Nice suggestions! Treasure Cruise it's just too good to not use :P I prefer to use Noble Hierarch instead of Birds of Paradise but a mana dork are going to help me a lot. Thank you man :D
December 15, 2014 5 a.m.
I dig this. Have you playtested it much? I also love bant and you never see it played. You could add Celestial Colonnade for more wincons- but its hard to argue with the list you have.
January 8, 2015 1:55 p.m.
Thanks man, Celestial Colonnade is a damn good card, i'm gonna test it! :D
January 8, 2015 2:03 p.m.
rockleemyhero says... #5
Hey! I used to play bant midrange in modern, my favorite colors as well! Here would be my suggestions.
11 counterspell is a lot. If you want to keep it like that, it should be played more like a delver deck. If that's the case then you don't need 3 mb supreme verdict.
Cards you should consider are knight of the reliquary, goyf, another path to exile, mirran crusader, and loxodon smiter. Bant's strengths are keepingCountermagic up with strongBeaters on the battlefield. Good luck!
January 11, 2015 2:38 p.m.
Delver of Secrets Flip seems really out of place since under 1/3 of the deck can trigger it. I would recommend Cryptic Command in its place.
January 17, 2015 9:48 p.m.
4 Geist of Saint Traft is a bit much, especially with all the mana you have you can definitely run a few Restoration Angels. maybe make it 2/2?
January 22, 2015 1:09 a.m.
Have you thought about running more swords like Sword of Feast and Famine (untaps your lands for counter magic!) and Sword of War and Peace in conjunction with a copy of Steelshaper's Gift?
If you decide to go with more swords, I'd also suggest taking out a couple Knight of the Reliquary for a pair of Birds of Paradise because they have flying and also ramp you!
February 4, 2015 6:14 p.m.
Since you are running Knight of the Reliquary (my favorite card) you should seriously consider running toolbox lands. Sejiri Steppe can be fetched at instant speed with KoTR and is a great trick. Also maybe Gavony Township? This list is great!
March 3, 2015 11:54 p.m.
Nice suggestions man :D Thank you! Knight of the Reliquary effect work nicely with some "utility" lands, Sejiri Steppe and Gavony Township are great. Thanks!
March 4, 2015 12:20 a.m.
March 11, 2015 9:13 p.m.
Grem-Zealot says... #14
I'm going to recommend you run Sphinx's Revelation as a 1 or 2-of
May 1, 2015 9:41 a.m.
Cool deck. I made a Bant midrange deck just before DTK came out. Here take a look. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/bant-midrange-new-kid-on-the-block-with-dtk/
May 22, 2015 9:51 p.m.
Rest in Peace in your sideboard kills Tarmogoyf, Knight of the Reliquary, and Snapcaster Mage. You should probably just run Tormod's Crypt.
August 13, 2015 9:47 a.m.
Retreat to Coralhelm combos with Knight of the Reliquary :)
October 1, 2015 9:06 a.m.
Yeah man that combo looks neat ;D But to fit in this list i will need to change a lot in the manabase, probably gonna do another one with de combo in ;D
October 1, 2015 11:09 p.m.
I think you mana base is ok for Retreat to Coralhelm. You have 9 forest/plains and 9 fetches, so you can make the knight 20/20. It will cost you 9 life to crack those fetches, but you probably wont need to make her into a 20/20 since you and your opponents shocklands probably will reduce your opponents life total some before the combo :) Retreat to Coralhelm also lets you tap down blockers when you have Geist of Saint Traft. Check out my list: Knights Retreat (Knightfall)
October 2, 2015 9:19 a.m.
So, is it possible to have the lightest of splashes of red?
So that Knight of the Reliquary can't be chumped and definite kill (aside from Melira CoCo combo) w ye ol' Kessig Wolf Run. i.e. fetch, float, fetch, float etc. then PUMP and swing
February 2, 2016 6:49 p.m.
Tbh i don't know man, what do i take off? Like -1 Hallowed Fountain and -1 Tectonic Edge for +1 Steam Vents and +1 Kessig Wolf Run? What do you think? Just one red source will be enough? Anyway i will test this for sure :)
February 4, 2016 12:29 a.m.
I recommend cutting Tarmogoyf. You have no reliable way to push him to a meaningful size. Only your counters have the potential to do that but they have to be timed just right and there is no guarantee that you'll be hitting the card type you want. Your build puts him at a 2/3 on average. Consider how Jund/k use discard like Thoughtseize and near universal removal like Abrupt Decay to make goyf huge, even Lightning Bolt in zoo ensures that creatures will be hitting the graveyard making him minimum a 3/4. Bant doesn't have those options and your build doesn't support him.
I would recommend a few things to try, you could go with 4x Voice of Resurgence who is just a great card, or 2x Birds of Paradise and 2x Scavenging Ooze. Dorks work well with retreat and birds gives you a little extra flying defence against affinity, scooze is good mainboard hate against a variety of strategies plus I think some life gain would help.
Mooer says... #1
Yay, Voidslime! :P
I like the list you have. Being control, you could consider running Tectonic Edge. You could benefit from Treasure Cruise as well. Birds of Paradise and more swords is another option to help mana fix and also fly in with those win cons.
If you find that you are not killing things or people enough, I highly suggest trying out Psionic Blast. It might seem odd, but trust me, at least give it a try.
For the sideboard, I'm not sure what you're afraid of by running the Back to Nature but that is a meta call of course. Consider Qasali Pridemage, Loxodon Smiter, and especially Elspeth, Knight-Errant as she doesn't die to your mainboard wraths.
December 14, 2014 1:17 p.m.