Mt. Fuji

Modern* GW (Selesnya) Legendary Matters Samurai Snow Theme/Gimmick Value Engine

iammay

Creature (23)

• 2x Isamaru, Hound of Konda
• 2x Isao, Enlightened Bushi
• 1x Jorn, God of Winter  ^Flip
• 2x Kentaro, the Smiling Cat
• 2x Kolvori, God of Kinship  ^Flip
• 2x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Masako the Humorless
• 2x Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo
• 2x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 2x Sensei Golden-Tail
• 2x Shanna, Sisay's Legacy
• 2x Sigrid, God-Favored
• 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Land (22)

• 4x Arctic Treeline
• 6x Snow-Covered Forest
• 10x Snow-Covered Plains
• 2x Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Day of Destiny
• 4x On Thin Ice

Sorcery (8)

• 4x Search for Glory
• 2x Time of Need
• 2x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis

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Maybeboard

Creature (23)

• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Archangel Avacyn  ^Flip
• 1x Arvad the Cursed
• 1x Augusta, Dean of Order  ^Flip
• 1x Bruna, the Fading Light  ^Meld
• 1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 2x Esika, God of the Tree  ^Flip
• 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade  ^Meld
• 1x Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests *f-etch*
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Kethis, the Hidden Hand
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• 1x Piru, the Volatile
• 1x Reidane, God of the Worthy  ^Flip
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Artifact (7)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Godsend
• 1x Instrument of the Bards
• 1x Sword of the Realms  ^Flip
• 1x The Book of Exalted Deeds
• 1x Weatherlight

Land (1)

• 1x Faceless Haven

Instant (1)

• 1x Whiteout

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Introduction

Samurai + Snow + Legendary = Mt Fuji!

This deck operates as a little bit of a Samurai Tribal and Legendary "Tribal". I am also very new to MTG -- please give my deck suggestions!

While this deck is not budget by any means, I am still trying to keep cost down as it is the most expensive deck I have looked at making. If you have the cash, Eiganjo Castle, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers, etc. feel like they would be really good.

Overview

Six of the cards (4x Search for Glory and 2xTime of Need) tutor for legendary cards, offering a lot of flexibility depending on the situation. Cards that are really important to tutor/play early are Reki, the History of Kamigawa and Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper so that you can get a draw engine and mana ramp going on. As a general goal, you should also be aiming to play Jorn, God of Winter   to have double mana. Kolvori, God of Kinship   has been especially good in my test games as you can reliably get two other creatures out. The samurai package is intended as an earlier game to try and keep you alive long enough to get to the rest of the deck. The bushido keyword is especially helpful when just trying to block and stay alive. Also as a general rule, you should be trying to play out Day of Destiny.

On Thin Ice is your only single target removal, but you can tutor it with Search for Glory and some of the slack should be made up for by board wipes that (mostly) don't matter to you using Urza's Ruinous Blast.

Early game can sometimes mean taking some decent damage in this deck, so you can use Search for Glory, Shadowspear, and Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis for consistent life gain. Add more as needed.

Interactions

• Search for Glory should always gain you 3 life because Untaidake, the Cloud Keeper only works on legendaries and the rest of your mana is {S}

• If you don't need Search for Glory to tutor a spell, you can also use it for mana ramp by finding one of your snow lands.

• Kentaro, the Smiling Cat lets you be more flexible with your mana

• Sensei Golden-Tail is important to your samurai tribal as it fills in the gaps of your other legendary creatures over time

• Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle works with most of the creatures in the deck

Alternate Builds

I can see some alternate ways to build this, maybe by cutting the Samurai package:

Legendary planeswalker tutor (cut some legendary minions and the artifacts that synergize with them and make a deck which lets you find any planeswalker you need for a given situation, probably also run the planeswalkers that increase the loyalty of other planeswalkers like Ajani Steadfast)

Originally, I was also splashing red for Brothers Yamazaki, Fumiko the Lowblood, Godo, Bandit Warlord, Iizuka the Ruthless, and Jaya's Immolating Inferno but it felt like the cards were generally too much mana and too unreliable with the amount of red mana I was running.

You could also do some spiciness and splash black by running Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, which you can fetch reliably with the Search for Glory

You could maybe also try and do a build that is a little bit more snow focused (like using Frost Augur as a draw engine) but since there are fewer snow legenderies, idk if that is feasible

Top Ranked	Achieved #7 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #3 position in Modern 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern GW (Selesnya) 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Theme/Gimmick 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 2 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.74
Tokens	Human Soldier 1/1 W
Folders	decks