OP didn’t have the new wording ”mana value” in that 3UU draw spell, so this is probably fake. No way they would leave that info out if the leak was real.
(Hi, long time green devotion fan, first post in this thread)
Llanowar Tribe is seriously a huge upgrade for this deck and makes me excited to pick up Green Devotion again. Also very stoked about War of the Spark's Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner which I think is a sweet fit for the deck.
FYI there is a new take on the deck, with 8 manadorks, 4 new Narset and 4 new Teferi - 0 Eldritch Evolution - that is being popularized by Gabriel Nassif. He has been playing it a lot on his stream recently and I've gotta say it is really sweet. Been trying a variation of it myself.
Here is the original deck he took to a 5-0 finish in a MTGO Modern League:
FYI there is a new take on the deck, with 8 manadorks, 4 new Narset and 4 new Teferi - 0 Eldritch Evolution - that is being popularized by Gabriel Nassif. He has been playing it a lot on his stream recently and I've gotta say it is really sweet. Been trying a variation of it myself.
Here is the original deck he took to a 5-0 finish in a MTGO Modern League:
The static ability helps vs control and also lets you flash in surprise blockers/making Felidar a Restoration Angel for anything that the opponent tries to blow up. It also helps ”draws” you creatures. The +1 is kinda meh but seems sweet in a race situation or just making a creature able to block a Phoenix or Mantis Rider. Plussing on a Voice of Resurgance token is actually very good. Also - it costs 3 so dodges our own Gaddock Teegs.
New Teferi is also a 3cc Planeswalker that lets us combowin safely. Probably not good enough for maindeck though. It’s also pretty nice to be able to Eldritch Evolution as an instant.
Congratulations nal2! It's great to see this deck finally having some results I was trying your deck on cockatrice and i have a few questions:
-Why so many lands? Isnt 27 just too much? I often got mana flooded
-When you are siding in your angels? What kind of decks are they good answer to?
-Are you fine with having just one win-condition? If you side in RiP and draw Form then you cant basically win right?
It's really important to drop a land every turn and/or to have double white on turn 2, that's why I'm playing that many lands. With the Temples I can also scry excessive lands to the bottom. But maybe 26 lands will do as well.
Angels are especially good vs Burn but I tend to sideboard them in in many matchups when the opponent side outs all their removal. It's also good to have an alternative wincon after sideboard when opponents bring in hate for the "combo".
Hi guys, new to the thread but long time Ideal fan. Just wanted to drop my list here that just 5-0'd a Modern Competitive League on Magic Online. Enjoy!
EDIT: It's been published on Wizards site now, sweet!
Just going to through my 5 cents into this and say: Vannifar is probable a trap (at least the whole Scryb Ranger plan). It's possibly fine to run as a 1-of, but not before the 4th Felidar Guardian and 4th Eldritch Evolution.
MarcWizard: Makes Oath of Nissa worse :/ I think the best replacement is Avacyn's Pilgrim, but that requires a Breeding Pool or Stomping Ground on turn 1 and another shockland (or basic Island/Mountain) on turn 2 if you want to cast Saheeli Rai :/
In other news - I crashed GP Stockholm and dropped at 1-3. It was just not my day and making two crucial misplays didn't help either. I did however manage a 4-2 in the PTQ on Sunday and got 40 Dominaria boosters so that's something.
I will be less active here until Guilds of Ravnica (and Knight of Autumn!) hits Magic Online. Until then - try to find a way to beat UW Control. That deck is rising in popularity and unfortunately our creature based combo deck is pretty fragile to it.
Emzed: Only played one league with the trackers and they only hit the board in one game in which they drew me three extra cards. Regarding Negates - I've never really liked counterspells in this deck since we tap out so much but decided to try them for the (bad) UW Control matchup. Ended up not playing against UW Control that particular league so can't really say how they perform in that matchup (although it should be decent I guess).
I switched back to Worship over Bridge after getting my creatures bounced/locked in hand vs Humans one time too many It's also better vs Burn.
maniospas: I think it's an error not to run Kiki-Jiki in this deck. It's a combo piece we can actually tutor for and is also great together with our other ETB creatures. Vs cards like Pithing Needle and Meddling Mage he's particularly important.
Managed another 5-0 yesterday, this time without Buglers. I think I'm officially over Buglers, they wiff too often and I don't feel we can afford more RNG in this deck. I switched them for 2 Tireless Trackers to be able to fight better vs UW and to have two cards that are good just on their own.
