I would like to modify it to be more broken at kitchen table magic, but I will not be using any ridiculously expensive vintage cards, but I was thinking about throwing in Brainstorm for filtering or Brain Freeze as a wincon. Can anyone suggest some additions to make the deck more consistent and 'unfun'? Maybe switch to Mind's Desire with Cloud of Faeries?
Storm decks by their nature tend to be a bit inconsistent. You crack it, or you get smashed trying. Snap springs to mind, won't help too much with the storm but helps a smidge, plus gives a bit of utility when it comes to dealing with opponents.
Snap sounds nice, I was just wondering whether there is something else to modify apart from switching to better cantrips like Ponder or Preordain with Brainstorm.
I'm running a standard UR fetchless gifts storm list:
4 Goblin Electromancer
1 Remand
2 Grapeshot
4 Gifts Ungiven
4 Pyretic Ritual
4 Desperate Ritual
4 Manamorphose
2 Past in flames
4 Opt
4 Sleight of hand
4 Serum Visions
1 Noxious Revival
1 Unsubstantiate
I would like to modify it to be more broken at kitchen table magic, but I will not be using any ridiculously expensive vintage cards, but I was thinking about throwing in Brainstorm for filtering or Brain Freeze as a wincon. Can anyone suggest some additions to make the deck more consistent and 'unfun'? Maybe switch to Mind's Desire with Cloud of Faeries?
These cards are all great in storm (but banned in Modern to lower the power level of Storm): Gitaxian Probe, Ponder, Preordain, Rite of Flame, Seething Song, Chrome Mox
These cards are from older sets not in Modern but very strong in storm: Lotus Petal, Brain Freeze, Mystical Tutor, Burning Wish, Helm of Awakening, Brainstorm, Mind's Desire, Bonus Round, Turnabout, High Tide, Time Spiral, Wheel of Fortune, Windfall
Black offers powerful choices too: Dark Ritual, Tendrils of Agony, Infernal Tutor, Cabal Ritual, Dark Petition, Ill-Gotten Gains, Duress (proactive protection) - but going black might turn it into a completely different deck, maybe not what you want