Jeremy 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"\nHello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nFirst things first: For this month’s "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/"},"insert":"Card Kingdom"},{"insert":"-sponsored deckbuilding contest, we’re excited to announce that we will accept submissions on "},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"both"},{"insert":" Twitter and Archidekt! It’s taken a bit for us to hammer out the logistics, so we greatly appreciate everyone’s patience since we started these up.\n\nIn honor of this new era of contests, it feels appropriate that January’s prompt focuses on the Modern era of Magic. Our good friend Shivam Bhatt (host of the Casual Magic "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://casualmagic.libsyn.com/"},"insert":"podcast"},{"insert":" and "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrFii8lW7l7YEI9M-ZxCl-g"},"insert":"YouTube channel"},{"insert":") was curious to see what sort of Commander decks could be made using only cards from Modern-legal sets. How about we give him a nice sample size to peruse? Details below!\n\nWhat’s the contest all about?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Working within the parameters of the prompt provided below, construct a decklist with your own creative spin. Three chosen finalists will be awarded store credit to "},{"attributes":{"link":"cardkingdom.com"},"insert":"cardkingdom.com"},{"insert":". \n\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"This month, brew an EDH/Commander legal deck that only uses cards released as legal in the Modern format. This means only cards with versions printed in Standard-legal sets (and Modern Horizons) Eighth Edition onward are accepted. So no Sol Rings, Swords to Plowshares, or Command Towers! The Commander banlist is still in effect– the Modern banlist is not. "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNot sure exactly what qualifies as “Modern”? "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Modern"},"insert":"Check here"},{"insert":"! \n*NOTE* Anything that has technically made its way into Modern by way of the Throne of Eldraine brawl decks (i.e. Command Tower) should not be used. While technically Modern legal, it is not within the spirit of the prompt. \n\nHere’s how to participate:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Brew an EDH/Commander legal deck on Archidekt that satisfies the prompt.\nAny unreleased cards spoiled during the contest’s duration are allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Silver-bordered, while cool, are not allowed. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Digital-only cards (such as those designed for the Alchemy format on Arena) are not allowed."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Reply to either this newspost or the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt/status/1482138975204777984?s=20"},"insert":"announcement tweet"},{"insert":" from the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"@archidekt"},{"insert":" account on Twitter with a link to your deck before "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"9:00pm ET (UTC -5, currently) on Friday, January 21, 2022"},{"insert":". \nFrom the eligible submissions, we'll select three finalists with lists that we believe best embody the spirit of the prompt. Additional characteristics by which your deck may be judged include playability and uniqueness (i.e. “spice”); budget has no direct bearing on your chances to win. "},{"attributes":{"underline":true},"insert":"Deck descriptions are not required but certainly may provide valuable context!"},{"insert":"\n\nOn "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Saturday, January 22, 2022"},{"insert":", we'll tweet out a poll for the community to vote on its favorite of the three selected finalists' lists. Any finalists who submitted their lists on Archidekt will be notified via the email associated with their account. We’ll also publish a newspost on Archidekt announcing the finalists and linking to the poll on Twitter. Each finalist will be awarded store credit to "},{"attributes":{"link":"cardkindom.com"},"insert":"cardkindom.com"},{"insert":". The value of the credit is in US dollars and depends on the finalist's placement in the community poll at the end of its two day duration:\n1st Place Prize - $50"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place Prize - $30"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place Prize - $20"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Finalists will be contacted via Twitter or email (depending on where they submitted) regarding their winnings following the conclusion of the poll on "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Tuesday, January 23, 2022"},{"insert":". Please note, you must have a Card Kingdom account in order to receive your winnings. It's quick and free; "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://www.cardkingdom.com/register"},"insert":"register here"},{"insert":" if you don't have an account already!\n\nAn important note:"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Unfortunately, due to wild variance in contest laws, eligibility is limited to residents of the United States and Canada (excluding Quebec). We’d love to allow all of our users to participate, but ensuring we are legally compliant with each country’s national laws is too great a barrier. For additional information regarding eligibility, check our "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/contestRules"},"insert":"official contest rules"},{"insert":". \n\nCongratulations to December’s winners! "},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"1st Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/60012"},"insert":"Cute_Monster"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"2nd Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/8502"},"insert":"GoblinWarBuggy"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"3rd Place: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/user/40983"},"insert":"Khold1"},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThank you!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask here or reach out on Twitter. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with! \n\nThe Archidekt Team\n\n"}]}
Edited 1/15/2022, 12:42:45 AM
