My Dimir Murktide (Modern)

by Gr33dy on 04 September 2024

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (15 cards)

Artifacts (2)

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Deck Description

My take on Dimir Murktide for Modern.
There are a few cards I can not afford and most likely will not buy anytime soon. The cards are Psychic Frog, Orchish Bowmasters, Force of Negation, Undercity Sewers and Subtlety. Because if this, I have made some budget choices to help fill the grave and also give some support.
At first glance, Tolarian Terror seems like a nonbo with Murktide, but you can time it right and cast a couple Terror's before Murktide and have a huge board. Terror is like a blue Tarmogoyf imho.
The Sideboard is going to change as we go along. For now I just jammed it with decent cards that I feel are good in the format. I might have gone overboard with Tron hate, but that's just what I have for now. I will keep digging and find other choices as I go along.

If you have any cards you think I should look at, let me know. I am always editing after testing with a list and I love hearing feedback about card choices.

Deck Tags

  • Dimir
  • Murktide
  • Modern
  • Blue
  • Black
  • Control

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Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for My Dimir Murktide (Modern)

9 fatties seems pretty high, especially when 3 of them don't want the other 6 and vice versa, on top of the 12 cantrips. I'd recommend dropping that down to 6 or 7 and throwing in more discard. Realistically, this deck wants a turn 1 discard to either stop the flood of bullshit or pull out opponent's answer to your fatty. I'm also not a fan of the Charm in here cause it's a 3-drop with 18 lands (I know the tapped lands, but they're slow in modern these days, as are 3-drops) and 3-drops are slow in modern these days. So maybe drop those, kick the fatties down to 7, and run a full round of Thoughtseize and Inquisition? Now you're running 8 1-drop discards and have a phenomenal chance of a turn 1 'fix a future problem' turn into a turn 2 cantrip and cruise.

Just some quick thoughts.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 02:27

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Cryptic Serpent is an easy cut for me, so those can go for 2 more Thoughtseize. I want to test the charms out more because at worst it's a draw 2. Sure, 3 mana is a lot, but all my lands tap for blue so I am not worried about that. More testing will be done for sure, thanks for the input.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 04:02

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No problem, keep me in the loop about how it goes.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 04:40

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Cool spells you missed:
Preordain, opt, dig throught time, Brainstorm, Mystical Tutor
Some beatdown creatures:
Snapcaster mage, Hidetsugu and Kairi,Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator, Baral, Chief of Compliance, Cryptic Serpent, Demilich
Lands?
Castle Vantress
Jwari Disruption / Jwari Ruins
Mystic Sanctuary¨
Otawara, Soaring City

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 16:12

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I appreciate your enthusiasm, but Dig Through Time, Brainstorm, Mystical Tutor, and Mystic Sanctuary are banned in the modern format.

The lands are almost perfect, I just would like an Undercity Sewers or two

The deck also only needs a few creatures and the ones you listed are more of less commander cards that will not work in this build.

I was considering Snapcaster Mage at one point, but the deck needs a lot of instants and sorceries to make Murktide and Tolarian Terror to work.

Take some time and read this: https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Modern

It will help you understand the modern format.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 17:38

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No frogs no forces, might as well play pauper.
JK, but not really. I would say that more Spell Snares are a good idea, the card just catches so much in the current metagame you cannot really justify fewer than 3 in the 75 I don't think. But then again, I also don't think anyone should be playing modern nowadays so...

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 19:29

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The funny thing is that I wanted to make this list because I play a lot of Dimir control in pauper hahaha. And yeah, I sadly can't afford the good cards, so this is what I am left with... I could get more spell snares, but I think the main 60 is okay for now. The SB will change for sure, I just haven't tested enough yet.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 22:47

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Hahahaha, yeah it's my go to deck as of now as well.

I do miss modern 8 rack tho. Break the Ice -> Surgical against tron will forever be in my heart.

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Posted 05 September 2024 at 22:52

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