The Team Modern Super League continues today at 9 PM Eastern (GMT -4) on twitch.tv/magic. Zack Kanner also contributed to this post.
Week 2 of Team Modern Super League 2 features the Brothers Who Bash squaring up against the Stream Team. The Brothers Who Bash is a powerhouse team made up of Magic Pro League members Brad Nelson and Brian Braun-Duin, as well as Magic pro Corey Baumeister. Stream Team is the squad of Magic Pro League member Jess Estephan, as well as April King and MTGNerdGirl, all players who cut their teeth and made a name streaming Magic Online, and now Magic Arena.
What Will The Teams Be Playing?
The Brother Who Bash
The Brother Who Bash decided to go with a pretty straightforward builds for all five of their decks: Izzet Phoenix, Humans, Eldrazi Tron, Mono-Green Tron, and Lantern Control. Pretty straightforward aside from one thing: 10 copies of Karn, the Great Creator.
Eldrazi Tron is probably the best Karn deck around right now as it has a sideboard full of wish targets for Karn’s -2 ability since the deck is completely colorless. Lantern control is in an interesting spot in the current metagame, since it can both use Karn, the Great Creator (allowing it to cut the often clunky Whir of Invention) and be completely shut out be Karn’s static ability. I am curious to see how well it does with the Karn being so prevalent in Modern these days, though Stream Team only brought four copies themselves.
Stream Team
The decks that Stream Team brought are Izzet Phoenix, Dredge, Boros Burn, Mono-Green Tron, and Izzet Fevered Visions. While the first four are decks that you can expect to play against in any modern tournament, Izzet Fevered Visions is the clear stand out. Sporting 11 ways to bounce lands and three copies of Blood Moon, the Fevered Visions deck could be in a good spot to go to work against the stack of Karn, the Great Creator decks the Brothers Who Bash brought.
Boros Burn is a deck that has dipped some in popularity over the last few weeks, but it presents a bad matchup for both Tron and Phoenix so it’s an excellent place to be this week. The hits keep coming for Stream Team as Dredge boasts a positive matchup against Humans, Phoenix, and Tron, all of which the Brother Who Bash will be playing. By the look of things, as long as Stream Team can pick up a win against Lantern Control, they look primed to do very well this week—but anything can happen and that’s why they play the games!
Week 2 Match Schedule
Match 1: Brian Braun-Duin vs. MTGNerdGirl
Match 2: Corey Baumeister vs. April King
Match 3: Brad Nelson vs. Jess Estephan
Match 4: Brian Braun-Duin vs. April King
Match 5 (if necessary): Corey Baumeister vs. Jess Estephan
Match 6 (if necessary): Brad Nelson vs. MTGNerdGirl
Match 7 (if necessary): Brian Braun-Duin vs. Jess Estephan
The Brother Who Bash’s Decklists
Modern Izzet Phoenix
| Creatures (10) 4 Arclight Phoenix 4 Thing in the Ice 1 Crackling Drake 1 Snapcaster Mage Spells (30) 4 Faithless Looting 2 Finale of Promise 2 Gut Shot 2 Lightning Axe 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Manamorphose 4 Serum Visions 4 Sleight of Hand 4 Thought Scour Enchantments (2) 2 Pyromancer Ascension | Lands (18) 1 Flooded Strand 1 Misty Rainforest 4 Scalding Tarn 2 Mountain 3 Island 4 Spirebluff Canal 3 Steam Vents Sideboard (15) 2 Abrade 2 Blood Moon 2 Alpine Moon 2 Anger of the Gods 3 Ravenous Trap 2 Saheeli, Sublime Artificer 2 Spell Pierce |
Modern Humans
| Creatures (37) 4 Champion of the Parish 3 Kitesail Freebooter 4 Mantis Rider 4 Meddling Mage 2 Militia Bugler 4 Noble Hierarch 4 Phantasmal Image 4 Reflector Mage 4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 4 Thalia’s Lieutenant Artifacts (4) 4 Aether Vial | Lands (19) 4 Ancient Ziggurat 4 Cavern of Souls 4 Horizon Canopy 1 Plains 2 Seachrome Coast 4 Unclaimed Territory Sideboard (15) 3 Auriok Champion 3 Damping Sphere 3 Deputy of Detention 1 Militia Bugler 2 Gaddock Teeg 1 Dismember 1 Whirler Rogue 1 Phyrexian Revoker |
Modern Eldrazi Tron
| Creatures (17) 2 Endbringer 4 Matter Reshaper 4 Reality Smasher 4 Thought-Knot Seer 3 Walking Ballista Spells (4) 2 All Is Dust 2 Dismember Artifacts (11) 4 Chalice of the Void 4 Expedition Map 3 Mind Stone Planeswalkers (4) 4 Karn, the Great Creator | Lands (24) 2 Blast Zone 1 Cavern of Souls 4 Eldrazi Temple 3 Ghost Quarter 4 Urza’s Mine 4 Urza’s Power Plant 4 Urza’s Tower 2 Wastes Sideboard (15) 1 Basilisk Collar 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Dismember 1 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Liquimetal Coating 1 Mycosynth Lattice 1 Ratchet Bomb 1 Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 1 Sorcerous Spyglass 1 Spellskite 2 Surgical Extraction 1 Tormod’s Crypt 1 Witchbane Orb |
