Lands are pretty much the same as earlier, just added Horizon lands with 3x Silent Clearing - cheapest ones avalible. They were OK, I think 3 is the proper amount.
The 1-drop suite is both agressive and well rounded. Ranger-Captain of Eos being able to tutor clutch 1-drops proved to be extremelly good and allows me to play 1-of for things like Giver of Runes (she really does the job! wouldn't play more than 1 though), Dauntless Bodyguard (definately overperformed, thinking about adding 2nd in spot of Isamaru), Martyr of Sands (in SB as a tutorable counter to Burn, Storm, etc) and potentially Burrenton Forge-Tender (vs Burn and decks playing Anger of the Gods, not sure if it's worth it with Bodyguards and 4x Selfless Spirits being played though).
Dropped Soldier of the Pantheon as he didn't do anything special in my last games. I strongly believe right now that Dauntless Bodyguard is much better 1-drop than him, especially with Ranger-Captain.
Judge's Familiar worked and would add more copies but I don't see a spot for them right now.
Leonin Arbiter proved himself to be really important in screwing with opponents. Sometimes people forgot he is on the board and still wanted to fetch EOT. Once I blew 2 lands with Ghost Quarters to already mana screwed UW control. Path to Exile becomes 1 mana exile with no drawbacks. Only problem here is he clashes with Ranger-Captain of Eos... Also with Flagstones of Trokair but it wasn't problematic yet.
Selfless Spirit and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben are a must. Thinking about adding 4th Thalia. But I had a game with 3 Thalias in hand. I have mixed feelings about this.
Benalish Marshal is still great. Fights on 3-drop slot with Ranger-Captain of Eos which replaced 2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar and 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege. Both are amazing but ultimatelly ended up with 4 Marshalls because they are much better "Gotcha!" with Windbrisk Heights and Ranger-Captain clashes with Leonin Arbiter. Wilt-Leaf Liege, which already has a nickname of "Doe" in my LGS, was dropped to 2x. I had 2 copies in my opening hand once and I wasn't happy. Right now she's just a resilient 4 mana lord, something really needed but ultimatelly nothing to write book about.
There was a guy telling me that Spectral Procession is too bad for this deck. Not sure what to think about it. Until now it was the best topdeck I could count on but right now I'm much happier to pick Ranger-Captain. I may actually add 4th R-C and cut 1 Procession. Or more and get some more 1-drops. Or more Paths.
Speaking of Path to Exile I really think I should be playing 4 maindeck. It really is great vs Phoenix, TiTi's, clutch Humans, Eldrazi etc. On the other hand it's useless vs UW control, Ad Nauseam (one of the decks I've lost against the other being Bant Toolbox) and other combo/prison decks. Overall though the meta right now seems to be creature-heavy with GY shenanigans and I think it actually might be good idea to impelement 4 copies mainboard.
Sideboard is hardest part here. 3x Rest in Peace, 2x Stony Silence seem self-explanatory. Leonin Relic-Warder I still believe is good but I'm thinking about cutting them, adding another Stony Silence and freeing 2 more SB slots. Damping Sphere is still great vs Storm and Tron. Tocatli Honor Guard is very good vs Humans, shutting them off completely, and to some extent Spirits. Worship vs creature decks, combo decks and Burn. I think 1-off is good enough. Martyr of Sands was explained earlier. Ethersworn Canonist and Eidolon of Rhetoric were dropped because I think I have enough maindeck hate for spell decks.
But there I think I'm a little bit too weak to burn. And it's rising in popularity again. I may be forced to shift SB a bit.
Thought about adding Gideon Blackblade somewhere, maybe in SB instead of Leo-RW. Giving lifelink to other creatures is great vs Burn and -6 fills the role of Leo-RW, getting rid of Ensnaring Bridge and other annoying permanents. Also is hard to remove for control, survives most damage based removal, dodges Fatal Push and Liliana of the Veil... And suddenly Gideon of the Trials may be a thing. Yeah, I think I like that idea.
