MTG Modern ▷ Humans ☀️SAVES☀️ the META!?◁ ⚔️Metaslayer⚔️ Deck!【KHM】

[@hardcoreeconomist1089]

You're honestly probably the smartest mtg player I've ever seen.

[@MagicAids]

I'm inbred and autistic, so I doubt that! 🤗

[@Bennici]

@@MagicAids So, just like the Modern metagame. Now I see why you are having the success that you do!

[@JeiShian]

@@Bennici hahahahaahah

[@hollowhughes198]

Unfortunately intelligence and ability to read the meta means nothing in a luck based game.

[@hardcoreeconomist1089]

@@hollowhughes198 Wait you guys have the ability to read?

[@stevenhurrieta7827]

Only the real ones know where they saw 5C Humans first, right here on this channel

[@Luckingsworth]

The real ones who do not know what MTGSalvation, the largest MTG forum that has 10 years of proof he didn't create Humans, that is 🤔

[@pantsmage970]

I deeply respect this because my friend and I always thought 5c humans would be super super fun so we always tried to make them never really worked we don't play competitivly at allll so seeing this gives hope 😍

[@MrTurtleaid]

@@Luckingsworth MTGSalvation has some spicy decks, but also how do you know it wasn't MTGA that posted the list on salvation?

[@Luckingsworth]

@@MrTurtleaid Because it has years worth of documentation and multiple users all constantly working on humans.

[@MrTurtleaid]

@@Luckingsworth Point still stands boss, MTGA could have been part of the forum thread on humans.

[@dsagent]

That commercial at 0:25 was probably among the most top 10 mtg cringe shit I have ever seen. Yes there needs to be a rules change about cascade and dual sides cards.

[@MagicAids]

I'm sure the scriptwriter went on to have a very successful career writing p0rn 😄

[@gates7831]

The funniest part about it is that it's about Mike Long.

[@TheAndersbager]

Is this a video on YT? If so, can i get a link?

[@imaginarymatter]

@@TheAndersbager here's the link: www.mtghistory.info/Docs/Commercials/1998%20-%20Motel%20California%20MTV%20Invitational%203%20-%20Long%20vs%20Justice.mp4 I'm not sure if it's uploaded anywhere else.

[@NecromancyForKids]

@@imaginarymatter I believe this is it kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXjEkKeYqNV6prc

[@ecpracticesquad4674]

I find it funny how people still don’t like giving MA credit for his creations.

[@worldkat1393]

At this point he could literally top 8 and come first in every GP after covid for 5 years strait and if people would still ask who? I wouldnt be surprised.

[@Underlopex8]

because wotc dont like DADDY

[@AIMLESS-NAMELESS]

He only has 60k subs. That’s pretty small in the grand scheme of things

[@worldkat1393]

@@AIMLESS-NAMELESS Sure but it is also the so called "Pro" players being ego freaks and never being truthful of where they got the deck idea from.

[@ecpracticesquad4674]

@@AIMLESS-NAMELESS 60k in the world of MTG isn’t that small.

[@MeldrickCz]

And than he said: "deck, that does not cascade" masterbrewer AND comedy afficionado I see.

[@shypenguin9766]

My boy singlehandedly sculpting formats

[@MagicAids]

I'd be nothing without my Big Boys! 😘

[@82Lead82]

@@MagicAids we love you DADDY

[@badvoodoo2097]

@@MagicAids try this it’s my own brew make changes if you like 4 champion of the parish 4 monastery swiftspear 4 delver of secrets 4 Thalia Lieutenant 4 phantasmal image 4 invisible stalker 3 snapcaster mage 1 mantis rider 4 lightning bolt 4 manamorphose 4 lightning helix 2 boros charm 2 scalding tarn 4 arid Mesa 4 Flooded strand 1 hallowed fountain 2 sacred foundry 2 steam vents 1 plains 1 mountain 1 island Sideboard 3 crash through 2 relic of progenitus 3 path to exile 2 mantis rider 2 boros charm 1 snapcaster mage 2 searing blood

[@JSuperfly]

Daddy's masterpiece is saving modern!

