Selesnya Hexproof Auras

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Okay here is the deck. This is Reid Duke's Selesnya Hexproof Auras and it took 2nd at the 2013 World Championship for Modern. I want to make this as my first deck in Modern but I don't want to spend $400 on lands. I know that the lands are extremely important and will eventually try to get them but for now I just want to functionally finish it. The question is what lands do I run to make the deck as efficient as possible while spending a minimum amount of cash.

1  {Dryad Arbor}
1  {Forest}
4  {Horizon Canopy}
3  {Misty Rainforest}
4  {Razorverge Thicket}
4  {Temple Garden}
3  {Verdant Catacombs}
1  {Wooded Bastion}
21 lands

4  {Gladecover Scout}
4  {Kor Spiritdancer}
4  {Slippery Bogle}
12 creatures

4  {Daybreak Coronet}
4  {Ethereal Armor}
4  {Hyena Umbra}
4  {Keen Sense}
4  {Rancor}
4  {Spider Umbra}
3  {Unflinching Courage}
27 other spells

Sideboard
2  {Dismember}
1  {Grafdigger's Cage}
4  {Leyline of Sanctity}
2  {Path to Exile}
2  {Rest in Peace}
3  {Stony Silence}
1  {Suppression Field}

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

Right now I am thinking:
4x {Temple Garden}
4x {Sunpetal Grove}
4x {Razorverge Thickets}
4x {Wooded Bastion}

with the rest of the lands though I don't want to run basic lands but might have no choice.

[imthelolrus]

Ive been playing this deck and its really fun and can end games Quickly or kinda flounder. You're not going to like what I have to say but it really needs  {Horizon Canopy} eventually. Mostly for the mid/late game when you draw he useless scouts/boggles, and have to fish for an aura.

Not necessary ATM since you're just building it. I wouldn't even bother with that many wooded bastions maybe 1-2 but  {Brushland} will work just fine

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

So:
4x {Temple Garden}
4x {Sunpetal Grove}
4x {Razorverge Thickets}
2x {Wooded Bastion}
4x {Brushland}
2x {Dryad Arbor} (bumping it to 2 because of the lack of fetches)
and one {Forest} or {Plains}

I will eventually get the {Horizon Canopy}s and all of the rest of the lands but right now I am just trying to make the minimum.

[Mattao19]

The main problem with boggle is the sac problem. If they force you to sac a creature your screwed this is why you need to have a fetch land with {Dryad Arbor} IMO. But that's going to cost you some $$$

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

The main problem with boggle is the sac problem. If they force you to sac a creature your screwed this is why you need to have a fetch land with {Dryad Arbor} IMO. But that's going to cost you some $$$

I realize the purpose of all of lands, I have watched his deck tech and saw him play 3 rounds in the World Championship so I know how the deck works. I am going to get all the lands but for now I am just trying to get the thing together with duct tape.

[Mattao19]

I know it's unconventional and not really modern worthy but you can always run {Beckon Aparition} in you sb vs a deck that forces you to sac. That sweat I use in my standard deck. I know it's weird but it works and boy nobody sees it coming (I can understand why too lol)

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

I know it's unconventional and not really modern worthy but you can always run {Beckon Aparition} in you sb vs a deck that forces you to sac. That sweat I use in my standard deck. I know it's weird but it works and boy nobody sees it coming (I can understand why too lol)

Yeah, I use it in my Modern deck. It's also pretty fun against graveyard stuff because you exile the cards so their spell or ability doesn't resolve.

[imthelolrus]

 {Fists of Ironwood} can get around Lilly too

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

{Fists of Ironwood} can get around Lilly too

So does {Selesnya Charm} and it pumps and it exiles big stuff; its SO undervalued. I figured out that the price to buy the deck (what I still need of it) now on SCG is $506.21. I am thinking I have about $150 for the deck right now, I can probably get $100 each for my birthday (April) and Christmas so I will just have to figure it out. If for right now I swap out 1 of the {Horizon Canopy}s for {Brushland}s and take out like 3 of the fetches in favor of {Sunpetal Grove} I could knock $149 off the total and I could probably swing it.