Very useful, Thanks!

No worries wnorris17, just trying to give back to the community :)

Scapeshift , but no Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle ?

Violent Outburst , Ardent Plea , and Demonic Dread should all be in here!

@erabel Just noticed and added.

@Jp3ngu1nb0y Added, added & added.

Thanks for the comments. If I miss anything else, do tell me.

This seems less like a list of staples and power cards, and more like a list of staples plus other stuff that people sometimes play in a very specific deck that almost made top 8 in a GP once.

It's still pretty cool though, thanks for doing this. =]

@EvenDryke Haha, that is somewhat true. Some of the cards I've put on this list aren't really power cards per say, but some are under certain circumstances (e.g. Etched Champion in affinity beatdown becomes an unkillable unblockable badass...minus artifacats ) :)

As well yes, some are very specific cards for specific decks, but those are modern decks, so that makes them staples as far as those decks go (e.g. Reveillark in Melira Pod:Reveillark + Birthing Pod = Sun Titan = Melira, Sylvok Outcast + Viscera Seer + Murderous Redcap back from the bin for infinite damage.) :)

Besides, I am open to suggestions if I missed something truly awe inspiring :)

And thank you for taking the time to give it a look & commenting. :)

Played a lot in decks like Merfolk, Spreading Seas . and I've seen Tamiyo, the Moon Sage in many u/w- u/w/r control lists.

Reflecting Pool in the lands, and Glaring Spotlight in the artifacts??

Myr Retriever ?

@B_Goram Added all, forgot about Reflecting Pool and Glaring Spotlight , and just haven't seen many lists personally with the other two on it so hadn't considered them.

@Quail How could I forget Myr Retriever ! :D

Lingering Souls man!

Master of Waves , staple in any competitive merfolk list.

@Delta_Red for some reason people aren't using Lingering Souls in many modern lists :(
I will add it anyway though cause they should :P

@KrosanTusker true, consider him added.

Think that People who go white prefer Spectral Procession instead of Lingering Souls ... Imho. But dunno why.

ahah!! Master of Waves is just "hey, could I have the entire table for my little tokens here!?!?"

isn't Warleader's Helix quite used in modern too?

Venser, Shaper Savant sees some play.

@B_Goram I think Spectral Procession is prefered over Lingering Souls because it's one extra token for the same mana, and if you're not running black the flashback is wasted. Plus with Deathrite Shaman and such, Lingering Souls is just a huge target because it's still a painful play if you have no fliers/removal.

@infinitemana added, didn't even notice he was missing.

I wouldn't include Warleader's Helix it's more of a standard staple because Lightning Helix is so much better

What about infect staples such as Glistener Elf , Blighted Agent , Mutagenic Growth , Might of Old Krosa , and Ichorclaw Myr ?

No doubt about it.Lightning Helix is pretty a bomb. Just seen some lists that includes one or two of the warleader's one so I asked.

Or Anathemancer for Jund cascade??

Or it was for grixis, I don't remember well ...

@Boroski completely neglected the ol' infect.

@B_Goram I believe you were right the first time, I believe it is Jund. Just wasn't sure on the staples for that list haha.

I've just searched for some list of Jund. They played Anathemancer .but they are standard lists. T_T

@B_Goram do you mean standard decks that have rotated? haha

useful indeed, +1.