Decklist - Warp World Modern [GR]

Remember my old Warp World decks? As far as MtG goes, I'll never forget them. Nor forgive myself for missing out on their existence back in Ravnica.

After my old Warp World deck stopped being Standard, it sat around for a few months, slowly losing bits of it in a process that I call cannibalization. As for a current example, MonoPod's fighting a losing battle to stay intact. Before that, I had a Heartless Architect that just last weekend succumbed to complete separation. When the decks down to three major parts (Heartless Summoning, Grand Architect, and Myr Superion), it's time to admit defeat.

Anyway, sometime around a year ago, I got the urge to rebuild the deck for casual play. It looked something akin to this, with the additions of Lotus Cobra, Ob Nixilis, and a solo Emrakul.

And then, in early April, I saw this:

I loooooooooooooooove Lotus Cobra.

How to get one of these promo bad boys? Play in a Grand Prix.

So that's what I want to do.

And that meant turning the deck serious. Because I feel it'd be the most appropriate deck to play for that cobra.


Warp World, Modern [GR]
---Lands (25)---
1 Arid Mesa
4 Misty Rainforest
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Kessig Wolf Run
4 Stomping Grounds
8 Forest
4 Mountain

---Creatures (27)---
4 Joraga Treespeaker
4 Lotus Cobra
2 Wood Elves
4 Overgrown Battlement
4 Primeval Titan
2 Avenger of Zendikar
2 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Eternal Witness
2 Rampaging Baloths
1 Urabrask the Hidden

---Enchantment (4)---
4 Khalni Heart Expedition

---Sorcery (4)---
4 Warp World


General Breakdown:
The deck's goal is to cast Warp World, abusing EtB and landfall to gain an upper hand while decks running less permanents suffer. If Warp World isn't around, ramping into big creatures quickly suffices.

The Land: A bit more complicated this time around. The fetchlands are to take advantage of landfall and to abuse Stomping Ground's Forest/Mountain nature. Wolf Run's placing is pretty straightforward. With the amount of ramp effects in the deck, and my need to draw more, I'm feeling pretty comfortable at 25, though going higher was a possibility for some time.

The Ramp: Joraga Treespeaker, Khalni Heart Expedition, Lotus Cobra, Overgrown Battlement, Primeval Titan, and Wood Elves... quite a few here, eh? It's needed, since eight mana's my goal. And believe me, that's a hard number to race towards. I had to sign a deal with the devil and use the Titans. They lowered my average turn-cast for Warp World from turns 5-6 to turns 4-5. A rather important improvement in a competitive environment. Also, they're the main reason I haven't gone up to 28 lands in the deck.

Eternal Witness: General graveyard recursion as usual, with the major note of bringing Warp World back to hand post-Warp. Combined with enough land, or Lotus Cobra's mana, it can lead to a situation I call "Infinite Warping." Infinite Warping tends to lead to a mix of the following: huge battlefield for me; opponent death-by-Hellkite; and lack of battlefield permanents for others. Nine-out-of-ten Judges recommend opponent's concede when that happens.

The Big Guys: Avenger of Zendikar, Bogardan Hellkite, Primeval Titan, Rampaging Baloths, and Urabrask the Hidden all count here. The Avengers and Baloths love the post-Warp environment, pumping out craploads of token critters. And the Hellkite's make quite an entrance, burning opposing creatures as well as throwing fireballs at heads when I need to end things quickly. Primeval Titan helps fuel the token frenzy in addition to busting out the Wolf Run's for more win conditioning. Lastly is the smaller and solitary Urabrask, enabling a free swing post-Warp, which generally is enough to do the trick.

Warp World: Confuses opponents, hates planeswalkers, ignores Cascade, screws up board states, and is a Sorcery that doesn't play well with other nonpermanents. Almost as effective as throwing a Comprehensive Rules print-out at your opponent.


I don't have a set sideboard for it yet, but it'll come. Most likely after I obtain the three each Stomping Grounds and Titans for the deck. Expect mucho anti-counterspells and an obligatory solo Emrakul, She Who Tears the Aeons.

Casual playtesting has mostly been positive for me. We'll see how it goes after putting it through the minor modern tournament grinder. The big tournament for me is in November, so I've got a little time...

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