The Team Modern Super League continues today at 9 PM Eastern (GMT -4) on twitch.tv/magic

Welcome back to Team Modern Super League 2! Week 8 features the Scary Pterrys vs Stream Team. The Scary Pterrys are Emma Handy, Autumn Burchett, and Chantelle Campbell, who is taking over for Meghan Wolff this week, while the Stream Team is made up of Jess Estephan, April King, and MTGNerdGirl. Both teams are 0-1 and are fighting to stay alive for the quarterfinals at 1-1, with the loser getting eliminated at 0-2.

Scary Pterrys Decklists

The Scary Pterrys have brought an assortment of decks: Dredge, Hogaak Reborn, Jund, Snowshift, and NeoBrand.

Dredge

We haven’t seen much Dredge much of late because Hogaak and friends were a better “Dredge” deck, but the Prized Amalgam have found its way back into sleeves. This deck didn’t change much since the last two sets but trimming on a Prized Amalgam makes room for another resilient threat in Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis.

Modern Dredge

Creatures (19)
Bloodghast
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Golgari Thug
Narcomoeba
Prized Amalgam
Stinkweed Imp

Spells (18)
Cathartic Reunion
Conflagrate
Faithless Looting
Life from the Loam
Creeping Chill

Artifacts (4)
Shriekhorn
Lands (19)
Arid Mesa
Wooded Foothills
Stomping Ground
Copperline Gorge
Mountain
Bloodstained Mire
Blood Crypt
Blast Zone
Forgotten Cave
Gemstone Mine

Sideboard (15)
Ancient Grudge
Ghost Quarter
Lightning Axe
Nature’s Claim
Shenanigans
Darkblast
Abrupt Decay
Thoughtseize

Jund

Jund is always the crowd favorite just because of how fair the deck is but it’s a good choice. As of late we’ve seen Seasoned Pyromancer in the three-drop card advantage slot, but the Scary Pterrys have two Chandra, Acolyte of Flame to test out. It acts like a mini Legion Warboss that is able to flashback key removal spells when needed. With the other zero ability being able to “ramp” red planeswalkers it can get a fast Wrenn and Six emblem to be able to gain a bunch of advantage.

Modern Jund

Creatures (10)
Scavenging Ooze
Tarmogoyf
Bloodbraid Elf

Spells (15)
Thoughtseize
Assassin’s Trophy
Fatal Push
Inquisition of Kozilek
Kolaghan’s Command
Lightning Bolt

Planeswalkers (10)
Wrenn and Six
Chandra, Acolyte of Flame
Liliana of the Veil
Lands (25)
Blackcleave Cliffs
Swamp
Stomping Ground
Overgrown Tomb
Raging Ravine
Forest
Bloodstained Mire
Verdant Catacombs
Blood Crypt
Wooded Foothills
Barren Moor
Mountain
Nurturing Peatland

Sideboard (15)
Collective Brutality
Fulminator Mage
Surgical Extraction
Plague Engineer
Nihil Spellbomb
Collector Ouphe
Anger of the Gods

Hogaak Reborn

Hogaak Reborn is another take on a Hogaak self-mill deck that plays Hedron Crab to try and fuel up the graveyard alongside Stitcher’s Supplier. It has the same explosiveness with Vengevine and the Gravecrawler plus Carrion Feeder combo. The deck also has some ways to be able to grind with Cryptbreaker to draw cards and pitch dead cards to turn them into a zombie horde is a powerful way to rebuild after a wrath.

