Post Twin Ban: Jund Still Lingers

Modern*

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Creature (10)

• 2x Dark Confidant
• 4x Scavenging Ooze
• 4x Tarmogoyf

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Ajani Vengeant
• 4x Liliana of the Veil

Land (24)

• 3x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 2x Blood Crypt
• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 4x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 2x Shambling Vent
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Swamp
• 4x Verdant Catacombs

Instant (14)

• 4x Abrupt Decay
• 3x Kolaghan's Command
• 1x Path to Exile
• 2x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Smother
• 3x Terminate

Sorcery (7)

• 4x Lingering Souls
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 2x Painful Truths

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Fo' shizzle my twizzle fo' my twizzle my shizzle!

Intro Show

Amulet Bloom and U/R(/x) twin are banned from modern, unplayable in legacy (as far as I am aware), and the cards aren't in that god awful format called standard.

Both of these decks are combo decks: a land combo deck and a midrange-control combo deck with the occasional tempo green splash (or whatever the terminology is)

Henceforth: Lingering Souls, Liliana of the Veil, and other cards in this deck (Maelstrom Pulse) were not as good because of their: slowness, lack of interaction with the opposing combo, and/or the easiest answer: wrong cards for the metagame.

This is completely different now: Splinter Twin and Summer Bloom are banned so that means that some of the slower cards can actually work screw over quick decks and other slow decks.This deck is jund, and junk, into one deck: lingering jund. This deck used to be quite popular, but then due to many changes in the metagame: Treasure Cruise being printed then banned along with Birthing Pod causing the up rise of bloom titan and an increase of Splinter Twin made this deck obsolete. Because I enjoy old decks (eternal command) I Dredged this up.

Deck Analysis Show

There have been some additions to the deck since it's last iteration, mainly Painful Truths and Siege Rhino. Because of this, Dark Confidant isn't as prominent of a card. Flipping Siege Rhino and then drawing a land isn't that fun... Because of this, 50% of them are going bye bye.

The wincons of the deck are mostly through Attrition. At some point: Tarmogoyf & scooze & Lingering Souls tokens will fck the opponent up the cnt and out the b*tthole. Shambling Vent also works!

The disruption is fairly simple: Liliana of the Veil is 1 card disrupting in 3 separate ways over the course of the game. The discard is simple, same with the removal. I choose Smother because it kills SO MUCH. Kolaghan's Command is something that is new and wanted. I am also going to put Lingering Souls in here as well because it disrupts attacking and strengthens your defense so much. Removing tokens is laughable and Primeval Titan isn't a think anymore.

The splash for white is actually really good. Ajani Vengeant keeps stuff tapped down and gains enough life. Lightning Helix on a stick is great. That ultimate + Liliana of the Veil (any ability) is horrifying.
Path to Exile is a great removal spell, but I went with 2 Slaughter Pact and 1 Smother / Kolaghan's Command. I like Slaughter Pact for the zero-cost. Smother hits a lot of stuff. Kolaghan's Command is much more versatile (killing off Dark Confidant).
Lingering Souls is what makes the deck a deck. There are 8 copies in the deck, not including what the opponent is kind enough to give back again with Wasteland Stranger or any other processor wastes those decks.
One note about this deck (and most decks for that matter): if you end your turn tapped out, then you are leaving yourself vulnerable to your opponents whims, that is another thing about Slaughter Pact that is so great (not getting poked by d.c. is great as well).

Final Stuff Show

This is a very fun deck and it should be well positioned in the current shifting meta. This deck should trash Junk and Jund because Lingering Jund takes the best of both and puts it into one. Expect to lose game one against burn and affinity, but you better win game 2&3 post sideboard. Mono-black eldrazi is easy most of the time (Lingering Souls + Ajani Vengeant ruins the deck). Infect is... infect. I haven't bothered to test this deck against merfolk, but it probably trashes this deck Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust.

The Splinter Twin is featured in requiem of it being banned. It should not be banned, but something else should've been banned in it's place that for the deck could barely function. Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker is not a worthwhile option apparently (i can keep you posted if you want).

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 6 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.31
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W