as i haven't shared my list hear yet, i thought id add. this is a deck i built from around $100 about 2-3 months ago, the price of a few cards has increased with pioneer and the decks been chopped and changed to refine it down. the current list now regularly places 3-1 at my LGSs Instant (17) 1x Ca...

I still feel Veil should have copped a ban, for one mana its to supercharged comapred to anything U or B can do in our colours. Sure mono green needed some late game support, it wasn't required, if they can't kill by mid game it's over. It does carry over into the Standard format UGx being everywhe...

The format's longevity is also influenced by its playability. WotC won't support modern if it isn't being played. The fact that cards like Urza, Veil, and even Oko and T3feri still exist in Modern is part of its death knell. Similarly, when cards like Twin, Zenith, and, to a lesser extent, Pod are s...

Casually ignoring that Urza decks dominated for 4 weeks and then the format adjusted and even pushed Urza decks to the point of them being just another T1 choice, is not the basis for a sound argument. If anything, Urza asks for interaction, the cards surrounding him are hostile to it, namely Oko a...

Veil and Urza. Veil is too efficient and pushes interactive strategies out of the meta. UW and Jund have all but disappeared, and Veil is mainly to blame. I personally like the inclusion of Oko in the format, and think the meta could adjust with the real problematic card banned -- Urza himself. Urza...

Unban Splinter Twin , Birthing Pod , and Green Sun's Zenith . Twin is a pretty obvious one, so I won't go into more detail. Pod is easily interacted with, but possibly problematic power-level-wise. I'd also settle for a GSZ unban -- Finale of Devastation is arguably better anyways when it can search...

I'm not convinced Lattice, Tron, or OuaT need bans. Karn is just a wacky combo, easily beat by a small board state/instant artifact removal/Counterspell. Tron is Tron and it sucks, but it's not doing anything new that warrants a ban and hasn't seen a ban in the past. OuaT is very subtle, and possibl...

I like Oko, but I hate both Urza and Veil. I honestly think Veil was an egregious design mistake.

To awake this thread from its slumber: What is your guys opinion on Esper's positioning right now? IMO and to my experience, we kinda struggle vs. Urza and Oko decks, for the latter I am planning to pack 1-2 Nixious Grasp in the side. However, Field of the Dead seems rough for us, any ideas to hand...

Agreed on Ego, seems like an absolute must in this meta. I think Esper and control in general is pretty medium right now. It's fine against the same-olds like Infect, Jund (which isn't nearly as favorable now as it used to be, which I always considered one of Esper's greatest strengths), random crea...

Honestly not surprised at all. :/ Will await more data. I suggest testing the Humans, Infect, and Amulet matchups too, as they seem relevant and play less disruption.

Mystical is to situational imo, for 3 mana if its not targetting blue spell its expensive over many other spells. However, Dispute counters many key spells such as Oko and Urza. And it has many other applications, for instance in control mirrors. I like it so far, but I guess it depends on your met...

Lands (25) 4x Polluted Delta 4x Flooded Strand 1x Swamp 1x Plains 3x Island 1x Mystic Sanctuary 2x Creeping Tar Pit 1x Glacial Fortress 2x Hallowed Fountain 2x Watery Grave 2x Celestial Colonnade 2x Drowned Catacomb Creatures (4) 4x Snapcaster Mage Spells (31) 3x Path to Exile 3x Fatal Push 2x Drow...

A lot of y'all seem laser-focused on teferi, time raveler. I think that focus is misguided. In modern, the card is not actually that good. It's incredibly powerfully hateful against our deck and in our deck. But, against the format writ large, it's generally a bounce/draw effect with some flavor te...

I think Field of Ruin isn't as useful at this stage in the overall meta at the moment, so I have cut mine out entirely. At the moment, I much prefer running clean mana that gives me the colours I need rather than a generic colour, because early on if i need X or Y colour, Field doesn't help me in g...

:) https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2390776#paper this is my list btw if Someone can teach me how to write it here with proper formatting id appreciate it Quote a comment with a decklist in it and you'll see the formatting. It's pretty simple to write up actually. Just use [ deck ] at the front and ...

@Arkmer I dont like archmages charm. Seems mediocre tbh. I do wanna play with some walkers: i wont cut X2 jace and i believe playing at least 1 big teferi is correct from what ive seen in most lists. I dont really see how small teferi improves our game plan. Im not too concerned about control mirro...

Hi! Can anyone please comment about my list? https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2390776#paper Im not sure of i should be playing FoR or kf im stretching the mana base too much by doing that. Theres lots of etron tron and valakut at my lgs. Not sure if i wanna add baneslayer/geist to the side to close...

3-1, 2nd place with Esper today. Will post list and matchups later.

[mention]BloodyRabbit[/mention] Did you miss the Gearhulks? Also, in a list without Tas it's probably fine to play 2-3 Scours and not the full set.

We got a 3rd place list from IQ Louisville from Nick Hawkins:

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2357438#paper

Madman's playing 3 Snare, 7 spot removal spells, and 4 Drowns.

[mention]BloodyRabbit[/mention] I believe you're right about keeping in Force against Scales, mainly because you simply can't beat Animation Module . I sided it out because I died with it in hand with no targets G1, but it's a necessary evil to keep it in. I assume that the green enchantment you're ...

So, [mention]BloodyRabbit[/mention], I played your list tonight. I went 2-2, one match was a bye. :( Tiebreakers were really weird and I somehow managed to get 4th place after getting paired up against the only x-0 and losing in the last round, so irdk what that was all about, but anyways, here's th...

I'll take your suggestions. I do want to cut to 60 tho, so I'll figure out what the cut is. I must say, I'm very excited to be playing 4 Tar Pits. :) I'll probably go with 2 Stony Silence and a Settle the Wreckage over the RiPs. My meta is usually very light on graveyard decks since the Looting ban ...

I know people here don't particularly like this approach. But I keep crushing with variations of this list, so... yeah. Lands (24) 4x Polluted Delta 4x Flooded Strand 1x Swamp 1x Plains 3x Island 1x Mystic Sanctuary 4x Creeping Tar-Pit 2x Glacial Fortress 2x Hallowed Fountain 2x Watery Grave Creatu...