Faerie dust is a hard drug

Modern Rathaelix

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MAGESTIC_LLAMA says... #1

March 21, 2015 2:33 p.m.

TheBanlist says... #2

April 16, 2015 1:53 a.m.

Rathaelix says... #3

Thanks for the suggestion :)
I have tried playing Glen Elendra Archmage, but it doesn't make the cut for me. At 4 mana I'd rather be playing a Cryptic Command or a Mistbind Clique. It's an awesome and versatile card. But for me it's a too awkward to play without flash.

April 16, 2015 11:09 a.m.

Liszt says... #4

Tribal decks <3

June 22, 2015 5:11 a.m.

TheGodofNight says... #5

I love this deck. It looks like a lot of fun to play. I made a proxy version to tinker with. My version has a few alterations.

I dropped Tasigur, the Golden Fang and picked up a 3rd Mistbind Clique. I know why you have Tasigur in here, but with all the of the life loss from multiple Bitterblossoms, I figure the Mistbind Clique can help and it's a great cantrip effect. I dropped the Bile Blight in favor of a second Remand, and to be honest, I have considered a third. I also swapped an Inquisition of Kozilek for a Thoughtseize, although the two are relatively interchangable in the early game.

Thanks for the awesome deck idea, +1 from me.

June 22, 2015 1:32 p.m.

Rathaelix says... #6

Thanks for checking out the deck, guys :)
TheGodofNight, I'm glad you want to play it yourself and make your own changes. A deck is never final, as the meta is always changing.

June 22, 2015 6:17 p.m.

TheGodofNight says... #7

@ Rathaelix

I love expanding my deck library with fun decks, and this one looked like a blast. Slowly I am acquiring the pieces to make it. I've been having great results with it. The bonus is that I get to play Faeries and I'm improving my skills as a control player. So if I give you more +1(s), I totally would. Thanks again.

June 22, 2015 6:22 p.m.

Smeltz45 says... #8

I have a similar deck and seem to be having problems winning. I would also consider Sword of Light and Shadow

June 22, 2015 8:01 p.m. Edited.

currentuser says... #9

Slowly acquiring cards for my own Fearie build!! Mischief.

June 26, 2015 midnight

Lachance says... #10

I don't have any suggestion for your deck, but I must admit that I haven't seen anything like it before - and I really like what I see! I've just had a Bitterblossom in one of my boosters from Modern Masters 2 the other week and I'm so happy about it! It's one of my favourite cards after all - such a marvellous piece of art, let alone the faerie summoning. Thank you for sharing and I'm looking forward to check out your other decks!

July 14, 2015 5:36 p.m.
August 23, 2015 10:37 p.m.

Rathaelix says... #12

johnsquirrel11, it's a good suggestion. I have tried it out and personally I find that Mutavault and Creeping Tar Pit are better.

August 24, 2015 5 p.m.

Smeltz45 says... #13

August 26, 2015 12:13 p.m.

currentuser says... #14

I have to agree on snapcaster. Even a solo copy in the MB can make a world of difference. Being able to flash a spell(dismember, mana leak) even a sorcery speed(IoK, Thoughtseize)can change everything. That said... It's a pricey card these days. Cheers fae bro!

August 26, 2015 5:39 p.m.

Smeltz45 says... #15

On top of adding Snapcaster Mage i would consider dropping Victim of the night for Slaughter Pact. Just the pure utility of Snapcaster Mage is good but when u can combo it with a 0 drop kill spell like Slaughter Pact its all the better. Only thing is i wouldn't cast Slaughter Pact and Snapcaster Mage it back in the same turn, unless you have that Sword of Feast and Famine online (that is located in your sideboard) that way your not using all your mana to pay for Slaughter Pact and leaving yourself vulnerable for your opponents next turn.

August 27, 2015 9:49 a.m.

Smeltz45 says... #16

I also prefer Smother over Disfigure.

August 27, 2015 9:52 a.m.

Smeltz45 says... #17

I also like Remand over Condescend and Go for the Throat over Dismember. I would also like to give an honorable mention to Serum Visions

August 27, 2015 9:59 a.m.

continuum says... #18

What is your opinion on Deprive? It synergizes with Darkslick Shores when missing land drops early game and it let's you do something with land drops late game if you don't draw any or don't want to play them. I also don't think double blue is hard to get.

