Modern Death & Taxes (Modern MTG Deck)

The first stage would be to acquire the affordable cards and get a feel for the meta, before I dig in and buy the more expensive ones (so no Spellskite yet, Vryn Wingmare instead of Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Archangel of Tithes instead of Ghostly Prison).

Deck contains lots of hate, perhaps I overdid myself, hehe:

Eidolon of Rhetoric + Grand Abolisher = supreme lockdown
Suppression Field = lockdown of fetch heavy decks and many others, although I also run Aether Vial , so I'm not sure what's the best option, main or SB
Aven Mindcensor + Leonin Arbiter hate vs fetch, improves Path to Exile & Ghost Quarter
Phyrexian Revoker - vs nasty planeswalkers and such, perhaps overkill combined with Suppression Field

I'm still working on my Sideboard, think I need more artifact hate, but it's already filled with 1-offs and 2-offs, so need some advice for my Sideboard. It may contain too many answers than necessary for a certain archetype, while lacking for another.

Sideboard:

1x Eidolon of Rhetoric - vs Naya burn and delaying several others
1x Immortal Servitude - vs combo-decks/burn decks with mass removal
2x Mark of Asylum - vs Naya burn, but also against other decks that use Pyroclasm
2x Patrician's Scorn
1x Phyrexian Revoker - vs Naya burn, Affinity, , Splinter Twin, Tron
3x Rest in Peace - vs Jund, Living End
2x Spirit of the Labyrinth - vs Amulet Bloom, Splinter Twin, Scapeshift
1x Suppression Field - vs Affinity, Jund, Splinter Twin, Tron
2x True Believer - vs Naya burn, Jund, Junk

only looked at the mostly used 8-10 decks in meta, Patrician's Scorn doesn't seem that usefull against any of those and at the moment I think Affinity would be my main concern. Kataki, War's Wage is a very evil, but expensive hate option, Stony Silence is slightly less effective, but cheaper and more usable against other decks.

If I like the format and have the money, I'd might add the following cards:

2-3 Tectonic Edge - Depending on meta
2-3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben - quicker than Vryn Wingmare

And in case I want to be more creature heavy and less hate:

4 Blade Splicer - another flickerwisp abuse target
2-4 Restoration Angel - for abusing Blade Splicer & Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit and resetting Phyrexian Revoker

In exchange for:

1-2 Vryn Wingmare - depending wether I add 2 or 3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
2-3 Plains
2 Kytheon, Hero of Akros

and some of the following hate cards, depending on their usefullness in the current meta

But I think I like a heavy hate/tax version more than a heavy death version (some suggested cards seem like a win-more), so I'll have to see how it goes.

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Key combos	Aven Mindcensor + Leonin Arbiter Eidolon of Rhetoric + Grand Abolisher
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 3 Mythic Rares 11 - 8 Rares 25 - 2 Uncommons 0 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.16
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