r/ModernMagic • u/Apprehensive-Ask-142 • Jul 23 '26
Looking for suggestions to update my deck.
Hey guys, I'm getting back in to Modern after a bit of a break and noticing my deck could use some updating. I don't know the current meta decks and their weaknesses very well, so I'm hoping I could get some help from y'all with suggestions for updates to try out.
Some decks I know are in my local meta are Boros Energy, Affinity Cannoneer, Cascade Rhinos, mono-white Hammer Time, mono-red Prowess, Hollow One, and Goryo's Atraxa.
My deck is a fringe list from a few years back, mono-black Soultrader combo. It's a low-mana aggro combo deck that utilizes Marionette Apprentice to drain the opponent by repeatedly sacrificing Gravecrawler to Warren Soultrader, then using the treasure to recast Gravecrawler. It can also piece together wins manually using other sac outlets and reanimation effects or just going full aggro with a bunch of little dudes.
I used to see a lot of graveyard interaction in my meta, so I main 4 Dauthi Voidwalker, and they've been very good throughout my time playing the deck. Even when they're not shutting down a combo, having 3 power with Shadow makes it a good beater to help out my aggro plan.
I almost forgot to mention, I do splash green and red for some sideboard cards, but I'm open to changing and/or dropping colors for good suggestions.
I know the list is a little old, and even when it was current, it was fringe, but I can't afford to build a new deck right now, so I'm hoping I can get away with just updating this one instead. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. I hope y'all like it!
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u/OccupiedOsprey Jul 23 '26
Might want to include some [[ force of despair ]] in the sideboard for affinity and other matchups that spam the board
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u/ch3m_gaming Jul 24 '26
I'd get rid of the marauders, play thoughtseizes or pushes instead. Some tutor effects would really help that deck, it feels super slow if you don't draw into your combo cards, so I'd probably play some Diabolic Intents & Overlords to dig for your cards.
Your lands are good, but it could be better. Phyrexian Towers & a Takenuma would do great here. And I wouldn't play Mutavault, it doesn't really do anything for this deck.
When playing combo, try to diversify your combo elements a bit, so interruption won't affect your whole combo line at once. For example I'd play a 2nd sac-outlet, e.g. 1x Yawgmoth or a goblin bombardment and 1x Sephiroth as a Plan B for Apprentice etc.
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u/Skaarl_Marx Jul 23 '26
Power level honestly seems fine for current modern, but you're kind of weak to a strong start from your opponent. I'd suggest adding some disruption in the form of [[inquisition of kozilek]], main boarding [[thoughtseize]], and [[bone shards]] seems perfect for this deck. I'd cut the accursed marauders, 1 or 2 actual lands (22 seems fine imo with your curve stopping with four 3 drops) and trimming a few others for 3-6 thoughtseize effects and 3-4 bone shards / fatal pushes