Modern Hogaak Reborn

Creatures (37)
Hedron Crab
Bloodghast
Prized Amalgam
Carrion Feeder
Gravecrawler
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Insolent Neonate
Cryptbreaker
Stitcher’s Supplier
Vengevine

Spells (4)
Faithless Looting
Lands (19)
Blackcleave Cliffs
Gemstone Mine
Bloodstained Mire
Marsh Flats
Verdant Catacombs
Swamp
Polluted Delta
Watery Grave
Overgrown Tomb
Blood Crypt

Sideboard (15)
Leyline of the Void
Shenanigans
Thoughtseize
Lightning Axe
Nature’s Claim

Snowshift

Snowshift has been seen taking over MTGO leagues. At its core, it is a Bring to Light Scapeshift deck utilizing snow basics and Ice-Fang Coatl. With Bring to Light Scapeshift you can play a bunch of cool one-of 4CMC spells that you can tutor for with the Bring to Light. The deck is still full of ramp to be able to Turn 4 Scapeshift but it doesn’t rely on Primeval Titan to get the job done.

Modern Snowshift

Creatures (10)
Snapcaster Mage
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Ice-Fang Coatl

Spells (20)
Remand
Search for Tomorrow
Bring to Light
Scapeshift
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Ojutai’s Command
Lightning Bolt
Path to Exile
Cryptic Command
Supreme Verdict

Artifacts (1)
Engineered Explosives

Planeswalkers (3)
Teferi, Time Raveler
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Lands (26)
Breeding Pool
Hallowed Fountain
Misty Rainforest
Sacred Foundry
Snow-Covered Plains
Snow-Covered Mountain
Snow-Covered Island
Snow-Covered Forest
Steam Vents
Stomping Ground
Temple Garden
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Sideboard (15)
Celestial Purge
Rest in Peace
Timely Reinforcements
Force of Negation
Fry
Anger of the Gods
Crumble to Dust
Shatterstorm
Force of Vigor
Obstinate Baloth
Dovin’s Veto
Huntmaster of the Fells
Knight of Autumn

Modern Neobrand

Creatures (19)
Allosaurus Rider
Autochthon Wurm
Chancellor of the Tangle
Street Wraith
Griselbrand
Laboratory Maniac
Simian Spirit Guide
Wild Cantor

Spells (28)
Life Goes On
Manamorphose
Neoform
Nourishing Shoal
Safewright Quest
Serum Visions
Summoner’s Pact
Pact of Negation
Edge of Autumn
Eldritch Evolution
Lands (13)
Botanical Sanctum
Island
Breeding Pool
Waterlogged Grove
Yavimaya Coast

Sideboard (15)
Leyline of Sanctity
Oxidize
Pact of Negation
Slaughter Pact

Stream Team Decklists

Stream Team’s weapons of choice this week are RB Skelemental, Tron, Boros Burn, Izzet Phoenix, and Snowshift. While Tron, Boros Burn, and Izzet Phoenix are popular standbys in the Modern metagame, RB Skelemental is very spicy and Snowshift (as explained above) seems to be the new hotness in the format.

RB Skelemental

The RB Skelemental deck aims to both apply pressure to the opponent’s life total and their hand. Being able to connect with Lightning Skelemental does both of those things, and that feat gets easier with four copies of Unearth, and with four copies of Thunderkin Awakener to buy them back, the deck can give other decks that want to interact fits. Backing things up with Dreadhorde Arcanist and Seasoned Pyromancer to provide tons of extra value, this deck skates a fine line between being aggressive and looking to grind with the best of them!

Modern RB Skelemental

Creatures (16)
Dreadhorde Arcanist
Lightning Skelemental
Seasoned Pyromancer
Thunderkin Awakener

Spells (24)
Faithless Looting
Fatal Push
Inquisition of Kozilek
Kolaghan’s Command
Lightning Bolt
Thoughtseize
Unearth
Lands (20)
Arid Mesa
Blackcleave Cliffs
Blood Crypt
Bloodstained Mire
Fiery Islet
Marsh Flats
Scalding Tarn
Snow-Covered Mountain
Snow-Covered Swamp
Sunbaked Canyon
Verdant Catacombs

Sideboard: (15)
Abrade
Collective Brutality
Fulminator Mage
Leyline of the Void
Liliana of the Veil
Plague Engineer
Shattering Spree

Modern Tron

Creatures (4)
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Walking Ballista
Wurmcoil Engine

