For anyone on a budget, here is my post Harbinger of the Tides list I would play:
22 land
16 Island
3 Tectonic Edge
3 Ghost Quarter
31 creatures
4 Judge's Familier (or Cloudfin Raptor)
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Tidebinder Mage
4 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Merrow Reejerey
3 Master of Waves
4 Spreading Seas
2 Vapor Snag
1 Dismember
Sideboard
1 Dismember
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Ghost Quarter
3 Spell Pierce
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Mana Leak
1 Master of Waves
2 Swan Song
2 Hibernation.
Alternatively you could probably go -2 Hibernation -2 Swan Song +4 Hurkyl's Recall. Maybe a Reejerey should be removed from the main for a Dismember just to give me eight 1cmc drops for the early turns.
@theseer I see you play 4x chalice of the void in the sideboard. I love the card but also love playing spell pierce, dispel, and swan song against combo decks. Do you ever miss being able to sideboard in 1 mana counterspells or has chalice been enough for you?
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@theseer I see you play 4x chalice of the void in the sideboard. I love the card but also love playing spell pierce, dispel, and swan song against combo decks. Do you ever miss being able to sideboard in 1 mana counterspells or has chalice been enough for you?
My own list runs 3x Chalice in the side, 2x Negate in the side and 2x Spell Pierce main. You generally do not need Chalice on 1 against most combo decks. You don't need them versus twin, scapeshift or GoryoShoal, and against Ad Nauseam, Living End and Amulet you want it on 0. It can be a bit of a bother versus Infect and Bogles though, against which you both want Spell Pierce and Chalice on 1, but it does not often come up as those decks generally just roll over and die once chalice on 1 resolves
Thanks for the help, guys! I think I'll end up getting Masters of Waves and Harbingers of Tides, and splurge on Cursecatchers and Mutavaults for now and hold back on the Vials initially.
It looks like most decks don't have an abundance of 1-drops (I think the trend is that either you have Cursecatchers or you replace them with Cloudfins or Judge's Familiars). I guess with the ultra low curve it's not a huge issue, but is Cosi's Trickster really not played at all? With the abundance of fetches in Modern I'd have thought it would be a nice card to have.
22 land
16 Island
3 Tectonic Edge
3 Ghost Quarter
31 creatures
4 Judge's Familier (or Cloudfin Raptor)
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Tidebinder Mage
4 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Merrow Reejerey
3 Master of Waves
4 Spreading Seas
2 Vapor Snag
1 Dismember
Sideboard
1 Dismember
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Ghost Quarter
3 Spell Pierce
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Mana Leak
1 Master of Waves
2 Swan Song
2 Hibernation.
Alternatively you could probably go -2 Hibernation -2 Swan Song +4 Hurkyl's Recall. Maybe a Reejerey should be removed from the main for a Dismember just to give me eight 1cmc drops for the early turns.
UMerfolk
WDeath and Taxes
BRBliztkrieg
GStompy
- - -
"Rock is overpowered. Paper is fine."
-Scissors
My own list runs 3x Chalice in the side, 2x Negate in the side and 2x Spell Pierce main. You generally do not need Chalice on 1 against most combo decks. You don't need them versus twin, scapeshift or GoryoShoal, and against Ad Nauseam, Living End and Amulet you want it on 0. It can be a bit of a bother versus Infect and Bogles though, against which you both want Spell Pierce and Chalice on 1, but it does not often come up as those decks generally just roll over and die once chalice on 1 resolves
It looks like most decks don't have an abundance of 1-drops (I think the trend is that either you have Cursecatchers or you replace them with Cloudfins or Judge's Familiars). I guess with the ultra low curve it's not a huge issue, but is Cosi's Trickster really not played at all? With the abundance of fetches in Modern I'd have thought it would be a nice card to have.
Does this look alright for a starting point?
4 Cursecatcher
4 Cloudfin Raptor
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
4 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Merrow Reejerey
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
4 Master of Waves
3 Vapor Snag
4 Spreading Seas
Lands
16 Island
4 Mutavault