Modern Budget Ideas
Modern forum
Posted on May 24, 2015, 2:19 p.m. by JANKYARD_DOG
My LGS is starting a modern event soon and the opportunity to play more magic is great, except I have no modern deck and my cards suck. The best I was able to come up with was pretty much shot down. So! looking for budget ideas in modern from the tappedout community. Not looking to copy anyone's builds, just general ideas so I can see what my options are. Thanks!
What's your budget? What colors do you want to play? Do you have any shock/fetch lands already?
May 24, 2015 2:22 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #4
Sorry, forgot to add in $20-40 is optimal. Colors I'm pretty flexable with, though not big on mono blue. No I don't own any shocks/fetchs, a few tapped lands.
May 24, 2015 2:32 p.m.
$20-$40? I can't think of a single thing you could viably play.
May 24, 2015 3:06 p.m.
Programmer_112 says... #9
On second thought, mono-green Stompy isn't that bad, although it's a bit out of your budget. You might be able to build something like that.
May 24, 2015 3:31 p.m.
Ghostkitten2 says... #10
Allies are fun, quite cheap and have been slowly gaining more support and will probably get more cards in battle for zendikar.
May 24, 2015 4:16 p.m.
This list placed 2nd at an event recently and can be built for $35. Hope this helps!
May 24, 2015 4:29 p.m.
A strong one is Jund Living End with no Fulminator Mage and all basic lands. It can be built for about $40-50, and either that or Mono-Green Aggro will definitely put up the best results out there for you. Do you happen to know what your meta looks like?
May 24, 2015 4:58 p.m.
JANKYARD_DOG says... #13
No clue yet what the meta looks like as my LGS hasn't hosted one yet. It's still in the works, just deciding on the 'when in the week'. The Mono green seems like a solid idea though, maybe try to tweek it a bit so I'm not stealing someone elses thunder. Will look up the Jund Living End though, see what it's about.
May 24, 2015 5:17 p.m.
Mono red goblins without the Aether vials and goblin guides might be cheap. A friend of mine runs that and his list is solid for the most part though he agrees he'd rather have the vials and guides.
May 24, 2015 5:29 p.m.
notamardybum says... #16
You can make an ultra budget deliver deck I'm sure...probably mono blue
May 24, 2015 5:44 p.m.
Just go mono red burn without Guide. That will make it for the 40$. Bolts arent't that expensive.
May 24, 2015 6 p.m.
My idea, tested for over a year, works quite good. Half of the deck price is Spellskite - cut them out, put two another Judge's Familiar instead and you can go. Can't beat merfolks so far, but if Twin, Tron etc. won't have perfect draws to start their win cons before turn 5, there is at least a good option for you to make a real mess and have a lot of fun about it ;)
May 24, 2015 7:14 p.m.
Here, check some of my budget fun decks, usually I keep most of them private since I'm too lazy to write a description and I don't really care about views or score.
Interplanar Army (Infantry) Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 2 | 0 COMMENTS | 231 VIEWS
(Budget) Lifegain Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 33 VIEWS
Hyper-aggro turn 2-3 win Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 15 VIEWS
(budget) Mono black control/aggro Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 1 VIEWS
Torpor orb combo fun Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 13 | 4 COMMENTS | 10391 VIEWS(Budget) Myrs with Balls of steel Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 0 | 0 COMMENTS | 2 VIEWS
Saproling vengeance Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 15 | 6 COMMENTS | 7716 VIEWS
Fun with Deathtouch Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 9 | 4 COMMENTS | 930 VIEWS
You shall not pass! (Walls/Defenders, Budget) Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 3 | 0 COMMENTS | 440 VIEWS
Aggro ramp monogreen Playtest
Modern*
SCORE: 1 | 0 COMMENTS | 88 VIEWS
Interplanar Army (Cavalry) Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 4 | 0 COMMENTS | 637 VIEWS
Too many win conditions Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 6 | 0 COMMENTS | 643 VIEWS
Cheapskate's Eldrazi Playtest
Modern
SCORE: 3 | 1 COMMENTS | 950 VIEWSPD: do not trust TCG's pricing, it usually lists prices at random instead of the cheapest price, I usually assume the real price is about 60-75% of the listed price, and some times is even cheaper.
May 24, 2015 7:53 p.m.
Square_Nacho says... #20
Could go for Infect? I'm not too sure how expensive it's gotten but I'm pretty sure there was a budget list around here somewhere
May 24, 2015 8:07 p.m.
SpartanCEL says... #21
No idea on price, but my friend's old Champion of the Parish mono white human tribal was punishing. It couldn't be much because he doesn't spend a lot of money.
Maybe build part of a modern deck and swap out cards when you can? Modern abzan runs Siege Rhino which is in standard. So do you have any standard competitive decks? While it's a long shot if you have a great hand vs a bad hand you could win but our chances are slim.
I'd just go with living end, cheep without certain cards
May 24, 2015 8:17 p.m.
It would be possible to build a farily good White Weenie. Champion of the Parish, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Gather the Townsfolk, etc wouldn't be that bad.
May 24, 2015 9 p.m.
Honkytonk2 says... #24
Swans can be had really cheap 4 seismic assult for swans of bryn argol 4 treasure hunt and some mana fixing lands
CharlesMandore says... #2
Burn, mono red burn is the easiest to pilot, and can be one of the cheapest builds.
May 24, 2015 2:21 p.m.