Bant Turbo Fog

Modern Budget GWU (Bant) Jank TurboFog

mista.wong

Lands (23)

• 2x Forest
• 3x Ghost Quarter
• 4x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 4x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 3x Sunpetal Grove

Fog (10)

• 2x Angel's Grace
• 4x Dawn Charm
• 4x Ethereal Haze

Turbo (14)

• 3x Dakra Mystic
• 2x Howling Mine
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 3x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 3x Shapers' Sanctuary

Win (7)

• 1x Approach of the Second Sun
• 2x Curse of Exhaustion
• 2x Erayo, Soratami Ascendant  ^Flip
• 2x Kefnet the Mindful

Control (6)

• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 3x Mission Briefing
• 2x Remand

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Sideboard

Other (15)

• 2x Detention Sphere
• 3x Heroic Intervention
• 4x Leyline of Sanctity
• 3x Stony Silence
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 2x Tormod's Crypt

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Maybeboard

Turbo (13)

• 3x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Bounty of the Luxa
• 2x Jace Beleren
• 3x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 3x Reverse Engineer

Control (9)

• 3x Broken Bond
• 3x Cryptic Command *list*
• 3x Nature's Claim

Fog (12)

• 4x Fog
• 2x Gideon of the Trials
• 3x Kami of False Hope
• 3x Pause for Reflection

Win (5)

• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Nissa, Vital Force
• 2x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder

Sideboard (8)

• 3x Hallow
• 3x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Vigor

Lands (1)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All

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Prelude

A (budget) creature-based take on Turbo Fog in Bant colors . The strategy remains the same: fog the board of lethal damage, put down draw engines to retrieve fogs and dig to win-cons. While the deck plays similarly to traditional turbo, was splashed for critical cards which improve board control and provide strong win-cons. Below is a breakdown of the different corners of the deck. Feel free to leave constructive feedback, as the deck is a work in progress.

Turbo

• Shapers' Sanctuary, the drive behind making a creature based version of Turbo Fog. An easy one-drop that provides soft protection for our creature threats and draws us cards in the face of removal/disruption. Excellent synergy with Kira, Great Glass-Spinner which nets us two cards against targeted removal.

• Howling Mine, the staple turbo: not subject to color restrictions and nets us (and our opponent) an extra card per turn. Gets better the more we have down. Would love to find a repeatable way to tap it down, but no ideas for that yet.

• Dakra Mystic as an initially cheaper Temple Bell with a discard option

• Rites of Flourishing for turbo and mana ramp, but does the same for our opponent

• Kiora, the Crashing Wave provides excellent midrange versatility. Targeted fog effect that prevents roundabout creature or permanent damage on the Up, card advantage and ramp on the Down, and a repeatable 9/9 body on the Ultimate. Considering running more, but heightens the curve and dies easily to Bolts.

• Search for Azcanta   is not a real Turbo, but provides card advantage which digs for fogs and counters on the flip and filters card draw until then.

Alternatives for Consideration

Jace, the Mind Sculptor or Jace, Memory Adept as an upgrade for Beleren, but wayyy out of budget for now.

Bounty of the Luxa for the asymmetrical (slower) turbo and 3 mana generator

Reverse Engineer for tapping down Howling Mines and netting us four or more cards on that turn

Ancestral Vision because 3 cards for is unrivaled and fuels Thing. Also brings As Foretold into consideration

Tatyova, Benthic Druid as turbo and sustainability on a body, but hard to justify the 5 mana

Monastery Siege for card filtering or creature protection in matches against heavy removal

Abundance for filtered card draw

Righteous Authority for asymmetrical draw and boost for Kefnet

Kami of the Crescent Moon, a Howling Mine on a body. A little restrictive at , but more interaction with Shapers' Sanctuary in case of removal.

Jace Beleren as a more versatile Temple Bell. Provides us with asymmetrical card draw when needed and a huge chunk of mill in the late game.

Fogs

• Ethereal Haze, another key fog effect, notably for its ability to prevent all damage from roundabout creature damage in hard match ups such as Grim Lavamancer and Walking Ballista.

• Dawn Charm provides fog for one extra mana, but offers versatility to counter Burn spells and regenerate our creatures against removal.

• Angel's Grace, not a true fog, but saves us against combos or lethal damage from non-creature sources.

Alternatives for Consideration

Pause for Reflection as a possible 1 CMC mana fog with our creatures on the board

Haze of Pollen for the cycle option

Fog, the namesake of the deck: Gets the job done.

