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The Affinity deck is known as the fastest and most consistent aggressive deck in the format. However, it is also one of the most difficult decks in Magics history to pilot optimally. The goal of Affinity is to establish a strong board presence as fast as possible, using zero mana creatures such as Memnite and […]
The Modern Ad Nauseam deck revolves around a two-card combo of Ad Nauseam and Angel’s Grace or Phyrexian Unlife that aims to win on turn 4. The aim of the deck is to ramp to six mana using some combination of Lotus Bloom, Pentad Prism, and Simian Spirit Guide. Once the player has six mana, […]
Abzan company is an extremely consistent and powerful combo deck that aims to assemble Viscera Seer with either Melira, Sylvok Outcast or Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit and then finally Kitchen Finks or Murderous Redcap. The combo works in the following way: you sacrifice Kitchen Finks or Murderous Redcap with Viscera Seer. The creature dies. Persist triggers […]
The decks here are presented in alphabetical order. Deck names are followed by the archetype and tier.Note on language: In this primer, combo decks are those that aim to win the game in one shot with some kind of loop or other card interaction.Synergistic decks aim to assemble groups of cards, like a combo, but […]
Green is primarily recognized as a midrange colour with options that either become better as the game progresses, or that cost a large amount of mana. However, certain decks have been known to lean on green as an aggression enabler (see Infect as an example). Green is also valued as a colour that has ways […]
Red was traditionally known as a very aggressive colour that has poorer options as the game gets longer, however to some extent this is no longer true. The colour certainly has many excellent spells and creatures that fill the 1 to 2 mana range, but has also been increasingly given more midrange options that fill […]
Black is known for creature removal, as well as the best hand disruption options in the format. Whilst black has some fantastic creatures, it does not have many. Its main weaknesses, however, are struggling to deal with artifacts and enchantments, and playing aggressively. For these reasons it sees large amounts of play in controlling and […]
Blue is well known for counterspells, tempo plays, and card draw. It is a colour that is somewhat weak when played on its own, but extremely strong in conjunction with others. The reason for this weakness is because it has few truly top tier creature choices or win conditions. Top blue spells are Mana Leak, […]
White is appreciated in modern mainly for two things – small creatures with upsides and removal. The “white weenie” strategy is popular in all formats, and Modern is no exception. In fact it is so popular it has spawned its own archetype – Hatebears. Hatebears are white creatures that are around 2 mana and have […]
Combo decks differ from all other archetypes due to the fact that they do not have to win the game at any particular point. Many combo decks are designed to operate as quickly as possible, but are not aggressive in terms of the damage they do; instead, the way they go about winning the game […]