How can you make Bruna work in Modern?
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Posted on March 23, 2013, 5:45 p.m. by TransMarx
I have 3 of them and want to build something but everything comes out to slow! I was thinking maybe do something with Goryo's Vengeance and Unburial rights what do you guys thinks? any other Ideas?
She makes an interesting commander, if you're into that format. But I don't think she really has a home in standard or modern though.
Modern Aura decks tend to curve off at 4 mana (Thrun, the Last Troll ), and Sigarda, Host of Herons would be picked over her first anyway.
March 23, 2013 6:24 p.m.
That is true! I guess I can make an unfun control deck via enchantments!!!
March 23, 2013 6:25 p.m.
I have her I feel I might as well use her somehow! Outside of Commander, cause in all honesty if your playing aura's in EDH Zur is so much more superior!
March 23, 2013 6:26 p.m.
Timekeeper says... #7
I've had plenty of success with Bruna in EDH. I built the deck around her rather than Zur, so I use a lot of self mill to help get her in kill-mode on the first turn in which she can attack. You can't really say that either she or Zur is different, because they both use different strategies.
Check it out: Alabaster Goddess
March 23, 2013 10:40 p.m.
Timekeeper says... #8
To answer your original question, I would suggest taking the self-mill. Unburial Rites would probably be best for that, since you almost want to mill it along with your enchantments. After that, any powerful but expensive enchantments that Bruna can cheat into play can be win conditions for you. My favorite examples would probably be things like Eldrazi Conscription , Celestial Mantle , and the hard-castable-if-necessary Battle Mastery . Defensive enchantments like Indestructibility , Inviolability , and Spirit Mantle also help.
The tricky part I'd think would be finding efficient self-mill. My EDH deck uses Mirror-Mad Phantasm and Tunnel Vision -type effects, but those tend to be too expensive for modern. Forbidden Alchemy , Dream Twist , and even Chill of Foreboding will probably be closer to what you'd need.
March 23, 2013 10:51 p.m.
Chronic Flooding could also be good with the self mill idea. Traumatize does wonders
March 24, 2013 7:21 a.m.
Timekeeper says... #10
If you could Unburial Rites her onto the battlefield on T4 and then Traumatize on T5 before attacking, that basically be a guaranteed win. Good idea. : )
March 24, 2013 2:58 p.m.
Just make sure you got auras for unblockable, shroud/hexproof. Gotta keep her safe. Not to mention Eldrazi Conscription or Celestial Mantle
alpinefroggy says... #2
Bruna, Light of Alabaster is not really the thing you want to be reanimating or getting in to play. For reanimation you have Gifts decks with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite and Griselbrand builds. Bruna is decent but its not the semi-soft lock that is best.
March 23, 2013 6:04 p.m.