[@MagicAids]

😳

[@crikohler6]

best intro ever felt like "giggity" intro (and, by "intro" i mean ""intro"" XD)

[@MagicAids]

😉

[@jarrettdiperna8370]

Liked the video explicitly for the story time, just FYI. I distinctly remember that mindset amongst players where all newer cards were garbage no matter what was released and how Modern was basically the apex format. It's so amazing to see someone with an open perspective finally having influence.

[@alecazam6755]

Magic Aids uses his own deck to save the modern meta game from his own deck.

[@ProjectLee101]

Well if you created a monstrosity that wrecks the world, you'd create something to stop it. Isn't that how superheroes do it?

[@Luckingsworth]

Exceot he did not create humans and we have 10 years of records from the most popular MTG Forum to prove it :)

[@pepperjacktv6827]

@@Luckingsworth he popularized it

[@Luckingsworth]

@@pepperjacktv6827 He did not. The guy who took the first place in the tournament popularized it 🙂

[@ImmLff]

@@Luckingsworth And that guy from the tournament has openly admitted that he took the decklist from Magic Aids video. Granted, he did it after the tournament, at his twitter and also in comments to another Magic Aids video, but the fact remains. So "Magic Aids has popularized the deck" statement is correct. It's just that he wasn't the only one who contributed to its rise to fame. Besides, saying that Magic Aids has created 5C Humans is not wrong either. Similar ideas may have existed before, but his variant was the one to find prominence and result in a tournament win for the deck, which cemented it as a competitive archetype.

[@raygarcia2540]

This intro reminds me when innistrad and return to ravnica were standard legal, everyone was rock hard playing control and miracles but since my group friend were poor we mostly armed decks for fun and we came with a discard rat deck, winning a FNM with it was almost as good as wining the pro tour, so one shouldn't be afraid of try it's own brews and most important have fun with his decks

[@MagicAids]

Those were the days!

[@seanhutt4621]

Yo so this takes me all the way back but I was the assistant judge who caught Mike long with the prosperity in his lap that eventually landed him banned for life #gotem

[@adammurkin7496]

You are a legend matey!

[@kerolokerokerolo]

Epic story time! Came here for the gameplay, stayed for the history of the deck.

[@MagicAids]

🤗

[@G3tmiked]

That opponent trying to cast living end over and over is like patrick with the chocolate "i think ill eat it now"

[@MagicAids]

😄

[@veldin4108]

You sound like a character from a card game anime abridged series and I'm all here for it

[@Yanley]

My Monday morning's great thanks to your video. :)

[@MagicAids]

Monday already?! 😄

[@wiiblewobble]

And when the world needed him most - he returned.

[@ProjectLee101]

Lol when the world needed saving, the humans returned.

[@ghostdog6220]

the intro talking about the history of mtgo and paper magic was really cool, would you consider making a few short form videos that are just info about the game rather than games?

[@radradder]

Yeah that would be cool, and if you make it a new channel and tone down the sexy you might be monetized

[@bobby45825]

He actually does his homework and it shows. Unlike the "pros" that assume all their numbers are the best and only numbers, Father here is actually humble and wise enough to analyze entire formats and make insanely clever deck building choices that can shift entire formats. He'll never get the trophy he deserves but we all know in our hearts he's a David slaying Goliaths constantly.

[@WarriorFromV4LH4LL4]

Another masterpiece from our generations greatest deck builder

[@LuisBarrim]

I believe Wizards will do the "Companion" ban: Cascade text would be: "When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost if it cost less than this spell. Put the exiled cards on the bottom of your library in a random order." This solves the "cascading Valk into Tibalt" problem without a ban.

[@somethingknew9152]

Or just change duel sided cards to count for total cmc like the way two part instant and sorcerery cards work.

[@MekanikKommandoh88]

@@somethingknew9152 Drawing into a Valki from a Bob trigger...yowch LOL.

[@olly123451]

@@somethingknew9152 I prefer a change to MDFCs that calls for "if an effect would allow you to cast a spell with specific requirements, you may only cast the side that fulfils those requirements." Obviously worded better, but I think this is preferable to the change that makes them all equal to the total CMC of both sides, like not being able to cascade into Valki, Aether Vial, etc.

[@somethingknew9152]

@@olly123451 either would work o think. They will probably go with whatever is cleaner.