Something I just figured - 3 cards I can sac whenever I want + 1 conditional sac means Bridge from Below isn't staying for long. And I think it's relevant in a world when Hogaak Bridgevine is the new hot thing.
You've mentioned earlier Soldier of the Pantheon is bad. Do you think Giver of Runes will make the cut? She seems strong in defending other cards from Tron threats or blocking Affinity or Bogles very effectively (I have a lot of problems vs Bogles with my mono W Humans that I'm even playing Blessed Alliance - it also does work vs Infect, Death's Shadow and Burn) so it actually might be nice solution vs "Alpha Strike" aggro decks that this deck struggles with.
With Modern Horizons comes Ranger-Captain of Eos. And this card is bonkers. Made me think about mono W Humans shell with this deck. Right now I'm thinking about something like this:
With the ability of tutoring most 1-drops playing this deck feels much more appealing than before. Between Ranger-Captain, Thraben Inspector and Horizon lands this deck has a lot of card draw so it should hardly ever be a problem to run out of gas. Also this allows to play some hate maindeck, Ranger hating on combo and UW, Bodyguard protecting strongest creatures and Woe-Reaper being small, but sometimes relevant GY hate. This allows for quite explosive and resilient Weenie version. Gideon Blackblade is for the lulz here but it very well might be strong addition to this deck him pumping Champion and Lieutenant on etb while also staying alive after wraths.
Also Field Marshal is an idea, having additional strong lord as most of the creatures are Soldiers anyway.
Anyways I've had a blast for last 2 tournaments (going 3-1 in both going overall 6-2) with this list:
1x Eiganjo Castle
4x Flagstones of Trokair
4x Ghost Quarter
6x Plains
1x Shefet Dunes
3x Silent Clearing
3x Windbrisk Heights
1x Dauntless Bodyguard
4x Dryad Militant
1x Giver of Runes
1x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
2x Judge's Familiar
3x Kytheon, Hero of Akros
4x Selfless Spirit
3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4x Benalish Marshal
3x Ranger-Captain of Eos
2x Wilt-Leaf Liege
Sorcery (4)
4x Spectral Procession
Instant (2)
2x Path to Exile
1x Martyr of Sands
2x Path to Exile
1x Damping Sphere
3x Leonin Relic-Warder
3x Rest in Peace
2x Stony Silence
2x Tocatli Honor Guard
1x Worship
Deck is really cool and synergizes well.
Lands are pretty much the same as earlier, just added Horizon lands with 3x Silent Clearing - cheapest ones avalible. They were OK, I think 3 is the proper amount.
The 1-drop suite is both agressive and well rounded. Ranger-Captain of Eos being able to tutor clutch 1-drops proved to be extremelly good and allows me to play 1-of for things like Giver of Runes (she really does the job! wouldn't play more than 1 though), Dauntless Bodyguard (definately overperformed, thinking about adding 2nd in spot of Isamaru), Martyr of Sands (in SB as a tutorable counter to Burn, Storm, etc) and potentially Burrenton Forge-Tender (vs Burn and decks playing Anger of the Gods, not sure if it's worth it with Bodyguards and 4x Selfless Spirits being played though).
Dropped Soldier of the Pantheon as he didn't do anything special in my last games. I strongly believe right now that Dauntless Bodyguard is much better 1-drop than him, especially with Ranger-Captain.
Judge's Familiar worked and would add more copies but I don't see a spot for them right now.
Dryad Militant and Kytheon, Hero of Akros are too good to pass. Maybe 3x Kytheons are 1 too many.
Leonin Arbiter proved himself to be really important in screwing with opponents. Sometimes people forgot he is on the board and still wanted to fetch EOT. Once I blew 2 lands with Ghost Quarters to already mana screwed UW control. Path to Exile becomes 1 mana exile with no drawbacks. Only problem here is he clashes with Ranger-Captain of Eos... Also with Flagstones of Trokair but it wasn't problematic yet.
Selfless Spirit and Thalia, Guardian of Thraben are a must. Thinking about adding 4th Thalia. But I had a game with 3 Thalias in hand. I have mixed feelings about this.
