Trinisphere Tempo

Modern*

Rimfire

Creature (31)

• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 4x Fulminator Mage
• 2x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 4x Kitchen Finks
• 2x Knight of the Reliquary
• 2x Loxodon Smiter
• 4x Siege Rhino
• 4x Simian Spirit Guide
• 4x Voice of Resurgence
• 4x Wilt-Leaf Liege

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 1x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 2x Marsh Flats
• 2x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 2x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 2x Temple Garden
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 3x Verdant Catacombs
• 2x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (6)

• 2x Chalice of the Void
• 4x Trinisphere

Instant (10)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 2x Beast Within
• 2x Devouring Light
• 4x Dismember
• 1x Hero's Downfall

Sorcery (11)

• 4x Dimir Machinations
• 3x Maelstrom Pulse
• 2x Painful Truths
• 2x Plow Under

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Sideboard

Creature (11)

• 4x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 2x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Murderous Redcap
• 4x Viscera Seer

Instant (4)

• 4x Collected Company

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Realistic ideal curve would be:

• T1: Tapland

• T2: Land, Exile Simian Spirit Guide from hand, then cast Trinisphere or Transmute Dimir Machinations

• T3: Land, If we transmuted last turn, cast Trinisphere now, or start dropping Kitchen Finks/Fulminator Mage/Knight of the Reliquary/Loxodon Smiter

From this point on our opponents are wasting mana trying to cast their 1/2 drops whenever they need too, while we know whatever we pull off the top is going to be impactful and not taxed. There's a fair bit of incidental life gain and stabilization to make up for the fact that our only presence on board pre-turn 3 (outside a Simian Spirit Guide powered start) is a voice of resurgence.

Explanations for some of the weird card:

• Dimir Machinations gets our tempo piece Trinisphere, but if we draw it late, just becomes a copy of Kitchen Finks/Fulminator Mage/Knight of the Reliquary/Loxodon Smiter later.

• Plow Under: As far as tempo goes this is as good as green gets. If they don't have an uncracked fetchland in play then this makes their next two topdecks pretty bad, in addition to wrecking their already hurting mana base if Trinisphere is out.

• Dismember/Anguished Unmaking/Devouring Light/Maelstrom Pulse/Hero's Downfall/Beast Within: We want removal that we don't get taxed for after the sphere is out, so this is the best we've got.

• Chalice of the Void: Early play on X=1, or later on X=2 depending on when we draw it and what we're playing against. On the play against affinity you can drop it on zero and that usually screws them pretty bad too. Unfortunately we can't drop this on 3 with a Trinisphere out to just counter all spells 3 or less, but it's still pretty cool.

• Voice of Resurgence: Yeah I know it's a two drop but it's both Green and White for Wilt-Leaf Liege and gives us some early chump blockers if we need to drop it fast. Also not a bad topdeck in a stalled out board state and definitely playable at 1WG

Possibly my favorite part?

Transformational sideboard into Melira Pod combo for those match ups that don't have much removal, or need a faster clock. Bring out the trinispheres, Dimir machinations, Chalices, 5 drops for a Combo coco deck with a scary late game.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	UR
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 6 Rares 18 - 5 Uncommons 4 - 4 Commons
Cards	83
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elemental */* GW, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B