Help Choosing

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Posted on May 30, 2014, 11:33 p.m. by Brett05

Hey Guys, just looking for some opinions as I haven't played modern in a few months. Monday I am going to be getting about $7500 worth of cards, courtesy of a friend who owns a shop, and was wondering if I could get some input on some decks to get. I will definitely be either rebuilding my BUG deck or Jund, and would like to get some opinions on the competitiveness of both at this point, and would also like at least one combo deck and one aggro deck. I'm between Splinter Twin and Scapeshift, and between Zoo and Affinity (leaning towards affinity). Also wanting to build American Control or Mid range. Thanks for any help.

Kravian says... #2

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. No great suggestions (except that I would play Twin over scapeshift) . . . but wow, that is a friend I'd like to meet ;)

May 30, 2014 11:37 p.m.

InconspicuousPotato says... #3

Um you must be getting a shitload of good cards in playsets if you're somehow able to build 3-4 decks from it. I mean, the mana bases alone for each of those together would cost $7500.

But skepticism aside, I would build Jund, Twin, Affinity, and 'Murcan Control. But I have no clue how you plan to pull this off with only $7500.

May 30, 2014 11:51 p.m.

APPLE01DOJ says... #4

I vote American Control & Zoo. I think those decks would be the most fun.

May 30, 2014 11:52 p.m.

Blakkhand says... #5

Zoo is kind of not the best, but all of the other options seem absolutely fine.

May 31, 2014 1:07 a.m.

bigv54 says... #6

Look at the tcg player price for those decks again dude, he could make all of them and still have a grand left

May 31, 2014 6:59 a.m.

GlistenerAgent says... #7

I personally love Zoo (the big Knight of the Reliquary and Thundermaw Hellkite version, not the Kird Ape version), but I think your aggro deck of choice should be Affinity, as it is really good and likely won't stop being really good without bannings.

I think Scapeshift should be your combo pick over Splinter Twin , just because I personally feel it is much more fun to play. It's your call as to which one you actually want to play, but that's just my belief.

I think that UWR Control is the more powerful and prominent deck, but UWR Geist midrange is also a really fun deck to play if you like Geist of Saint Traft and burn spells (along with your usual control stuff, it's just less boring and can win really quickly in some games).

May 31, 2014 6:54 p.m.