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Hi, everyone! Today's question is about Modern which I'm really new to. Now I am a little bit confused and stunned with all that great amount of cards which I can use in my modern deck and I'd like to get an advice. I run this U/B Metallurgic Summonings:

but I'd like to make some changes to make it look more like U/B control. Also, the second finisher would be great, because I understood that relying only on Metallurgic Summonings is not 100% win condition.

1) So, the second finisher. As a budget player I consider putting 2xSilumgar, the Drifting Death or 1xGriselbrand. I also thought about adding something like Palace siege or even Suffer the past. But what are your ideas, guys?

2) About changes into U/B control. I guess more AOE removals are needed. Unfortunately Damnation is too much for my budget, so I run 1xLife's Finale and want to add 2xFlaying tendrils + 1xLanguish. What do you think?

Concerning the threats I’d like to use Jace, Architect of Thought and maybe Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver which would be a nice choice against some match-ups. Also thinking about Dralnu, Lich lord.

Assuming all the above I can say that there are plenty of changes for the deck but I have no ideas what is playable and strong in Modern and what is not. So, let’s discuss!

I am not a native English speaker, so please take my probable mistakes easy))

You should check this out - https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/budget-modern/769656-ur-metallurgic-summonings
It is a UR build but all the blue cards are relevant for your deck too.

Some notable ones are:
Temporal Trespass, Logic Knot/Condescend/Spell Burst, Pull from Tomorrow,
Epiphany at the Drownyard, Careful Consideration, Thirst for Knowledge.

For removal I'd suggest: Victim of Night and Go for the Throat.
For countermagic: Mana Leak, Rune Snag (only as a 4x-of), Dissolve, Dissipate/Void Shatter, Supreme Will.

Thanks for your feedback D90Dennis14! I've done some changes and now the deck looks like this:


How do you like it?

This looks better though I have some reservations:

#I don't think you really need the creatures and if you are going to play creatures as finishers you have better options.
Like: Nezahal, Primal Tide, Oona, Queen of the Fae, Sphinx of Magosi, Tetzimoc, Primal Death and Pearl Lake Ancient.
Or some good demon options like: Bloodgift Demon (draws cards), Kothophed, Soul Hoarder (even more card draw),
Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis (forces to sac' creatures) and Reaper from the Abyss (doubles up your removal).
As a non-creature finisher Rise from the Tides isn't a bad option.

#Sunken Hollow is a decent budget dual-land for this deck and should replace Nephalia Drownyard and a basic.
Drowned Catacomb is also a good option (but a bit more expensive) and there is also River of Tears though it is rather inconsistent.

#Some spells can be optimized like replacing Ruinous Path and Murder with 4x Hero's Downfall and also Victim of Night is mostly a better Grasp of Darkness (except in some rare cases of indestructible creatures that have 4-toughness or the rare zombies/vampires as werewolves aren't played).
I'd also go with Pull from Tomorrow over Blue Sun's Zenith and replace Hieroglyphic Illumination with either: Glimmer of Genius, Careful Consideration or Thirst for Knowledge.

#Duress should probably not be in the deck (counterspells would work better) and Negate is better in the SB as is Languish.
Instead I'd run some general purpose counters like: Rune Snag (should be 4x or 0), more Mana Leak or Condescend.

#As a finisher spell I'd go with Temporal Trespass over Part the Waterveil as it creates a bigger token and can be cast for cheaper with "delve" (which requires running spells that fill the GY like: Thought Scour, Forbidden Alchemy, Thirst for Knowledge, Epiphany at the Drownyard).

#I'd add 4x Serum Visions to the deck as it is pretty much a must play in any blue deck and especially in control.
It can either replace the creatures or by trimming dwon on some of the removal spells.