U/W Modern Wizards

Modern Control Wizards

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Creature (33)

• 3x Cursecatcher
• 4x Meddling Mage
• 3x Merfolk Trickster
• 3x Naban, Dean of Iteration
• 3x Phantasmal Image
• 4x Reflector Mage
• 2x Siren Stormtamer
• 3x Vedalken Aethermage
• 2x Vedalken Mastermind
• 3x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 2x Voidmage Prodigy

Land (19)

• 4x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 4x Island
• 2x Plains
• 1x Seachrome Coast

Artifact (4)

• 4x Aether Vial

Instant (4)

• 4x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Izzet Staticaster
• 2x Nimble Obstructionist
• 2x Selfless Spirit

Instant (1)

• 1x Negate

Artifact (4)

• 2x Damping Sphere
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Rest in Peace
• 2x Stony Silence

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Dominaria re-introduced Wizards to mtg and I wanted to see if this provided an opportunity in the Modern format. The general idea of this deck is one of control, but not in the traditional Blue/White sense. The biggest impact card in the deck is Naban, Dean of Iteration. It provides a Panharmonican effect that is triggered only when a wizards enters the battlefield. This multiplies what is normally an annoyance into a serious tempo disruptor. Aether Vial is also a critical component to the deck allowing instant speed ETB effects.

Battlefield Control: - Reflector Mage - Merfolk Trickster - Venser, Shaper Savant

Hand Disruption: - Vendilion Clique

Spell Disruption: - Venser, Shaper Savant - Voidmage Prodigy

Utility Cards: - Path to Exile - Vedalken AEthermage - Siren Stormtamer - Metallic Mimic - Meddling Mage - Cursecatcher

The deck contains a couple of soft locks that work really well either on their own or in combination with Naban: - Vedalken Mastermind combined with Venser, Clique, Reflector, or Trickster. Venser, Clique, and Trickster all have flash so depending upon the board state and cards in my opponent's hand I can use Mastermind to return any of these wizards and then flash them back into play. With Naban their ETB effects are then copied.

The Clique / Naban interaction is really fun in that each Clique trigger is resolved one at a time. So if you bottom one of their cards from the first trigger you can see what they draw and decide whether you want to get rid of that card as well.

• Meddling Mage is used to lock out key plays from my opponent. Very effective after playing the Vendilion Clique.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Mythic Rares 26 - 7 Rares 18 - 5 Uncommons 3 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.90
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C