Ponza, Mana Denied

by DedWards on 03 April 2017

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Instants (2)


Artifacts (2)

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Deck Description

Tweaking the Ponza deck I took to WMCQ last year.
http://www.mtgvault.com/dedwards/decks/mooning-modern/

*Note 6 June 2017
Put in an order for what I don't actually own in this deck. Can't wait to get the cards so I can return what I loaned.

*Edit 6 June 2017
Main Deck: No changes.
Sideboard:
-2 Ancient Grudge
+2 Destructive Revelry
-2 Sudden Shock
+2 Crumble to Dust

With 3 Goblin Dark-Dwellers mainboard, Ancient Grudge's Flashback is less useful. Plus Destructive Revelry hits enchantments and deals damage.
With two Tron players in my small group, Crumble to Dust is way more useful than Sudden Shock. Especially since one of them runs Sacred Ground in his sideboard.

*Edit 24 July 2017
Main Deck:
-2 Thragtusk (a little heavy on 5 drops)
+1 Stormbreath Dragon (extremely resilient)
+1 Obstinate Baloth (want to try a Huntmaster of the Fells here)
Sideboard:
-1 Stormbreath Dragon (moved main deck)
-1 Kitchen Finks
+1 Thragtusk (name versatility vs some decks)
+1 Primeval Light

Been seeing a rise in popularity of Solemnity and with my previous change to include Destructive Revelry, I felt an enchantment equivalent to Creeping Corrosion would be good, but I didn't want to risk losing Moons and Utopia Sprawl, so I settled on Primeval Light.

How to Play

The main goal is not so much destroying lands, but rather denying the opponent access to one or more colours (or even colourless against Eldrazi).

Speed is the name of the game, hence 9 mana accelerators. Ideally, Arbor Elf turn one, with Utopia Sprawl on an untapped basic forest turn two, followed by Blood Moon; Stone Rain; Mwonvuli Acid-Moss; or a Beast Within targeting a land.

Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl + 3 lands grants me access to turn three Inferno Titan, Chandra, Flamecaller, or Stormbreath Dragon.

Because I often take damage early, Obstinate Baloth gaining life helps a lot (except against infect, block / kill that asap). It's also an awesome discard against Liliana of the Veil.

Despite the low number of targets for their etb effect, Goblin Dark-Dwellers is a big consistency card. In addition to recasting Stone Rain / Beast Within, Mizzium Mortars is often targeted, especially the turn after overloading it.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • ponza
  • Blood Moon
  • RG
  • Lockdown
  • Mana Ramp

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0003025

Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Ponza, Mana Denied

This looks nasty bro. How did the original fare at the last big tourney?

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Posted 03 April 2017 at 11:21

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Pretty good. Made the top 8, only to lose 2-1 in the semi's due in part to a poor sideboard decision.

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Posted 03 April 2017 at 12:17

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That's a bummer. Hopefully this time turns out better for you. You think the addition of the goblin will give you a good edge?

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Posted 03 April 2017 at 13:34

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Had Goblin Dark-Dwellers in the deck from word go. It pulls it's weight and then some. In addition to its etb, it's also a 5 mana 4/4 with Menace, making it difficult to block and resistant to a good amount of targeted removal (specifically Abrupt Decay; Lightning Bolt; and Fatal Push).

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Posted 03 April 2017 at 14:18

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Ah ok. Didn't look at the original so didn't know. It's just the newest card here so I wasn't sure if that was the newest update to the deck

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Posted 04 April 2017 at 01:26

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i really like this deck! i have quite a few land destruction decks on my profile, and this is very similar. how has your success rate been? normally i can start popin lands turn 2. its a beautiful thing haha. keep up the good work

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 16:02

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I made it all the way to the semi's of a WMCQ last year with this deck. Not this exact list, but this deck. And each time I pull this out for a Modern FNM I place in the top 3. So I'd say my success rate is quite good. I'm actually going to be testing a pair of Hazoret in the deck this week, along with a few other changes. Will report on how I feel about the changes.

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Posted 05 July 2017 at 16:59

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Tested Hazoret. Hated it. Preferred Rhonas (loaned one from a friend). Hazoret wants an empty / close to empty hand and Shocking for 3 mana felt so bad, especially when doing so just to allow the god to attack / block.

Looking at testing Huntmaster of the Fells and Courser of Kruphix, if I can get my hands on them without spending money.

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Posted 24 July 2017 at 06:39

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I've got two copies of huntmaster and a few loose copies of courser. I'd let you trade for them if I knew where you were lol

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Posted 24 July 2017 at 19:40

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lol, That'd probably be a little difficult. I live in South Africa.

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Posted 24 July 2017 at 20:58

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You act like priority mail isn't a thing lol

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Posted 25 July 2017 at 00:12

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