Swarm and Conquer V 2.0

Modern xzzane

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Sucks to be Burn —April 6, 2014

Added Leyline of Sanctity in place of Sundering Growth.

xzzane says... #1

k1rbz, I have played against several UWR decks in a more casual atmosphere, and one in the tournament that I went to a few weeks ago. I won 2-0 against that deck, but I did get lucky the second duel and landed almost every single one of my Lingering Souls out. I also do not think that he ran Spell Snare . It's not one of the decks that I'm fond of facing, but I perform about average against it. I'm not overly good or bad against it. Control is one of the decks that I have the least ability to sideboard against however, and if my opponent has Ratchet Bomb s then they probably will win in the end. But I can usually hold my own, even after a few field wipes, so long as I'm conservative with my tokens.

February 20, 2014 6:47 p.m.

k1rbz says... #2

I can see that, apparently your goal vs. control is to end games before the control player can stabilize. One thing i did not take into consideration is that in a serious matchup, the control player probably don't know your list and might overextend by spending a little too much mana so that you can get an instant Raise the Alarm through. When i playtested your deck, i knew this could happen even before so practically i could'nt fail to predict that.
However i'm glad to hear that, i've been a fan of your swarm and conquer list for a while and i can remember it used to be monowhite back then a while.

February 21, 2014 8:11 a.m.

xzzane says... #3

I love my token decks. Tokens are so fun to play, and I try to make the best token deck that I can. I have fond memories of my monowhite version, but I love this version even more. Glad you've liked them as well!

February 21, 2014 6:27 p.m.

Jack-Frost says... #4

Another card I found that works against all tokens is Void . Choose the number 0 and they are all destroyed.

February 23, 2014 11:51 a.m.

xzzane says... #5

Ratchet Bomb is far more effective though. I doubt I would ever run into Void in a Modern tournament to be honest.

February 23, 2014 12:06 p.m.

LtMiller117 says... #6

How about Entreat the Angels for the ultimate tokens?

March 5, 2014 11:50 p.m.

xzzane says... #7

LtMiller117, that wouldn't work as well in here unfortunately. I don't need that much firepower, and without the miracle cost it's simply too costly.

March 7, 2014 6:55 p.m.

Countertop says... #8

Elspeth Tirel ?

the ultimate will win the game, but she is a 5 drop... so a one of?

March 9, 2014 11:04 a.m.

xzzane says... #9

Countertop, she is amazing, I know that from experience. She was in my original Swarm and Conquer deck. Unfortunately she has too high of a mana cost to have a place in this control based build.

March 9, 2014 11:27 a.m.

kingalvin says... #10

This deck looks pretty good. I would consider adding Hour of Reckoning . It's a great card to have in your deck to help deal with unwanted creatures your opponent has. I know you have a 4 mana and under thing but this card still works good since it has convoke. I know that you've looked at my deck before, but i edited it a lot since you last looked at it and was wondering if you could look over it again and leave any advice you may have on my deck. Green/White Token Swarm Deck

March 13, 2014 7:04 p.m.

xzzane says... #11

kingalvin, Hour of Reckoning doesn't really have a place here. In my Original Swarm and Conquer deck I used it, but other cards fit far better than it would in this build. But trust me, I do know what it can do. I've been using token decks practically since I first started magic.


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. And sure, I'll take a look at it.

March 13, 2014 9:19 p.m.

mdw2402 says... #12

You might want to try an Elspeth, Sun's Champion .

March 29, 2014 4:37 p.m.

xzzane says... #13

mdw2402, she has too high of a cmc for modern.

March 29, 2014 10:17 p.m.