Bouncy Hooters (Modern MTG Deck)

Bouncy Hooters

Modern* Control Tempo WU (Azorius)

ducttapedeckbox

Creature (4)

4x Eidolon of Rhetoric

Land (25)

Artifact (7)

Instant (21)

Sorcery (3)

3x Supreme Verdict

Sideboard

Enchantment (5)

Artifact (4)

Instant (6)

Get your hooter, start bouncing, win.

The inspiration for this deck is twofold: initially, it came from a post on some other site about a player who won because he was land screwed. He was playing an Ebony Owl Netsuke build, and dropped it turn 1 with a Spirit Guide and the only land in his hand. He failed to draw another land, and therefore could not play anything other than the Owl. Apparently neither could his opponent, so his opponent took 4 damage per turn, and ended up scooping: he was playing a control build and had a hand full of counters! My other inspiration for this deck came from one of the top decks on this site for a while: Modern Turbo Owl.

The concept of the deck is pretty simple: control the game long enough for you to achieve a spell prevention soft-lock (with Eidolon of Rhetoric or slapping Silence on Isochron Scepter) and then drop the Owl. Your opponent won't believe that they lost for having the cards they needed in their hand. If things go south, just beat face with Batterskull or Celestial Colonnade.

If anyone takes offence to the name, or feels that it is inappropriate, don't hesitate to confront me in a mature manner.

Elaborate deck descriptions are not necessary for most decks, so I will not be providing a detailed explanation of the current list. If a card choice isn't self-explanatory or there is a card that more appropriately fills a roll, please bring it to my attention.

I welcome, and encourage, all suggestions, comments, and upvotes! Thanks for looking!

Suggestions

Updates Add

Change History — Dec. 13, 2014

Edit

Below is a history of the changes made to this deck. Please take a moment to look through them before suggesting cards to add or remove - I summarized the reasons for the changes! This update also contains all of the past discussion for this deck, in case you were overly bored and wanted some reading material.

[Show Changes][Hide Changes]
12/15/14

Removed a Remand and a Sphinx's Revelation for two Boomerangs The second Revelation wasn't doing me much, and the ability to bounce a land sounds like so much fun.

12/10/14

Removed 2x Whelming Wave and 1x Ebony Owl Netsuke for 2x Dig Through Time and 1x Cyclonic Rift I don't need to have the Owl early game, I just need to be able to find one late game. Dig helps me do that, while the Rift provides more bounce control
Adjusted land base to accommodate Dig Through Time. With this, came the removal "budget" tag. Having a budget semi-competitive meta-breaking Modern deck doesn't work, so the budget part inevitably had to go.

12/5/14

Removed 2x Ethersworn Canonist and 3x Echoing Truth for 1x Leyline of Sanctity, 2x Relic of Progenitus, and 2x Path to Exile I needed a more versatile sideboard. My budget is shot, but I think this will greatly improve this deck's chance of surviving for a win.

12/4/14 - Thanks Vault and vishnarg for the help!

Removed 3x Steel Sabotage and 1x Echoing Truth for 2x Stony Silence and 2x Hurkyl's Recall I needed more resilience against Affinity and these changes made the SB more versatile.

12/3/14 - Thanks JexInfinite for SB help!

Removed 3x Nyx-Fleece Ram, 2x Aegis of the Gods, and a Glaring Spotlight for 2x Ethersworn Canonist, 2x Celestial Flare, and 2x Leyline of Sanctity While breaking a budget even more, these changes make the sideboard much more efficient and effective.

12/2/14

Removed Pearl Lake Ancient for Batterskull Not sure why I failed to do this sooner. Other options are Geist of Saint Traft and Wurmcoil Engine
Removed an Island and Glacial Fortress for 2x Celestial Colonnade I needed another win condition, and the Colonnade helps me push damage through in longer games

11/28/14

Removed 3x Repeal for 3x Isochron Scepter I already have the bounce from Cyclonic Rift, but we will see how the deck works without the added draw power.
Removed 1x Pearl Lake Ancient and 3x Render Silent for 4x Eidolon of Rhetoric As seakeal mentioned, I have better things to do on my third turn than cast bigger counterspells. The Eidolon eats most burn and can block most threats, and slows down my opponent!
Removed 3x Fabricate for 3x Muddle the Mixture Serves the same purpose, but can tutor up a wider range of answers
Removed 2x Curse of Exhaustion for 2x Whelming Wave The Curse is still an option, but the double white is hard to obtain and I often find myself in need of answers rather than a 4-drop enchantment that has no immediate impact

Match History — Dec. 12, 2014

Edit

Image View Timeline

Card Odds v1 Draw hand

Add to folder Copy

Download / Export / Embed Code

Comments View Archive

Attention! Complete Comment Tutorial! This annoying message will go away once you do!

Comment:

Become a supporter of TappedOut and hide ads for only $3/month!

Important! Formatting tips — Comment Tutorial — markdown syntax

Please login to comment

Revision 16 See all

(9 years ago)

-1

Dig Through Time

main

Top Ranked	Achieved #32 position overall 10 years ago
Date added	10 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 2 Mythic Rares 24 - 9 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.17
Tokens	Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B
Folders	Modern Ideas, interesting, Modern, cool decks, I like it, Modern, modern, Cool Decks, Interesting, Things to Consider
Votes
Ignored suggestions
Shared with
Views

Magic the Gathering, FNM is TM and copyright Wizards of the Coast, Inc, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. All rights reserved. This site is unaffiliated. Articles and comments are user-submitted and do not represent official endorsements of this site.