Smallpox/8Rack

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

I play a very similar deck and played it in an event yesterday. There was only two undefeated players going into the final round. Myself and a zoo player. Game one I was mana screwed and had no hope. Game two I had the advantage and would have won had he not top decked a burn spell at the worst possible time. Zoo is beatable but sometimes it's just too fast for you. In my opinion ensnaring bridge is the best card in the deck, but it still pretty much folds to leyline of sanctity. Living end is unwinnable if you can't get your ensnaring bridge out.

I have three copies of leyline of the void in my sideboard to combat living end and other such decks that rely heavily on their graveyard.

[Teysa karlov]

I play a very similar deck and played it in an event yesterday. There was only two undefeated players going into the final round. Myself and a zoo player. Game one I was mana screwed and had no hope. Game two I had the advantage and would have won had he not top decked a burn spell at the worst possible time. Zoo is beatable but sometimes it's just too fast for you. In my opinion ensnaring bridge is the best card in the deck, but it still pretty much folds to leyline of sanctity. Living end is unwinnable if you can't get your ensnaring bridge out.

I have three copies of leyline of the void in my sideboard to combat living end and other such decks that rely heavily on their graveyard.

I have some copies of Leyline, and I did have them in but I keep getting killed cos of bobbing them and never muligened into them. So I put in the relics. And the last living end player I faced had his living end surgically extracted which made me chuckle. And then game three he was about to living end me and I exiled his graveyard.

[Dmreiss]

Looking at 8Rack lists, why doesn't anyone play  {Megrim}?  For all the discarding, why not so a little damage as well?

[MisterJH]

Looking at 8Rack lists, why doesn't anyone play  {Megrim}?  For all the discarding, why not so a little damage as well?

Its slower than the 8 rack effects, and does less damage basically

Its a strongly controlling deck, it shouldnt needthat extra 2 damage per discard, and needs that mana for other stuff. Modern just doesnt like megrim

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

Also it's 3cmc. That's a bit high in this style of deck, especially when you are running {dark confidant}s. there are already too many 3cmc spells its not worth adding another for an effect that is basically redundant.

[MisterJH]

Also it's 3cmc. That's a bit high in this style of deck, especially when you are running {dark confidant}s. there are already too many 3cmc spells its not worth adding another for an effect that is basically redundant.

Thank you for reinforcing, Reinforcer

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

I've been called a lot of things, but never reinforcer! This could be the start of something ...

[MisterJH]

Its like Enforcer, which is also a sweet name

Reinforcer doesnt sound half bad at all man, you should definitely make it somethin

[Teysa karlov]

Gah i remember when i first started playing when i was real young and my bro had a rack deck -.- how i hated that card, i thought it was the best card in the world at the time

It
The
Best
Card
In
The
World

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

I love the original artwork.

[Teysa karlov]

Lastnight came third at the local FNM modern event with this deck.
Lost round 1 to my mate playing UR tempomancer 0-2

Won round 2 against affinity 2-1 won both games on 1 life.

Won round 3 against BWR midrange 2-0. Got {ensnaring bridge} racked his to dead.

Won round 4 against WBG tokens.

[Teysa karlov]

List updated.
-4 {dark confident}
+1 {Raven's Crime}
+3 {waste not}

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

Do enchantments give you much trouble? I'm thinking about a white splash in my deck because it struggles against enchantment heavy decks. Mainly control decks that run a lot of {oblivion ring} and {detention sphere} type effects. Plus anything that runs {leyline of sanctity}, even though that is the minority.

[Teysa karlov]

Do enchantments give you much trouble? I'm thinking about a white splash in my deck because it struggles against enchantment heavy decks. Mainly control decks that run a lot of {oblivion ring} and {detention sphere} type effects. Plus anything that runs {leyline of sanctity}, even though that is the minority.

o ring and sphere can be a pain but I usually discard them before ther are. Leyline of sanctity is horrible, but even if it's down the board is usually in a stalemate. So I can wait if out and blow them up with {rachet bomb}

[Mr_Fahrenheit]

Yeah I was considering ratchet bomb but I think I would prefer to go with the white splash for {revoke existence} so I can deal with troublesome artifacts as well.  That way I can swap some of my creature removal for {path to exile}s. it's only going to be a very small white splash so I don't think it will put too much strain on my mana base.