I know plenty of you on here play. I'm looking for thoughts on a new Modern deck to build. I have a pretty fun Tron deck thats highly enjoyable, so combo is covered. My friend plays really heavy aggro decks(Soul Sisters, 8-Whack) so I don't really want to go with something down those lines, but it does need to be able to handle aggro(tron often cannot, especially not when they are running ghost quarter).

I also don't really feel like addressing the massive costs of buying into staples like Infect or Affinity(also fuck Affinity, if you meet an Affinity player, spit on them).

So, not sure. Wanting something really high-tier but fun and different.

i posted a blightening deck once and i still would recommend that

there was a brief era on the vault where several magic decks got posted in builds section

noamineo wrote on Mar 21^st, 2017 at 12:21pm:

you hate your friends then haha

noamineo wrote on Mar 21^st, 2017 at 3:08pm:



id rather play against affinity than time seive lmao but then again id rather play time seive than afinity

noamineo wrote on Mar 21^st, 2017 at 4:18pm:


that's the basics.

use borderpost cheaty face ability to build artifacts as soon as possible
fog early on with safe passage ect,
dont forget you can put multiple turns on the stack in the same turn, something like tap time sieve and sac the artifacts then use tezzy to untap time sieve, do it again, second sunrise and do it all again for 4 turns on the stack
sacing the prophetic gets you draw power on their return. also if you have elswyr flask it is the better choice over prophetic, I just didn't have them and that's my deck you see there. save the cryptics as long as you can to ensure your win condition.

I don't have the may board or sideboard on there but tormods crypt, reliquary tower and 2 extra cryptics are all good choices.

keep careful track of the cards in your library, with too many howling mines you can mill yourself so be mindful of their existence when choosing what to sac with time sieve.

the last thing to remember is to open the vaults hits everything in your graveyard regardless of how long it been there but second sunrise only works on things that were put there the turn you play it so don't get it mixed up.


it takes a bit of practice to master but it's a fun deck to be sure. I'd recommend using the playtest feature on tapped out until the cards arrive. I'm not sure how the meta has changed since I was last active competitively, so keep an eye out for ways to upgrade the deck, let me know if you see anything cool.

Chromatic Star might be a slightly better choice than the flask for the prism. 1 less mana but you get the card draw on it leaving play. If the card is only there as a sack item that cantrips, the star might preform slightly better.

The other card I am curious about is Safe Passage; I see how it can be a 1-sides boardwipe, but in general I feel there are better fog cards out there. Is there something about that card I'm missing?

Lol, it almost feels like the deck could just run Wrath of God in it's place, 1 extra mana to just occasionally wipe the board. Hell since all your artifacts are artifacts, you could wipe the board, -5 tez, and crunch in.

noamineo wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2017 at 1:35pm:



hmm i ran wrath for quite a while and i used damnation at times, it all depends on the meta environment you are playing in, the wraths would have been in my side for that build of the deck for sure, i think it wasnt there because the majority of decks i was facing that day were either  control or indestructible decks so good catch. il see if i can find mt side board list to post for you

5 Foot Step wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2017 at 2:38pm:


FYI that Bloom Tender now sells for about $30 a pop, so in case you happen to still have those cards lying around and need a quick $120, heads up.

Just waxing philosophic at this point...

Ethereal Haze
Holy Day

Good 1-manna fogs, though it's worth searching for another 2-mana fog that has more value. I like this deck... assuming I can pilot it without crashing it should be hilarious the first time I combo off

Oh man, when Onslaught/Mirrodin was standard, I won every standard tournament I played in with white weenie from the Darksteel release until they banned Skullclamp.

4x Auriok Glaivemaster
4x Empyrial Plate
4x Exalted Angel
4x Lightning Greaves
4x Leonin Shikari
4x Pacifism
4x Raise the Alarm
4x Skullclamp
4x Whipcorder
4x Wing Shards
20x Plains

SB
4x Demystify
3x Rain of Blades
4x Silver Knight
4x White Knight

So small change to the mana base. Instead of:

4x Glacial Fortress
4x Island
3x Plains
2x Swamp

I'm going to do:

4x Glacial Fortress
3x Island
2x Plains
1x Swamp
2x Flooded Strand
1x Sunken Hollow

I am toying with running Marsh Flats now that its affordable. You can't use shocks in a deck like this because you are bounding lands, but the fetches do this the deck out nicely. I might trade 1 flooded strand for a Marsh Flats and put the second swamp back in...

lostthenloved wrote on Mar 25^th, 2017 at 5:40pm:


I didn't forget, but remember the fetch fetches out basic lands. So you lay down a fetch, fetch out a basic, tap it for one mana, and play the boarderpost. Now you've got 1 basic in your hand and on less card in your deck.

We'll see how it works in practice I may end up ripping em out and sticking to basics.

Ichor Wellspring was the card I meant to find. 2 mana artifact: you draw a card when it comes into play AND when it leaves play. Does that sound like a good upgrade to Prophetic Prism or Elsewhere Flask?

lostthenloved wrote on Mar 26^th, 2017 at 3:35pm:


That is true. Well I'll pack all 3 cards and see how it works in practice.