[@joaogiorgini1326]

@@olly123451 Thats already how it works. The problem is that cascade only asks to _exile_ a card with less CMC, _then_ cast it for free. So when you cast it, there are no restrictions. Compare this to Lurrus: using it's ability, you can only cast Valki side, because it specifies that the card you _cast_ has to be CMC < 2.

[@ArgumentumAdHominem]

Phew, so happy you made it in time to film the video. Recent BR announcement is a wrecking ball

[@Ritokure]

The only thing more mysterious than the MtG community hivemind mentality is why daddy chose a lewd Touhou catgirl to represent proplayers.

[@Baby_boodle]

Chen is a pro Magic player, that's definitely my preferred headcanon now.

[@nobodyfromnowwhere7510]

Aw, Lavinia Azorius renegade didn't make the cut.

[@MagicAids]

Perhaps one day! 🤗

[@DoubleZDogg]

Until Uro gets banned tomorrow, Drannith Magistrate is just too much better.

[@ConsoleCleric]

This has become my most favorite video on this channel. The intro explanation on pro player deck choice was quite convincing.

[@mpetry8470]

Due to you, I often say “I hope you have a great day” with your cadence, rate, and rhythm you spectrumy-🌈 magic man

[@orzhovthief]

Man i'm so in love with the constant flow of words spoken in bored fashion

[@PootisMr]

I would love to see a video on the new bans, your snapshots of the metagame are extremely interesting

[@whitesmith5985]

I remember when you first made that humans deck, good memories. Was my dream to make a unique deck ppl would start using

[@Luckingsworth]

And when was that exactly? 4 months after pro players had already been brewing similar lists? 😉 www.channelfireball.com/videos/channel-pmayne-modern-4-color-humans/

[@whitesmith5985]

@@Luckingsworth Oh lol, 😅 I wouldn't know, I got all my information about this from him so can't say he was the first with the idea

[@ImmLff]

@@whitesmith5985 He didn't make the Humans deck, various Humans deck versions existed for a long time before. But none of them managed to achieve success. What he did make was a new 5 Color Humans build, a version that finally managed to break through in a competitive scene. Here is a good article about the Human tribal decks in modern: www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/deck-evolutions-modern-humans And a relevant quote from that article: " it's important to point out that while Collin Mullins deserve a ton of credit for popularizing the current build of the deck with a string of impressive tournament finishes, many of the innovations to the current build came from the Magic Aids KZbin in a video posted shortly after Ixalan was released."

[@whitesmith5985]

@@ImmLff ahh interesting

[@Fauxcatcha]

Really Lovin' the amount of analysis daddy put into the beginning of the video. I'd love to see more!! Congrats on breaking modern again :)

[@kyletaylor1832]

I always love your videos and I really appreciated the explanation on why your first 5c Humans deck really took over the meta game. Thank you for your videos. And I hope YOU have a great day.

[@sovietphoenixgaming2130]

One of the best speeches about the game of magic the gathering, cant like it enough. Keep up the great work.

[@drahydra]

The bit at the beginning about the "pros" is 100% true, and I'll be sharing this for that part alone.

[@theauberman]

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I believe that if daddy queefed these new Cascade decks into the metagame, he can queef them out of it!

[@nec4471]

Me: *sees daddy post for Valentine's* Also me: neeeeeeigh!! *shimmies in 5c*

[@MagicAids]

🥰😘😘😘

[@nec4471]

@@dbptwg you mean the deck or the comment? 😂😂😂😂

[@DrunkenSnowman]

@@nec4471 Yes.

[@JeiShian]

I haven't played magic for 20 years and yours is the only mtg video I'm still watching because you're an mtg genius

[@jozefkeresturi2139]

I joined magic recently so I apreciate the history lesson.

[@coriandyr]

I honestly love this channel more than most other mtg channels

[@AIMLESS-NAMELESS]

One of my dreams is to brew a deck that changes the format and you do this shit like every week

[@mr22jk2]

I'm not playing lots of magic but everytime I have a look at the current modern meta it looks a) totally different and b) more busted than the last time. Glad daddy is here to save the day!

[@Kitten_Cacophony]

I've nothing clever to say.... Much emotion! Very historical! Have a great day!

