These days, Tron decks show up in two main varieties:ġ) Green Tron, which is “all in” on achieving Tron (assembling Urza’s Mine, Urza’s Tower, and Urza’s Power-Plant) on turn 3, with the help of cards like Sylvan Scrying, powered by Time Spiral common Chromatic Star.Ģ) Eldrazi Tron, which is a combination of a prison deck with four copies of Chalice of the Void and a wishboard of painful lock pieces to access via Karn, the Great Creator, and an Eldrazi aggro deck, using the Tron lands and Eldrazi Temple to power out giant colourless monsters.Ĭhromatic Star is the only OG Time Spiral card that has powered Tron over the years, but Wizards have gifted Tron players with a wealth of old-bordered goodies on the timeshifted sheet. If you like being the villain at your local Good Games, the source for your friends to impugn your honour and your ability to add 1+1+1, Tron might be just your flavour. Tron DecksĪh yes, Modern’s oldest bad guy. It’s also worth noting that regular ol’ midrange Jund (not the Shadow version) also benefits from Thoughtseize and Tarmogoyf coming back, and also gets to enjoy a fancy new printing of Bloodbraid Elf. Also showing up are Gurmag Angler and Tasigur, the Golden Fang, for the Grixis players, Monastery Swiftspear for the Rakdos players, Disdainful Stroke for the blue sideboards, and Temur Battle Rage, which appears in most lists as a bit of finishing power. The all-stars here Chief among them are Thoughtseize and Dismember, the deck’s premier interaction spells that also lower the controller’s life total. In fancy old-border form, WOTC have given Shadow players a windfall of new toys to play with. Both Street Wraith and Tarmogoyf are back in TSR. Future Sight-the last set in Time Spiral block-also delivered Magic’s most famous two-drop: Tarmogoyf. The core of these decks is the same: Death’s Shadow combined with ways to aggressively lower your own life total, with Time Spiral alumnus Street Wraith chief among them, as a 0-mana way to lower your own life total and draw a card. These days, the deck survives in four distinct flavours:ġ) Rakdos Death’s Shadow, which features aggressive one-drops like Monastery Swiftspear and Lightning Bolt to power out early Scourge of the Skyclaves.Ģ) Grixis Death’s Shadow, which features heavy-hitter Gurmag Angler along with blue cantrips and Stubborn Denials.ģ) Jund Death’s Shadow, which exchanges Gurmag Angler for Tarmogoyf and gains access to the powerful Traverse the Ulvenwald.Ĥ) 4-colour Death’s Shadow, which is basically the Jund list but splashing blue for Stubborn Denial and some other blue counterspells, such as Disdainful Stroke. Death’s Shadow Decksĭecks built around Death’s Shadow have been a mainstay of Modern ever since the printing of Fatal Push, which, at the time, even had some calling for Death’s Shadow to be banned. Petition to just call it the Primeval Border?Īlso returning in primeval-border form are a number of the deck’s toolbox and sideboard pieces: Bojuka Bog, Reclamation Sage, Dismember, and Beast Within. However, it’s probably the fancy old-border timeshifted reprints that have caught your attention, with none other than the deck’s namesake-Primeval Titan-returning in gorgeous old-border form. This is one deck that simply would not exist without the original Time Spiral block, which provided the critical Summoner’s Pact (aka Primeval Titans 5-8), Tolaria West (aka Summoner’s Pacts 5-8), land clone Vesuva, and the super unfair Pact of Negation. If winning as early as turn two with giant hasty Primeval Titans after solving one of the Millennium Problems sounds like your cup of tea, Amulet Titan might be for you. It is famous for its galaxy brain complexity level and the explosive openings it is capable of.
So let’s find you a new Modern deck! Amulet TitanĪmulet Titan is one of the oldest and most prominent decks in Modern. Now is a great time to get into any of these decks, as all of the cards we will discuss have just been reprinted, meaning their supply is at a high and their price will be coming down. I’d like to take us on a trip through the decks of Modern that are defined by cards that have been reprinted in Time Spiral Remastered, including the new old-border purple-symbol “timeshifted” sheet. If you fit into either of those categories, this article is for you. There are entire archetypes in Modern that simply would not exist were it not for the time-bending weirdness of Time Spiral block.Īs such, the release of Time Spiral Remastered is an exciting time to get into Modern, or to be a current Modern player looking to branch into new decks. Going through the Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) spoiler has been both a nostalgic joy and an eye-opening experience as a Modern player.
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