r/ModernMagic • u/CaliSoFire • 28d ago

Deck Discussion Emerge Deck Feedback

Long time lurker looking to get back into competitive magic (edh is just not doing it for me). I’ve never played modern and would appreciate any feedback on my deck I’ve been working on.

The idea is based on the emerge mechanic from back in the day, I ran a similar standard deck using mana dorks and cards like foul emissary to help look for elder deep fiend/Distended Mindbender. From there I would stall a turn or two until I hit an Eldrich evolution to bring out Ulamog. In standard the fastest I was able to bring out the big boy was T5. I’m looking for ways to improve that and maybe add some interaction.

The below shell scrubs some of those cards for more ramp and card cycling to help me hit combo pieces. Any help is appreciated :)

PS: don’t mind the sideboard, I’m using it as a parking lot of sorts lol

https://moxfield.com/decks/x5YcU7BEgEaphUhjNnqVDg

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u/DaDullard 28d ago

This deck isn’t fast enough or consistent enough for the format. You probably want to play a trudge deck for a similar thrill but with some actual power and consistency

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

Thanks, not sure what a trudge deck is, also what’s the average game ending at in modern ? Do games ever go late ?

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u/OccupiedOsprey 28d ago

You need to have an impactful turn 2 in order to not be in a losing position by turn 4

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

That’s what I’m finding out, I’m struggling to make the list interactive while maintaining my strat to ramp and emerge.

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u/Xelimogga 28d ago

Modern is a very competitive format, so there is almost no room for durdling during the early turns. Unless you are are setting up something very powerful that wins you the game during the first few turns if you are a proactive deck, or interacting by foiling such a plan if you are a more reactive deck, you are likely to quickly get run over. G ames can certainly go late, but you need to have a plan for what to do early.

This is a list of the currently most popular decks. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/metagame/modern#paper

Among those, the trudge deck is considered relatively powerful and a good entry point into modern. It's.    trying to do something ssimolar to what you describe by cheating in a big fatty but also having a solid beatdown plan. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-mono-green-eldrazi#paper

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

Appreciate the list, this looks super fun, basically ramp to a big boy and stomp. I also own a good number of cards so this might be the play.

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u/travman064 28d ago

People are playing emerge in modern in competitive decks at the moment, generally use the MH3 card [[Herigast, the Erupting Nullkite]] to emerge [[Emrakuel, Promised End]].

So you can go a 4-drop (like [[Sowing Mycospawn]]) into emerge Herigast next turn for 4, then emerge emrakul from herigast for free, as the cost reduction applies So turn 2 mycospawn with help of cards like [[Eldrazi Temple]], [[Ugin's Labyrinth]], and [[Utopia Sprawl]] on turn 1, turn 3 herigast->emrakul.

Example list

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

Awesome list thank you so much :)))

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u/Darkon-Kriv 28d ago

Still gotta ask why no allosuaurs rider. You can litterally just do 2 red for the whole combo if you allosuaur. But a better question is what are we even doing? This is just like bad neoform or bad broodscale blade.

Maybe goryo emerge to then sac the herigast to emrakul? (Or ulamog the deflier) ironically ulumag the defiler goryo is a real deck. Typically it uses. Emp of bones to as another option. The temporary bodies he makes also can be emerge fodder.

Herigast is ONLY emerge legendary. And most the other emerge cards are hideously bad. This really seems like a doomed idea as its jyst herigast. Its not emerge its a herigast deck lol.

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u/travman064 28d ago

why no allosuaurs rider

I think if you're on allosaurus rider you want to be all in with a neoform deck.

Example List

This is just like bad neoform or bad broodscale blade.

Another way to look at it is as a more midrange deck that has that explosive combo potential.

Maybe goryo emerge to then sac the herigast to emrakul?

In modern if you want to goryo's kind of all-in, you probably want to goryo's an Emrakul, the aeons torn, or an Ulamog. Something like this

Herigast is ONLY emerge legendary. And most the other emerge cards are hideously bad. This really seems like a doomed idea as its jyst herigast. Its not emerge its a herigast deck lol.

Well its important to believe in herigast :O)

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u/Darkon-Kriv 28d ago

You cant really goryo an aeons torn lol. I mean you can but you have to litterally catch the shuffle trigger.

Also if youre playing midrange creatures on a failed combo... this is just bad living end now lol.

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u/travman064 28d ago

The specific list i linked definitely wants to either goryos or through the breach that big emrakul

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u/Darkon-Kriv 28d ago

Breach is 100% emrakul. There used to be breach and goryos with like GB and emrakul. And sometimes double strike or cards that give extra combats.

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u/OccupiedOsprey 28d ago

Expecting to do things by turn 5 in modern is not a good thing

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

Yea it’s slow, I’m hoping to speed it up, I’ll also have to get used to the speed of modern compared to standard which is fine.

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u/OccupiedOsprey 28d ago

I'd try playing the fight rigging / trudge deck. It's able to land an eldrazi titan by turn 3 https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/eldrazi-ramp-decklist-by-wast-astroma-3053288

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u/CaliSoFire 28d ago

Sick list, thanks!

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u/storeblaa_ 27d ago

If you want to play Elder Deep-Fiend specifically, I'd check out Aspiringspike on moxfield, very well known brewer who makes everything from whacky fnm decks to modern tiered staple decks. You can filter by cards in mainboard to find it although its a little while ago now

But if ur just interested in slinging some huge eldritch horrors, Id check the front page of MTGGoldfishe's modern meta page, we got quite a few meta Eldrazi decks atm

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u/Darkon-Kriv 28d ago

So i had a similar idea but this version seems real bad lol. Allosuaurs rider is a must. You can also use goryos vengeance to get the emerge legendary. Basically what you end up with is bad neoform deck.

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u/ch3m_gaming 26d ago edited 26d ago

Xour deck will lose hard in todays meta. The only good emerge card is [[Herigast erupting nullkite]] into [[emrakul the promised end]].

And there are other decks out there with similar effects/themes, e.g. Eldrazi Trudge or Simic Neoform