Urza's Angler

Modern Serendipitous_Hummingbird

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benwah3000 says... #1

What's the point of the tron lands if you don't have anything to ramp into...

April 26, 2015 11:40 p.m.

ulamog's crusher

April 27, 2015 12:04 a.m.

Ditto the question above. Crusher is not even close to the best Eldrazi. Get some of the useless cards out and throw in some Wurmcoil Engine and Sundering Titan

April 27, 2015 9:34 p.m.

any new thoughts FAMOUSWATERMELON?

May 6, 2015 11:33 p.m.

electromancer says... #5

Serendipitous_Hummingbird, Neat idea. But I think you're missing out on one of the coolest reasons to play blue tron:

Academy Ruins + Mindslaver

Your deck has more tech than mono-blue to bring this combo out so maybe this could be a thing.

May 8, 2015 5:18 p.m.

Saljen says... #6

Sylvan Scrying and Ancient Stirrings are both better than Mulch and Satyr Wayfinder for Tron. Sylvan Scrying gives you the land you need every time for 2 mana while Ancient Stirrings digs 5 to let you get a land or a win-con. 4x Expedition Map would also help fetch the right Tron lands.

I'd consider dropping Faithless Looting altogether, its not good in here. Same goes for Gurmag Angler. You don't need delve to cast your creatures and you don't need cards to support delve because you are running Tron lands, which is how you "cheat" creatures into play. Don't try to do too many things at once, focus on the Tron lands or on Delve, not both as it will not work well.

Here are some colorless creatures that will be "on curve" for a Tron deck. Bear in mind that G/x Tron tries to get the Tron lands onto the battlefield as soon as possible, so 7 CMC is considered "on curve" for a T3 full tron setup. Platinum Angel is a solid win-con if you can keep it alive. It quite often just wins against infect and burn and can really stall any removal-light deck a lot. Not to mention evasion for swinging. Myr Battlesphere and Clockwork Dragon are your 7 CMC extremely low budget options. The Battlesphere gives you a large creature that has potential to get larger when it swings, but even if its removed you still get 4 blockers which is very relevant. Clockwork Dragon can be a sink for extra mana once it's on the field, letting you swing for huge amounts after its hit the battlefield. So there's some budget options since it seems you're working with a low budget.

I have a mono-G Tron deck that I've been playing around with, you're welcome to check it out if you like: Mono-G Ugin Tron. Most of my Tron experience is from playing U-Tron, which is a very heavy control archetype utilizing the Tron lands: The Age of U|Tron.

June 9, 2015 3:01 p.m.

Nef says... #7

Huh, it's different for sure. Have you thought of developing a sideboard?

June 11, 2015 4:21 p.m.

Nef I'm working on one. It mostly deals with large flying creatures or "oops, I win" combo decks. Decks like infect, twin, and amulet aren't played much in my casual playgroup. Elves, RDW, affinity, bogles, delver, and fatties see a lot of play. My current sweepers can take care of creature based aggro, but I'm currently much less likely to win when my opponent can stick a fatty to match mine, but with flying.

June 11, 2015 5:08 p.m.

Nef says... #9

Makes sense then.

June 11, 2015 5:09 p.m.

I really don't like Unknown Shores. Try City of Brass. Just my opinion though, but I don't see its use. I know it is painless and the cost to filter is easy in a tron deck, but it restricts your turn 1 plays, which is bad. I know you still have your artifacts and such to play, but it locks you out of Faithless Looting, which is half of your turn 1 plays.

Otherwise I really like the deck idea - it looks much more stable than most tron decks too me.

For the sideboard I'd recommend at least 1 Relic of Progenitus. Engineered Explosives is also a pretty good card, but you can probably get by with Ratchet Bomb for budget, although the EE is much more powerful. Pithing Needle is a staple. I'd also add some artifact hate such as Ancient Grudge.

Good luck with your deck!

June 12, 2015 6:18 p.m.

