When night falls werewolves descend upon modern

Modern Itoshii

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Rooah711 says... #1

needs more mana sources

January 20, 2013 1:32 a.m.

Itoshii says... #2

Rooah711 what do you mean? I have 22 lands plus the Scorned Villager  Flip .

January 20, 2013 11:41 a.m.

Rooah711 says... #3

you have 3 Bonfire of the Damned in sideboard plus 3 Kessig Wolf Run which require a decent amount of mana to be effective, scorned villager will be a target for removal and after playtesting the deck I had to mulligan often due to not having enough starting mana to play any spells. wither add more land or add farseeks, I'd say a couple more land for a better chance at a keepable opening hand.

For some perspective on this, if you look at similar decks running Bonfire of the Damned and Kessig Wolf Run , they have anywhere from 28 to 36 mana sources.

January 20, 2013 6:34 p.m.

xantastic says... #4

I hate to say it, but 36 mana sources seems a little overkill...

January 20, 2013 6:43 p.m.

Itoshii says... #5

Rooah711 The only thing I can see is switching one Wolfir Silverheart for one more land which since I have added them my cmc curve has gone up so I probably will be adding just one more land. I would use something like Farseek if it was at instant speed. I have not had a problem with land in this deck. A two hand has always been always enough since a majority of my deck is 2 cmc or less.

Bonfire of the Damned I won't be spending a lot of mana on anyways because its for rush decks so I won't be hard casting it for more than 5 mana.

January 21, 2013 8:15 a.m.

gnomeofdoom611 says... #6

Ha thanks this gives me some planes for my wolf deck

February 18, 2013 6:16 p.m.

Stygian333 says... #7

I highly suggest Champion of Lambholt as 3x mainboard while you sideboard whatever other 3 are the least likely. I lost hard to a similar deck, had both the mayor and huntmaster, and the champion fit right in, pretty much rendering him unblock able wayyyyy to early. Mayor boosts champion to a 2/2, and huntmaster + wolf token gets her to 4. Just an idea. This one looks like it would get me too.

February 25, 2013 10:27 p.m.

SwampHippie says... #8

Nice deck. As for your question, Tragic Slip is one of my favorite removal spells but I would have at least 2 Ultimate Price mb simply because there are no prerequisites for it to be able to kill the likes of Thundermaw Hellkite and others.

February 25, 2013 11:22 p.m.

Itoshii says... #9

SwampHippie The Tragic Slip is still in here from when I had Falkenrath Aristocrat in here. I just love it because it gets rid of so many one drops Deathrite Shaman and Stromkirk Noble to name a couple. But late game I would rather have Ultimate Price or maybe Murder . What are popular multi-colored creatures in standard now that would need a Murder ?

Stygian333 I do like the Champion of Lambholt but I think I need to run more creatures to get it going faster.

February 26, 2013 9:46 a.m.

Itoshii says... #10

SwampHippie Hmm I have noticed Golgari Charm has been a dead card in hand lately. Maybe I should cut that for Ultimate Price then switch Skullcrack to main board getting rid of Searing Spear and get the Golgari Charm to the side board.

February 26, 2013 9:48 a.m.

Kijer says... #11

If you want to play a charm, Gruul Charm is really good and main deckable. How do you feel your landbase is? looking at your spells, and the color pie more rootbounds and more woodlands would be better than shocking yourself with blood crypts

February 26, 2013 3:16 p.m.

DarkHero says... #12

you have 4x Huntmaster. you have already won.

March 5, 2013 11:57 a.m.

Agog says... #13

Looks like a good deck... +1. Did you try and subsequently discard the use of werewolf specific cards such as Immerwolf or Full Moon's Rise?

March 6, 2013 4:32 p.m.

Itoshii says... #14

Agog Never tried Immerwolf because the goal here is to keep Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip flipping back and forth were a lot of power comes from. If he is left unanswered I can flip him once a turn, sometimes twice. Full Moon's Rise was taken out for Golgari Charm to regenerate all my creatures not just my werewolves plus has more versatility. As for the trample part I have Kessig Wolf Run for that.

March 7, 2013 8:26 a.m.

Ataxic says... #15

Im digging the tri color, however I feel like it falls short to faster aggro styles, mine is fast and ruthless... gruul only tho Stomped into the ground (A Gruul Production)

March 8, 2013 5 p.m.

