Bodybuilder (12)
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUY THIS DECK (PLUS SOME EXTRA SINGLES YOU COULD USE TO HELP MODIFY THE DECK TO YOUR LIKING) AND LIVE IN SEATTLE, BELLEVUE, KIRKLAND, REDMOND, OR SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THAT AREA, I WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL FOR $650
You don't want to be just Groundswell, yah? You want to be GroundSWOLE!
(Breeding Pool is trying to show up as the background if you can't tell :P )
Hey guys!
Welcome to Phyrexian Growth Hormone, or PGH. This is your typical Infect deck, but I just messed with some cards to make this build.
This is not quite as fast as some infect decks. This deck doesn't like Glistener Elf as much as other decks.
However, this deck can slam outta nowhere for 10-13 infect. This deck has some cards that disrupt the opponent more and focus on some controllish elements in Magic more. Mainly the inclusion of Jace, more countermagic, and a bit more killspells (Twisted Image is a killspell for Skites!).
To make reading this more fun, try reading the flavor paragraphs in a Schwarzenegger accent. That's what I imagined writing them in!
To really understand this deck, I'll give you a breakdown of all of the cards. You ready? Lets go!
Breakdown
Glistener Elf: "You aren't large like me, yah? I will fill you with my perfection and make your skinny body ripped!"
Straight up, best card in the deck. Its the card that allows for Turn 2 kills, as well as puts pressure on your opponent. It's also very mana efficient, which is what the deck strives for.
Blighted Agent : "You need bigger weights, bro? Come with me to this back room to get them, yah. Nobody's gonna block my way."
If the game goes too long, I want to draw this as my infect threat. Unblockability is really good later on in the game, and it is a big target for your opponent to waste removal spells on instead of Glistener Elfs and Inkmoth Nexuses.
Inkmoth Nexus: "Brotato chip, you see that place" "Yah Brofessor, I see it. You heard the rumors about it?" "No brolony sandwich. What about it?" "It holds one of the best bodybuilders in town, brony."
Just a very good card. It infects, and also produces mana. It's harder to kill when you need it to be not killed. I just don't like having it need to be activated each turn to deal infect damage.
Noble Hierarch: You want to be buff, yah? Come to me. Alone. And I'm not Bill Cosby or anything, don't worry about it. Look at me. I'm goddamn ancient. No way anything like that could happen.
What a amazing card. It's mana ramp, which let you cast more pump spells in a turn, as well as a pump spell herself. And only ? This card is NUTS. Completely off the wall bonkers.
Jace, Vryn's Prodigy : All good bodybuilders need a good nutritionalist. And Jace is the best there is. He researches his library constantly for tips to help them be better, discarding irrelevant information away. In addition, he makes the opposing bodybuilders become smaller, and he can even make some steroids do double time. He knows the techniques because he used them himself. I mean, he used to be a tiny little boy, but know, he's a steroid pumping beast. He's a flashback to the glory days, if you catch my drift.
Ok, go on this adventure with me. Jace is inexpensive, he filters my deck to get me the certain cards I need, whatever they may be. This also make Become Immense cost less mana. When he flips, he can make opposing big dudes smaller so Glisteners can attack more freely and the opponent won't be applying as much pressure. But the snapcast ability is quite amazing. Imagine... Spending the mana ad getting the effect of two Might of Old KrosaS but only actually using one card... The value is real.
Spellskite: "Don't want to be surrounded by all the haters of your thick muscle? Relax. Just give me a small fee, and I got your back. Promise."
Keeps removal spells off of your infect dudes. Probably won't need more than one in the 75 right now, since Twin isn't super good, but its always good to have one.
Okay, If I tried to do individual theming on all of these, it would all be unoriginal and basically what was said above. So lets not do that.
Vines of Vastwood: This card serves a double role as a pump spell and protection spell. It makes your infecters hard to kill, and, it also lets them hit for a bunch of damage. Can't ask for a ton more, right?
Groundswell and Might of Old Krosa: These are my fast hit pump spells. They are one mana for usually +4/+4. These are the card I want turn 2 after I played my Glistener Elf turn 1. And, even if they are later, they are efficient and close the game out faster.
Mutagenic Growth: This is the fastest pump spell in the deck. The +2/+2 is really great for paying 2 life, especially early on when you need just a couple more infect to kill your opponent. Mostly here for the Turn 2 kills, but still good later on.
Become Immense: Now here's the big gun. If the game goes kinda late and I'm able to get one infect creature in, BOOM! As long as I've gotten 3 infect before, which doesn't seem terribly hard early on, I win. So much poison, and all I need to do is delve, which isn't a big cost since I'm not doing anything with the cards in my bin anyways.
Rancor: It's a repeatable pump spell that gives my infect dudes trample. Not a ton more you could ask for a aura that costs in infect.
Spell Pierce: "Hah! You think that spell can hurt me? I'll just poke it with my little finger and it'll be gone."
Cheap efficient countermagic that works on what matters against me: removal. I don't want to see Terminate or Lightning Bolt against me, but if I do, I'll counter it! And, if they are low on cards and topdeck a Serum Visions, I'll do fine then too. And it hits Eldrazi's Chalice of the Void.
Apostle's Blessing: "Daddy, those blue fishies are scary! "Not to worry, Orb Face Baby! I'll protect you from them!"
Keeps your dudes alive, and it can let your guys become unblockable to a color. Not bad for
Dispel: Which spell? DIS SPELL! Which spell? DISPEL!
