Modern Mardu

Modern RBW (Mardu)

penach010

Creature (9)

• 4x Dark Confidant
• 2x Pack Rat
• 3x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (5)

• 3x Liliana of the Veil
• 2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 3x Blood Crypt
• 4x Bloodstained Mire
• 3x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Plains
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 2x Vault of the Archangel

Instant (12)

• 2x Kolaghan's Command
• 3x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Lightning Helix
• 2x Path to Exile
• 3x Terminate

Sorcery (10)

• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4x Lingering Souls
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 3x Fulminator Mage

Artifact (2)

• 2x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (5)

• 1x Rending Volley
• 2x Wear / Tear
• 2x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 2x Duress
• 2x Timely Reinforcements

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Tried to slim down Mardu Midrange into a more aggressive build utilizing Dark Confidant as a card advantage engine. I really like the way this deck can stick a Young Pyromancer or Pack Rat, then back it with the best removal and hand disruption in magic. It can make a surprising number of tokens and Sorin, Solemn Visitor/Vault of the Archangel allow those tokens to gain lots of life to offset Dark Confidant.

Comparing this deck to Jund/Junk: The big cards I lose out on playing are Tarmogoyf, Siege Rhino, and Scavenging Ooze. This means my clock is lowered considerably compared to the Tier 1 decks. That's the main downside, but I also don't plan on paying $$ for goyf quite yet. The upside is that I mesh together some of the best removal from both decks ( Path to exhile , Lightning Bolt, Terminate, Lightning Helix), some of the most efficient spells (Kolaghan's Command, Lingering Souls, Liliana of the Veil), and the awesome turn-1 discard package (Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize). The beauty of cutting Siege Rhino/not playing Abzan is that my curve is low enough to efficiently utilize Dark Confidant. Bob helps me fuel a different kind of clock in Pack Rat and Young Pyromancer - both cards can benefit from the extra card advantage, even if I'm drawing late-game Inquisitions! (Thanks for the insight, /u/why_fist_puppies from Reddit!)

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 4 Rares 18 - 9 Uncommons 3 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.06
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elemental 1/1 R, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 W, Vampire 2/2 B
Based on	Mardu Smallpox Aggro penach010 MDN