Modern Mono-Green Tron
| Creatures (6) 2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 1 Walking Ballista 3 Wurmcoil Engine Spells (8) 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Sylvan Scrying Artifacts (17) 4 Chromatic Sphere 4 Chromatic Star 4 Expedition Map 2 Oblivion Stone 3 Relic of Progenitus Planeswalkers (10) 4 Karn Liberated 4 Karn, the Great Creator 2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon | Lands (19) 1 Blast Zone 4 Forest 1 Ghost Quarter 1 Sanctum of Ugin 4 Urza’s Mine 4 Urza’s Power Plant 4 Urza’s Tower Sideboard (15) 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Emrakul, the Promised End 1 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Mycosynth Lattice 3 Nature’s Claim 1 Sorcerous Spyglass 2 Surgical Extraction 2 Thragtusk 1 Trinisphere 1 Walking Ballista |
Modern Lantern Control
| Spells (11) 3 Assassin’s Trophy 4 Thoughtseize 2 Inquisition of Kozilek 2 Surgical Extraction Artifacts (24) 4 Mox Opal 4 Codex Shredder 4 Lantern of Insight 3 Pithing Needle 2 Pyxis of Pandemonium 2 Ghoulcaller’s Bell 4 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Nihil Spellbomb Planeswalkers (2) 2 Karn, the Great Creator | Lands (23) 1 Academy Ruins 4 Blooming Marsh 1 Forest 1 Swamp 2 Ghost Quarter 2 Inventor’s Fair 4 Glimmervoid 1 Blast Zone 3 Spire of Industry 4 Ancient Stirrings Sideboard (15) 1 Mycosynth Lattice 1 Witchbane Orb 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Pithing Needle 1 Damping Sphere 1 Grafdigger’s Cage 1 Kaya, Orzhov Usurper 1 Tormod’s Crypt 2 Welding Jar 1 Engineered Explosives 2 Leyline of Sanctity 2 Unmoored Ego |
Stream Team Decklists
Modern Izzet Phoenix
| Creatures (10) 4 Arclight Phoenix 2 Crackling Drake 4 Thing in the Ice Spells (30) 4 Faithless Looting 2 Finale of Promise 4 Serum Visions 1 Set Adrift 4 Sleight of Hand 2 Gut Shot 1 Lighting Axe 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Manamorphose 4 Thought Scour Enchantments (2) 2 Pyromancer Ascension | Lands (18) 3 Island 1 Misty Rainforest 2 Mountain 1 Polluted Delta 4 Scalding Tarn 4 Spirebluff Canal 2 Steam Vents 1 Sulfur Falls Sideboard (15) 2 Abrade 1 Alpine Moon 1 Anger of the Gods 1 Beacon Bolt 2 Blood Moon 2 Ceremonious Rejection 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 2 Ravenous Trap 1 Saheeli, Subline Artificer 2 Spell Pierce |
Modern Dredge
| Creatures (17) 4 Narcomoeba 1 Golgari Thug 4 Bloodghast 4 Stinkweed Imp 4 Prized Amalgam Spells (20) 2 Darkblast 4 Faithless Looting 4 Cathartic Reunion 4 Life from the Loam 4 Creeping Chill 2 Conflagrate Artifacts (4) 4 Shriekhorn | Lands (19) 1 Blast Zone 2 Blood Crypt 3 Bloodstained Mire 4 Copperline Gorge 1 Mana Confluence 2 Mountain 2 Stomping Ground 4 Wooded Foothills Sideboard (15) 4 Nature's Claim 3 Lightning Axe 3 Ancient Grudge 2 Leyline of the Void 1 Ghost Quarter 1 Assassin's Trophy 1 Thoughtseize |
Modern Boros Burn
| Creatures (13) 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel 4 Goblin Guide 1 Grim Lavamancer 4 Monastery Swiftspear Spells (28) 4 Lava Spike 4 Rift Bolt 2 Skewer the Critics 4 Boros Charm 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Lightning Helix 4 Searing Blaze 2 Skullcrack | Lands (19) 4 Arid Mesa 1 Bloodstained Mire 4 Inspiring Vantage 4 Mountain 2 Sacred Foundry 4 Wooded Foothills Sideboard (15) 3 Chained to the Rocks 1 Deflecting Palm 1 Molten Rain 2 Relic of Progenitus 2 Rest in Peace 3 Searing Blood 3 Smash to Smithereens |
Modern Mono Green Tron
| Creatures (6) 3 Wurmcoil Engine 2 Walking Ballista 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Spells (8) 4 Sylvan Scrying 4 Ancient Stirrings Artifacts (17) 2 Relic of Progenitus 3 Oblivion Stone 4 Expedition Map 4 Chromatic Star 4 Chromatic Sphere Planeswalkers (10) 2 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon 4 Karn, the Great Creator 4 Karn Liberated | Lands (19) 4 Urza's Tower 4 Urza's Power Plant 4 Urza's Mine 1 Sanctum of Ugin 1 Ghost Quarter 4 Forest 1 Blast Zone Sideboard (15) 1 Crucible of Worlds 1 Ensnaring Bridge 1 Liquimetal Coating 1 Sorcerous Spyglass 2 Surgical Extraction 3 Nature's Claim 2 Thragtusk 1 Trinisphere 1 Chalice of the Void 1 Mycosynth Lattice 1 Grafdigger's Cage |
Modern Izzet Fevered Visions
| Creatures (3) 3 Snapcaster Mage Spells (25) 1 Engulf the Shore 3 Wipe Away 4 Lightning Bolt 1 Spell Snare 4 Eye of Nowhere 4 Boomerang 4 Day's Undoing 4 Remand Enchantments (6) 3 Fevered Visions 1 Blood Moon 2 Search for Azcanta Planeswalkers (3) 3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor | Lands (23) 3 Flooded Strand 4 Steam Vents 10 Island 3 Misty Rainforest 3 Polluted Delta Sideboard (15) 2 Spell Pierce 4 Anger of the Gods 3 Counterflux 2 Blood Moon 1 Forked Bolt 1 Engulf the Shore 1 Dispel 1 By Force |