Modern is a Living Format

Modern* Budget Combo Control Cruel Control Discard UBR (Grixis)

PixelAlex

Creature (8)

• 4x Living Lore
• 4x Simian Spirit Guide

Land (19)

• 3x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 3x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 3x Temple of Deceit
• 3x Temple of Epiphany
• 3x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Artifact (8)

• 4x Lotus Bloom
• 4x Spellweaver Helix

Instant (8)

• 4x Dispel
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 2x Pact of Negation

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Conflagrate
• 4x Cruel Ultimatum
• 4x Enter the Infinite
• 4x Faithless Looting
• 4x Serum Visions

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Sideboard

Land (7)

• 3x Forest
• 4x Llanowar Wastes

Instant (4)

• 4x Naturalize

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Time Stretch

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Maybeboard

Land (3)

• 3x Swamp

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Mass Hysteria

Artifact (4)

• 4x Pentad Prism

Instant (4)

• 4x Negate

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Glimpse the Future
• 4x Raven's Crime

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After making my standard Living Lore deck (here it is deck:Paper, that smiles at death) I decided to make it in modern. Also the budget replacements are in the maybeboard and explained in the card explanations.

!PLEASE READ BEFORE COMMENTING!

Card Explanations:
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Living Lore needs spells so here are the Cards that are made for him:
-Cruel Ultimatum is just one of the greatest Combos with Living Lore since you can get it back and cast it again.
-Enter the Infinite is a game winner with Simian Spirit Guide and Conflagrate.
-Time Stretch can be extrely funny with Spellweaver Helix if Raven's Crime doesn't work.

discard and draw:
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Living Lore Needs the spells to be in the graveyard. Ways to do that are:
-Izzet Charm for discard and card draw as well as versatility.
-Faithless Looting for draw and discard.
-Raven's Crime Yay for more discard with retrace.
-Serum Visions it's a sorcery and one mana and diggs. What's not to love?

Haste-Givers:
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It's more fun if Living Lore can attack as soon as you cast it so these are cards that give it haste:
-Hall of the Bandit Lord is good but it needs life. Anyway you won't be givin Living lore haste that much.

Ramp:
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-Lotus Bloom if we want to hardcast anything with the Spellweaver Helix as a Win-Con.

Win-Cons:
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-Living Lore+Cruel Ultimatum-Loop. While not straight out winning after 4 turns you will have your oponents life sucked out of them.
- Living Lore +Enter the Infinite+Simian Spirit Guide+Conflagrate As a straight out game winner. Pact of Negation and Dispel are here mostly to protect this combo. Dispel is here to counter removal too.
-Spellweaver Helix+Faithless Looting/Serum Visions+Cruel Ultimatum makes it so you can basically cast Cruel Ultimatum for , or wich is just funny.

Replacements:
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These are cards ou can put in instead of the costly ones, but it won't work as constistantly.
-Lotus Bloom=Pentad Prism. Some might argue that it is better than Lotus Bloom in this kind of strategy but hey, this is my deck.
-Serum Visions=Glimpse the Future. It is way slower but digs a little deeper and can slo discard one of the big spells directly.
-Time Stretch=Raven's Crime. Honestly there is no good replacement so just take more discard. I mean it is only sideboard anyways.
-Pact of Negation=Negate. They will do in protetcing our combo as well and maybe even protect Living Lore from straighgt out kill spells.
-Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth=Swamp. Seriously just put in 3 swamps. It'll do the job.
-Hall of the Bandit Lord=Mass Hysteria. It gives our opponents creatures haste too wich can be problematic, but its better than nothing. Also with beeing one mana yopu can bring it out with your Lore.

Things i need help with:
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First of all a Sideboard. I am teribble at making them so your help would be appreciated.
Also more reliable and harder to remove haste givers could be nice, as well as more combos with Living Lore.
Speaking of wich if you don't get him you are boned so some cheap tutors could help.

Your help on the deck is greatly appreciated and if you like the deck a +1 would be nice.
Big thx to Travis Woo on channel Fireball for making me find this card and beeing the inspiration for the deck.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	9 years
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 8 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.59
Folders	GImmicky Fun decks