October 14, 2015 11:46 a.m.

Rathaelix says... #19

Thanks for checking out the deck :)
(Please excuse my long response time, I was very with studies)

Smeltz45, i do have Snapcaster Mages and have actually played them in the deck for a long time. I phased them out as I'd rather have fliers. Not saying it was the right decision :P I want to try it out again with your idea of using it with Slaughter Pact, that seems good :)

With regards to Smother over Deprive: The use of Deprive is very deliberate. Smother IS a good card for this spot, but having a couple of 1 mana removal spells is very important, in my opinion. Ulcerate would be another option here but the deck can't afford the life cost, if you ask me.

The Condescend is there for the late game, but I think I'll try to restructure the counter magic. Perhaps throw out Mana Leak and use Remand, Deprive and Dispel. It's not quite working currently. Maybe have a look at the new draft now :)

When I made the deck I couldn't find space for Serum Visions and still haven't. I have come to respect the card more though, and I think now that I have to find space for at least 2.

continuum, you're right about the mana. This deck has a stable mana base and with only 2 colors I never find myself in mana trouble. Deprive is interesting and I will be trying it out :)

October 16, 2015 8:16 a.m.

TheGodofNight says... #20

@Rathaelix

This deck has been a blast to play and I've taken 1st place at a bunch of local modern events with it. Thanks again for the awesome design and the many helpful suggestions. People are learning to fear the Fae, lol.

November 15, 2015 5:52 p.m.

Guftders says... #21

Great dekc!! But no AEther Vial?

November 16, 2015 7 a.m.

Rathaelix says... #22

TheGodofNight, good to hear! :D

Guftders, thanks for the suggestion :) I'm not too keen on Vial in this deck since there is only 11 creatures and they are somewhat spread out on mana cost. The creatures in the deck all have flash, so Vial contributes less here. Though it would make them uncounterable which would be lovely :)

November 16, 2015 9:44 a.m. Edited.

Guftders says... #23

I really love playing faeries myself, and the Aether Vials are great for conserving mana so you can play all your creatures at instant speed for 'free'. Although following your point, I might drop one or two myself for actual answers, since drawing into them late game hurts.

On another note, from my own testing, I've found that maintaining hand size is terribly difficult, especially with Lili on the field. Because hand size is important so you have answers for stuff... :D

Any advice on that?

November 16, 2015 11:20 a.m.

Rathaelix says... #24

Good point and good question.

Maintaining hand size is very difficult, as you say. We don't have cards like Wall of Omens or Sphinx's Revelation like many other control decks. With a faerie deck like this we aran't really aiming for card advantage. Mostly we are doing one-for-ones while we wait for Bitterblossom to do the dirty work. Liliana works very well with this as she can give Bitterblossom free reign if no players have any cards in hand.
That said of course we would like card advantage where we can get it. We can't always get Bitterblossom and that's when we look for two-for-ones or card advantage with: Cryptic Command, Snapcaster Mage + removal/counter magic, Scion of Oona's denial of removal, or Spellstutter Sprite.
This is not an easy deck to play and I am by no means an expert. It can be an uphill battle in Modern with Abrupt Decay being a thing, but I have loved faeries since Lorwyn and it's an awesome deck so I'm gonna keep rocking it :)

November 16, 2015 1:01 p.m.

kengiczar says... #25

I think you need more ways to make your faeries bigger than 1/1. You lose to Lingering Souls. This means get some more Scion of Oona. I play 15 removal spells and I can promise you that while yes, if you curve out T2 faerie T3 faerie your first one may die but that's perfectly fine.

Also Snapcaster Mage doesn't have enough targets to warrant a spot in this list. Either put in more Inquisition of Kozilek, Spell Pierce, Spell Snare, or take out the snaps for more Faeries.

Another thing is if you want to keep in any Discard at all I really suggest Watery Grave and Polluted Delta both being at 4. While this does bring the possibly of being foiled by Blood Moon at the same time if your T1 or T2 discard always hit they will have to top deck it.

Lastly to make Spellstutter Sprite more efficient consider Faerie Miscreant. It's another target for Championing, it's another thing to be buffed by Scion of Oona and it can almost always draw a card thanks to Bitterblossom. Lastly if you manage to champion one with Mistbind Clique and you have another on the field, then when Mistbind dies you'll draw a card.

November 17, 2015 10:43 a.m.

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