I decided to compare my four latest 5-0 decks and found the following similarities. Click spoiler if you're interesting
In other news, I 5-0'd again yesterday, hopefully the deck gets picked up on Wizards site. I'm getting very close to what I will play at GP Stockholm now, not 100% on 2-3 cards in the sideboard though.
The plan is to assemble the combo asap. The more time they get, the more likely they assemble Tron or get to five mana to crack a Oblivion Stone. Mulligan if you don't have combo pieces or sideboard cards.
This matchup should be pretty good after sideboard. Removal for their creatures come in and graveyard shenanigans come out since we are bringing in Rest in Peace. The last cards we take out, Bugler and Oath, could be something else, but we need to make some room for removal.
I'm not gonna lie, this matchup is our worst imo. There are ways to win, but we need to get a little lucky and dodge Terminus which is the main reason this matchup is hard (not getting die triggers for Voice of Resurgence is rough).
This has turned into a pretty good matchup for me lately, especially if they start getting too reactive. The way we lose is if they go aggressive with Mantis Riders and Thalia's Lieutenants. I would recommend NOT sideboarding in Izzet Staticaster here, simply because they run 4 Phantasmal Image. You can also sideboard in Stony Silence in this matchup on the play, on the draw I think it's a little too slow.
This is a classic "a little bit here, a little bit here" sideboard since no maindeck cards are terrible. We do have some great sideboard cards though and the plan is to land a Lone Missionary and start getting it back with Ralliers and Felidar Guardians. I'm usually trimming some combo cards here since the combo is very fragile vs their spells and we usally win by gaining too much life and value or locking them out with Worship. Keeping Acidic Slime in is also important I believe, mainly because of Eidolon of the Great Revel.
Again a "little bit here, a little bit here" sideboard, but here we bring in Rest in Peace so we can bring out some of our graveyard interaction cards. The upside with this matchup comparing to Burn is that they have less interaction so we can combo off more likely. The downside is Worship doesn't help vs Collective Brutality. Overall I think we're a bit favored in this matchup simply because we have so many blockers. Izzet Staticaster shines against Bloodghast, but can also kill Flameblade Adept with the help of Felidar Guardian.
vs Mardu Pyromancer
In this matchup I usually sideboard similar to the Hollow One matchup.
This is a grindfest and while it's tempting to bring in Rest in Peace vs their Tarmogoyfs and such, I believe getting back Voice of Resurgance etc is very good vs all their discard and removal. We don't have a lot to bring out here, but I usually take out some Eldritch Evolutions vs deck with lots of discard/removals and/or counters. Eidolon of Rhetoric is here for Bloodbraid Elf and we can even bring in Izzet Staticaster for their Dark Confidant.
vs Grixis Shadow
This sideboard is very similar to the Jund matchup imo - sometimes we can bring in Rest in Peace, although grinding back our Voices are very strong. I haven't landed on which approach is the best, but the Rest in Peaces are better here because it hoses both Snapcaster Mage and their delve creatures.
This matchup is similar to Humans with two exceptions - 1) Voice of Resurgance is better because of their flash creatures and 2) if they're on Bant, Gaddock Teeg hoses their Collected Company. Worship is also better in this matchups since they're less likely to have an answer for it.
Let me know if you have questions for some other matchups.
EDIT: Also, UW isn’t one of the Colleges.
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Llanowar Tribe is seriously a huge upgrade for this deck and makes me excited to pick up Green Devotion again. Also very stoked about War of the Spark's Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner which I think is a sweet fit for the deck.
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
And here is a ChannelFireball video with him playing it: https://www.channelfireball.com/videos/copycat-superfriends-modern-channel-nassif/
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
Here is the original deck he took to a 5-0 finish in a MTGO Modern League:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/competitive-modern-constructed-league-2019-05-14#bobthedog_-
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This new Vivien seems pretty sweet for our deck.
The static ability helps vs control and also lets you flash in surprise blockers/making Felidar a Restoration Angel for anything that the opponent tries to blow up. It also helps ”draws” you creatures. The +1 is kinda meh but seems sweet in a race situation or just making a creature able to block a Phoenix or Mantis Rider. Plussing on a Voice of Resurgance token is actually very good. Also - it costs 3 so dodges our own Gaddock Teegs.
