Budget modern

[General Kiwi]

You can build mono black 8 rack for around $40. You just use spot removal like {victim of night} or {doom blade} instead of {ensnaring bridge} and {blackmail} instead of {thoughtseize} and {duress} instead of {inquisition of kozilek} and {necrogen mists} instead of {liliana of the veil}. There are also a couple of creatures you can experiment with such as {nezumi shortfang} and {nyxathid} and {liliana's specter} with {liliana's caress} and there's a one or two drop black creature with an upkeep trigger that I forget the name of at the moment. Its not super competitive but its heaps of fun to play. Its how I started out in modern before i accumulated the more expensive cards and then splashed white for {path to exile} and {disenchant} and {leyline of sanctity} in the sideboard.

My man 8 rack needs the expensive cards just to be relevant.......

I never said it was competitive. Just that it is a great starting point and heaps of fun to play. And for an unprepared meta it actually can be semi competitive for a time. Then you focus on learning your deck and its interactions involving its main cards so when you finally do upgrade and splash a second colour you already know a lot of its intricacies. And this is a deck that costs hundreds of dollars instead of thousands and is not super complicated so it is a fine option for entry to modern. I can say this from experience. Give it a go before you judge!

I do give it a go all the time. 8 rack is my favorite deck. I will probably take it to gp charolette over bloom titan. I understand what you are saying but without the high end pieces it is not even competitive because your opponent has too much time to recover.

[Indianslayer]

Decided to go with mono green infect. Had some cards for it already, so I thought to myself "it must be done". Thanks for the suggestions

[General Kiwi]

Decided to go with mono green infect. Had some cards for it already, so I thought to myself "it must be done". Thanks for the suggestions

Good choice