Twiddle Storm - The Worst Oiled Machine

Modern Combo Competitive Jank RUG (Temur) Storm Theme/Gimmick

JW398

Land (19)

• 2x Breeding Pool
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 2x Lonely Sandbar
• 4x Lotus Field
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 4x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Steam Vents

Creature (2)

• 2x Sea Gate Stormcaller

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Underworld Breach

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Eye of Nowhere
• 2x Grapeshot
• 4x Ideas Unbound
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 4x Serum Visions
• 4x Sleight of Hand
• 2x Sylvan Scrying

Instant (18)

• 4x Dream's Grip
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 2x Pact of Negation
• 4x Psychic Puppetry
• 4x Reach Through Mists
• 3x Twiddle

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 3x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Veil of Summer

Creature (3)

• 3x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Aria of Flame

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Maybeboard

Land (2)

• 2x Tolaria West

Instant (3)

• 3x Force of Negation

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Twiddle Storm - The Budget Storm

The best 7 card combo in Modern (It wasn't clickbait)

Rule of 3: Card Choices

What does a fizz typically look like in Twiddle? Read Plz Show

Setting aside all the potential negative interactions your opponent may have with you, its also possible to just naturally lose to the deck itself. Downside of piloting a meme deck is that there is so many moving parts it takes just missing one to bring the whole machine down. Let me explain before I try and incorporate Sea Gate Stormcaller.

• Ideas Unbound - Obvious workhorse. I use Underworld Breach to maximize the amount of times I could potentially cast it in a turn. Resolving one and then drawing no gas or not finding any breaches is a common way to fold.

The theory of the deck is to ramp into Ideas Unbound then cast a breach. On Turn 4

• The plan is to have in the pool at the time you resolve it. On turn 4 it will require at least two Twiddles and to hit all 4 land drops in order to continue combo-ing off after you resolve the first Ideas Unbound.

• Lotus Field taps for then untap it with a Twiddle effect. Tap Lotus Field again so there is 5 in the pool. Then you can cast Ideas Unbound/Psychic Puppetry ( left). Draw 3 and untap Lotus Field. You'll also have found a second land by now and put in play so tap that for another . Then add via Lotus Field
  and drop Underworld Breach.

There will be two lands and a Twiddle in the graveyard allowing you to immediately escape that Ideas Unbound from your graveyard spliced with Psychic Puppetry from your hand and still have in the pool.

Then it's simply just storm from hand which fuels breach and then escape an Ideas Unbound when you run out of gas.

Rinse. Repeat. Win. Right? If you are missing any of the pieces and don't draw into them you will fizzle and look kind of silly.

The case of Sea Gate Stormcaller vs. Vizier of Tumbling Sands

I decided to try out Sea Gate Stormcaller in place of Vizier of Tumbling Sands.

Vizier of Tumbling Sands was essentially 1 to draw a card and untap Lotus Field. Akin to spliced Reach Through Mists/Psychic Puppetry without the +1 storm count. In the end, both of these moves will end up spending . Thus leading to an extra floating with your Lotus Field untapped. I decided to try out something that's a bit different.

While not initially interesting, I found out casting Sea Gate Stormcaller with a copied & spliced Ideas Unbound/Psychic Puppetry is actually a cheaper then if you were to play 2 spliced Ideas Unbound. Despite it costing a whopping 5 mana, this little 3 card combo will lead to some insane card advantage. Even though its technically a 4 card combo (3 cards on turn 5). The importance of hitting your land drops in specific ways makes it a 7 card combo on turn 4.

Also, while copying cards like a Reach Through Mists/Psychic Puppetry, you end up spending 4 mana and coming out with 6 - Or 3 mana and an untapped Lotus Field. Despite adding extra cards to a combo, copying an arcane spell spliced with Psychic Puppetry will always end up ramping a slight amount while ALSO racking up the storm count AND having a creature on the board.

Why Underworld Breach instead of Past in Flames? Show

This little caveat about Past in Flames

• Past in Flames: Only instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard when Past in Flames resolves will gain flashback. Instant and sorcery cards that are put into your graveyard later in the turn, including the resolving Past in Flames, won't gain flashback.

Other Card Choices Show

• Lands. Why instead of ?

Simply because I can use Veil of Summer in the sideboard. Saves the trouble of trying to generate off a Lotus Field. Awkward

• Lonely Sandbar

Doesn't storm, but its instant speed draws. Don't forget, it's also a free card to feed to Underworld Breach.

