all i can think of to replace pemmin's aura are Crab Umbra , Vigean Graftmage , and Thassa's Ire . however, their activation costs are more than one and the graftmage has a little condition.

Stonga thanks! I think Crab Umbra would be the best option out of those three. With it you would need three extra defenders though. Most likely if I will build this deck I will go with it so this would be modern.

how do you play Fireball and Volcanic Geyser exactly? also, for continuous mana build up Kruphix, God of Horizons

It's already a Modern deck. It's called

Asher18 read Axebane Guardian closely. I think you missed something.

Your win con seems well thought out but why run Cancel when there's Dissolve ?

TheDude173, good point. Originally I had Counterspell s and I just added some countering. For some reason I didn't think of Dissolve which is obviously a better option.

Asher18, as TheDude173 already stated, Axebane Guardian can produce any color. That is also mentioned in the description off this deck. As much as I like Gods, there is no real need for Kruphix, God of Horizons . Normally if I had 5 manas to use, this deck would already have won.

Maybe some Kiora's Follower s?

There just isn't room for them. Thanks for all the suggestions though.

UrbanAnathema, nice one. The biggest problem I have with that is the price tag though :) But thanks, because of that I now know about Bloom Tender that is a definitely a great addition to this deck. Now I just have to find right balance with the creatures with defender.

Okay, managed to get rid of Green Sun's Zenith : Replaced it with Fauna Shaman . In a way it is even better because with it I can fetch Hydras too if needed.

Well you are def gonna wanna run Drift of Phantasms . Its not only a defender but allowed you to tutor for all of your combo pieces.

Thanks, UrbanAnathema. I don't know how I missed that! That's perfect.

Sorry if i'm missing something, but surely the Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real combo only produces infinite green mana, as tapping the Bloom Tender gives 1 green + 1 blue mana each time, and then you use that blue mana to untap using the Freed from the Real , leaving only excess green?Not saying that infinite green is bad, but when I was play testing and got that going on turn 3, i couldn't use it to cast dissolve?

Miketsw, ah. Very good point. I think I should try to find a modern counterspell that needs max 1 blue mana.

Thoughtbind - on Turn 3 they are unlikely to cast anything with too high a CMC. Spellblast - you will always be able to get whatever X you want. Syncopate - again nice big X available to you. Spell Burst - as for Spellblast but you can buy it back as well.

Sorry, it should be Spell Blast .

Yeah, I took a look on them too and though that Syncopate and Condescend would be the best options for this.

Oh, Spell Burst would be even more amazing. Having one would basically mean infinite counter spells too.

Yeah, everyone loves having to face infinite counter spells, in fact with infinite mana, the only way they can ever play a card again, is if it is un-counterable or they counter it the first time.

Also I know you said you were sticking to basic lands but I feel a couple of the cheaper dual lands or fetch lands (the ones that make the fetched land come into play tapped) would be okay, as you have no turn 1 plays. For this I would probably swap out islands for them, as it is really important to have your initial forests to begin the mana surge.