Ascendency Helix

Modern Four Color Infinite Combo

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Land (18)

• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 4x City of Brass
• 1x Forest
• 4x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Island
• 4x Mana Confluence

Instant (7)

• 3x Banishing Knack
• 4x Retraction Helix

Creature (13)

• 4x Birds of Paradise
• 2x Fatestitcher
• 3x Noble Hierarch
• 4x Sylvan Caryatid

Enchantment (7)

• 3x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 4x Leyline of Sanctity

Sorcery (9)

• 4x Glittering Wish
• 1x Postmortem Lunge
• 4x Serum Visions

Artifact (6)

• 2x Engineered Explosives
• 4x Mishra's Bauble

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Sideboard

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Flesh / Blood
• 2x Scarscale Ritual
• 1x Villainous Wealth
• 1x Wargate

Instant (6)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 4x Swan Song
• 1x Wear / Tear

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy

Creature (2)

• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Stormchaser Mage

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0 drop ascendency

Inspired from an idea from Sunforger23 on mtgsalvation http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/developing-competitive-modern/573634-ascendancy-storm?page=35#c885

Has ability for second turn kills if the opponent does not interact or taps out.

T1: Land -> Birds of Paradise/Noble Hierarch

T2: Land -> Jeskai Ascendancy -> Play Engineered Explosives/Mishra's Bauble -> Untap Dork -> Cast Retraction Helix/Banishing Knack -> Untap Dork -> Return Engineered Explosives/Mishra's Bauble to hand -> Play Engineered Explosives/Mishra's Bauble -> Repeat

Other Win Con: Mill through your deck, bring the two Fatestitcher online, then attack for infinite.

We also have Glittering Wish Targets to complete the combo when needed:

1. Jeskai Ascendancy - Main target making glittering wish Ascendancy 5-7

2. Flesh / Blood - Can use the Blood side to kill through Ensnaring bridge, kill 2nd main phase, or if you only have a huge Sylvan Caryatid if they have taken your graveyard out of play for Fatestitcher

3. Stormchaser Mage - Target for Retraction Helix if you don't have any creatures on board, but have all other pieces in hand

4. Wargate - Grab a 0 cost artifact from your deck

5. Bring to Light - The worst of the backup spells. With Ascendancy on the table and enough mana, can be used to cast Retraction Helix from your deck. Hoping for a better option in future sets

Sigarda, Host of Herons is in the Sideboard to have a backup plan that you can wish for in case your ascendency gets surgicaled, etc. Also Geist of Saint Traft should be considered.

Retraction Helix/Banishing Knack can be used as interaction when you have multiple in hand if needed. Examples are bouncing a lethal attacker, bouncing a problematic permanent EOT (i.e. eidelon), or bouncing your own Ascendancy from an abrupt decay.

Things I am still deciding config wise:

• Starting G1 with Leyline or Swan Songs maindeck
• Adding a few more card selection, i.e +3 Sleight of Hand, -1 EE, -1 Retraction Helix, -1 Noble

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	R
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 1 Mythic Rares 36 - 10 Rares 11 - 2 Uncommons 7 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.62
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U
Folders	Funstupidstuffflellelelele, modern