1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
    1 Vraska, Golgari Queen
    1 Surgical Extraction
    1 Unmoored Ego
    1 Scavenging Ooze
    1 Meddling Mage
    1 Spellskite
    1 Phyrexian Revoker
    1 Knight of Autumn
    1 Mangara of Corondor
    1 Glen Elendra Archmage
    1 Stoic Angel




    edit: changed up the list a little. I originally slapped in Siege Rhino because I coudn't think of anything else, but hot damn did it randomly end up being great in a lot of match-ups. Resolving that thing is no joke. Don't think there is enough UW Control in Modern, or combo, to warrant the Glen-Elendra main over a 3rd Siege Rhino, but that could be meta-dependant as Glen-Elendra is also very good against any combo, Infect, and to a point Mardu. Shalai is another very strong options, but I don't think going 1 Rhino, 1 Shalai, 1 Glen-Elendra is correct, though I may be wrong. If I were to do that I'd cut something to fit the 2nd Rhino in.

    Goyf #3, Rhino #3, SoLas #2, Bitterblossom, Chord of Calling, Eternal Witness, Phantasmal Image, Vendillion Clique, Mangara of Corondor, and Lilianna the Last Hope are all slots that can change up depending on preference. You are usually bringing in whatever you don't have g2, but g1 it's up to you what you want to run in those. I recommend not going under 2 Goyfs or 2 Rhinos in any case.

    edit: Didn't want to bump the thread, but testing 3 Mana Leak over 2 Abrupt Decay and 1 Scryb Ranger. I for sure miss the Ranger, but Decay has not been the best card. Not completely sold on Mana Leak, but it's very easy to cast. Wish I could think of something to cut to run 3 Leaks, 2 Scryb... but I don't know what to cut.
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    Re: Modern MOST

    Very nice, Kanti! I could definitely see myself playing this at a modern event. Lacking the goyfs only, I'll try to figure out some alternative. Like Scavenging Ooze seems pretty good with all the graveyard shenanigans going on. Also, with Sword of Light and Shadow being the closest to a modern equivalent of Meren, I can see playing a Trophy Mage to get better access to the sword. Maybe even play two Swords and a Mage.

    Edit:
    Disclaimer: never played Modern.
    Wouldn't Sword of L&S + Fulminator Mage be good vs many decks? Also Sword + Qasali vs the artifact decks? I imagine 2 Swords and a Trophy Mage would be great, playing also 1 Fulminator Mage and 2 Qasali. Hmm I also wonder if Trinket Mage + Basilisk Collar is great, Izzet Staticaster should be played too, at least if Collar is played...
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    I don't play much Modern either but damn is Fauna Shaman fun. I think a Goyf could be cut for another Bitterblossom no problem, going to a 2/2 split. The split may actually be correct as BB is a total freaking house in my opinion. People are just starting to realize how good it is, across formats (check Grixis in Legacy for the BB love). Another Siege Rhino here woudn't be bad either, or Shalai. 1 Goyf, 2 BB, 3 Siege Rhino is legitimate, I think. At that point you could cut the last Goyf for another hate bear (2nd Scooze, 1 Meddling Mage, Hallowed Spiritkeeper, etc) or something beefy like Serra Avenger or that Smugglers Copter you mentioned (which gets stronger with the 2nd BB main-deck if you go that route).

    I think Mangara is a little better than Fulminator Mage. You get the same effect except it doesn't have haste, but you set up Mangara+Scryb Ranger a lot more easily than you could set up Fulminator Mage+SoLas. Mangara has the benefit of being relevant against basically everything, rather than just lands. Sword+Qasali does seem nice, maybe a Qasali MD over the Sage is better. Personal preference there really.

    Trophy Mage is pretty cool, you would pretty much get a guaranteed Sword every-game. Combined with BB and all those 1cc dorks that can get pretty deadly. I guess you could cut the Goyfs for this as well, going -3 Goyfs, +1 Mage, +1 SoLas, +1 Bitterblossom. Would let you run some other swords as well. Trinket Mage package in the SB might be good. You could run x2 Trinket Mage, x2 GY hate pieces for your x4 GY hate, and then have access to a couple of more silver bullets. Pithing Needle, Chalice, EE, and some other options. Don't know if there is enough 1cc hate to justify it, but it deserves exploring.

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    Re: Modern MOST

    Maybe Archangel of Tithes could be a good Peacekeeper replacement?

    There's no replavement for Mother I guess but Shalai plays a similar role and interacts with storm. Could be great?

    I wonder if there is any meaningful card draw or creature tutoring card other than Chord. Collective Company I guess but that's not what I think the deck wants. Traverse..

    edit: Didn't want to bump the thread, but testing 3 Mana Leak over 2 Abrupt Decay and 1 Scryb Ranger. I for sure miss the Ranger, but Decay has not been the best card. Not completely sold on Mana Leak, but it's very easy to cast. Wish I could think of something to cut to run 3 Leaks, 2 Scryb... but I don't know what to cut.
    You are playing one Eternal Witness and one Renegade Rallier. Im thinking Witness is more versatile and you could settle for that, skipping Rallier. There is no Jitte or Sylvan to get bsck with it, not even Qasali, so it doesn't seem as useful as in a legacy version.

