Great decks bad cards Modern Challenge! Actual challenge
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Posted on June 29, 2015, 12:49 a.m. by TheGamer
Some of you may of seen the forum Great decks, bad cards Modern Challenge! Test Stage. Well I saw mostly positive feedback, so im gonna actual do the challenge now :D
So, there are many competitive Modern decks currently, but two decks stand out from all of them: Amulet Bloom and Splinter Twin Combo. What do these decks have in common? They are combo decks that rely on specific cards to make a combo happen. Well what if we took the specific combo cards out of these decks... And made an innovative list with them?
I'm looking at you Splinter Twin and Amulet of Vigor. Neither of those cards really do a lot alone, and wouldn't really have such an impact on Modern, without their respected combos.
So my challenge for you all today is to make either a deck with either 4 Splinter Twins or 4 Amulet of Vigor, outside of the normal shell. No infinite combos (Deceiver Exarch + Splinter Twin etc), no super ridiculous game winning combos (amulet of vigor + primeval titan + summer bloom + simic growth chamber on turn 2, etc), just these cards with awesome synergies!
When I get 8 decks (4 Twin variants and 4 Bloom variants), the 4 Twin decks will play in a single elim tournament, and then the Bloom decks will. The winner of the Twin single elim and the Bloom single elim will duel, and that will determine the winner! I'll test them with a friend on cockatrice.
You can use sideboards, and if you see that there are already 4 Twin decks or 4 Bloom decks and want to participate, build a deck that there is not 4 of yet.
If there is good success, we will do a part 2, maybe with different decks! We will start once we hit 8 players.
Good luck all, and happy deckbuilding!
I can't even. I look forward to seeing the results because this looks hard as hell.
June 29, 2015 1:25 a.m.
Great Decks Bad Cards - Splinter Twin Playtest
Modern
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This is an Allies tribal deck w/ Splinter Twin & Collected Company support.
June 29, 2015 1:27 a.m.
TheOne4221 says... #7
Alright, let's give this a shot. Splintertusking-- Great Decks Bad Cards
June 29, 2015 3:04 a.m.
A re-imagining of amulet-bloom if the banhammer lands squarely on its core wincons. Yes, its a 'combo', id understand if you'd not want to play it because of this.
It is pretty janky though...
Great Deck Bad Cards - Amulet Playtest
Modern*
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Enjoy
June 29, 2015 3:39 a.m.
Psh, I hope you have a sideboard. How else will you beat my 56 storm crows deck?
June 29, 2015 3:42 a.m.
June 29, 2015 4:02 a.m.
I Retract my previous of idea of Vigorous Balance. After testing, the deck does not work. Will post later if I think of something else.
June 29, 2015 9:51 a.m.
We currently have three Splinter Twin decks and one Amulet of Vigor deck, two Amulet decks if we include ThatJunkMages list from the Test Stage Forum. Keep the decks coming guys! Only need 3-4 more!
June 29, 2015 3 p.m.
if you could link it ThatJunkMage, that would be great. Just so no one forgets about it. Thanks :D
June 29, 2015 3:05 p.m.
Come on guys, only 3 more decks! One Twin and two Amulets. If we don't get any in the next 24 hours i'll make a deck to help the cause.
TheGamer says... #2
TheHroth, _SeriosSkies_, ThatJunkMage, PepsiAddicted:
I tagged you all here since you seemed to like the idea of the challenge. Here is the challenge my friends! Feel free to post your decks :)
June 29, 2015 12:51 a.m.