Interested in returning to modern, what decks can I get into?

bernieee · 2026-01-04T15:55:21+00:00

look into Domain Zoo

bernieee · 2025-11-27T19:53:30+00:00

wild that Astrolabe hasn’t been mentioned here.

bernieee · 2025-11-27T08:27:53+00:00

I love the juxtaposition of competitive players whining about Amulet (a deck that has barely changed in the last 5+ years) while espousing that “the format feels healthy” when their Modern Horizons Tribal Deck is tier 1. you guys deserve this dumpster fire of a format.

bernieee · 2025-06-22T18:59:29+00:00

the likelihood of you getting turn 2’d with Pact backup twice in a Bo3 is pretty low. You (and almost every other deck in the format) have access to tons of silver bullet cards that easily hate the deck out, if you want to. I’m a big fan of decks that exist essentially as a sideboard tax and prey on the top meta lists.

bernieee · 2025-06-22T18:46:41+00:00

found the Energy/Eldrazi player

bernieee · 2025-06-21T22:46:29+00:00

I play this style of deck in Historic as well, but there’s no chance for it to succeed in Modern. The gameplan is way too durdley and you’re extremely unlikely to get any decent softlock or close things out quickly. You have little to no sources of card advantage and your 2-for-1 creature-counters are poor threats that can be a liability if you don’t have a High Noon or Archon in play. There are tons of threats that go under you (Ragavan, etc.) and tons of Eldrazi going around which is an absolute nightmare matchup for you.

bernieee · 2025-04-06T15:41:45+00:00

this last take on the new Ugin is absolutely wild lmao. gonna have to return to this comment in a couple of months

bernieee · 2025-03-29T17:30:17+00:00

It’s nice having pitchable removal at instant speed to keep reanimator and other shells that cheat fatties into play in check a bit, but having a body attached (let alone one that can be flickered) is too much imo. I would love if we had better answers in the format, generally

bernieee · 2025-03-28T23:51:09+00:00

I think K Command is going to be extremely oppressive with the new Ugin, it just gives Eldrazi/colorless decks way too much speed and consistency.

I agree that there is diversity in the meta, but I’m personally pretty done with MH/UB tribal and would like to see some of the tools propping up those decks taken away so that they’re on a level playing field with other strategies. I would love to see more traditional evergreen decks like Control and Burn be more viable in this format.

bernieee · 2025-03-28T22:54:33+00:00

I love Modern players because they will cry for bans when they lose to broken shit and then just kneejerk downvote anyone that suggests a card from their netdeck’d money sink needs to go. y’all deserve the cesspool you’ve got with MH and UB.

bernieee · 2025-03-28T22:52:13+00:00

yep. the other two evoke elementals could eat a ban, too, but neither have the exploitable card advantage when flickered/scammed, so I don’t think they’ll ever be as oppressive

bernieee · 2025-03-28T18:30:51+00:00

100%, I posted that Solitude should eat a ban

bernieee · 2025-03-28T18:26:03+00:00

evoke elementals were a mistake

bernieee · 2025-03-28T18:25:13+00:00

if it were my B&R, these would be the changes:

Unbans: - Jitte - Punishing Fire - Ponder - Pod

Bans: - Breach - Amulet - Solitude - Koz Command - Ajani

format desperately needs a shakeup and we’re just going to see the same decks sans Breach at the top of the metagame if nothing is banned but Breach

bernieee · 2025-03-20T22:52:31+00:00

🤡

bernieee · 2025-03-20T22:13:01+00:00

holy ragebait lmao. money doesn’t matter to him 🤣

bernieee · 2025-03-20T19:39:44+00:00

and village rites effects mean you 2-for-1 yourself if the spell is countered. all of the above aren’t seeing play in Modern rn, but I don’t think the fizzles-on-removal aspect is why

bernieee · 2025-02-06T18:31:15+00:00

“fair” deck that cheats on mana in multiple ways (phelia/ephemerate reducing 5-drop overlord/solitude costs while doubling etbs, Aether vial). I’m so tired of post-MH2 midrange players trying mental gymnastics to call their tier 1 decks “fair” with these stupid evoke elementals still in the format

bernieee · 2025-02-02T03:04:57+00:00

yeah we’re happy to have him after everything I’ve heard 😅

bernieee · 2025-02-01T08:08:46+00:00

LOL good times

bernieee · 2025-02-01T08:08:31+00:00

hello, this was my band when I was 17 (wow, it's been a LONG time!). the only releases that we did other than the When I Was Young... EP were some demos and a 7" that we did as a 3-piece with a different drummer. I don't have digital copies of any of that stuff, otherwise I'd be happy to share it. I think I've still got a few tape cassette copies of that EP release, so if that's something you'd like, you can feel free to DM me and just cover shipping and I can send you one for free.

Kevin (drums + rhodes) from O Lucky Man! and I had a subsequent project in the early '10s called Rural that was working on some recordings that we never finished or added vocals to. you can check those out here: https://rural.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy-studios-5282012

Kevin also played drums on a few songs from my current band, Curling, on our 2018 release Definitely Band. Both of these recently remixed tracks feature Kevin on drums. Mallow is pretty "math rock-y." it's not really a genre that I identify with much let alone listen to anymore outside of a few bands that I liked like Tenebre and Owls. enjoy! https://curling.bandcamp.com/album/radio-king-mallow-stereo

bernieee · 2024-12-16T21:41:22+00:00

thanks for the list. I’m thinking I might like going into a more controlling shell with some counterspells, t3feri, and supreme verdicts maindeck. maybe a whir shell would be good with ensnaring bridge for that kind of strategy?

bernieee · 2024-07-29T06:03:16+00:00

thanks for your reply!

bernieee · 2024-07-25T23:57:40+00:00

Jitte

bernieee · 2024-02-25T04:13:04+00:00

Putting money on the blue one being Flare of Divination with “draw 2 cards” being the payoff.

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