Death, Taxes, and Training Grounds

Modern Combo Competitive Tempo WUB (Esper)

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Creature (19)

• 1x Blade Splicer
• 3x Drowner of Hope
• 4x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 4x Thought-Knot Seer
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 4x Wall of Omens

Land (23)

• 4x Adarkar Wastes
• 3x Caves of Koilos
• 4x Eldrazi Temple
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 2x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 2x Seachrome Coast
• 2x Underground River

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Training Grounds

Instant (11)

• 3x Mana Leak
• 4x Path to Exile
• 4x Remand

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Serum Visions

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As a young magic player I had always been impressed with the card Training Grounds even though it seemed to have little to no use in the modern format. Eldrazi Displacer had always been a favorite of mine but I noticed that with Training Grounds the card essentially said 'pay one mana to blink a creature'. This of course made me curious so I decide to build a deck to see what the combo was like and how it would function. The original Skeleton of the deck was similiar to WB Eldrazi Death and Taxes but with Training Grounds. The deck has evolved since then into a deck similar to Splinter Twin but with much less control and the combo does not instantly win the game. Once the combo is assembled the main idea is to simply use to control the game with hand disruption, card advantage, permanent disruption, and potentially straight up winning the game with Drowner of Hope . Fun but not particularly unfair to your opponent.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.51
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Phyrexian Golem 3/3 C