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I´m a commander player looking to get into modern for a more competitive environment since my lgs hosts modern tournaments every Friday.

I´ve been looking online for deck ideas and I´ve been liking the esper decks (goryos, blink), however whenever I see a tier list, or meta breakdown online (mainly youtube), it seems like Boros energy is the best deck by a lot.

So my question is, would I still have a real chance of winning with an esper deck or should I just build Boros energy and call it a day ?

Hello,

Im struggling to beat [[Psychic Frog]], soecially when it gets played on T2,

Unless I have Tron, Thougth-Knot, Karn, Dismember and Glaring Fleshraker aren't answers - the fog can either resist them, or they are too slow, or a single counter ruins the plan... etc. While they keep growing cards.

Even Kozilek's command can be a bit slow, specially when they play free counters

Any ideas? Whats your plan aginst it?

Thanks

So I haven’t played MTG since university and I decided to do 2 things. Bought two 2 deck starters to teach my kid (FF and Bloomburrow and then found out she’s too young) and bought a commander deck (which wasn’t a thing when I played, secrets of strixhaven: silverquill experience). Any advice for me?

We are a slowly growing discord group with a focus on competitive RCQ/RC formats. We are looking for more members that want to discuss strategy and help each other improve.

In the past I have been trying to focus on having playtesting nights, but that has been very hard (adulting FTL), so the discord group is starting to shift more toward having members post interesting screenshots or even full videos with the goal of disecting lines of gameplay.

If this is something that you would be interested in let me know either through a reply in this thread or in a DM.

Is Lava Dart really better than lightning bolt in izzet prowes? Haven't played modern in 7 years.

Hi everyone!

I'd like to hear your thoughts on Devoted Druid Combo in the current Modern meta. I'm thinking about building it as my second Modern deck to improve as a player, and the deck looks really fun.

Right now I don't have a finalized list. I've seen a lot of different builds online—some play 4 Birds of Paradise, some only 1, some run Ouroboroid, others go with Craterhoof Behemoth—so I'm pretty undecided about which version is best.

Do you have any advice or recommendations? Thanks a lot!

Sold out of Modern during Covid. Been playing EDH and Arena since then (standard, pioneer, draft), so its not like I've had my head under a rock, just haven't really wanted to get back into competitive paper magic.

I finally got the itch to play in paper again. My favorite format on arena (pioneer) is unfortunately dead in paper. Standard sucks. Legacy and premodern aren't proxy friendly in my area. Tried pauper, lots of fun, but its only one night a week at my shop, and sometimes its just fun to do higher power stuff. So, I came crawling back lol.

I recognize that like I gotta just play stuff to really see what I like, so I guess I'm mostly asking what deck should I play first such that:

• i will actually learn the format

• i won't get bored to tears by repetitive decision making

• i probably won't get rug pulled in the forseeable future

I'm open to a wide range of gameplay, but if you really need a starting point: in pioneer I mainly play Cat Food and various other BX midrange piles.

I think it would’ve been better if they were all 3cmc sorceries that aren’t really played.

Cultivate
Divination
Mind Rot
Ect ect.

I've been playing MTG since 2016 after switching over from Yugioh (great decision btw). I've mainly been playing standard and limited fromats for the past couple years and haven't really touched paper magic since covid.

Now I wanted to spice things up a little again since I'm currently very burnt out on standard and limited is 50% UB sets I'm just not interested in.

I've been looking into modern for a couple days now and want to try it out on MTGO. If I like it I want to make it my entry point into paper magic again since there are many modern events in my area and I really want to play with actual cards again.

My main questions would be:

-What are some good meta decks to check out as someone with very little knowledge about the format? I generally enjoy playing midrange, ramp or control the most.

-Are the "budget decks" on goldfish any good?

-What are some paper products modern players usually buy? Is buying modern horizons/masters sets on release worth it? (Of course buying packs in TCGs is never worth it, but you get what I mean. Can you actually get some worthwhile stuff from these products?)

-Do you like boros energy players?

-What's the best pizza topping?

Thanks in advance, everyone.

how is Boros Ponza's place in the meta today? and what are it's best and worst match-ups?

Is Boros the best version? I was thinking of splashing blue for some interaction. Thoughts on Jeskai Ponza?

I've been testing a budget version of Izzet Wizards and found this list top four. Sweet list. Interesting splash for W6, esp given high prevalence of spell snare in the meta.

Curious on the community's thoughts, maybe the deck owner will see this.

https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-96-2026-06-2912845943

creature (8)

4 Snapcaster Mage 4 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student

instant (26)

4 Counterspell 4 Flame of Anor 3 Force of Negation 4 Galvanic Discharge 2 Invert Polarity 3 Lightning Bolt 1 Sink into Stupor 3 Spell Snare 2 Traumatic Critique

land (22)

2 Breeding Pool 1 Fiery Islet 1 Hedge Maze 3 Island 1 Lonely Sandbar 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Otawara, Soaring City 1 Polluted Delta 4 Scalding Tarn 3 Steam Vents 1 Thundering Falls

planeswalker (4)

4 Wrenn and Six

60 Cards

Sideboard (15)

2 Blood Moon 4 Consign to Memory 2 Fire Magic 3 Meltdown 2 Veil of Summer 2 Vexing Bauble

I keep thinking about this combo, I would have 4 mana T2 - Mwonvuli Acid Moss is 4 mana, Annex is 4 mana. Thoughts?

Edit:Guys! Think about it. T2 you Annex or Mwonvuli acid moss advancing your board and setting you opponent back a turn then on t3 you can pls a 6 drop.

I am building grixis reanimator, and I was wondering if there is a good temporary replacement for Archon of cruelty? It seems to be sold out around me and I'm hoping to start playing the deck this week. Thanks!

During the last modern pro tour, the participants on modern leagues cratered, I think a 64 had barely 40 people.

Makes you think just who you're playing and practicing against at times.

if im playing esper goryo riddler and i have all the cards, but im missing 1 force of negation and 2 riddlers what should i replace it with