Whatever it is, I like it. I have been wanting to do a Bant Humans deck with Rogue Refiner, Tamiyo, Champion, Lieutenant and Cloudblazer, but this does look interesting. No Glory-Bound Initiate is interesting also.
I used to run the exert+Always Watching R/W humans list for a loooong time, now I'm switching over to a rotation proof decklist built specifically around Dusk // Dawn, since the meta is likely to shift towards creature heavy soon with dinos and pirates.
Overall, I want to talk about post rotation Humans in the New Card Discussion section because there are some neat new cards that I can't talk about here. I am not sure I want to steward a thread, but if you started one, I would love to contribute.
I am puzzled, though. Did you already dispose of your Lieutenants and Champions? I am loving playing with them for the last time in Standard. If you are just looking for something for the last few weeks, I would keep playing them. Magma Spray my Thalia? Heron's Grace Champion in response never gets old.
To be fair I'm not really constrained by humans anymore. I won't get the chance to play Standard FNM before rotation so I'm preemptively building my post-rotation list. I've still got my garrisons, lieutenants, and champions etc. Not sure how I feel about Kari Zev, Skyship Raider tbh. My concern at the moment is my mana curve, featuring heavily on one and two drops and almost no 3 drop creatures of value. Harsh Mentor is a fun choice, but I feel like it's more sideboard material in my meta.
RNA Standard: Grixis Midrange, Jund Deathwhirler, Sultai Vannifar
GRN Standard: Red Midrange, Mono-Blue Tempo, Wr Aggro, Gruul Experimental Dinosaurs, Sultai Midrange, Jeskai Midrange
Modern: Bant Spirits
Forcing a single archetype in all formats: too many colors, bad mana.
4x Shock
4x Abrade
Sorceries
4x Dusk // Dawn
4x Incendiary Flow
4x Glorybringer
4x Honored Crop-Captain
4x Solemn Recruit
4x Soul-Scar Mage
4x Wildfire Eternal
2x Oketra the True
9x Plains
4x Inspiring Vantage
9x Mountain
Everything either neatly sneaks under Dusk // Dawn or is a finisher a la Glorybringer/Oketra the True. I'm looking to replace Incendiary Flow with Lightning Strike. I don't really like Solemn Recruit all that much but I'm unsure of a similar value replacement.
Modern:R 8Whack R|W White Knights W
Overall, I want to talk about post rotation Humans in the New Card Discussion section because there are some neat new cards that I can't talk about here. I am not sure I want to steward a thread, but if you started one, I would love to contribute.
I am puzzled, though. Did you already dispose of your Lieutenants and Champions? I am loving playing with them for the last time in Standard. If you are just looking for something for the last few weeks, I would keep playing them. Magma Spray my Thalia? Heron's Grace Champion in response never gets old.
Edit: Aether Chaser and Sunscourge Champion are Human, FWIW.
RNA Standard: Grixis Midrange, Jund Deathwhirler, Sultai Vannifar
GRN Standard: Red Midrange, Mono-Blue Tempo, Wr Aggro, Gruul Experimental Dinosaurs, Sultai Midrange, Jeskai Midrange
Modern: Bant Spirits
Forcing a single archetype in all formats: too many colors, bad mana.
Modern:R 8Whack R|W White Knights W