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    Archangels is schweet but that mana cost is crazy. Double anything but GG is tough in the deck, even with the extra dorks. It’s easiee than it is in Legacy as Dryad Arbor acceleration sucks ass with out varied mana costs, but I still don’t feel comfy aiding in a card requiring triple anything, unless it’s GGG.

    Shalai does not cover the Mother role. Mother+Scryb is something I really miss, and a huge part of the Legacy deck. She is amazing in Modern, and could easily replace a Rhino. You blank like 25 of Mardus cards, plus a whole bunch of other crap. Problem is with Leyline effects they are better earlier rather than later, so you might drop a Shalai after already being demolished by TS and Collective Brutality. 4 toughness, evasion, and a good effect make it a good option though. Restoration Angel might be better, but probably not. Glen Elendra might be better in the matches you want Shalai in, and stronger in the matches you don’t really care for Shalai (Tron, Jeskai, Infect, GW Hexproof).

    As for Scryb #2, it’s needed. It produces insane amounts of mana. I cut Goyf #3 for it. Mana Leak has performed admirably, though playing more Modern I’ve seen decks where AD could be just as good or better. Depends on your meta, and on what you want to make your deck better against. Playing against Jeskai without Mana Leak would probably suck. Witness and Rallier, they do different things. Rallier gets back Goyf, BB, Fauna, dorks, and lands, and some more. It’s an amazing grind card as it’s almost always a guaranteed 2-for-1, but I think the most attractive aspect of the card is that it’s cheap and fast. Waiting on a full turn to re-cast Fauna Shaman sucks, especially as then you need to wait ANOTHER turn just to activate it. Compare this with basically casting Reanimate on any 2cc spell. Getting a Fauna back same turn is amazing, and dropping Rallier->Goyf while grinding is great. Vial on 3 with Fauna out means you can blank Bolts and swing for 3 the next turn. Witness has been freaking MVP for me though, I search it up way more than Rallier. Anything in your grave is fair game for it, and allows you to basically use Fauna to tutor up removal (E Witness for Path, AD, or SB cards) o a counterspell that isn’t Spell Queller by recycling Mana Leak. Other day I drew a Witness after Leaking some spell. I had 2 lands, a dork, and a Ranger in play, along with the Goyf I was racing with. With 1 land and a dork I was able to E Witness my Leak back to hand and have Leak mana up via Scryb Ranger on opponents turn. Tap dork, tap land, untap dork+bounce land, play land, tap land for Witness and bring Mana Leak back to hand.

    Lead the Stampede is a decent card draw. Potential to draw a shitton of cards. I thought about it over Chord, but with all of our silver bullets I prefer the Chord. Only time I hate Chord is when I have my 1-of Teeg out. Another card I've still really wanted is Phantasmal Image. Sucks that it doesn't have flash, so it can't really double up on Queller or Clique unless you keep a Vial @2, but there are some times I'm tutoring for a card and would love to be able to crab Image. The only bad thing about it is that it can be a little "win-more". Still, so many ETB effects. Tutor up a Reflector Mage, followed by another Reflector Mage would be... holy shit.

    edit: was on my phone. couple funny spelling errors.
    Last edited by Kanti; 09-04-2018 at 01:34 AM.

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    bump! I'm EXTREMELY excited for Ravnica. There are so many damn playable cards it's not even funny... starting with the obvious 4-of MD Assasin's Trophy since Modern is a format with tons of Tron and Valakut, and Jace. As if that wasn't enough we get Knight of Autumn, a straight up upgrade over Reclamation Sage which will help us with Burn, and can randomly clock people. Thief of Sanity can be really good, it has evasion and a pretty strong effect against most decks. Stealing burn or counter spells sounds good. Unmoored Ego... holy shit, what a card. Kraul Harpooner is probably better in Legacy, but decent. Being able to blast a 1cc dork is good, or Monastery Swiftspear. Probably a very good card now that I think twice about it. Venerated Loxodon is alright, though I probably rather play Siege Rhino. Ledev Champion does not look so bad either.

    Hell, even Find//Finality and Assure//Assemble can find some room somewhere. And we might have gotten a planeswalker in Vraska, Golgari Queen. Looks like a great cards on it's own, being Abrupt Decay on a stick, but it has some meaningful interaction with the rest deck as well. It fits very well with Bitterblossom or Nissa, and it also lets you sacrifice lands late game to draw a card (imagine it as turning all of your lands into Horizon Canopy). We can't run Brainstorm in Modern, and sometimes end up with 4-5 lands in play, and start top-decking Vials. Vraska comes to the rescue in these scenarios.
    Last edited by Kanti; 10-04-2018 at 04:11 PM.

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