Modern Decks - The Land Deck

Hi Everyone,

Last year I posted a video on the magicgatheringstrat youtube channel. It ended up being one of the most popular videos on the site and was a viewer favorite.

Today I wanted to talk about the deck a little because I played it last week and had some fun playing it. Also, since Treasure Cruise and DTT are banned now, it's a playable deck again. It was just too hard to beat a deck with good tempo AND the ability to stay in long games with cards like treasure cruise (I'm talking about UR delver). Pod surprisingly wasn't as rough of a matchup as I thought because pod relied so much on creatures and I could kill his early mana weenies and Finks so he couldn't pod early on, then use seismic assault to kill anything he plays or pods for at instant speed. There reached a point if the game lasted long enough where it was unbeatable by pod.

Here's a link to the first installment of the deck:


It was a popular video because it was a deck of 44 land and 16 spells that have great synergy with land cards. The video contains the rundown of the spells and lands.

Last week I got the deck out again and made some updates. Here's the list:


3 Fire-Lit Thicket
3 Raging Ravine
4 Stomping Ground
1 Mountain
3 Ghitu Encampment
3 Treetop Village
3 Tectonic Edge
4 Seismic Assault
3 Life from the Loam
1 Island
2 Scalding Tarn
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Reliquary Tower
2 Crucible of Worlds
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Steam Vents
1 Blood Crypt
4 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Swamp
1 Forest
2 Flame Jab
3 Countryside Crusher
2 Trade Routes


I think the deck is now better tuned and can beat control matchups with the addition of Raven's crime in the sideboard. Last week I played a few matches with the new revised list and I recorded one because I Thought it was a good match that showed off the capabilities of the deck.



I doubt it will ever be tournament playable, but it's a great deck that's fun to play and I'd recommend taking a stab at your own version of a land deck.