Bants in the Pants

Modern* GWU (Bant)

alpinefroggy

Creature (22)

• 3x Birds of Paradise
• 4x Geist of Saint Traft
• 4x Noble Hierarch
• 3x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 4x Tarmogoyf
• 3x Vendilion Clique

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Elspeth, Knight-Errant

Land (22)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 3x Forest
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Plains
• 2x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Temple Garden
• 4x Windswept Heath

Artifact (2)

• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Instant (12)

• 2x Cryptic Command *list*
• 4x Path to Exile
• 3x Spell Pierce
• 3x Spell Snare

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege

Land (2)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Leyline of Sanctity

Artifact (2)

• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (3)

• 1x Bant Charm
• 2x Mindbreak Trap

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Creeping Corrosion

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Bant is a very solid archtype in modern and has been proven quite a few times. It combines very fast efficient threats that put the opponent on a clock and then uses cheap answers to common threats to keep the opponent from winning long enough until a board position arises where the opponent can no longer win

My varient is pretty classic and offers more three drops than most. That can sometimes slow down the deck as three is very important number but in most metas it won't be seen and extra mana dorks have been added so almost every games can open with a large threat on the board turn two.

Sideboard in development suggestions welcome

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 2 Mythic Rares 26 - 6 Rares 7 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.00
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Soldier 1/1 W