Itoshii says... #17

There hasn't been very many aggro decks at the shop I play at since Gatecrash came out. I used to run Searing Spear and Abrupt Decay main board and was able to stop boros aggro decks just fine. But with most people running life gain cards and less creatures now I put Rakdos's Return and Skullcrack in.

Most games I take field control on turn 3.

March 8, 2013 5:34 p.m.

tarnash says... #18

Immerwolf this Immerwolf with your Immerwolf

March 10, 2013 5:13 p.m.

Itoshii says... #19

@tarnash

Immerwolf stops my Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip from flipping. I know the argument that with Immerwolf I end up with a 5/5 trampler with a 3/3 wolf. And supposedly he will be taken care of before I can get him to flip back to a human anyways if that's the case what good is Immerwolf? Most games I get him out he is usually either taken care of right away or is left unanswered for me to abuse with flipping.

As for the other cards Scorned Villager  Flip is a mana dork so one mana is fine but two is great. Usually have either 4 or 5 mana on turn five which leaves me with the choice if either Garruk, Primal Hunter or Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip. I wouldn't consider Wolfir Silverheart because I want him more as a surprise pair and attack.

And as for Mayor of Avabruck  Flip yes I can see Immerwolf helping a lot. Always keeping my creatures boosted and getting a wolf at all my end steps.

Still weighing the pros and cons I would not put Immerwolf in here for two major reasons. One I want my werewolves to be able to flip back and forth. Two I have no room for him in here.

Sorry for the long response but I get told to put Immerwolf in here a lot and he really doesn't have a place in this deck.

March 10, 2013 6:16 p.m.

Itoshii says... #20

Edit: Turn 3 I usually have 4 or 5 mana.

March 11, 2013 7:44 a.m.

zandl says... #21

You greatly underestimate Immerwolf and Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip.

For four mana, you get 2 life and two 3/3 bodies. On the flip, you get two Shocks and a 5/5 Trample. And why would you want to flip away from that? Werewolf decks are aggro decks - the longer the game lingers on, the less likely you are to actually win it.

Flipping Huntmaster back and forth is cute and all, but it's the last thing an aggressive deck wants to be doing.

For Pete's sake, you're mainboarding 3 Skullcracks - that's how aggressively you're playing this deck.

March 11, 2013 12:50 p.m.

zandl says... #22

Also, I'd definitely be running Garruk Relentless  Flip over Primal Hunter here. He comes out a turn earlier, he's easier to cast, and his token-generating abilities are more useful to you.

March 11, 2013 12:51 p.m.

Vos_Is_Boss says... #23

Golgari Charm should be a sideboard card, whereas Abrupt Decay should be in your mainboard. With the format right now, I feel you will encounter far more aggro decks, than control decks. Thus, being in the Golgari Charms to regenerate your werewolves from the board wipes, but keep in your Abrupt Decays to eliminate other creatures and or Detention Spheres.

Thats what i think, anyway. Your Golgari Charm cannot get rid of Boros Reckoner that easily :P

March 11, 2013 1:01 p.m.

Itoshii says... #24

@zandl I know all about Immerwolf I use to use him in an aggro werewolf deck. This is more of a midrange almost, control, sometimes it can become an aggro with the Mayor of Avabruck  Flip.

As for why, I want Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip to flip back for 2 life and another body and then he can flip again for another double shock. You may think it's cute but when I can do it once or twice a turn it's not.

I use Garruk, Primal Hunter instead of Garruk Relentless  Flip is because I get 3/3s always and the big reason is for the card draw. I have tried using Garruk Relentless  Flip before and it's nice that I get wolves but not all the time would they get boosted.r And yeah I could get him out a turn earlier but usually when I have 4 mana it's a Huntmaster of the Fells  Flip and if not then I'm holding a Wolfir Avenger for a surprise blocker or playing it at the end of their turn.

@Vos_Is_Boss yes I would switch out Golgari Charm for Abrupt Decay but my shop likes control a lot which is why I have it that way.

March 11, 2013 6:46 p.m.

Immerwolf should be fine with huntmaster. he'll flip turn 4 or turn 5. Your opponent should not survive long enough to worry about flipping huntsmaster again, at that point, the 5/5 trample for the kill is more important than the life and wolf, especially if you are pumping out wolves already from Garruk Relentless  Flip or Mayor of Avabruck  Flip.

March 12, 2013 6:53 p.m.

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