FigagThanks for the feedback! I'll definitely try City of Brass. I think I've got a chronicles printing lying around somewhere.

I really appreciate the sideboard help. Pithing Needle looks great especially because it can stop tectonic edge and ghost quarter (also planeswalkers). I promise both needle and ancient grudge will end up in the sideboard.

As for Engineered Explosives, I agree that it is an amazing card, especially when prophetic prism and city of brass can push sunburst above 3. Since modern season has started and EE has gone up from 8 to 15, I'm gonna run ratchet bomb until the price goes down a bit.

I really do appreciate the feedback. It has been extraordinarily helpful!

June 12, 2015 6:30 p.m.

currentuser says... #12

+1, points for Originality mate! The discard & much effects make me super nervous. Not to say that I don't see the value in this direction. Have you considered swapping out the Angler for another delve creature? Tasigur, the Golden Fang imo offers a similar beater, capable of being delved out as well as possible fetching anything lost to your mulch effects.

June 14, 2015 7:53 p.m.

currentuser thanks man still can't believe I overlooked Tasigur. I did a bit of altering to the deck. I might go back but want to test this for a bit. Between tasigur and Sibsig Muckdraggers I think I have enough to both sculpt my graveyard and return what I want. Mulching out wurmcoils has been an issue and you definitely sent me down the path I think will solve it. In the meantime I've removed the Faithless Lootings even though they were one of my best cards. Instead I've got a playset of both Chromatic Star and Chromatic Sphere. These cantrip, filter mana, and fill my graveyard, all of which are good things. Also by getting rid of the lootings there is no longer any pressure to have t1 red mana available.

June 15, 2015 10:26 p.m.

Mac97 says... #14

Platinum Angel may, just may, have a place here.

June 16, 2015 12:30 p.m.

Mac97 says... #15

Anyway, unique take on tron, +1!

June 16, 2015 12:30 p.m.

Asher18 says... #16

June 16, 2015 12:51 p.m.

It doesn't return a creature to your hand, but there is always Hooting Mandrills as a potential replacement for Sibsig Muckdraggers.

:)

June 17, 2015 4:34 p.m.

If mandrills were less, I would consider it, but the belongs to Tasigur, who can bring boardwipes back. I appreciate the suggestion though.

June 17, 2015 4:40 p.m.

RoarMaster says... #19

Ancient Stirrings finds your land and your wurmcoil if you need more reliability.

June 22, 2015 8:39 p.m.

OikeaHetki says... #20

The deck is cute and fun, but it lacks the consistency presented by UW, GR, or mono-U tons, respectively.

To be honest, I would just play City of Brass like I do in all of my decks. It's just so cheap and so good at what it does: Pooping out mana of any color. And perhaps reduce the number of lands in your deck to play Ancient Stirrings, as suggested above.

12x Urzalands, 4x Grove of the Burnwillows OR City of Brass, 2x Forest 1x Sulfurous Springs and 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth for fixing for black.

Playsets of Chromatic Sphere, Expedition Map and Chromatic Star are nice. I would only play 1x Prophetic Prism and Mainboard 1x Relic of Progenitus, as it is a cantripping graveyard destroyer against other decks that try to do the same thing as you (which is use the graveyard). I would also play 1x Oblivion Stone assuming you got it before the price spike, that card is absurd and deals with any threat in any circumstance (barring manlands but you will have other outs).

For your sorceries, I am a fan of the 3x Pyroclasm. 4x Ancient Stirrings and 2x Firespout gives you an edge against any deck that hopes to crap out early-game creatures.

I'm not sure what to do about the creatures, but I know for sure you should only be playing Gurmag Angler for your delve section. And 4x Wurmcoil Engine.

June 23, 2015 1:39 a.m.

toxicliam says... #21

what would you swap Wurmcoil Engine out for? It's like 80 bucks for a playset and thats half of the deck's price.

January 28, 2019 5:16 p.m.

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