They can only counter one. Thats why its better. Infinite replications. Can't stop em all.

Yes you can replicate it X number of times and they can only target one of them with a counterspell. UNLESS they use Mindbreak Trap or Counterflux , both of which I believe are used with significant frequency to be worried about them. Ofc, if they do that, there's not much you can do about it anyway lol.

If you already have infinite creatures with haste there is no need to burn them anyway. The assumption would be you're casting the burnspell because thats the wincon thats available to you at the moment.

Thanks for point this deck out to me, it is very very nice. Away beyond my budget, but nice nonetheless!

I've always wanted to build a defender deck. Nice job +1

Oh my god... So many combos!!!!!!! +1!Wow, this deck looks amazing. When I looked at it, I thought it must be legacy, because I haven't seen like any modern builds with Intruder Alarm(so I always thought it was only legacy legal)! I can't wait to see what happens with this!

Holy crap! Infinite everything on turn 3 in my playtest! It's also so inexpensive for modern!

Sure, I have quite a few. Some are slightly new to competitive decks, and might not give great suggestions. If they don't, just ignore them.

i'm one of Minelia5's "buddies", and I definitely +1 this deck. This is awesome! If you're looking for more modern infinite combos, 2 Flamerush Riders give you infinite attacking 3/3s. also, Seedcradle Witch and Bloom Tender is infinite as long as you have four colors of permanents on the battlefield.

So you may want to consider Wall of Omens over Perimeter Captain as the card draw is usually more valuable than preventing attacks in the Defender deck.

I still run them in the sideboard of

Basically found that the draw for combo pieces was much more valuable than hedging against Aggro.

Nice to see how your interpretation has evolved over time.

Always happy to help my friend. Yeah, Perimeter Captain definitely has a place in the sideboard to be used against heavy aggro strategies. I would go with Wall of Omens in the main and get the extra card draw. Definitely playtest with it and let me know what you think. I made the switch and haven't looked back. Wall of Omens is a pretty useful card for competitive combo in GENERAL the fact that we're already running a Defender shell and so the body itself is also a combo enabler is just gravy.

Best of luck!

That Godsire + Intruder Alarm combo is priceless.

Why are there over 500 cards in the maybeboard?

Well, it looks like a solid build to me. Honestly, Infinite combos aren't my personal preference, but to each their own. That being said, I do worry that intruder alarm can be fragile, allowing your opponents creature's to untap, while splinter twins decks are huuuuge in modern right now.

Also, I think suspect you have problems with card draw if you don't hit infimana + staff. Have you considered the cantrips available to you, such as Serum Visions?

Rending Volley would be fine unless the opponent's running Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (which they are). If you're going to that level of reactivity, you might as well just run Dismember to hit effectively anything off of any color mana. You aren't concerned about your life in a combo mirror anyway.

I hear you on the casualness. I'm just missing Sphinx's Revelations, Ghostly Prisons, and 1 Genesis Wave before mine is all set. I've been playing it with proxies, and it's incredibly strong against everything I've faced so far- the weakest matchup being mono red burn.