New Teferi is also a 3cc Planeswalker that lets us combowin safely. Probably not good enough for maindeck though. It’s also pretty nice to be able to Eldritch Evolution as an instant.
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
It's really important to drop a land every turn and/or to have double white on turn 2, that's why I'm playing that many lands. With the Temples I can also scry excessive lands to the bottom. But maybe 26 lands will do as well.
Angels are especially good vs Burn but I tend to sideboard them in in many matchups when the opponent side outs all their removal. It's also good to have an alternative wincon after sideboard when opponents bring in hate for the "combo".
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
EDIT: It's been published on Wizards site now, sweet!
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
In other news - I crashed GP Stockholm and dropped at 1-3. It was just not my day and making two crucial misplays didn't help either. I did however manage a 4-2 in the PTQ on Sunday and got 40 Dominaria boosters so that's something.
I will be less active here until Guilds of Ravnica (and Knight of Autumn!) hits Magic Online. Until then - try to find a way to beat UW Control. That deck is rising in popularity and unfortunately our creature based combo deck is pretty fragile to it.
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
EDIT: 26 Bugler targets and 1 Reveillark in his list, sweet.
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
I switched back to Worship over Bridge after getting my creatures bounced/locked in hand vs Humans one time too many
maniospas: I think it's an error not to run Kiki-Jiki in this deck. It's a combo piece we can actually tutor for and is also great together with our other ETB creatures. Vs cards like Pithing Needle and Meddling Mage he's particularly important.
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
I decided to compare my four latest 5-0 decks and found the following similarities. Click spoiler if you're interesting
Same 52 cards Maindeck:
3 Birds of Paradise
3 Felidar Guardian
3 Lotus Cobra
3 Voice of Resurgance
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Reflector Mage
1 Renegade Rallier
1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
1 Acidic Slime
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Reveillark
4 Saheeli Rai
4 Oath of Nissa
3 Eldritch Evolution
4 Windswept Heath
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Flooded Strand
2 Forest
2 Plains
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Island
1 Temple Garden
1 Stomping Ground
1 Breeding Pool
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Horizon Canopy
1 Ghost Quarter
Same 9 cards Sideboard:
2 Gaddock Teeg
2 Rest in Peace
2 Stony Silence
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Lone Missionary
1 Izzet Staticaster
14th aug:
MD:
+ 3 Militia Bugler
+ 1 Noble Hierarch
+ 1 Lotus Cobra
+ 1 Eternal Witness
+ 1 Magus of the Moon
+ 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (lol, plz ignore)
SB:
+ 2 Ensnaring Bridge
+ 1 Scavenging Ooze
+ 1 Geist of Saint Traft
+ 1 Reflector Mage
+ 1 Thrun, the Last Troll
18th aug:
MD:
+ 2 Militia Bugler
+ 1 Wall of Omens
+ 1 Eternal Witness
+ 1 Noble Hierarch
+ 1 Reflector Mage
+ 1 Magus of the Moon
+ 1 Reflector Mage
SB:
+ 2 Worship
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Geist of Saint Traft
+ 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
7th sept:
MD:
+ 2 Militia Bugler
+ 1 Birds of Paradise
+ 1 Spellskite
+ 1 Wall of Omens
+ 1 Reflector Mage
+ 1 Magus of the Moon
+ 1 Wooded Foothills
SB:
+ 2 Negate
+ 1 Blood Moon
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
+ 1 Worship
8th sept:
MD:
+ 2 Tireless Tracker
+ 1 Sun Titan
+ 1 Pia and Kia Nalaar
+ 1 Reflector Mage
+ 1 Wall of Omens
+ 1 Lotus Cobra
SB:
+ 1 Blood Moon
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
+ 1 Worship
+ 1 Magus of the Moon
+ 1 Spellskite
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
In other news, I 5-0'd again yesterday, hopefully the deck gets picked up on Wizards site. I'm getting very close to what I will play at GP Stockholm now, not 100% on 2-3 cards in the sideboard though.
EDIT: It's up!
