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You've been gnomed

Modern Casual RW (Boros) Tokens

Taida


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Gnomes, just gnomes. Get Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon by turn 3, and just attack. If no protection without manacost (Selfless Savior) is in board, maybe better to wait until turn 4, to be able to answer with a Loran's Escape. There is 2 copy of Impact Tremors, as it fits quite well with the gnomes generated by Anim Pakal, but I do not quite like it. I was commented about the existence of Warleader's Call, but it is quite a bit out of my budget for the deck. If you can get also a Rosie Cotton of South Lane on the battlefield, you can make the combo even more explosive, as you basically go exponential. If you wanna use this combo in arena though, be careful, as the triggers from Rosie Cotton of South Lane are individual, and they end up stacking FAST.

This is strictly a budget deck, I tried keeping all mainboard cards below 1€ (at least at the moment of creation of the deck), but there are some cards that do not follow this criteria in the sideboard, as they could fit very well.

After trying the deck more, it definitely works, although it has to be mentioned that it was tried on a more casual environment. It is quite weak to wraths, as well as exile effects like Farewell, Sunfall or Leyline Binding, and although the latter can be more or less avoided with Loran's Escape, it is not a guarantee. Your better chance is to kill them before they can do it. Regardless, I still think it is missing something extra. Maybe a bit more removal, or some other win condition when facing decks like Azorius control or lifegain, but I could not think any other card than the mentioned here.

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I finally had time to review the deck. It was one of the first deck I made, and I really wanted to adjust some parts, as I felt that it needed some polishing. Also I pulled some amazing cards for it, Warren Warleader and Roaming Throne.

The main change comes from adjusting the lands, especially since Battlefield Forge and Clifftop Retreat got MUCH cheaper since I made the deck. I also decided to remove 2 lands, as I felt 22 lands was a good compromise. Now for new cards: Arabella, Abandoned Doll and Windcrag Siege. The first allows the deck to be more consistent, having somewhat of a second win condition and allows to basically Lightning Helix your opponent each turn even without Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon in play. As for Windcrag Siege, there is not much else to say, a Panharmonicon for attacking. I also adjusted the rest of the cards. I decided to remove the all copies of Voltage Surge copies, as I felt like I do not needed as much removal, but I am not completely sure, so I may end up at some point consider something like Cathartic Pyre. As for anthems, I chose to only keep Case of the Gateway Express, acting both to remove and make the gnomes bigger. At some point, I intend to substitute some for Warleader's Call, but for now too expensive. Finally, a bit of card draw in Thrilling Discovery. I felt like there were many bricked hands, so I considered ok to add some. I am also considering Demand Answers, as sacrificing a gnome makes it card positive, but Thrilling Discovery works good enough for now, and it goes one card deeper.

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