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AwareWolf 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"You mentioned \"No Command Tower\" in your list of examples, but according to Scryfall (and your own deckbuilder), Command Tower is recognized as a legal card in Modern, due to its printing in the Brawl Precons. Should we consider that as the basis for modern legality, or your literal words here, that being \"Standard legal sets + Modern Horizons\"?\n"}]}
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Jeremy 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Great question! In short, the latter. The spirit of the prompt is very much \"use things people would use in Modern\". I'll modify the original post to reflect this, but anything made legal by one of those Throne of Eldraine brawl decks shouldn't be used. I apologize for the confusion-- I definitely should have thought of that ahead of time. \n"}]}
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DoctorSpicy 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2266111#More_Fun_than_a_Barrel_of_Monkeys"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2266111#More_Fun_than_a_Barrel_of_Monkeys"},{"insert":"\n\nI don't understand why everyone hates on the best monkey in Magic, Ragavan. Sure, you might lose to it (in Modern) because you couldn't stop it, but let's be honest, that's kind of awesome. People are straight up losing to MONKEYS. I was inspired by the sheer meme factor of Ragavan, so I included a bunch of Modern cards that are played with Ragavan in this Commander deck, without forgetting about all the modern-legal Commander cards that are really good with The Monkey™ and a few spicy cards I enjoy personally. If you don't look at this deck and go, yeah that's a Modern deck with THE Modern card as Commander, then you're just monkeying around!\n"}]}
Edited 1/15/2022, 1:24:22 AM
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Enigma_Silvermoon 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2266758#MUCH_SPELLS_BE_CAST"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2266758#MUCH_SPELLS_BE_CAST"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 1/15/2022, 9:52:21 PM
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DaveLists 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2268727#Hidesplosion_Contest_Entry"},"insert":"Hidesplosion"},{"insert":"\n\nSometimes, you just have to cheat to win. \n\nWhen I saw the new Hidetsugu from Neon Kamigawa, I knew that was the answer. This decklist tries it hardest to cheat on average mana costs, to ensure activations of Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos and effects like Calibrated Blast would do the absolute maximum amount of damage. The list goes about getting an average mana cost of more than 5 in a few ways: playing cyclers, land cyclers, and mana rocks over a lot of lands; running cards that can be cast for less than their printed mana costs; and running split cards, which now have a cmc equal to both halves combined!\n\nDespite the crazy high mana costs, the deck still has a ton of options from turn 2 onward, and has multiple modes of play. In addition to stacking your deck with sensei's top to guarantee the biggest explosions, the deck can run as a Rakdos haymaker list by dropping mana rocks and playing huge, terrifying threats, backed up by sunbird's invocation and a pile of damage doublers. Not enough people for two pods? Heck, you even cheat on that: cast the biggest explosion of all - Undying Flames, copy it a few times (copies also have epic!), and leave your deck on literal autopilot while you fire up a second game. \n\nOne last thing - I'd like to thank the Archidekt admins for both running these contests, and for finally letting us submit decks through the site. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's cool decks!\n"}]}
Edited 1/16/2022, 9:34:14 AM
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TwoOrbs 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"just letting you know Tibalt's trickery is Banned in modern :) wish it wasnt tho\n"}]}
Edited 1/18/2022, 10:53:28 PM
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MooGiGon 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"For your consideration, I present "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2268891?sort=cmc&stack=types#Flickering_Elves"},"insert":"Flickering Elves"},{"insert":", which is my take on bringing Modern Elves to Commander with a bit of a twist. Per the usual Elves gameplan, the deck aims to quickly flood the board with creatures before using Shaman of the Pack to drain out opponents. From there, this deck adds flicker effects and a bevy of other aristocrat effects for more oomph and staying power in grindier games. It also packs plenty of interaction & recursion so that all the key pieces remain in place to ensure a clear path to victory!\n\n\n"}]}
Edited 1/15/2022, 8:37:39 PM
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Charolla 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2255205#Mono_White_Flicker \nWho needs blue to make a decent blink deck, white is all you need. As long an ETB gets card draw, the deck should perform great. \n"}]}
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DONkLE 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This seems like a fun contest so I'll go ahead and try my hand at it. Here is my entry "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2269265#Witness_the_Future,_and_the_Present"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2269265#Witness_the_Future,_and_the_Present"},{"insert":"\n\nWith Modern as a format, and as a word, both fundamentally being related to the concept of time; I wanted to try and incorporate that theme into the deck itself. The result that I came up with is a, very strange, group-mill and control deck with Approach of the Second Sun, Laboratory Maniac, and Triskaidekaphile as win conditions. Vega, the Watcher is my chosen commander and, again using the theme of time, takes advantage of the Suspend, Flashback, and Foretell mechanics to continually draw cards in addition to having multiple opportunities to cast cards off the top of the library. All cards used are Modern legal as well as Commander legal, so you could technically use this deck in either format if you'd like. It is certainly not the most powerful deck ever constructed but I hope that you will consider it for this contest!\n"}]}
