Cretaceous Quakes (Modern MTG Deck)

Cretaceous Quakes

Modern Combo Competitive Dinosaurs Infinite Combo Midrange Ramp RGW (Naya) Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (24)

Land (22)

Instant (6)

Sorcery (8)

Sideboard

Instant (10)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas

Artifact (4)

4x Relic of Progenitus

Maybeboard

Creature (6)

Instant (4)

Sorcery (3)

Modern Dinosaurs featuring the ability Enrage

Ramp:

Kinjalli's Caller is the cheapest cost reduction card available to me
Drover of the Mighty is a mana dork that gets beefier to attack or resist the self damage
Marauding Raptor has the first role of making every creature easier to play

Enrage Dinos:

Ripjaw Raptor is a draw engine on a respectful body
Trapjaw Tyrant is a removal engine on an even mightier body
Polyraptor creates copies of itself that can create copies of themselves

Enrage Triggers:

Tail Swipe acts as removal and Enrage trigger
Rile triggers Enrage, gives Trample and refunds itself
Raging Swordtooth is a trigger with offensive presence
Marauding Raptor has another role in triggering Enrage and buffing itself for attacks

Other spells:

Commune with Dinosaurs digs for Dinosaurs or lands
Path to Exile is instant removal for dangerous critters

Sideboard:

Cast into the Fire provides either artifact removal or more Enrage
Heroic Intervention protects my dinosaurs
Relic of Progenitus brings graveyard hate
Domri, Anarch of Bolas is a nice Planeswalker for this deck. It gives more power and can ramp or force fights

Infinite Combo: Marauding Raptor + Polyraptor

As soon as turn 5, if a Marauding is in play and a Polyraptor enters, it deals damage and creates a token, that takes damage again from Marauding and creates another token, and so on, until we have infinite Polyraptors and a Marauding with unlimited power. Then, if a Rile is in hand we use it on the Marauding to give it Trample and end the game right there, without having to wait until next turn to attack with the Polyraptors

Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks for checking it out!

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Slight changes — Aug. 25, 2023

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Switched Tremor for Rile. While Tremor can activate multiple Enrages, I only have two creatures with Enrage and since Rile also gives Trample and draws a card, which is very helpful especially with Ripjaw Raptor, I think it should be more useful most games

Added 1x Polyraptor as a win condition when combo'd with Marauding Raptor, removing Temple Altisaur and adding one additional Raging Swordtooth. I like the Altisaur but usually I rather play something more offensive, and Swordtooth also triggers Enrage

Added 1 more Path to Exile for a copy of Tail Swipe. Swipe needs a dino in play, preferably one with Enrage, and the dino has to have enough power to kill what I want and enough toughness to survive. So I think that a little more removal with less strings attached is better to have

Fiddled with the lands a bit, trying to remove a few of the damaging ones and shifting for more green mana

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Casual

92% Competitive

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #9 position in Modern 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Ramp 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Marauding Raptor + Polyraptor
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 5 Rares 13 - 6 Uncommons 12 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.45
Tokens	Copy Clone
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