Bant Manifesto

Modern Casual GWU (Bant)

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Creature (23)

• 2x Deathmist Raptor
• 4x Den Protector
• 3x Jeskai Infiltrator
• 4x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 3x Sagu Mauler
• 4x Stratus Dancer
• 3x Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Land (23)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 4x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 4x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 3x Stirring Wildwood
• 4x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (10)

• 4x Mastery of the Unseen
• 4x Obscuring Aether
• 2x Rancor

Instant (4)

• 4x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 2x Qasali Pridemage
• 3x Willbender

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Rancor

Instant (8)

• 1x Dromoka's Command
• 2x Flashfreeze
• 2x Mana Leak
• 3x Remand

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Wrath of God

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While this list still needs some adjustments, I still really enjoy playing with this deck. Morph and manifest are cool abilities that I believe are underrated. For one, turning a creature face up doesn't use the stack! Stratus Dancer can swat away pesky kill spells without presenting the opportunity for opponents to respond. Vesuvan Shapeshifter copies whatever it wants (although mostly Sagu Mauler), over and over, and with Mastery of the Unseen in play that means a lot of life gain. Jeskai Infiltrator is the main manifest engine, and it's a load of fun to confuse opponents with it. I had included Temur Sabertooth in the past to recover any mis-manifests, but I decided to lean on Den Protector to get back the goods once they go to the graveyard. Alternatively, I can slap Rancor on a manifested noncreature card and just attack until it inevitably dies. Needless to say, this deck is not that fast, hence the large amount of tempo control in the sideboard.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 2 Rares 6 - 9 Uncommons 0 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.43
Tokens	Manifest 2/2 C, Morph 2/2 C