Kami of False Hope is fog effect on a body. Susceptible to removal on our turn, but interacts with Shapers' Sanctuary, which provides soft protection.

For the Win!

• Kefnet the Mindful is Turbo Fog's greatest upgrade in awhile. Large, evasive, indestructible threat with an option for card draw in a pinch. If we don't have 7 cards in hand, we are playing the deck wrong.

• Approach of the Second Sun, alternative win that sustains us until our second cast trigger. Should be easy to dig back up with turbo online in the mid-late game.

• Erayo, Soratami Ascendant + Curse of Exhaustion is a hardlock against anything that is uncounterable. Considering swapping Curse of Exhaustion for Eidolon of Rhetoric, but Erayo is impossible to flip with Eidolon on the board

Alternatives for Consideration

Thing in the Ice  , play early, flip later. Ticks down with fogs and puts pressure on our opponent, forcing them into our Shapers' Sanctuary to answer. Might need more instants/sorceries to really push its effectiveness.

Vigor for added creature protection which grows our threats and provides another body for pressure. Probably too costly for the curve.

Tishana, Voice of Thunder gives huge card advantage on ETB and (usually) a 7/7 body that offers us unlimited hand size. Again, probably too costly for the curve.

Control

• Remand provides cheap tempo control with card draw. Not ideal and really a place holder for the more expensive and versatile Cryptic Command

• Mission Briefing lets us cut down on the amount of fogs and offers flexibility in recasting fogs, counters or protection in a pinch

• Kira, Great Glass-Spinner for the extra layer of protection for our creatures. Wonderful to slam down with a Shapers' Sanctuary in play

Alternatives for Consideration

Cryptic Command as a strict upgrade, plus the pseudo fog option when tapping down all creatures.

Heroic Intervention keeps our creatures and turbos alive and well.

Lands

• Ghost Quarter removes the opponent's crucial lands

• Reliquary Tower keeps the card advantage in our hand

Alternatives for Consideration

Boseiju, Who Shelters All because uncounterable fogs and counterspells are wonderful

Mikokoro, Center of the Sea for turbo on a land

Geier Reach Sanitarium for filter on a land

Sideboard

• Detention Sphere to provide removal for opponent's essentials/threats

• Stony Silence for disruption against most meta-decks, especially one of our bad match-ups: Tron

• Tormod's Crypt for graveyard hate against. Maybe should sub for Rest in Peace unless we run Mission Briefing

• Supreme Verdict to wipe go wide strategies or creatures threats that fog effects aren't effective against. Interacts nicely with Kefnet, but can be detrimental on a badly timed Erayo count.

• Leyline of Sanctity provides great protection against Burn, Thoughtseize, Inquisition of Kozilek, Kitesail Freebooter, Collective Brutatlity, Walking Ballista, and a long list of others.

• Heroic Intervention for matches with a lot of removal and/or board wipes

Alternatives for Consideration

Nezahal, Primal Tide & Thrun, the Last Troll provide a better finisher against control matchups. The former offers card draw, while the latter keeps our curve low with easier resilience to removal

Gaddock Teeg to disrupt planeswalkers, miracles and other high CMC non-creature bombs. Again, out of budget for the time being

Dromoka's Command for enchantment removal and/or creature removal and/or anti-burn

Damping Sphere for decks that can cast more than us such as Gifts Storm or Titanshift

Considerations & Alternative Directions

Other Considerations

• Mission Briefing may allow us to cut down on the amount of Fogs, offer versatility for counters in a pinch or card draw if we decide to run more instant and sorcery card draw, tick down our Thing in the Ice twice, and use those extra cards we had to discard from our turbo

• Broken Bond or Nature's Claim because we could use more removal plus mana ramp and/or sustainability

• Heroic Intervention to provide hard protection when Shapers' Sanctuary or counter spells fail

• Negate catches (almost) everything that our fogs don't

Alternative Directions

• Simic Turbo Fog: Dropping the for more control and better creature threats. However, losing out on our most versatile fogs and a win condition option isn't enticing.

• Turbo around Arcades, the Strategist and card draw defenders such as Wall of Blossoms, Wall of Omens , and Jungle Barrier. Maybe Huatli, Radiant Champion as a versatile threat producer on the Down and turbo on the Ultimate.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 28 - 13 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.14
Tokens	Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Kraken 9/9 U
Folders	wut