![]() ![]() As such, decks like Eldrazi Stompy and Eldrazi Tron (which also utilizes Chalice) are at their best when Chalice of the Void is a powerful play in Modern. One of the broken things it can do is cast Chalice of the Void for X = 1 on the first turn of the game. Eldrazi Stompy/Eldrazi TronĮldrazi Stompy looks to use Serum Powder, Simian Spirit Guide, and Eldrazi Temple to maximize its broken starts. While neither holds the throne today, both are still fine choices for a tournament, though I would give an edge to Humans over Spirits. Regardless, Humans and Spirits are both doing powerful things, and the recipe of pressure + disruption that they adhere to is always a recipe for success in Modern. As such, Humans might be primed for a return. ![]() But with Humans gone, some of the top decks that emerged to combat Spirits and the rest of the format are pretty bad matchups for Spirits (Grixis Death’s Shadow, Burn). Supreme Phantom’s printing in M19 was just enough to push Spirits into the top seat as “Better Humans,” which caused the Humans deck to largely vanish. Humans was at one point so dominant, that people were calling for bans for the deck. Modern’s best tribal decks have had an interesting year. This is one to watch, and I could see rising through the ranks for our next update. Because top decks are opting for efficiency and speed rather than threat diversity, prison decks seem well-suited to attack the format, and we’ve seen 4C Prison put up some results recently. Many of the top decks in Modern right now are highly streamlined to execute one gameplan, leaning heavily on either creatures to kill or spells to kill. It finds the relevant pieces with the namesake Whir of Invention and Ancient “Still Not Banned” Stirrings, then protects them Welding Jar. With artifacts like Ensnaring Bridge, Chalice of the Void, Witchbane Orb, and Sorcerous Spyglass, the deck can effectively shut down any deck in Modern. The spiritual successor of Lantern Control, 4C Whir Prison is a Lantern-less Lantern deck. Choosing a deck this powerful is rarely an awful choice, but once players start adjusting, I’d switch to something else. Nonetheless, Dredge is doing a fundamentally broken, powerful thing, and it has really good Game 1’s. However, Dredge is a bit of an anomaly on this list, as I do not believe it to be a great choice in the coming weeks, especially as players stock up on graveyard hate to target decks like UR Phoenix. As such, Dredge has a tiny window right now (probably last weekend, maybe into this one) where it’s well-positioned. Let’s take a look at how the top decks have changed since the last update in November 2018! And even back to July 2018!ĭredge’s popularity ebbs and flows with the prevalence of graveyard hate, and with the KCI menace only recently dispatched, many players have yet to adjust their sideboards accordingly. Like a Simic Crab Elf Ooze, Modern is a squishy, mutating format where the top decks are always in flux. ![]()
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