• Sylvan Scrying vs. Tolaria West

It's still finding a land at sorcery speed. Since I'm running , I choose the easier to cast, albeit easier to counter, Sylvan Scrying. ALTHOUGH, (thanks to Wizard_of_the_Broke for reminding me) Tolaria West can tutor Pact of Negation.

• Why not Doublecast instead of Sea Gate Stormcaller?

Since you can only generate one type of mana at a time, it makes sense to go with the option since the extra floating after a Doublecast is pretty useless mid combo.
Compared to Underworld Breach which will also spend . Unlike Doublecast which enables the combo, Underworld Breach is used to extend it. You'll have plenty of floating at the time of resolution.

Now I'll explain the golden combo (The trick is living long enough).

The Golden Combo

Ok, so hear me out on this one. If you are not playing against control and the like; this is possible on turn 4.

This is the literal best outcome that I can come up with.

1. Turns 1: Play a non-Lotus Field Land.

2. Turns 2: Play another non-Lotus Field Land.
   Optional (Optimal): Play at least one Serum Visions and/or Sleight of Hand in the first two turns.
   

3. Turn 3: Float the two mana and sac both lands for Lotus Field. Since Lotus Field enters tapped it would be risky to try and go off as it often requires almost absurd amounts of luck. That's also assuming the opponent doesn't have any way to interfere with the plan.
   Again, play another Serum Visions and/or Sleight of Hand and then pass turn.
   

4. Turn 4: Tap Lotus Field for . Spend to cast Dream's Grip or Twiddle to untap Lotus Field. Then pay the remaining to cast Sea Gate Stormcaller. Tap Lotus Field again for another . Cast Ideas Unbound spliced with Psychic Puppetry*.

Note**: First you draw 3 then untap Lotus Field then immediately tap it again for another . Draw 3 more off the copied spell, then untap Lotus Field yet again.

Importants Show

*You go +4 in the hand with floating and an untapped Lotus Field to extend the combo. You have plenty of gas to dig for an Underworld Breach and storm as needed to win. This, in itself, is essentially an auto-win.

**According to hyper geometric calculator the odds of getting the 7 card combo by turn 4 is roughly 0.7%.

Also, there are other ways to storm off. Another one is having a Lotus Field by turn 4 and at least 2 Twiddle effects and an Ideas Unbound & Psychic Puppetry in hand and just digging for more draw power / Breach. Despite lacking a lot of swag, it's a lot more common of a finisher. In my testing though (roughly 50 games and 100 or so goldfishes), combos involving Sea Gate Stormcaller tend to not fizzle as much. If anyone has played on Cockatrice (and knows how horrible the shuffling algorithm is), imagine the feeling of resolving a single Ideas Unbound only to draw the other 3 Lotus Fields. That level of bullshit can happen, hence why it's important to get the most 'dig' out of your combos because mana is tight in this deck. At best - talking all potential cantrip and other plays, the math works out to about per card drawn. So in the case of Sea Gate Stormcaller, the ability to pay 5 to draw 6 is huge.

Budget

Since I tend to be stupid and like do things my way, I have made some choices that are not considered budget.

So if you don't see the point of buying expensive cards in order to pilot a horrible deck here are some budget options.

Pact of Negation Show

• OUT Pact of Negation

• IN Spell Pierce

If you intend on playing on any combo deck I'd strongly urge you to invest in a set of Pact of Negation. However, if you cannot then Spell Pierce works fine as well although you will be a bit slower.

Force of Negation (Maybeboard) Show

• OUT Force of Negation (Board)

• IN Spell Pierce/Mana Leak/Nature's Claim/Lightning Bolt/Fry/etc (Board)

Current Thoughts Show

So I wrote this thing and then realized if I run Mana Confluence or City of Brass I can easily run 3 Lightning Bolt and forgo worrying about a (arguably) win-more combo in Sea Gate Stormcaller shenanigans.

Yes, I'd be ignoring Vizier of Tumbling Sands all together.

Also in theory, if it comes down to it, you could just escape Lightning Bolt 3 or so times and not worry too much about storming off.

To be noted though, Sea Gate Stormcaller is only borderline win-more. If I cut them I go back to fizzling quiet a bit more on turn 4. If you read this far I still encourage you to whip up this list somewhere and try it out. It's definitely different.

Any input? Love to hear it. There's at least two active Twiddle users in Lowenstein & me so why not join us?

Go ahead and compare notes with Lowenstein's list as they are currently more active in the Twiddle-verse than I am. Show 'em some love by hitting that upvote!

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Twiddle Storm Is GOOD

Modern Lowenstein

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Top Ranked	Achieved #32 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #3 position in Modern 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Combo 4 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Competitive 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 7 Rares 9 - 7 Uncommons 27 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.44
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