Illusions Deck Profile Modern MTG | Magic the Gathering

[@icejaudil]

EZ volt a kedvenc deckem. Anno 2012-ben mikor kijött PC-re az MTG, Jace és az illusion, unblockable, hexproof bandája vált a kedvencemmé egészen addig amit abba ne hagytuk. Még meg is vannak itt a fiókban. :D

[@buzzsaiyan]

Nem mondod??? Imadom ezeket qz illuzio lapokat! De jo lenne 1 nap a ket paklit egymas ellen kiprobalni!

[@juanchetumare]

Now preordain would be a better option right? Sweet deck tho!!

[@buzzsaiyan]

Has preordain been unbanned?

[@juanchetumare]

@@buzzsaiyan yup! Like a month or so ago

[@buzzsaiyan]

@juanchetumare that's crazy. 5 years ago wotc was still actively trying to slow modern. How times change. Preordain unban is proof how much the format sped up. Oh, absolutely run preordain over sleight!

[@flushfire]

Ran a similar deck for a long bit years ago, although mine wasn't as creature-heavy, no Mist and no Automaton but had Snapcaster and white splash. It's unfortunate that for 10 years or so no decent cards for the tribe got printed at all. No efficient beater or even just one more lord, while there were tons of Spirits and Merfolk. Dream Strix could've been great but Lesson cards aren't really that great for the deck.

[@buzzsaiyan]

Indeed, Illusions have been grossly unsupported for over a decade now. Have any Changelings come out in blue?

[@flushfire]

@@buzzsaiyan Some, but they don't play well with Illusions. Unsettled Mariner looked nice at first glance, if only its ability triggered before targeting. The others that have potential also have target conditions that make them unusable.

[@benayling694]

Mariner can be good to name humans to try to protect lord of the unreal abit whilst also bolstering krovikan mist and can be a general protection for the non sacrificing illusions

[@buzzsaiyan]

@@benayling694 What is this Mariner you mentioned here? Sounds like it can do a couple of nifty things. Changeling by chance?

[@benayling694]

@@buzzsaiyan unsettled mariner

[@PolishTamales]

I've played illusions for a long time, since modern's introduction. The biggest issue is the budget. Unless you already play Merforlks in the format, you're going to invest a lot into an archetype that's barely supported. Biggest hurdle used to be Aether Vials, but you thank WotC for killing Death & Taxes and other weenie swarm deck after Modern Horizons 2. Then there's fetch lands... then Mutavaults... Cavern of Souls... Again, the monetary cost versus win-rate is really bad, unless you're playing kitchen table jank with friends, or "leftovers" like we call it. Leftovers being "pack filler" or failed archetypes. I really wish the WotC would go back and strengthen swarm strategies, like B/W tokens, D&T, etc; but they're too focused on Commander/EDH bombs and purposely warping eternal formats to force competitive players to constantly upgrade their decks. I never trusted MTG Goldfish for their deck techs, since they're pushing for views and content. So whatever "deck" they're promoting, they never play against "experienced" players or edit out their loses. It's for the optics of maintaining how "pro" their writers and staff are, when the reality is, their decks aren't great nor do they cover match-up strategies.

[@buzzsaiyan]

Yes, you're right. Can't think anything needs adding tonyour summary. Illusions is a low tier deck, but it is fun.

[@flushfire]

Yeah, 13 years after LotU and Phantasmal Image, not even 1 illusion lord got printed. Spirits got idk, is it 4 now? It's like wotc just totally forgot illusions was even a thing.