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AwareWolf 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"In my opinion, one of the most classic Modern decks is KCI, or Krark-Clan Ironworks. Sadly, KCI got itself banned in modern, which means we have to make do in EDH! I present to you... "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2266192#The_Very_Model_Of_A_Modern_Legal_Commander"},"insert":"The Very Model Of A Modern Legal Commander"},{"insert":"! Teshar allows for great Modern-esque gameplay in commander, playing combo pieces like legos, figuring out new ways to go infinite almost every game! Protect yourself by recurring Selfless Spirit and Kami of False Hope over and over again. If you haven't found a combo yet, you can wait behind Ethersworn Canonist or Archon of Emeria, locking your opponents into casting only 1 spell a turn, only for you to sacrifice it when you have the pieces assembled. Worried about not having enough redundancy? Fiddlebender, Moonsilver Key, and Scrapyard combiner can almost always search for at least 2 pieces of your many, many 3 card combos.\n"}]}
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TheLegender7 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck uses the card from the new set Satoru Umezawa who is an awesome ninja and a great commander. The deck is based on cheating in GINORMOUS things with ninjitsu. This way I can cheat in emrakual for 4 mana or Ulamog etc. This deck is modern legal i think and it turns Emrakul into a NINJA. Let's hope we can find a dojo big enough...\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2223697#Satoru_Smashing"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2223697#Satoru_Smashing"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 1/16/2022, 4:08:47 AM
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ScionLocke 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/911268#Recycle_HQ"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/911268#Recycle_HQ"},{"insert":"\nWell since we're not using the modern banlist, i thought i'd abuse the heck out of that and build Hogaak! In truth, i've had a deck about him in the works since i won a draft with him at the center of the strategy. Tweeked it about 15 cards and voila! Totally fair and balanced Magic: the Gathering!\n"}]}
Edited 1/16/2022, 9:14:36 AM
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Saryn 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Volo has updated his guide to monsters for the modern reader! It has descriptions of many creatures Volo has discovered in recent years, including those known to mutate!\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2271260#Volo's_Guide_to_Monsters,_Updated_for_the_Modern_Reader"},"insert":"Volo's_Guide_to_Monsters,_Updated_for_the_Modern_Reader"},{"insert":"\n\nThis deck is everything I love about Commander. It works in modern context very well!\n"}]}
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Alatron89 2 years{"ops":[{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2271383#January_Contest:_Winota"},"insert":"January Contest: Winota"},{"insert":"\n\nWell if you guys are looking for the limits modern cards can be used in commander then look no further.\n\nI went into the tank trying to find the absolute best commander I could pull out with this restriction and the moment I looked at Winota, the puzzle pieces all came together. Combine powerhouse single cards with infinite combos and BOOM, you've got yourself a deck that'll blow any of these other decks out of the water.\n\nIf you play this deck all you will do is win... ...ota\n\nAnd with that glorious pun, I shall make my leave.\n\n\n"}]}
Edited 1/16/2022, 11:57:29 AM
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WombatOfDoom 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"TL;DR - I made a "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2268517#Codie,_the_Diligent_Dictionary"},"insert":"Codie deck"},{"insert":" with no nonland permanents, using spells that begin with each letter of the alphabet!\n\nWhen I first saw Codie, Vociferous Codex, I was psyched. A cute flying book with a built-in restriction sounded like a great commander to build around. Then I learned that some folks were looking at Codie as a \"5 color good stuff\" commander, which bummed me out. So I decided to build Codie the deck they deserve. No permanents (other than lands), just a book an its spells. And since I can't get enough of restrictions in my brews, I decided that my Codie would be a dictionary! I included at least one spell that begins with each letter A-Z (excluding X since no instants or sorceries begin with X, but I slotted in Expansion // Explosion to do what I could for poor X) and created "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2268517#Codie,_the_Diligent_Dictionary"},"insert":"Codie, the Diligent Dictionary"},{"insert":"! This deck tries to win with either commander damage by throwing as many counters onto Codie as possible, or an "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/c21/71/inkshield"},"insert":"Inkshield"},{"insert":", "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/jmp/271/rise-of-the-dark-realms"},"insert":"Rise of the Dark Realms"},{"insert":", or "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://scryfall.com/card/uma/67/rise-from-the-tides"},"insert":"Rise from the Tides"},{"insert":" at an opportune moment!\n"}]}
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Cannelbrae 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Wort is one of my favorite commanders to play in paper, and she doesn't really need anything that isn't legal in Modern, so here's a tweaked list for the contest: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2273110#Modern-legal_Wort_storm"},"insert":"Modern-legal Wort storm"},{"insert":".\n"}]}
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cr3453 2 years{"ops":[{"insert":"Here's Modern legal Omnath, Locus of Creation. Lots of landfall, lots of multiple land drops, playing things from the top of your deck. "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2273732#Modern_Legal_4-C_Omnath"},"insert":"https://archidekt.com/decks/2273732#Modern_Legal_4-C_Omnath"},{"insert":" Inspired to make this because of the interaction between Yavimaya, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Trait Doctoring"}},{"insert":" like effects, and Valakut to make everything a Mountain, triggering Valakut on all land plays.\n"}]}
Edited 1/17/2022, 6:18:19 PM
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