Relatively cheap ideas for a Modern deck
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 21, 2013, 11:48 a.m. by Grimaldii
Hey folks!,
I think I've taken my modern deck, A Hard Pil(i-Pala) to Swallow, almost as far as it can go, and I'm looking for a new challenge.
Can anyone suggest any budget Modern decks? I'm interested in tribal, and especially artifact affinity, but acquiring a playset of both Inkmoth Nexus and Blinkmoth Nexus cards are kind of out of my range!
Open to any suggestions!
You can make it cheaper by dropping Cavern of Souls and Blood Moon .
February 21, 2013 3:37 p.m.
Check out my Pyro Ascension deck. Wins on turn 4/5 and the only expensive cards are the lands (I still need 3x Scalding Tarn and 2x Misty Rainforest ). However, that's a lot cheaper than something like jund, which needs 4x Dark Confidant and 4x Tarmogoyf .
February 22, 2013 4:13 a.m.
CHeap modern decks include but are not limited to: U/G infect, Pyromancer Ascension storm, mono red goblins, battle bots, R/B burn, Second breakfast, soul sisters, and enchantress.
February 23, 2013 5:09 p.m.
DocLawless says... #6
Define exactly what your range is. Everyone's definition of budget is a little different. I built a Modern affinity deck, and the Inkmoth/Blinkmoth sets were among the least of my expenditures for it.
I've not spent a ton of money on my Modern burn deck though. I could spend a ton of money on it, and that may be a project for the future, but the "budget" version of my deck is still a turn 4/5 win.
February 23, 2013 6:36 p.m.
I kind of ran with Azure124's idea of a pump infect deck and made An Incredibly Alliterative Increasing Infect Deck, I already had some pieces so it wasn't that bad. I'm generally looking for options under $100. I already have another modern deck that I sunk a lot into, and I need something cheap to focus on.
May run with the Goblins idea too. My problem is I haven't been playing long, and don't have a massive collection, so often I'm buying from scratch!
February 23, 2013 6:51 p.m.
DocLawless says... #8
Infect is a lot of fun, and can be built on the cheap. And people usually freak out when you start handing out poison counters. (Well, they do at my LGS in any case.) And if you find yourself in a position later to spend more money on improving it, you already have a solid base.
February 23, 2013 6:55 p.m.
Yeah, that's how I usually roll, start with a solid base and spend on it over time. That 2012 illusion event deck 'Illusionary Might' was a fantastic springboard for me into the game!
February 23, 2013 7:03 p.m.
DocLawless says... #10
That's how I feel about the Wrack and Rage event deck from the RTR game day. Granted, there's almost nothing from that deck that I'm using in my R/B now, but sometimes it's just about the experience.
Oh, and watch out for Melira, Sylvok Outcast .
February 23, 2013 7:11 p.m.
Yeah, she's very narrow though, I KNOW what most of my opponents would play, and they won't be running her, though they might when I start playing infect, haha. Hopefully I can just straight up kill her, as she is just a 2/2 with no evasion, or I may add some Dismember s.
February 23, 2013 7:23 p.m.
If infect doesn't work out for you, I've heard that monoblue tron can be pretty cheap. I don't play tron personally because I can't stand the archetype but it's definitely worth checking out if you enjoy that sort of thing. Most monoblue tron decklists Ive seen run for under a hundred dollars and you can probably get away with paying a bit less.
February 24, 2013 2:57 p.m.
the3rdH0kage says... #13
Perfect decklist for cheap modern
36 Relentless Rats 24 Swamp
February 27, 2013 9:01 p.m.
Relentless Rats without Thrumming Stone? Where is the fun in that?
February 28, 2013 7:56 p.m.
I looked that deck idea with the Relentless Rats up, thinking I could get them really cheap, evidently they jumped in value with the pure rat decks and they're about $2.99 :/
March 1, 2013 11:25 a.m.
@Alonzo: I wanted to make a rat deck for edh with Marrow-Gnawer as my commander, but can you imagine buying something like 30 or 40 Relentless Rats at $2.99 a pop?
March 1, 2013 7:31 p.m.
the3rdH0kage says... #17
They did ride then, they were cheaper when I looked them up.
March 3, 2013 10:57 p.m.
the3rdH0kage says... #18
They did rise then, they were cheaper when I looked them up.
March 3, 2013 10:57 p.m.
lookoutimscary says... #20
Death and Taxes is one of the cheapest competitive modern deck at only around $225, check out my deck The Two Things You Can Count On!
Azure124 says... #2
Pump infect
February 21, 2013 12:53 p.m.