MTG Salvation

Yeah, good fetchable options drop off sharply after shocks.

I’d say checklands, based subjectively on my choices when building EDH or Highlander decks.

Oh, this is for “casual/multiplayer”? Hm, I think checks still have it.

ELC,

How about 4-colour Saheeli? Not sure if it’s all that viable, but it looks fairly close to meeting your criteria.

No insta-win cards or combos.

No landkill beyond a single-use Wasteland, say. This includes no Annihilator, etc.

No hard locks or Stax decks. Possibly no ‘extreme control’ either.

Probably no Infect, because people get funny about that one.

No ultra-fast aggro strategies.

Basically, EDH: the Midranging.

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how would I look to tune my list to use Jeskai to beat other snapcaster decks?

Dispel in the side (multiples, even), also Negate there, maybe even main too.

Spell Snare is obviously nice vs snap.dec, but also reasonable as a 1-of, maybe 2, in general, depending on specific lists you’re facing.

Also worth thinking carefully about your wincons - how costly they are, and how resilient, etc.


edit: Oh, just checked the list you’re playing. Well, I suppose Snare seems a fair bet, from the above. The rest is basically already there...

SFM, Twin and Preordain are much needed.

The state of Modern is what it is.

Jace by a mile. Has made UW control (and a few other archetypes, I guess) quite viable again, which I will always see as a great - and necessary! - thing for this format. I mean, just look at the top decks atm (other than UW control) ...

On that note, the next two should be Stoneforge Mystic and Splinter Twin, without a doubt.

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Just know that all those reduced-priced singles are coming from packs bought and opened by online singles merchants, speculators and assorted other ‘investors’.

Edited for truthiness.

^ Emrakul*


Anyway, Counterspell is the no-brainer. It is what Modern needs.

Also seconding Baleful Strix - not broken, just very good. Might give some decks a little breathing room, if only for a turn or so.

And Containment Priest - something to disrupt degenerate decks of that type is only ever a good thing.

Good grief. They don’t openly say it. In fact, they serve up words to the contrary. Their actions speak otherwise.

They absolutely do not only acknowledge the secondary market, but pander to it endlessly. This is a large part of the problem.

Very disappointing set for the price per pack / per box.

As for cards I would've liked to see reprinted regardless, Bloom Tender is right up there.


edit: Also, strongly dislike most of the new artwork. Cheap and nasty.

No. Anything goes.

Echoing a post above: if you don’t like a particular card or strategy, punish it. Destroy it. Disallow it (with cards, not house rules).

I’ve yet to run into any real problems with this approach.

You could check out a bunch of top level Pauper / Peasant decks, for some ideas at least.

Glad you’ve found a format you love.

So have I, and it happens to be... Modern! Also EDH, and Highlander actually (this one scratches my ‘Legacy itch’ just fine.)

Tried Legacy for a while (and yeah, I have almost all the cards I would ever need for that), but didn’t enjoy it much.

Anyway, all the best for your Legacy future.

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A straight colorshifted Balance of Power might be possible with only a little color pie finagling, although it would be whiter as an Arbiter of Knollridge "everybody equalizes to the highest value" effect.

I was going to post a very similar idea, that being a ‘reverse Balance’ of sorts: Timely Reinforcements meets Balance of Power, but also using the opponent with the lowest in each case, for comparison purposes (a la Balance).

Another immediate thought (draw-wise) is a colour-shifted Coastal Piracy, give or take a detail or two perhaps. This is absolutely more White than it is Blue. I mean, they even shifted Curiosity to Green, so... close?

Oh, and something ‘taxes-like’ could work too. Along the lines of Rhystic Study, perhaps, but not as broken (of course). Strikes me as very White, actually.

Overall though, if not for draw (a lack of), I think White has plenty of power and flexibility. *shrug*