[@Benjithebopper]

I legitimately love that you build decks that break the meta. And then rebrew another deck to beat that meta breaking deck. Gosh, you're just swell 🤣💚

[@lordandrak]

Honestly why do you only have 63K subscribers, you are consistently ahead of the majority of players and you also build very powerful budget decks. May the Spanking Continue!

[@FizzleIsGaming]

i just built your humans deck and im happy i have all the cards for this list. Humans is such a fun deck. i likr having answers but i also like having board presence so this deck is perfect.

[@G0d2good]

Thanks for bringing back my favorite deck daddy. Only thing I like more than spankings is 5 color creature decks.

[@MagicAids]

my PLEASURE!

[@rednose9378]

I’ll always told people that your channel is the best channel because you are the one who made 5c human into this cruel world. Thank you daddy

[@MagicAids]

How kind of you, my big boy!

[@Luckingsworth]

Nope! He didn't! Just a fraud copy cat that has let fanboyism get to his ego. https(colon)//www(dot)mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/established-modern/aggro-tempo/769652-modern-humans

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

@@Luckingsworth dude, that article is posted almost the same time Aids played his 5c deck. And at any rate, it does not change his point that "pro" players were/are shitheads.

[@Luckingsworth]

@@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514 Yup. The same decklist, months prior. I dont disagree a lot of pros are shitheads. But its not because they simply stick to proven decks that they already know.

[@kdgbr]

@@Luckingsworth LOL found Collins Mullen's alt youtube account

[@FableErrejeDMR]

I love your deck building and charm, this is my favorite mtg channel

[@dovakinsteve9517]

Banned and restricted Feb 15 took out our boy Simian Spirit Guide in Modern. F to pay respects

[@lordmeep5803]

What a legend. We need more creators brewing pro tour level decks

[@aleksrbk]

Really liked the history class!

[@yourexmoe]

I didn't know you breaking the meta game back in 2017! Or that you birthed 5C Human. You are impressive sir!

[@christopherthokar8697]

Absolutely loved the history lesson would love to see more of that style of intro 10/10 top tier mtg history even the god awful commercial

[@budyfish9234]

Daddy is trying his hardest to save modern!

[@ivancazzamali4508]

saving the meta AND learning mtg history in the same video?? MA, you've overdone yourself this time!

[@theflintabletc]

Flex on them, daddy, show them your master piece!

[@MagicAids]

💦

[@GakisStylianos]

Nothing better than storytime

[@MagicAids]

😇

[@returningwhisper]

I will never not laugh when I hear: "GoInG iNtO gAmE tWo..."

[@skylaranthony9953]

That’s actually funny

[@charlieaydin1377]

Bro your two syllable laugh kills me. I can tell you have put alot of work into it, as ive been practising and its quite hard... If you could make a video for beginners on how to get started on developing a good laugh game, that would be great. Rate video 10/10

[@lanesteele240]

That was the longest self back pat ever. (Was totally earned)

[@frederickroy7039]

One day before the ban. A true visionary ! Ok maybe that one was sort of easy to anticipate, but we did have hogaak for much longer ...

[@ForeverLaxx]

I guess you had to first destroy Modern to be able to save it.

[@i_i8924]

"I Used the Stones to Destroy the Stones"

[@alexanderespinoza]

I showed my lgs that old mtg video, but they still won't let me play with my shirt off.

[@somefishhere]

Never knew that interaction between Cavern and Remand. Thank you daddy for teaching me

[@Rafikki_]

Gotta love the fact that when this guy named Bonecrusher Giant to Meddling Mage, he just wrote "boner" :D 5:07

[@michaelsander2878]

I love it! Keep up the good work. Keep saving modern!

[@thekevmeister77]

A very thoughtful analysis and those clips in the beginning are hilarious. CALL IT

[@MagicAids]

Mike Long needed to win, otherwise he wouldn't eat!

[@apocalypticoreos6460]

This is exactly what I needed today! Excellent deck as always daddy

[@Jordansayegh10]

I’m so glad I came to this video..... I also got to watch it

[@MagicAids]

💦

[@CapAdGroup]

I’ve played MTG a few years now (mainly pioneer and standard) and I’ve been trying to get into modern, but the amount of synergies is staggering and It’s kind of overwhelming. The deck I’m building right now is esper eldrazi processors, but it’s difficult because i dont have the insight into how the metagame works. The stuff I see on your channel is so smart (i almost bought into that dimir landlock deck or the rakdos burn thats how good the videos were). I know you get requests all the time but I really would love to see what that machine-like mind of yours would come up with if you decided to break the game with an exile/processors style deck. Love the content, keep up the great work!

