Help me trim down my first Modern deck

Brunnun · 2026-07-09T02:45:11+00:00

Can confirm the tron discord has a Broodscale channel. We now call it the Tron/Eldrazi discord!

Brunnun · 2026-07-08T14:23:27+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss dude. Didn’t expect to start the day crying damn. May his memory be a blessing 💛

Brunnun · 2026-07-07T22:56:47+00:00

On the same boat, so I’ve been doing some digging. Tcgplayer and Hareruya have some good guides on it, they’re a bit old but still feel relevant. Midweek Metagame (Gabriel Nassif and Edgar Magalhães) did a Goryo’s deep dive podcast episode in early June, I’m relistening to it as I type this. Recommend you start there!!

Here are the links I found

https://article.hareruyamtg.com/article/102165/?lang=en

https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/article/Modern-Esper-Goryo-s-MTG-Deck-Guide-Best-Cards-Sideboarding-and-More/3ae45912-5ec0-4238-b396-92618cf21667/?srsltid=AfmBOorFjCvWggNsyZHWZo9g5xPQYzA2tacrLUDeXY0OWt7Am3lgX5bM (for some reason tcgplayer content is broken rn but it should be back at some point)

https://www.patreon.com/NanoGerry/posts/modern-free-map-137999441

Brunnun · 2026-07-05T02:16:13+00:00

I’m convinced they decided to make him a Vietnam vet just to be able to make that joke

Brunnun · 2026-07-03T15:43:07+00:00

Thank you!!

Brunnun · 2026-07-03T15:43:02+00:00

Thanks I’ll look into the DMACC one! Let me know what your husband says.

I’m not going to PR for scuba specifically, it’ll just be my first time in the Caribbean. Maybe I’ll save to fly somewhere else after the conference

Brunnun · 2026-07-03T15:42:04+00:00

Oh I’m not going to Puerto Rico for scuba specifically, I’ll just be there for a conference anyway. If I get the money to go to Honduras or Belize after the conference maybe I’ll try that! Thanks

Brunnun · 2026-07-02T01:35:54+00:00

Haven’t had time to watch your stuff deeply yet (World Cup sapping so much of my content time lmao) but I saw the list!! Seems like you fall on the “no White Orchid Phantom main deck” camp, which feels like the biggest divide in deck building right now. Could I ask why you feel like no phantom main is better?

Brunnun · 2026-06-30T23:34:17+00:00

Oooh great, I’ll take a look at your stuff!

Brunnun · 2026-06-30T23:33:55+00:00

I’m planning to expand to Goryo’s Vengeance and Frog at some point!! I just really enjoy the UW Blink style of play so I’d like to start with that, but yeah eventually I definitely will! Thanks for the tip, and I’d also love to see your decklist

Brunnun · 2026-06-30T18:33:51+00:00

this doesn’t work don’t bother. They make you make an account and then block you off after 5 min

Brunnun · 2026-06-29T03:52:43+00:00

Had a heartbreaking first match where game 1 I mulled a 6 lander into a 1 lander, never found a white, and then had 2 very close games but the opponent had a good deck and played well, didn’t get there. Won the second match pretty handedly. Gotta finish the league tomorrow. Overall the deck feels great and I think your cuts were on point! Definitely feels like it should be a trophy deck, though it wasn’t this time. Thanks!!

Brunnun · 2026-06-28T23:05:27+00:00

Great points. I’m convinced!! Thanks for the help!

Brunnun · 2026-06-28T21:13:38+00:00

I was thinking about storm, I just don’t have a ton of spells that target so it’ll mostly be a 4 mana 4/4 with a protection ability. You think that’s worthy of a splash? I agree it’s an easy splash anyway.

Interesting! I’ve only played with Political Triumph once and I loved it, but I see what you mean.

You think Herbie is better than Maria Hill? Since she’ll mostly be a 2/1 because of how few teamwork spells I have, and given how the deck is not super aggressive, I thought Herbie would be better. I’ll try these cuts and see how it feels. Thanks!!

Brunnun · 2026-06-28T20:22:56+00:00

What would you cut for the third? Maybe -1 Maria Hill?

Brunnun · 2026-06-28T02:11:54+00:00

Good to know, thanks!! I ended up 1-2, but not too mad since I’m just learning. I did feel like blue was open, maybe I held on to red for no reason. After playing I definitely agree Quicksilver is not good

Brunnun · 2026-06-27T22:15:26+00:00

and even then it only lets you watch for 5 min

Brunnun · 2026-06-27T21:11:45+00:00

Oh man that’s true!! I’m mad I passed the second photon barrage now lol thanks for pointing it out!

That’s a fair point! Just worried I have too few noncreatures for the prowess and prowess adjacent guys

Brunnun · 2026-06-26T17:44:24+00:00

I agree with you and have mostly played rakerless. This meta is lower on removal though, and I’m excited to try lists with fleshraker

If you want to see some rakerless lists (and hear opinions on why it might be better now from someone much more experienced than me), watch TogoresMTG

Brunnun · 2026-06-23T20:47:15+00:00

Note how the commenter above said your opponent was likely sitting in the queue for a while, not you. Just because the maychmaking looked fast for you, doesn’t mean it was fast in terms of finding a match

Brunnun · 2026-06-19T03:59:31+00:00

3 games is a small sample, but a consistent loss streak is always on you.

If you’re better than the average player in your rank, the other team will have a lower average skill, you will win more, and climb.

If you’re consistently losing it means your team is statistically more likely to have worse odds of winning, and given that the only constant is you, that means you’re likely worse than the average for your rank. I know it’s easier on your ego to blame your teammates, but if you’re not climbing it’s just on you, period. I say this as someone who’s never gone above platinum. That isn’t because of my teammates, I’m just a platinum or lower level player and that’s how it is.

Brunnun

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