11-3-1 @ GP Copenhagen: Top Stories of Grand Prix Copenhagen
vs Tron
+2 Gaddock Teeg
+2 Stony Silence
-3 Voice of Resurgence
-1 Reflector Mage
The plan is to assemble the combo asap. The more time they get, the more likely they assemble Tron or get to five mana to crack a Oblivion Stone. Mulligan if you don't have combo pieces or sideboard cards.
vs UR Storm
+ 2 Rest in Peace
+ 2 Gaddock Teeg
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
- 2 Renegade Rallier
- 1 Eternal Witness
- 1 Reveillark
- 1 Acidic Slime
- 1 Militia Bugler
- 1 Oath of Nissa
This matchup should be pretty good after sideboard. Removal for their creatures come in and graveyard shenanigans come out since we are bringing in Rest in Peace. The last cards we take out, Bugler and Oath, could be something else, but we need to make some room for removal.
vs UW Control
+ 2 Gaddock Teeg
+ 1 Geist of Saint Traft
- 2 Reflector Mage
- 1 Lotus Cobra
I'm not gonna lie, this matchup is our worst imo. There are ways to win, but we need to get a little lucky and dodge Terminus which is the main reason this matchup is hard (not getting die triggers for Voice of Resurgence is rough).
vs Humans
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
+ 2 Worship
- 3 Voice of Resurgence
- 2 Renegade Rallier
- 1 Eternal Witness
This has turned into a pretty good matchup for me lately, especially if they start getting too reactive. The way we lose is if they go aggressive with Mantis Riders and Thalia's Lieutenants. I would recommend NOT sideboarding in Izzet Staticaster here, simply because they run 4 Phantasmal Image. You can also sideboard in Stony Silence in this matchup on the play, on the draw I think it's a little too slow.
vs Burn
+ 2 Worship
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
+ 1 Lone Missionary
- 1 Saheeli Rai
- 1 Eldritch Evolution
- 1 Lotus Cobra
- 1 Voice of Resurgence
- 1 Reveillark
This is a classic "a little bit here, a little bit here" sideboard since no maindeck cards are terrible. We do have some great sideboard cards though and the plan is to land a Lone Missionary and start getting it back with Ralliers and Felidar Guardians. I'm usually trimming some combo cards here since the combo is very fragile vs their spells and we usally win by gaining too much life and value or locking them out with Worship. Keeping Acidic Slime in is also important I believe, mainly because of Eidolon of the Great Revel.
vs Hollow One
+ 2 Rest in Peace
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
+ 1 Izzet Staticaster
- 2 Renegade Rallier
- 1 Voice of Resurgence
- 1 Eternal Witness
- 1 Eldritch Evolution
- 1 Reveillark
Again a "little bit here, a little bit here" sideboard, but here we bring in Rest in Peace so we can bring out some of our graveyard interaction cards. The upside with this matchup comparing to Burn is that they have less interaction so we can combo off more likely. The downside is Worship doesn't help vs Collective Brutality. Overall I think we're a bit favored in this matchup simply because we have so many blockers. Izzet Staticaster shines against Bloodghast, but can also kill Flameblade Adept with the help of Felidar Guardian.
vs Mardu Pyromancer
In this matchup I usually sideboard similar to the Hollow One matchup.
vs Jund
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
- 1 Eldritch Evolution
- 1 Lotus Cobra
- 1 Oath of Nissa
This is a grindfest and while it's tempting to bring in Rest in Peace vs their Tarmogoyfs and such, I believe getting back Voice of Resurgance etc is very good vs all their discard and removal. We don't have a lot to bring out here, but I usually take out some Eldritch Evolutions vs deck with lots of discard/removals and/or counters. Eidolon of Rhetoric is here for Bloodbraid Elf and we can even bring in Izzet Staticaster for their Dark Confidant.
vs Grixis Shadow
This sideboard is very similar to the Jund matchup imo - sometimes we can bring in Rest in Peace, although grinding back our Voices are very strong. I haven't landed on which approach is the best, but the Rest in Peaces are better here because it hoses both Snapcaster Mage and their delve creatures.
vs Spirits
+ 2 Worship
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 1 Lightning Helix
+ 1 Stonehorn Dignitary
+ 1 Izzet Staticaster
(+ 2 Gaddock Teeg if they're green)
- 2 Voice of Resurgence
- 2 Renegade Rallier
- 1 Acidic Slime
- 1 Eldritch Evolution
This matchup is similar to Humans with two exceptions - 1) Voice of Resurgance is better because of their flash creatures and 2) if they're on Bant, Gaddock Teeg hoses their Collected Company. Worship is also better in this matchups since they're less likely to have an answer for it.
Let me know if you have questions for some other matchups.
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