Planeswalkers (11)
Karn Liberated
Karn, the Great Creator
Ugin, the Ineffable
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Spells (8)
Ancient Stirrings
Sylvan Scrying

Artifacts (18)
Chromatic Sphere
Chromatic Star
Expedition Map
Oblivion Stone
Relic of Progenitus
Lands (19)
Blast Zone
Forest
Ghost Quarter
Sanctum of Ugin
Urza’s Mine
Urza’s Power Plant
Urza’s Tower

Sideboard (15)
Walking Ballista
Relic of Progenitus
Ensnaring Bridge
Grafdigger’s Cage
Liquimetal Coating
Mycosynth Lattice
Nature’s Claim
Pithing Needle
Thought-Knot Seer
Thragtusk
Witchbane Orb
Trinisphere

Modern Boros Burn

Creatures (12)
Monastery Swiftspear
Goblin Guide
Eidolon of the Great Revel

Spells (28)
Skewer the Critics
Searing Blaze
Rift Bolt
Lightning Helix
Lightning Bolt
Lava Spike
Boros Charm
Lands (20)
Wooded Foothills
Sunbaked Canyon
Snow-Covered Mountain
Scalding Tarn
Sacred Foundry
Inspiring Vantage
Bloodstained Mire

Sideboard (15)
Wear // Tear
Smash to Smithereens
Skullcrack
Searing Blood
Rest in Peace
Path to Exile

Modern Izzet Phoenix

Creatures (9)
Thing in the Ice
Arclight Phoenix
Crackling Drake

Spells (27)
Magmatic Sinkhole
Manamorphose
Sleight of Hand
Finale of Promise
Flame Slash
Lightning Bolt
Serum Visions
Thought Scour
Opt
Lava Dart
Gut Shot

Enchantments (2)
Aria of Flame
Lands (22)
Polluted Delta
Faithless Looting
Island
Fiery Islet
Mountain
Flooded Strand
Scalding Tarn
Spirebluff Canal
Steam Vents

Sideboard (15)
Abrade
Alpine Moon
Anger of the Gods
Blood Moon
Force of Negation
Narset, Parter of Veils
Ravenous Trap
Spell Pierce
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Ceremonious Rejection

Modern Snowshift

Creatures (10)
Ice-Fang Coatl
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Snapcaster Mage
Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy

Spells (21)
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Lightning Bolt
Path to Exile
Supreme Verdict
Ojutai’s Command
Remand
Bring to Light
Search for Tomorrow
Scapeshift

Planeswalkers (3)
Teferi, Time Raveler
Lands (26)
Snow-Covered Island
Snow-Covered Mountain
Snow-Covered Forest
Snow-Covered Plains
Stomping Ground
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Steam Vents
Sacred Foundry
Windswept Heath
Breeding Pool
Temple Garden
Hallowed Fountain
Cinder Glade
Misty Rainforest

Sideboard (15)
Force of Negation
Fry
Weather the Storm
Force of Vigor
Dovin’s Veto
Shatterstorm
Timely Reinforcements
Huntmaster of the Fells
Rest in Peace
Crumble to Dust
Obstinate Baloth
Anger of the Gods

Schedule

It will certainly be interesting to see these two teams battle it out with a variety of decks! Be sure to catch the show at 9 pm EST on twitch.tv/magic!

Match 1: Chantelle Campbell (Dredge) vs April King (Tron)
Match 2: Emma Handy (Hogaak Reborn) vs Jessica Estephan (Izzet Phoenix)
Match 3: Autumn Burchett (Jund) vs MTGNerdGirl (Boros Burn)
Match 4: Chantelle Campbell (NeoBrand) vs Jessica Estephan (Snowshift)
Match 5 (if necessary): Autumn Burchett (Snowshift) vs April King (RB Skelemental)
Match 6 (if necessary): Emma Handy (Dredge) vs MTGNerdGirl (Boros Burn)
Match 7 (if necessary): Autumn Burchett (Jund) vs Jessica Estephan (Izzet Phoenix)

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