Tarmogoyf and Tasigur Take on Trouble

Modern BUG (Sultai) Midrange

janda_42

Land (21)

• 2x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Forest
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Polluted Delta
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Verdant Catacombs
• 2x Watery Grave

Creature (13)

• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 3x Grim Flayer
• 2x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 2x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Tarmogoyf
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Instant (8)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 2x Fatal Push
• 4x Thought Scour

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 3x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 2x Serum Visions
• 4x Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Grist, the Hunger Tide
• 2x Liliana of the Veil
• 1x Liliana, the Last Hope

Artifact (3)

• 3x Mishra's Bauble

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Endurance
• 2x Kitchen Finks
• 1x Plague Engineer

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Leyline of the Void
• 2x Spreading Seas

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Collective Brutality
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse

Instant (3)

• 1x Force of Vigor
• 2x Stubborn Denial

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

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Jund, Abzan, Sultai: The three decks which utilize both green, black, and a third color. While jund and abzan (but mostly Jund) may spend more time in the spotlight, I believe that sultai midrange too has its own power. The inclusion of blue gives us access to numerous cards that further push the power of a G/B/X midrange deck in modern. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy   and Thought Scour let us loot and power up our Tarmogoyfs, Serum Visions draws us cards, and Snapcaster Mage provides a second use of many important spells.

In light of the death of the "boomer" midrange decks of modern, this deck mostly exists as a shrine to a pre Modern Horizons modern format. I have continued to update the deck as new cards have come about, but the B/G based midrange decks of the past are certainly no longer the peak of the modern format.

{B}{U}{G}

Any suggestions are appreciated greatly and don't forget to upvote!

Recent Changes:

MB; -2 Opt -1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet -1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor +2 Thoughtseize +1 Grist, the Hunger Tide +1 Dauthi Voidwalker

SB; -1 Prowling Serpopard -1 Thrun, the Last Troll +1 Endurance +1 Force of Vigor

Card Choices

I'd quite like to make it clear why am I playing the cards that I am playing.

Mishra's Bauble, Thought Scour, and Serum Visions act as my main sources of card advantage. Bauble and Thought scour both let me get more kinds of card types in my graveyard. Serum visions is just a good card.

Abrupt Decay, Fatal Push, and Maelstrom Pulse all act as my reactive removal. Fatal push and Abrupt decay kill most big threats in modern. The 1x Maelstrom Pulse acts as a main board way of dealing with a tricky permanent in game 1.

Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, and to a lesser extent Collective Brutality act as my proactive removal. I've found that a 3-2 split in favor of Inquisition is working the best for me right now. Brutality is a nice value card that does more work than it has any right to.

Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Tarmogoyf, and Grim Flayer are the deck's payload. Getting even just one or two of these guys down is the primary way this deck wins.

Snapcaster Mage and Jace, Vryn's Prodigy   are great value creatures in this kind of deck. They get some work done and both allow me to get extra value from my graveyard.

Both Lilianas are run in order to get around Pithing Needle. I run Hissing Quagmire and Creeping Tar Pit together to get around Pithing Needle as well.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Exclude colors	WR
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 2 Mythic Rares 28 - 7 Rares 10 - 4 Uncommons 4 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.69
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Emblem Liliana, the Last Hope, Insect 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Modern Cool Stuff, Interesting Modern Decks, decks I like hehe