Much Modern
All About Amulet of Vigor in Modern
Amulet Titan is among the filthiest decks there is!
It has a lot of bad cards, a high failure rate, is mostly just air… But when it works, it WORKS.
This deck can start with an Amulet of Vigor to get incredible value from the “Karoo” cycle from the original Ravnica Block. Just imagine the fun of playing a Primeval Titan (ahead of curve, of course) and searching up a Slayers’ Stronghold and Boros Garrison.
The Garrison will enter the battlefield untapped, so you can immediately make RW to activate the Stronghold. Now your Primeval Titan can attack, searching up two more lands, for greater and greater nonsense.
Karoos usually slow players down. They bounce a land when entering the battlefield, after all; but in a deck with Amulet of Vigor, they can actually net mana before bouncing themselves; or make a mess with Tolaria West. Ever think about searching up Tolaria West and a Simic Growth Chamber with your Primeval Titan, tapping them both for mana, bouncing the Tolaria West… And then searching up a Pact of Negation to protect your incoming 6/6?
Nonsense!
The Most Miserable Card in Modern Is…
Possessed Portal!
Normally a Whir Prison deck will deck you with Ipnu Rivulet, recycled with its Crucible of Worlds… Or maybe get you over and over, two at a time, with Pyrite Spellbomb and Academy Ruins.
But mostly? It beats you by submission. By cruel and unrelenting horrible-ness.
Possessed Portal is even more cruel and more horrible than usual:
Step One: From Now On, Nobody Draws Cards
You feels me? 🙁
And it’s not like anyone pays eight for this thing. Not with Whir of Invention in their decks.
My Gosh is Modern Hostile to Burn Right Now
Mike’s beloved Red Deck is really, really badly positioned just this second. Not only is Dredge back in flavor — what with its innumerable free Lightning Helixes that cost neither a card nor mana — but other matchups can be equally challenging.
And by “equally” we mean…
Oh my God is that Mono-White Martyr of Sands?
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