Modern RUG Blue Moon

Modern Blue Moon Competitive Control Gifts Ungiven RUG (Temur)

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Land (23)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 4x Island
• 4x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 4x Scalding Tarn
• 3x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 2x Tectonic Edge

Instant (24)

• 2x Cryptic Command *list*
• 2x Electrolyze
• 2x Gifts Ungiven
• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 3x Logic Knot
• 3x Mana Leak
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 4x Opt
• 1x Pulse of Murasa
• 2x Think Twice

Creature (10)

• 2x Hooting Mandrills
• 1x Nimble Obstructionist
• 4x Snapcaster Mage
• 3x Young Pyromancer

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Life from the Loam

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 2x Ancient Grudge
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Negate

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Anger of the Gods

Creature (2)

• 1x Grim Lavamancer
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Blood Moon

Artifact (4)

• 2x Engineered Explosives
• 2x Tormod's Crypt

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Creature (22)

• 1x Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Keranos, God of Storms
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Primeval Titan
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Tarmogoyf
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 2x Thragtusk
• 1x Thrun, the Last Troll
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x Trygon Predator
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Instant (23)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Burst Lightning
• 1x Ceremonious Rejection
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Deprive
• 1x Disallow
• 3x Dispel
• 1x Harvest Pyre
• 2x Izzet Charm
• 1x Natural State
• 1x Oona's Grace
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Pulse of Murasa
• 1x Rending Volley
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Spell Snare
• 2x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Banefire
• 1x Flame Jab
• 1x Kefnet's Last Word
• 1x Roast

Artifact (4)

• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Dragon's Claw
• 1x Tablet of the Guilds
• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Molten Vortex
• 1x Primeval Bounty

Land (1)

• 1x Kessig Wolf Run

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Modern RUG Blue Moon

Inspired by http://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=16978&d=305011&f=MO

Originally added a Watery Grave to help reduce some life loss from Dismember and to also make Engineered Explosives hit 3 cmc, instead of just 2 max. However, I decided to test splashing green instead (taking out Watery Grave and adding in Breeding Pool and Stomping Ground), since the green cards I want to try out work better with Gifts Ungiven. Also Ancient Grudge and Life from the Loam work very well with Young Pyromancer.

I think for finishers I want a threat that first removes some board presence and then starts winning the game, which is why I'm considering Inferno Titan and Chandra, Flamecaller.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Splash colors	G
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 2 Mythic Rares 21 - 7 Rares 14 - 4 Uncommons 14 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Elemental 1/1 R, Elemental 3/1 R