[@warriorpoet8119]

This deck was my favorite deck in modern! It was so Aggro with so much disruption. A ether Vial was really sweet in this deck I believe they stopped making great humans because of this deck (Knight of Autumn and Deputy of detention) this deck is by far my favorite.

[@sharma4826]

Love to hear the story... Master brewer indeed!

[@lilyberry8268]

I loved the aggressive coolness of the '90s

[@user-vi4sn9eh5l]

Man game five was so hype Nah I'm just messing around the video came out like 5 minutes ago

[@MagicAids]

Game 5 was the BEST! 😉

[@firstandlast.1254]

Nah I'm just kidding, we don't hire women

[@igorlemes1123]

that ad at 0:25 is (unintentional) comedy at its finest.

[@gs8323]

Magic Aids spits hot fire for 3 and a half minutes.

[@EthanWilsonOfficial]

You are just really good at the game. Any reasonably good deck you make you’ll do good with

[@bipolarprobe]

I think what's probably coming is a rule change similar to what we saw with split cards when brain in a jard and cascade were being used to do stuff like casting both halves of beck and call super early, either when you cascade into a two faced card you can only cast a side if that side is eligible for the cascade or changing the whole cmc of the card. I doubt they'll do the latter since it seems to be at odds with how they want the cards to work. Either way, thanks for trying to save us from ourselves once again daddy

[@GigaLordShinyMudkip1]

The first deck having Uro, ZR Omnath, and the nee Tibalt really speaks volumes on the power level of new cards. I know Uro is gone from modern now, but what a disgusting amalgamation of powerful cards for that first deck. Glad MA beat that bloody mess.

[@NatesiKness]

Showed this intro documentary to my roommate who "played modern semi-professionally at FNM at an LGS" that had "lots of PTQ grinders" and now a days doesn't play because "magic is dying" and it looked like he was trying not to cry.

[@MagicAids]

😇

[@elbe0072]

Oh yes , the return of the 5c spanking

[@jacewilliamson4698]

This deck is gas, but would it be improved with a Jegantha in the companion slot? The main already fits the condition, so you'd only lose a sideboard slot. My list I've been working on for a while is: Jegantha, the Wellspring 4 Horizon Canopy 1 Waterlogged Grove 4 Cavern of Souls 4 Unclaimed Territory 4 Ancient Ziggurat 1 Plains 1 Island 4 Champion of the Parish 4 Noble Heirarch 4 Thalia's Lieutenant 4 Meddling Mage 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 3 Kitesail Freebooter 3 Phantasmal Image 1 Charming Prince 4 Reflector Mage 4 Mantis Rider 1 Deputy of Detention 1 General Kudro of Drannith 4 Aether Vial Sideboard 1 Path to Exile 1 Engineered Explosives 1 Dismember 1 Ethersworn Canonist 1 Gaddock Teeg 1 Magus of the Moon 2 Unsettled Mariner 2 Plague Engineer 2 Knight of Autumn 2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation I'm not as tuned for the KLM release or for the Cascading Trickery deck, I could see the EE and Unsettled Mariners coming out for perhaps more copies of Ethersworn Canonist, or some Drannith Magistrate. Also I could try Realmwalker in the flex slot over Deputy or Charming Prince, I'd need to do some testing with it though. Kambal is phenomenal in the 4c Omnath soup matchup as well as in burn/blitz and absolutely deserves some sideboard slots, probably over Plague Engineer tbh, I can't see much that would require more than 2 copies that you would face in the queues

[@badvoodoo2097]

Magic aids..... Curious how humans would work with realmwalker? It allows library casting Can also work in elves I think it would be a good addition maybe 2 of main deck for humans float a third in sideboard Vial in at end step and allows some good plays especially with the draw lands if you don’t want to cast certain humans can help dig through library and give an edge against a lot of Grindy matchups

[@MagicAids]

It could work! I saw at least one deck running it. The problem is that most humans cost 2, so it would probably be better in an elf deck!

