Thanks XTowelie! We try to make decks as competitive as possible, and we LOVE brewing; so we'll keep putting em out there as longs as we can come up with ideas :) It's definitely a job maintaining them (as the Modern Meta actually shifts more quickly than most think as decks and even certain cards within decks move in and out of popularity). That's what makes Modern such an awesome format. You can play Affinity in match one and the slowest control deck ever in match two! Such fun. The good news is; there is always room for improvement!

Thanks so much for your kind words! We honestly do appreciate it.

TheKatalyst....added 4 Verdant Catacombs ...the damage is most likely worth the fixing and thinning. Thanks!

No biggie, since you have no island targets it also helps the price vs Misty Rainforest . Can't afford 'em myself though...

Have you thought about Helix Pinnacle as a one of? It's slower than the hydra but twice as hilarious if it works.

haha! leveebreaker23...Helix Pinnacle would be hilarious! It's a card I like to use in my Infinite Mana Decks; and I will try it in here just for fun during future testing :)

After getting nowhere in standard with my green devotion I can see why modern would have been a better choice now XD

This is a really good deck but it seems a bit prone to removal and control enchantments. Thought about siding Fade into Antiquity or something similar? Or maybe even Evolution Charm /Nature's Spiral /Revive or Eternal Witness to get things back from graveyard?

+1 this is just beautiful.

Haemogoblin of those choices, I'd definitely go with Eternal Witness since it both adds devotion and combos with Primal Command (very deadly combo when you're top decking lands).

However, I'm not sure what would be cut for such a card.

This deck. Is amazing.

Thanks misterquack!!!

Eternal Witness is a GREAT green devotion card. Many decks have been built around the Eternal Witness + Primal Command Lock and it is a definite possibility. With Primal Command in my board; it may be a pretty good idea to have access to the combo as well. I'm at a point where my only issue is what to take out; but I will continue to test to see if there are cards that are simply weaker and make the change! Thanks so much for the great suggestions Haemogoblin and nbarry223 !

dude(s). +1. i was wondering how devotion was going to impact Modern; should have figured you guys would be on it, lol. Modern is incredibly stale, and decks like this really push the format forward.

Thanks scrotality!

Agreed 100%! Hopefully we are getting to a point now where there are going to be enough dailies, PTQ's, GP's, etc. in the Modern format that there may be some incentive for those in power to begin brewing new modern decks...because you are right; Modern is extremely stale....there's just no incentive for pro's to play anything but Splinter Twin or Birthing Pod ....there are basically three "Aggro with an Infinite Combo" decks that make up a HUGE portion of any large tourney. Frankly; they are tough to beat, but fortunately there is great hate against each one.

Unfortunately, given the fact that Splinter Twin is in the format; you basically have to play a viable combo deck that can win by Turn 4 or a Mid-Range/Control deck that has answers for Splinter Twin and can win a "stretched" game against others. I think more decks would be viable if Splinter Twin was gone; but that is a long argument with good points on both sides.

There is, however, going to be some point where a pro brings a new deck to a Modern tourney and runs the board (as no one will be ready for it)...until that time comes; we all can just keep brewing and hope someone far more important than us sees it!

I like Rakdos Charm as grave hate simply because of Splinter Twin

Unfortunately, I don't play many decks with those particular colors, so I seldom get to use it...But when it does work they get REALLY mad because they were sure they won lol.

Bit off topic, but I felt like sharing since I saw mention of splinter twin.

honestly though, if twin has you down, your best choice in these particular colors is probably Combust as it is a nice uncounterable 2 for 1 when they cast Splinter Twin and you take out their target.

I do love Combust ! And you are right on about Rakdos Charm ...Gavin has it in his Grixis Rise/Fall deck's sideboard and it is HILARIOUS to watch someone hit the combo, make 100 dudes; and turn around and die before they can even attack :). That's such a great Modern sideboard card (as the artifact hate and graveyard hate are so both useful). Very smart to use that card nbarry223...and for whatever reason it doesn't see a ton of play.

I don't mind splinter twin as a match up and there is adequate hate in most colors and several artifacts that can deal with it...so I wouldn't go as far as saying its oppressive to the meta...I just wonder sometimes if the format would be a healthier one without it given some of the restrictions in can put on the format. Who knows though! I LOVE Modern, and I think it will only get better with the coming sets!

I'm glad that conspiracy is a special set in some ways though, they re-printed a lot of really powerful cards that would have to be banned in modern if it was a modern legal printing. M15 looks like it should add a lot of really good cards though (Waste Not is my favorite spoil so far, but a whole lot of them look really promising), so I am definitely looking forward to that. I just hope that the block sets have a lot of potential too and we aren't waiting another year for anything relevant to eternal formats, because it looks like it could end up a really powerful standard rotation (hopefully they just make really poor mana fixing - all tapped lands - to balance it, so standard doesn't "break" and become a fast format).

I wouldn't go so far as to call Splinter Twin degenerately powerful, but I still find it an annoying match up, and probably THE most commonly played archetype in the format. I personally feel that the fact it is an enchantment, which makes it especially weak to removal, is the main reason it hasn't seen the axe yet, and probably never will. There's just a lot of ways to deal with auras, in basically every color (even green has Beast Within to 2 for 1 sort of). I don't think it is a ban worthy card, but that still doesn't change the fact that I don't like facing it with a non-control style deck.

I think twin is bad for the format because if you don't sideboard against it, and have specific threats against that one deck, then it's incredibly hard to beat it. Yes, I get that there's a multitude of ways to deal with it, but most of them, such as Torpor Orb , wouldn't really even be used. Tarmo-twin also has a lot of ways to get rid of your combo hate, like Ancient Grudge .

What I'm getting at is that it's format warping. The fact that it's an infinite, almost no-condition "i win" combo makes a lot of decks just unplayable that otherwise would be. That said, control usually tends to be the natural predator of combo, but control isn't very good for modern, outside of U/W/x. If Counterspell or some other strong control was in the format, it would be a much more interesting back-and-forth.

After some deliberation I tried 1 Summoner's Pact to the sideboard -1 Elvish Visionary -1 Courser of Kruphix to put in 3 Eternal Witness . The witness is fantastic in this deck and that devotion is awesome. It seems like Courser of Kruphix should work really well but with only 20 land it's not functioning as often as I would like it to.

My friends are going to hate you through me so much lol.

I would highly recommend using Carven Caryatid. Providing 2 devotion and drawings card on ETB is a force to be reckoned with, and it's fantastic against tokens.

Just thought I'd point out you have a 14 card sideboard :)

Do you think the new Nissa would go good in this deck ?

the new nissa is pretty freaking ridiculous. Curd . . . Bro . . . think about it..

I know Dreno33!!!! I was SOOO excited! She literally looks like she was made for Green Devotion/Ramp decks! I've already tested here a few games (made a proxy of course) and she fits perfectly in my current build (already added 1 in the list). I have to try it in here too...

Hey, I just wanted to ask if you've been testing this build a little more. Has Nissa been of any help? How do you deal with counters targeted at key cards or with targeted removal on a finisher?

I really like it and I'm trying to build it myself. Any help you can give me in piloting this deck will help me immensely. Thanks!

Awesome deck guys! +1