Thing in the Ascension (Modern MTG Deck)

Thing in the Ascension

Modern* RGWU RUW (Jeskai, America) UR (Izzet)

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Land (18)

Instant (30)

Sideboard

Instant (9)

Enchantment (3)

3x Blood Moon

Artifact (3)

3x Tormod's Crypt

Maybeboard

Creature (4)

4x Young Pyromancer

Instant (4)

4x Visions of Beyond

So for years I've been meaning to get into Modern and I've finally buckled down and purchased the cards to make my mana base. I knew I wanted to make something primarily for the deck and while storm is an option I didn't like how it only has one avenue of winning. Enter Thing in the Ice , a win con and board bounce all in one with cool artwork to boot.

This deck was inspired by MTGGoldfish's deck tech from a few months back. I swapped some spells around but the framework is almost identicle.

1 Sacred Foundry has been swapped out for an additional Steam Vents. In fishbowling I am finding that I am often missing a second fetchable source of

Visions of Beyond has been swapped out for Quicken It's on a trial basis but I am optimistic about having the instant flexibility of my deck over most of my draw being limited to my turn then.

All 3 Remands have been moved to the sideboard for now. In its place we are bumping up the Faithless Looting to a playset and running 2 Tormenting Voice I am really liking how this card performs in the deck and am thing about upping it to a playset if I can figure out what other 2 drop I'd drop down.

Please comment if you like the deck or have a suggestion to make it more streamlined.

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Goodbye Probe — Jan. 19, 2017

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Well I suppose it had to happen at some point. I don't agree with their logic as to why it should be banned but that is a discussion for a different day. After the initial rage settled down I started brainstorming what to swap around in the deck.

My immediate thought was Peek but my concern is with the raised average CMC is I would be needing an additional land and I need as few of those as possible here. Next for consideration was Noxious Revival, a card I was already considering to put in the deck, and the more I thought about it the more it seemed like a natural fit. It gives my deck a way to recur my win cons if they get Inquisitioned or Thoughtseized, it helps keep me from milling myself out if I start playing a bit like a storm deck, and it can help fill my graveyard for Pyromancer Ascension by returning Thought Scour or Faithless Looting. I am considering throwing in a Breeding Pool to replace an Island just so I have access to some G mana if I start getting low.

The other card getting swapped out is Quicken it was always meant as a budget fill in for Visions of Beyond but now I have a card I would actually be satisfied with replacing Visions with and that is the aforementioned Peek. As I said in the initial deck description I am not fond of "win more" cards as I would rather have consistency than potential explosiveness.

So the swaps are as follows... - 4 Gitaxian Probe - 4 Quicken +4 Noxious Revival +4 Peek

Tentative - 1 Island + 1 Breeding Pool

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Casual

94% Competitive

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Splash colors	W
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 3 Rares 23 - 9 Uncommons 11 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.45
Folders	Decks Owned
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