Who is Jeskaiser Söze? (Pioneer MTG Deck)

Who is Jeskaiser Söze?

Pioneer Aggro Burn Humans Monk Prowess RUW (Jeskai, America) Shaman Theme/Gimmick Tokens Weenie

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Land (21)

Sorcery (2)

2x Crash Through

Instant (21)

Creature (16)

Sideboard

Instant (8)

Maybeboard

Instant (6)

Sorcery (3)

The greatest trick Spike ever pulled...

Jeskeyser Soze

...was convincing the meta that this deck didn't exist.

Spam tokens with Prowess.

Akroan Crusader, Young Pyromancer, Monastery Mentor and Talrand, Sky Summoner all spit out tokens every time you cast an instant or sorcery. The slight exception to this rule is Akroan Crusader, who must be the _target_ of a spell in order to trigger its token generator.
Defiant Strike and Coordinated Assault, as well as the third mode of Boros Charm can all target Akroan Crusader. In fact, in a pinch, Vapor Snag and the third mode of Azorius Charm will also work.
Lightning Strike, Boros Charm, Azorius Charm and Vapor Snag will be the main prowess triggers.
Control things with Remand, Azorius Charm and Vapor Snag.
Keep your hand full with Serum Visions, Defiant Strike, Remand and Azorius Charm.

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Pioneer happened. (Reflection included) — Feb. 20, 2020

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Being the types of players we (my little playgroup) are, we never actually played any Modern, not even casually. We had "Modern" decks, but they were just old Standard decks we didn't want to dismantle. Personally, when I played my Modern decks, I would feel like the deck could work so much better if I only had a few hundred more dollars to splurge. Each time it felt like I was just playing a janky, budget version of a much better deck that I would never actually be willing to shell out the money for.

When Pioneer became a thing, we eventually looked at our Modern decks and realized they were basically all Pioneer decks already. With just a few small tweaks, we could have a bunch of good Pioneer decks, instead of a handfull of midling-to-weak, low-powered, casual-only "Modern" decks. We don't play competitively, but we are experience, knowledgeable players who like to know that we're playing good decks--most of the time. ;)

This deck suffered one of the biggest changes during my conversion, because I had to remove my playsets of Flooded Strands, Lightning Bolts and serum visions. Oh and Talrand, The Sky Summoner, too, which is a card I've always wanted to use. This is one of the only one of my decks that truly got "downgraded" to Pioneer, but at least now I'll play the damn thing.

I can use the Lightning Bolts and serum visions in Pauper decks, which I play a literal metric shit-ton of, and the Flooded Strands can go into EDH and Oathbreaker decks that I already have or will make soon. So these awesome cards I have will still get used. Which is what I really want most as a Magic player: to use as many of the cards that I like as I can.

And now you know my thoughts on Modern versus Pioneer, and why I'm converting all my Modern decks over. Hopefully this new format works out, and I can enjoy playing this deck far into the future.

Jeskaind'a Done Now — May 11, 2017

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Deck Update & Comment Clear — March 14, 2016

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	BG
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 10 - 1 Rares 16 - 7 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.72
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Monk 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 R
Folders	Decks I want to use, Monk Decks, agro standard, decks i want to try, Decks, GPIndy, Decks, zzInspiration (not own), Deck Ideas, Neato 3-Co Decks
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