Comments on: 2 Modern Decks That Highlight Monastery Mentor https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/ Play More, Win More, Pay Less Mon, 25 May 2015 15:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: blakalicious https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/#comment-788011 Mon, 25 May 2015 15:36:36 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=55404#comment-788011 Love the BW Mentor tokens. Built it and designed some cool tokens I printed out…it’s so much fun!

What do you think about Orzov Basilica instead of Fetid Heath? Allows you to snatch back a Windbrisk Heights to recycle for more Hideaway! Maybe too mid-gamey?

I keep the Vault of the Archangel in there from most of the other BW Tokens list. It is just too good.

Could a one of Dark Confidant have some play here with the Vault?

Nice write up, Adam! Sorry for the necropost…

]]> By: calhoun https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/#comment-409437 Mon, 09 Feb 2015 19:32:26 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=55404#comment-409437 thanks for the article I picked up two of these in a trade and am hoping they don’t boros reckoner on me in price. but here’s how i’m running it and it seems to stay on the table most times I play it. I’ve even played it with a gitaxian probe to get a prowess token knowing it’s gonna get bolted just to 141 someone’s last piece of removal. only to play swiftspear next turn ftw with the token. prowess can be explosive as F^@$

i’ll leave the amounts out as you can put your own together and see for yourself

I call this deck -the houn

“monastery mentor”
“monastery swiftspear”
“kiln fiend”
“snapcaster mage”

“emerge unscathed”
“boros charm”
“mutagenic growth”

“remand”
“mana leak” or “spell pierce”
“gitaxian probe”
“manmophose”
“brute force” or “titan’s strength” (for the scry and pro-bolt w/ prowess)

“lightning bolt”
“lightning helix”
“path to exile”

assorted fetches, shocks checklands and such

i’m still working on it, but it’s getting some surprised faces in my local meta. i’m using young pyro but he just isn’t as good as having those extra 4 prowess triggers and muta growth can’t put him over toughness 4 like everyone else. i’m thinking I need a bit more draw and a bit more tempo then unleash hell T4 or 5 with fiend or mentor. if I can’t get a ‘magical xmas’ win with fiend and boros charm on T3.

but main thing is. with an unscathed, brute force or muta growth I can confidently drop MM on T3/4 and if he survives, he goes bonkers real quick.

]]> By: Ashby https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/#comment-357344 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:13:11 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=55404#comment-357344 I use Bitterblossoms with Auriok Champions in my BW token deck. Harsh Sustenance might be interesting in BW tokens too. Monastery mentor is going to be amazing…

]]> By: Adam Yurchick https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/#comment-338780 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 23:41:02 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=55404#comment-338780 In reply to Blake.

Thanks! Bitterblossom wouldn’t be bad, but it hasn’t actually caught on in the archetype in Modern yet, because it’s a bit too slow and painful. It also doesn’t interact well with Honor of the Pure.

]]> By: Blake https://www.quietspeculation.com/2015/01/2-modern-decks-that-highlight-monastery-master/#comment-338733 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 22:48:44 +0000 http://www.quietspeculation.com/?p=55404#comment-338733 I like the BW tokens list, but I’m somewhat surprised Bitterblossom makes no showing. Too slow?

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