It's a Bones Day!

Modern GU (Simic) Jank Tron

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Land (19)

• 3x Forest
• 3x Island
• 4x Urza's Mine
• 4x Urza's Power Plant
• 4x Urza's Tower
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Ancient Stirrings
• 4x Sylvan Scrying

Artifact (15)

• 3x Chromatic Sphere
• 3x Chromatic Star
• 4x Expedition Map
• 4x Sphinx-Bone Wand
• 1x The Immortal Sun

Creature (2)

• 2x Treasure Mage

Instant (16)

• 3x Divide by Zero
• 4x Manamorphose
• 3x Pop Quiz
• 2x Spatial Contortion
• 4x Thirst for Knowledge

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Sideboard

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Containment Breach
• 1x Introduction to Annihilation
• 2x Introduction to Prophecy
• 1x Mascot Exhibition

Creature (1)

• 1x Jegantha, the Wellspring

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It's a Tron deck, it's a control deck, no, it's a ... meme! Did you know that Sphinx-Bone Wand is a really bad card and exactly 7 generic mana? Did you also know that the combination of Urza's Tower, Urza's Mine, and Urza's Power Plant generates exactly 7 generic mana and an almost universal feeling of disgust when not used for memes? In this essay, I'll explain how those two facts can be used to leverage and absolutely absurd deck

The Main Pieces Show

Urza's Tower/Urza's Mine/Urza's Power Plant:The three twon lands, producing when assembled together. Let's you play absurd cards way ahead of schedule, along with the namesake of the deck...

Sphinx-Bone Wand: This is the win con, the removal, and the reason for the deck. Each time an instant or sorcery is played you place a counter on the wand, then deals damage to any target equal to the number of counters. If your opponent doesn't shock themselves and you don't kill any creatures along the way, you'll need 6 instants or sorceries to deal 20 damage.

The Engine Show

Divide by Zero: There are relatively few spells that can be cast with only colorless mana. A number of them that are worth casting are lessons (well, worth casting when added to your hand for free). SO, we've added a couple of learn spells to play with. Divide by Zero is an overcosted bounce spell that adds a lesson to your hand. Use it to buy time, to avoid dying from a pumped murktide, or for utility's sake

Pop Quiz: Instant speed divination where one of the cards is a lesson.

Containment Breach: Just tutorable removal game one for problematic artifacts or enchantments.

Introduction to Annihilation: Tron friendly removal if you need it

Introduction to Prophecy: Your go to lesson. Draw power to find your wand or more fuel once it's online

Mascot Exhibition: Secondary win condition after the wands. Especially game 2 when all sweepers come out, it can be difficult to deal with

Manamorphose: Cantrips and fixes mana for free, exactly what you want when you're just trying to count to 6.

Thirst for Knowledge: Dig through your deck for wand, and it's another instant

Treasure Mage: Wand copies 5 and 6, and The Immortal Sun when need be.

The Immortal Sun: For grindy matchups where you just need to combo, so you shut down planewalkers, make your cards easier to cast, and draw more.

Other considerations Show

The Ramp package: It's entirely possible that Tron is the wrong way to ramp to wand. Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl shenanigans, or a defender deck with Axebane Guardian to give more access to colored mana for spells.

The spells being cast: The learn/lesson package is pretty weak. Chromatic Orrery to ramp and color fix with more cantrips may be a better option, but then you need 2 7 mana artifacts to win.

The backup plan: Could I play Ugin and Karn and Wurmcoil instead as the backup or main win condition? Yes. Do I want to? No. But a Wurmcoil instead of The Immortal Sun might be fine.

Go get it, it's a bones day!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	R
Key combos	Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 1 Mythic Rares 5 - 1 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 25 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.54
Tokens	Elemental 4/4 UR, Inkling 2/1 WB, Pest 1/1 BG, Spirit 3/2 RW