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Posted on June 24, 2015, 11:26 p.m. by TheGamer

So I have an idea for a deckbuilding challenge. I'm going to post my idea down here, and I want some input. If I get positive feedback, I'll create another forum in the Challenges and Articles with the actual challenge. If you guys don't like it, I wont bother.

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, no combos, just these cards with awesome synergies!

I will work on a format for playing if we get enough support. And please, don't post your decks yet. This is basically a discussion on whether you guys think this is an idea worth doing, and how we can make it better. Thanks guys and happy deckbuilding!

TheHroth says... #2

Seems legit.

June 24, 2015 11:37 p.m.

_SeriosSkies_ says... #3

Amulet Bloom is pure synergy if you take out the Hive Mind Combo....

June 24, 2015 11:39 p.m.

TheGamer says... #4

_SeriosSkies_: As true as that is, i want to see if people can come up with something using Amulet with Karoo lands and Summer Bloom. But you have a good point, so i may just make it twin decks.

June 24, 2015 11:45 p.m.

Servo_Token says... #5

Made this a long time ago:


Much Budget: Do Maze Playtest

Modern* ThatJunkMage

SCORE: 8 | 20 COMMENTS | 704 VIEWS


Amulet of Vigor deck winning with Maze's End

June 25, 2015 1:02 a.m.

TheGamer says... #6

ThatJunkMage: So you like the idea?

June 25, 2015 1:04 a.m.

Servo_Token says... #7

Neglected to read the first paragraph, actually.

But obviously yes.

June 25, 2015 1:10 a.m.

PepsiAddicted says... #8

Nice idea :) does it have to be modern legal? since its gonna be just for fun...

June 25, 2015 2:35 a.m.

TheGamer says... #9

If we get enough support, i would like to do a small tournament where the Twin decks play and the Amulet decks play until there's one of each... So it'd be cool if it was Modern legal. But i would love to see your idea even if it isnt modern. @PepsiAddicted

June 25, 2015 2:42 a.m.

PepsiAddicted says... #10

Its nooot modern legal and its freaking late so... maybe i made a misstake there but here we go:

-turn 1: drop forest, tap for fastbond. drop 2 islands, tap for 2 amulet of vigor . return 2 islands to your hand for Gush, draw 2 cloudpost. drop the 2 islands and the 2 cloudposts.turn 2: draw Recall, tap U for Recall, draw Mindslaver and Prototype Portal and 1 Cloudpost. drop the cloudpost, it triggers Vigor twice, untap it for the first trigger , tap for 3, untap it for 2nd trigger, tap all cloudposts for 9 tap the forest and the 2 islands for UUG = 15 mana in mana pool. cast prototype portal for 4, imprint mindslaver. spent 10 mana for the copy and activate it. repeat for the rest of the game.

Oh yeah its infinite in the end but in a different way

June 25, 2015 2:55 a.m.

PepsiAddicted says... #11

Now that i think about it... I think i missed the point of this thread, sry

June 25, 2015 2:56 a.m.

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