Manaless dredge?
Modern forum
Posted on July 21, 2015, 4:16 a.m. by allthingsMTG
I have been thinking, with the unbanning of Golgari Grave-Troll and most of the pieces minus Ichorid and Nether Shadow being modern legal (unless some are banned and I'm just stupid) would a manaless dredge deck for modern be viable with some tweaking?
Neither of those cards are banned but they are not allowed in modern as they were never printed in a modern legal set.
July 21, 2015 4:22 a.m.
allthingsMTG says... #4
JWiley129 well I am stupid lol, thanks guess I will have to settle for mono white and unburial rites and see if that works
July 21, 2015 4:22 a.m.
the key card that modern dredge is missing is Dread Return, which is still banned in modern. with no free mana rocks like Chrome Mox to use simple spells like Faithless Looting, you just don't have any way of finishing the game off effectively. Wizards is specifically stated they don't want dredge to be a thing in modern.
July 21, 2015 4:30 a.m.
allthingsMTG says... #7
GoofyFoot it is ironic that the card they decide to unban is a pretty decent dredge enabler since they don't want it to be a thing, but I don't care so I will make it work anyways lol
July 21, 2015 4:33 a.m.
Yeah, Golgari Grave-Troll has proven to be pretty fair in Modern. The card that really breaks the Dredge deck open is Dread Return, where you can get free Trolls or go with the Vintage kill condition of Flame-Kin Zealot.
July 21, 2015 4:39 a.m.
I play a Rites deck, and its nasty as all hell man. I tried to do Zombie Infestation Dredge, but ended up where I am now, and haven't changed. I wish Dredge/manaless dredge would be good enough, but hey. Mana is mana.
July 21, 2015 10:02 p.m.
I don't think it can be understated how good Cabal Therapy and Ichorid really are.
Dredge is really a combo deck built around Bridge from Below. What enables Manaless Dredge to function is Legacy is its ability to get triggers off of Bridge from Below. While Dread Return is a key part to it, you have to be able to do something with the creature you bring back. Having 10 2/2 Zombie tokens does that.
JWiley129 says... #2
the card you want, but is banned, is Dread Return. Without a free Reanimate effect, manaless dredge can't work.
July 21, 2015 4:21 a.m.