most epic upkeep

Modern lord_of_the_snakes

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NateJH says... #1

Maybe something like Diabolic Tutor for card draw?

December 22, 2013 10:05 a.m.

Grixis776 says... #2

Consider replacing Hero's Downfall with Never\Return.

September 3, 2017 5:28 a.m.

Polupus says... #3

Interesting idea! The lands seem low for a control deck trying to hit 6 mana

September 3, 2017 2:08 p.m.

Polupus yeah, I've had issues with not having enough lands but I also don't know what I'd want to cut to make room for them.

September 3, 2017 2:18 p.m.

steveo8706 says... #5

One rules interaction that I have noticed that you may be playing wrong is that you are not able to play Ancestral Vision after using Neverending Torment. Other than that, this looks like it could be pretty interesting to play around with.

September 10, 2017 7:48 a.m.

Sjorpha says... #6

So it's a cool concept, I like it.

The mana curve isn't very good though, you have no ramp and very expensive wincons, that means your control game has to keep moderns fast aggro meta from winning for quite some time.

A big problem I see here is if Neverending Torment doesn't win you the game in 1 or maybe 2 turns you can't play any control spells to stop them from killing you, you have to sweep the board before playing it, and then hope it wins fast enough. You don't have any passive defenses like ghostly prison etc, apart from the life gain. Maybe it's possible to play it in such a way that you consistently win in 1-2 turns after casting it. It looks slow and unreliable to me, but of course I haven't tested the deck.

I think you should have 2 ghost quarter or tectonic edge in you land base to deal with tron and utility lands.

Also this deck should play 4 serum vision, or maybe Opt now that it becomes legal soon, for card filtering, this lets you keep way more hands.

September 11, 2017 4:53 p.m.

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