So, this is my take on Drift in Modern. I messed around with a lot of different builds and a lot of different color combinations. This isn't final or definitive yet by any means, but it does feel like the list with the most potential. Basically combine the new cycling and new snow cards together for a bunch of the winnings.
Creatures
4x Ice-Fang Coatl
2x Knight of Autumn
3x Eternal Witness
2x Siege Rhino
Artifacts
4x Arcum's Astrolabe
Enchantments
4x Astral Drift
Spells
2x Unearth
4x Censor
2x Life from the Loam
4x Into the North
4x Dead of Winter
Lands
4x Prismatic Vista
4x Tranquil Thicket
4x Secluded Steppe
1x Scattered Groves
1x Irrigated Farmlands
1x Fetid Pools
2x Arctic Flats
1x Boreal Shelf
1x Frost Marsh
2x Snow-Covered Plains
2x Snow-Covered Forest
1x Snow-Covered Island
1x Snow-Covered Swamp
Sideboard
this is a work in progress, but I am liking 3-4x Rebuild here now that it's legal in Modern.
The mana base works really good at providing you whatever colors you need. The deck has 18 Snow cards total, but no way to control what's on top of the library, otherwise I could definitely see a singleton Scrying Sheets in here. Biggest weaknesses so far are a lack of great disruption, lack of a quick clock, and very limited ability to interact with manlands. Or other lands.
So basically you beat the tar out of fair decks, and lose to unfair decks that aren't based around creatures. Tron also owns this, hard. Censor is pretty easily the weakest spell in the deck right now. Rhino is an incredible card, but doesn't really feel like it does enough here, despite being lifegain, reach, and a huge clock.
As always, suggestions and ideas are appreciated.
EDIT:
I've come to the conclusion that black is currently unnecessary and going straight Bant colors would provide more utility and better protection in the form of 3feri and counterspells. This is where I'm at for now.
Creatures - 10
4x Ice-Fang Coatl
3x Eternal Witness
3x Knight of Autumn
Enchantments - 4
4x Astral Drift
Spells - 18
4x Farseek (it's entirely possible this should be Edge of Autumn, but for now I like being able to fetch cycling duals with it)
2x Life from the Loam
3x Force of Negation
4x Censor
4x Supreme Verdict
Planeswalkers - 2
2x Teferi, Time Raveler
Lands - 26
3x Prismatic Vista
3x Snow-Covered Forest
2x Snow-Covered Plains
2x Snow-Covered Island
3x Scattered Groves
3x Irrigated Farmland
4x Secluded Steppe
4x Tranquil Thicket
2x Celestial Colonnade (flex land slot, might be anything from Emeria, the Sky Ruin (lots of plains in the deck thanks to cycling duals) to Field of the Dead to Lumbering Falls to Vitu-Ghazi)
Sideboard
4x Obstinate Baloth (discard, Jund, and burn)
1x Force of Negation
2x Force of Vigor
3x Gideon of the Trials
4x Spreading Seas (Tron)
1x Ravenous Trap
Other cards I'm looking at include Gideon of the Trials, Elspeth, Jace, Search for Azcanta, Cast Out, Hall of Heliod's Generosity, Bag of Holding, and Planar Cleansing. Plus other stuff.
Last edited by morgan_coke; 09-04-2019 at 09:30 PM.
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