Benalish Marshal is still great. Fights on 3-drop slot with Ranger-Captain of Eos which replaced 2x Thalia, Heretic Cathar and 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege. Both are amazing but ultimatelly ended up with 4 Marshalls because they are much better "Gotcha!" with Windbrisk Heights and Ranger-Captain clashes with Leonin Arbiter.
Wilt-Leaf Liege, which already has a nickname of "Doe" in my LGS, was dropped to 2x. I had 2 copies in my opening hand once and I wasn't happy. Right now she's just a resilient 4 mana lord, something really needed but ultimatelly nothing to write book about.
There was a guy telling me that Spectral Procession is too bad for this deck. Not sure what to think about it. Until now it was the best topdeck I could count on but right now I'm much happier to pick Ranger-Captain. I may actually add 4th R-C and cut 1 Procession. Or more and get some more 1-drops. Or more Paths.
Speaking of Path to Exile I really think I should be playing 4 maindeck. It really is great vs Phoenix, TiTi's, clutch Humans, Eldrazi etc. On the other hand it's useless vs UW control, Ad Nauseam (one of the decks I've lost against the other being Bant Toolbox) and other combo/prison decks. Overall though the meta right now seems to be creature-heavy with GY shenanigans and I think it actually might be good idea to impelement 4 copies mainboard.
Sideboard is hardest part here. 3x Rest in Peace, 2x Stony Silence seem self-explanatory. Leonin Relic-Warder I still believe is good but I'm thinking about cutting them, adding another Stony Silence and freeing 2 more SB slots.
Damping Sphere is still great vs Storm and Tron.
Tocatli Honor Guard is very good vs Humans, shutting them off completely, and to some extent Spirits.
Worship vs creature decks, combo decks and Burn. I think 1-off is good enough.
Martyr of Sands was explained earlier.
Ethersworn Canonist and Eidolon of Rhetoric were dropped because I think I have enough maindeck hate for spell decks.
But there I think I'm a little bit too weak to burn. And it's rising in popularity again. I may be forced to shift SB a bit.
Thought about adding Gideon Blackblade somewhere, maybe in SB instead of Leo-RW. Giving lifelink to other creatures is great vs Burn and -6 fills the role of Leo-RW, getting rid of Ensnaring Bridge and other annoying permanents. Also is hard to remove for control, survives most damage based removal, dodges Fatal Push and Liliana of the Veil... And suddenly Gideon of the Trials may be a thing. Yeah, I think I like that idea.
Something I just figured - 3 cards I can sac whenever I want + 1 conditional sac means Bridge from Below isn't staying for long. And I think it's relevant in a world when Hogaak Bridgevine is the new hot thing.
Overall deck is fun and works for me.
4x Benalish Marshal
4x Champion of the Parish
4x Dauntless Bodyguard
2x Kytheon, Hero of Akros
1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
3x Ranger-Captain of Eos
3x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4x Thalia's Lieutenant
4x Thraben Inspector
2x Mardu Woe-Reaper
16x Plains
4x Horizon Canopy
Instant (8)
4x Brave the Elements
4x Path to Exile
Planeswalker (1)
1x Gideon Blackblade
3x Auriok Champion
2x Gideon of the Trials
3x Mirran Crusader
3x Rest in Peace
3x Stony Silence
1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
With the ability of tutoring most 1-drops playing this deck feels much more appealing than before. Between Ranger-Captain, Thraben Inspector and Horizon lands this deck has a lot of card draw so it should hardly ever be a problem to run out of gas. Also this allows to play some hate maindeck, Ranger hating on combo and UW, Bodyguard protecting strongest creatures and Woe-Reaper being small, but sometimes relevant GY hate. This allows for quite explosive and resilient Weenie version. Gideon Blackblade is for the lulz here but it very well might be strong addition to this deck him pumping Champion and Lieutenant on etb while also staying alive after wraths.
Also Field Marshal is an idea, having additional strong lord as most of the creatures are Soldiers anyway.