I am so sorry for that joke.
On a different note, just says nope to the opponent's last ditch attempt at killing a infect dude. Solid little counterspell.
Gitaxian Probe: "You see that needle over there?" "Yah, I see it." "The steroids in that one are extra swole-ening!" "Yah?" "and, nobody's ever gotten HIV from using it!" "Oh yah man, thanks."
This card. For 2 life, I can draw into a pump spell, and see if my opponent can stop me. What value! This is why Team Phyrexia is so good.
Twisted Image : As the elves came home, they reminisced on their workout. But as they looked in the mirror, they saw that they were all chubby and overweight! They started to panic, but finally, one needed to go to sleep. So they tried to find their beds, but there was no bedroom! Then they realized- they were in a funhouse.
A good card against stuff like Spellskite, opposing Noble Hierarchs, Wall of Omens, Wall of Roots, and other cards with a power of .
Slip Through Space: "Hey, you see that locked door over there?" "Oh yah?" "if you can get in between that tiny crack, you can get a path straight to your competitors." "Oh man, that's really helpful!"
G Elfs, just get in! Plus, there's card draw! Not much more to say. I guess it gets around pro blue on Apostle's Blessing too? More value!
Dismember : You see him over there? Yah? He tried lifting a cow, but he dismembered himself. Dont dismember yourself. Or lift cows. Get DirecTV. Ill not lift cows, or get DirecTV, but thanks brokowski!
This card is here to clear up blockers, or take care of problem creatures like Bob, Siege Rhino, Reality Smasher, Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Melira, Sylvok Outcast, etc.
Based off of reading articles about infect, watching multiple infect players play sideboarded games, and the limited play experience I have with this deck, this is a ROUGH (NOT FINAL) GUIDELINE to sideboarding in these matchups. I dont sideboard for a certain meta, because I dont play Modern too often and I want to be competitive wherever I go.
Abzan Collected Company Combo:
- In: 1x Twisted Image , 1x Spell Pierce, 1x Torpor Orb, 1x Dismember , and 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Glistener Elf, 1x Groundswell, 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Breeding Pool
Affinity:
- In: 3x Nature's Claim, 2x Twisted Image , 1x Hurkyl's Recall, 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Glistener Elf, 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Dispel, 1x Spell Pierce, 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Breeding Pool
:
- In: 1x Wild Defiance , 1x Dismember , 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Groundswell, 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Breeding Pool
Burn:
- In: 3x Kitchen Finks, 2x Spell Pierce, 1x Wild Defiance , 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 2x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Dismember , 1x Breeding Pool
Infect:
- In: 2x Spell Pierce, 2x Twisted Image , 1x Wild Defiance , 1x Dryad Arbor
-Out: 2x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Rancor, 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Groundswell, 1x Breeding Pool
Ad Nauseum:
- In: 2x Spell Pierce, 2x Twisted Image
- Out: 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Rancor, 1x Dismember , 1x Groundswell
Merfolk:
- In: 3x Nature's Claim, 2x Spell Pierce, 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Glistener Elf, 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Groundswell, 1x Breeding Pool
Lantern Control:
- In: 3x Nature's Claim, 2x Spell Pierce, 1x Hurkyl's Recall, 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 3x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Dismember , 1x Groundswell, 1x Rancor, 1x Breeding Pool
Nahiri Jeskai/Jeskai Control/Grixis Control/Grixis Delver:
- In: 2x Spell Pierce, 1x Wild Defiance , 1x Torpor Orb
- Out: 1x Dismember , 1x Rancor, 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Groundswell
Scapeshift:
- In: 3x Kitchen Finks, 2x Spell Pierce, 1x Wild Defiance
- Out: 2x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Dismember , 1x Rancor, 1x Twisted Image , 1x Groundswell
Death's Shadow Zoo:
- In: 3x Kitchen Finks, 1x Dismember , 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy , 1x Glistener Agent, 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Breeding Pool
Bant Eldrazi:
- In: 1x Torpor Orb, 1x Dismember , 1x Dryad Arbor
- Out: 1x Spell Pierce, 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Breeding Pool
Living End:
- In: 3x Kitchen Finks, 2x Spell Pierce
- Out: 2x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Gitaxian Probe, 1x Twisted Image , 1x Apostle's Blessing
Bogles:
- In: 3x Nature's Claim
- Out: 1x Mutagenic Growth, 1x Dispel, 1x Twisted Image
These are the deck I think I/you will face the most and have to sideboard properly against. Some decks ( Tron, Dredge, etc.) I think you have good enough matchups that you dont really either have to sideboard, or have to think about sideboarding.
(Exeunt Schwartzenegger accent)
That's my Infect deck. Just as a basic recap, what it tries to do is win fast through attacking. And if it cant win fast, it might be more of an uphill climb later on, similar to delver.
Speaking of the delver, I sold my delver deck to build this. But don't worry if you need the delver tips and updates! I will still update it (unfortunately, Eldrazi is a nightmare matchup for it. Don't go into delver now!)
If you'd like to know some of the card choices, look at Kai Budde and Brian De Mar's articles on ChannelFireball (I'll link them sometime in the near distant future).
Thanks for Looking and Happy Tapping!
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| Rarity (main - side) | 22 - 2 Rares 16 - 7 Uncommons 20 - 4 Commons |
| Cards | 60 |
| Avg. CMC | 1.57 |
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