[@lloydlineske2642]

Also thank you for saving the format again. You went 1-1 against the big bad booty daddy. That's better than average for most decks.

[@don8535]

Somebody tag Vince lmao

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

Never clicked a video faster. I'm SO hype.

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

Four minutes in and I'm actually more impressed than I expected. The recap on how the modern metagame evolved, or rather failed to evolve, and how 5c humans helped change that was VERY informative. Fuckin' hell, dude, you're a great deckbuilder.

[@MagicAids]

I'm glad you think so! Even though I didn't mention the part where faithless looting wrecked modern for so long, and my hunch is that wotc did that to keep humans in check!

[@literallyaghosttpoc]

@@MagicAids I know it wasn't like, a comprehensive history of modern, but it was still stuff I didn't know! It totally makes sense why paper tournament grinders couldn't make, playtest, and be confident with new cards, and that with Wotc's reliance on paper tourneys driving the metagame, it stalled out. It's just, really cool to see, and I'm damn glad I subbed early :3

[@domhnallofzena9283]

Before they ban it, you should do a video for historic running tibalt’s trickery rat colony, and phyrexian tower. Turn 3/4 combo but considerably more consistent.🙃

[@queenofthenight9973]

If several pieces of hate are legendary (like Lavinia, thalia, and Gaddock) why not incorporate more legendary humans and utilize mox amber? Could increase speed potentially

[@MagicAids]

That could work!

[@steven.youngson]

Crazy to think that 5C Humans is now a "fair" deck.

[@MagicAids]

Decks either die heros, or live long enough to become vilians 😉

[@anokosecret9963]

In this episode, Daddy digs up his old monster to beat the new monster he helped make

[@TheRaselking]

I think the best solution to repair all of this mess is simply to make errate that before you start a game you have to decide which side of your flip card is up so after cascade trigger there will be no option for flip! Thus we will be safe, cascade will be still fair, only cancer will be Trickery xD. Or just simply put, you can choose which flip but only when you play it from your hand.

[@smartfiredragon]

wow iwe been playing this deck for a while now dident know anyone else had same idea :D

[@brendanf8845]

I’ve been brewing with Hero of Precinct one along with 3-4 Kudro and a number of General’s Enforcers, Tajics, and Judiths and it’s been really impressive. You still get your thalias, nobles, lieutenants and all that good stuff. You just cut the things that aren’t super powerful on their own like Freebooter and Phantasmal image. I’ve been on exclusively Humans for the last couple years and I think the brew I sussed out is more powerful than the stock builds. You go wider with Hero, but still have every super powerful 2-3 threat draw the original deck has. Still can go noble into mantis rider, still have meddling mage. As a plus, my build actually has 1 more creature, 18 land 4 vial 38 creature bois

[@brendanf8845]

Not to mention general’s enforcer gives indestructible to thalia, kudro, judith, and tajic. And with those extra multicolored legendary lads you end up with a total of 8-12 lord effects. 4 lieutenant 4 kudro with about 4 total Tajic/Judith. Really makes hero of precinct one pay off, since champion into hero into kudro is 12 power already by turn 3. REALLY changes some of the combat math for the deck’s quick kills

[@KyleBaran90]

I spent my Valentine's Day on daddy's lap listening to storytime!

[@HenriqueLima-dw8yn]

Keep it up the great work daddy Chicks from Brazil

[@jhammylive]

Makes me so happy when daddy uploads. Well, happy and wet...

[@MagicAids]

That's the idea!

[@GamingWolfHQ]

"We'll have to pray for them" Oh my god that was so funny

[@GABourne98]

As soon as I saw the new ban list and changes, I immediately was wondering what your response was.

[@clackityclack9]

TY DADDY ILYSM 😘 💕 HAPPY PALENTINES DAY! I think it's going to be a rule change. So you can only cascade in to the side that is less than the cost of the cascade card. Similar to Fuse cards in regards to mana cost cheating.

[@olliegrant5375]

Imagine telling someone a few years ago that tibalt would break modern

[@bedwarssweat6205]

Turn 3 win with a fair deck! This is what I miss about modern

[@Syllogyzym]

DADDY RETURNS TO SAVE MODERN (again)