I am new to the fourms, but have been playing MTG for quite some time. I primarily play Pioneer but have been thinking about trying out Modern.
I am working on building a R/B Aggro deck and was hoping for some advise on if it would be a viable deck in the format. Again, have never played Modern.
Also, just a general question about fetch lands. I notice alot of decks will use fetch lands that are not the color pairs of their deck(for instance using the Blue/Green fetch land in a Blue/Red deck). Is there a reason for this? Or should you just stick to the fetch lands for your colors?
Anyways, here is what I have so far for the deck I am looking at building.
4x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
4x Manamorphose
4x Thoughtseize
4x Fatal Push
4x Demonic Embrace or Temur Battle Rage
4x Bump in the night
4x Lava Spike
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Mishra's Bauble
Still need 6 more cards for the main board, but just trying to figure out if the deck would be viable in the format or if I should scrap and start over.
alot of decks will use fetch lands that are not the color pairs of their deck(for instance using the Blue/Green fetch land in a Blue/Red deck). Is there a reason for this?
Many decks play 8 fetchlands, especially in 3 color decks. In 2 color decks it's also an interesting choice. Izzet decks will run blue spells you want to play on turn 1, for example Opt and Serum Visions. It's very important to be able to fetch for a basic Island on turn 1 (even more so against aggro decks), that's why the deck might play 8 "blue" fetchlands. They stil let you search for Steam Vents, so that's fine.
On turn 1, you may hide the kind of deck you play if your play a Misty Rainforest while your deck has no green spell. A deck like Infect play 2 copies of each of the five "green" fetchlands sometimes.
Anyways, here is what I have so far for the deck I am looking at building.
All in all, don't buy cards right now, go on testing online for free, take your time and get a feel for the cards you try. When you sure you love certain cards, you'll know what direction you wanna choose.
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I wouldn't play Demonic Embrace or Battle Rage with only 4 creatures in the deck. Yes they are resilient but they sometimes don't even get drawn. Those should probably be Terminate, Dreadbore, or K command.
You have the common issue of trying to do 2 things in here. Modern is a focused format. Either do one thing really well or lose. Pretty much that simple. If you want to keep the baubles main then I'd suggest getting ahold of Lurras to put in the board. If not then they and the Manamorphose should probably go. Morphose should go either way as it doesn't add anything to the deck.
This deck should have some Liliana planeswalkers or Chandra planeswalkers. If you are going burn then I'd suggest some of the suspend burn spells also. Probably could run some Scourge and Death's Shadow in here to make a board presence.
Either way should probably get some sideboard Anger of the Gods for those swarm style decks. Humans, goblins, merfolk, elves, slivers, etc.
I am new to the fourms, but have been playing MTG for quite some time. I primarily play Pioneer but have been thinking about trying out Modern.
I am working on building a R/B Aggro deck and was hoping for some advise on if it would be a viable deck in the format. Again, have never played Modern.
Also, just a general question about fetch lands. I notice alot of decks will use fetch lands that are not the color pairs of their deck(for instance using the Blue/Green fetch land in a Blue/Red deck). Is there a reason for this? Or should you just stick to the fetch lands for your colors?
Anyways, here is what I have so far for the deck I am looking at building.
4x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
4x Manamorphose
4x Thoughtseize
4x Fatal Push
4x Demonic Embrace or Temur Battle Rage
4x Bump in the night
4x Lava Spike
4x Lightning Bolt
4x Mishra's Bauble
4x Bloodstained Mire
4x Blood Crypt
4x Dragonskull Summit
3x Mountain
3x Swamp
Sideboard
3x Collective Brutality
3x Angrath's Rampage
3x Molten Rain
3x Nihil Spellbomb
3x Dragon's Claw
Still need 6 more cards for the main board, but just trying to figure out if the deck would be viable in the format or if I should scrap and start over.
Thanks for any input.
Many decks play 8 fetchlands, especially in 3 color decks. In 2 color decks it's also an interesting choice. Izzet decks will run blue spells you want to play on turn 1, for example Opt and Serum Visions. It's very important to be able to fetch for a basic Island on turn 1 (even more so against aggro decks), that's why the deck might play 8 "blue" fetchlands. They stil let you search for Steam Vents, so that's fine.
On turn 1, you may hide the kind of deck you play if your play a Misty Rainforest while your deck has no green spell. A deck like Infect play 2 copies of each of the five "green" fetchlands sometimes.
Your deck is in between 2 archetypes, which is not comeptitive viable most of the time. Bump in the Night and Lava Spike are aggro spells we see in Burn. On the other hand Kroxa, Mishra's Bauble, Fatal Push and Thoughtseize are midrange cards, that we find in Jund.
If you want a viable deck you need to choose one of the 2 paths.
To go aggro, cut Kroxa and add in 4 Scourge of the Skyclave instead. Add Monastery Swiftspear, Goblin Guide (or Soul-Scar Mage if your budget is limited), get Skewer the Critics and Rift Bolt.
To go midrange, cut Spike and Bump, add Terminate and/or Dreadbore, i.e. spells that deal with the opponent's permanents. The new Feed the Swarm is interesting vs enchantments. Dark Confidant is interesting but Dreadhorde Arcanist or Young Pyromancer can be more affordable. The new Magmatic Channeler is promising.
All in all, don't buy cards right now, go on testing online for free, take your time and get a feel for the cards you try. When you sure you love certain cards, you'll know what direction you wanna choose.
You have the common issue of trying to do 2 things in here. Modern is a focused format. Either do one thing really well or lose. Pretty much that simple. If you want to keep the baubles main then I'd suggest getting ahold of Lurras to put in the board. If not then they and the Manamorphose should probably go. Morphose should go either way as it doesn't add anything to the deck.
This deck should have some Liliana planeswalkers or Chandra planeswalkers. If you are going burn then I'd suggest some of the suspend burn spells also. Probably could run some Scourge and Death's Shadow in here to make a board presence.
Either way should probably get some sideboard Anger of the Gods for those swarm style decks. Humans, goblins, merfolk, elves, slivers, etc.