hannibal6 Thanks! Anafenza found its way to sb, but in earlier playtesting I preferred Siege Rhino ove Rhox.

Forceofnature1 Thanks man, appreciate it. You are pretty spot-on on some of the peculiar card choises, as 90$ of the total cost are in the lands, which are mandatory in making this work. And yes, Mantis Rider is the powerhouse of the deck.

So it's creature stacking to deal with most creature based and planeswalker threats (crazy evasion on your creature's part) and Abrupt Decay to handle pesky smaller enchantments/artifacts that pop up in the early/midgame? Behemoth Sledge to offset creature damage.

What gives this deck problems? You don't REALLY need them to come into play untapped so creature lockdown enchantments just delay the inevitable. Pithing Needle?

I don't play Modern but am looking to enter the format and this seems like it would be a good deck to do it. Seems like you are highly active on your turn with swings but keep some protection back in case of a boardwipe in Boros Charm.

Let me know how it playtests and I will work on putting it together myself as I join Modern night at my LGS.

I'm a bit confused about your post, in that I'm not sure if you're asking or suggesting at times :D

If you're just wondering about my thought processes on building this list, then you're pretty much on the same page. The reason this is strictly all multicolored is that I have so many cards that require it, 4x Pillar of the Paruns, 14x Blades, 4x Knight of New Alara, 2x Demand, amounting a whopping 24 multicolored required interactions. Thats why theres no Blessing of the Nephilim etc.. Behemoth Sledges main purpose is to be played t3 after a turn 2 blade, as it buffs the blade before equipping and later in game it's good in grindier games to keep me alive or push dmg through for lethal.

I generally never have mana up on my opponents turns, except for the Charm, if game 2-3 I know my opponent is sporting clears, as you guessed.

I don't honestly know what are my biggest problem archetypes, as I haven't had that much time to playtest. So far in "Just for Fun" ladder of mtgo, I've had around 50% rate, but that doesnt tell much as theres a lot of experimental builds amidst the higher tier lists.

I'm honored to have impacted your deck of choise in joining modern, but there are a lot better decks for the same price range if you are serious about results. If you still do pick it up and modify the list, let me know what you're changing and post some results from actual FNMs, as I'm really interested in how this would fare outside of casual environment.

Wear / Tear for sideboard hate.

I'm not sure on the rulings of that. I got this from Gatherer: "Some split cards with fuse have two monocolor halves of different colors. If such a card is cast as a fused split spell, the resulting spell is multicolored. If only one half is cast, the spell is the color of that half. While not on the stack, such a card is multicolored."

So does this mean that I can use Pillar of the Paruns to cast just the other half, since the card is multicolored before it hits the stack ?

I still think Hide/Seek is superior though, but I'm interested in the rulings. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Max out on Jund Hackblade and run 4 Boggart Ram-Gang. Haste is really good, especially when your creatures are huge. Wild Cantor and Trace of Abundance are not needed at all. Slot in 2 more lands, maybe Gemstone Mine, and it will support the plan of dropping bigger CMC creatures better with better creatures to drop overall.

This seems like a really neat deck, but I have one comment. I believe that Fusion Elemental, because it doesn't have haste, would not do a whole lot. Maybe replace it with a Dryad Militant?

I feel like Bloodbraid Elf has to be amazing here

Gracco: Good ideas. I've been running to some inconsistencies and been thinking how to speed this up. I used to run Gemstone here but cant remember why I took it out.. Will switch back :)

SkulduggeryP: True, I've dropped the 5-drops completely as of late.

hannibal6: That would actually be pretty darn nice, but ain't it banned ?

bloodbraid elf is unbanned on paper as of feb 19th in Modern

Oh hmmm, I wonder how terrible it would be to hit Knight of New Alara even once with BbE ? I'd have to try it to see how the worst outcome works out.

I also wonder how would a CoCo or 2 fit in..

hitting knight does not matter. the way cascade works is you keep going until you hit a valid target. you would cascade past knight.

Yeah, I know, but then I'd have to be lucky enough to hit a second one or a tutor, when likely the pulled Knight could finish then and there.

I played this deck for a while once and I realized that it just hurts to have a manabase that looks like that (literally). So, I took out a few things (basically made some playsets 3-ofs cough Knight of New Alara cough) and subbed in Siege Rhinos and a pair of Rhox War Monks for that extra lifegaining edge (not to mention that both are 3 color and get stacked af when a Knight hits board)

cannonammo927: The landbase is a tad bit life taxing, but this deck races so fast, it's not really an issue unless I've face other explosive decks. I used to run Siege Rhino in the deck (I tested with rhino and rhox and ended up favoring the trample more), but have since made the deck so much faster. For the problem I've got with burn for example, could be eased up with Rhox, so I'll run them for a while in SB. Thanks for your time.

I'm not a fan of Supply compared to Glittering Wish or Congregation at Dawn, but I hear you Sometimes you just need a token swarm.

Rakdos Charm. Artifact hate, Graveyard hate, token blowout, all one card. Put it in your sideboard- you are dangerously low on graveyard disruption. I even maindecked Dryad Militant in my variant, because goyf/storm meta.

Nice to see this deck evolving. Consider Jund Charm in the side. It is a Pyroclasm which is really good against serveral decks, especially when your creatures are buffed out of range and it is also a Tormod's Crypt so it can do what Anafenza is doing now but a bit better since it gives you multiple modes to choose from and does not die to removal.

Thanks Gracco. I'll consider it, as it is really handy all around, but it's not a creature and Ancient Ziggurat being the only third land I hit in a game is really common. I'm really trying to avoid 3 mana noncreatures in the deck for consistency. Demand is an exception, cause I'd need 4 lands to pull it off anyway.

Aether Vial is a good choice for your mana issues.

On a more casual note, maybe sneak a copy of Odric, Lunarch Marshal in the deck for some keyword soup. the only keywords he doesn't share during combat would be wither among the creatures in the list. Also Swiftblade Vindicator could make this pretty silly.

How do you feel about Glass of the Guildpact

I want to try this really badly... but.... Even the casual decks in my meta run BloodMoon

You just sideboard Hide and Wild Cantor it :D

ZorrosRage Theres alot of cards in the latest set that I'm feeling out. Sound suggestion though.