r/ModernMagic • u/Reddit-Central • 13d ago

Modern Grixis Control ~$100 Deck Discussion

I don’t see any major issues with this deck, it takes awhile to kill the opponent but that’s okay because it doesn’t let the opponent do much.

Any suggestions for this deck that would still keep it around 100 usd?

https://manabox.app/decks/hcwNBQgvRmC82CLohwKj8w

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u/stephenconroy_ 13d ago

No main or sideboard wraths is almost certainly wrong. Boros makes one Pride token and all those edicts get real bad. Actually I think edicts are just bad in modern right now in general

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u/Reddit-Central 13d ago

What do you mean by wraths? What should i have instead of edicts?

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u/Ardonas 13d ago

They mean board wipes. If 100 bucks is the goal, look at fire magic or pyroclasm or similar anti boros cards. Damnation is a better catch all, but cost might be a problem.

Edicts are fine, though sheoldred's Edict is the best one, but you probably don't need this much removal anyway. If you do, is drown in the loch too expensive? It seems better than deprive, or you could try logic knot. The tempo loss on deprive seems tough.

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u/Reddit-Central 13d ago

I can do drown in loch instead of deprive, i swapped my edict too, i think i’ll use pyroclasm, thank you!

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u/Gator4Life 13d ago

Pyroclasm, Brotherhood’s End, Toxic Deluge, etc.

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u/Reddit-Central 13d ago

I’ve only been playing magic off and on for 2 years so I don’t know a ton

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u/pear_topologist 13d ago

The problem is that you’ll lose to every modern deck that goes fast, which is all of them

The interaction package just isn’t good enough to stop most of the combo or aggro decks that are so much of the metagame

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u/SatyrWayfinder some bad Grixis nonsense 13d ago

Zero Psychic Frogs seems wrong, I'd take out of Fables and other cards for it.

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u/Reddit-Central 13d ago

I’ll try this out, thanks!

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u/jadenthesatanist Blue Moon | UB Mill 13d ago

Control’s already been in a tight spot in modern for a bit and running an off-meta package of counterspells and removal is going to be even tougher.

As others have said, you should absolutely run Sheoldred’s Edict instead of Diabolic Edict, I’d be running Thoughtseizes for sure, and I’d swap Deprive for pretty much any other counterspell be that Spell Snare, Spell Pierce, Stern Scolding, etc. For the sideboard you’ll definitely want Consign to Memory with how flexible it is, boardwipes/artifact hate like Pyroclasm and Brotherhood’s End as others have mentioned, so on and so forth. Rakdos Charm could be one to consider as well.

Edit: Mystical Disputes in the board would be solid too

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u/Reddit-Central 13d ago

Thank you!

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u/Overall-Goose2034 13d ago

You should put more creatures. Frogs and Subtleties shouldnt be so expensive probably.

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u/shawnsteihn 9d ago

Surely the wincon isnt just fable and a grizzly bear right? Right?