VS Live! Top Modern Challenge Performers

What are the real contenders for Modern’s best decks? Corey Baumeister and Ross Merriam battle with top finishers from the weekend’s Modern Challenges.

By VS Live!

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

Round 1: Naya Enchantress VS Esper Stoneblade

Naya Enchantress Sanchez5257

Modern

14th

Jun 22, 2021

Creature (11)

3

Destiny Spinner

1

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

4

3

Sythis, Harvest's Hand

Enchantment (29)

3

Abundant Growth

1

Banishing Light

3

1

4

Enchantress's Presence

1

Greater Auramancy

3

2

Sigil of the Empty Throne

3

Solitary Confinement

4

4

Land (20)

1

Prismatic Vista

8

Snow-Covered Forest

4

Snow-Covered Plains

1

Stomping Ground

1

3

Windswept Heath

2

Wooded Foothills

Sideboard

2

Authority of the Consuls

3

Leyline of Sanctity

4

Leyline of the Void

1

2

Seal of Primordium

2

1

Suppression Field

Esper Stoneblade SolMBAGallande

Modern

18th

Magic Online Challenge

Jun 19, 2021

Creature (19)

4

Grief

2

Priest of Fell Rites

2

Skyclave Apparition

3

4

Stoneforge Mystic

4

Tidehollow Sculler

Planeswalker (5)

3

Dakkon, Shadow Slayer

2

Teferi, Time Raveler

Artifact (3)

1

1

Kaldra Compleat

1

Sword of Light and Shadow

Sorcery (2)

2

Instant (9)

4

3

2

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire

Land (22)

2

Concealed Courtyard

4

2

1

Hallowed Fountain

4

1

2

1

2

Silent Clearing

2

Swamp

1

Sideboard

1

Geist of Saint Traft

2

2

Leonin Relic-Warder

2

Mystical Dispute

2

Plague Engineer

2

1

Skyclave Apparition

1

2

Round 2: Dimir Food VS Izzet Prowess

Dimir Food sneakymisato

Modern

6th

Magic Online Challenge

Jun 18, 2021

Creature (22)

4

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar

4

Emry, Lurker of the Loch

4

Ovalchase Daredevil

4

4

Thought Monitor

2

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Artifact (12)

1

Aether Spellbomb

4

Mishra's Bauble

1

1

1

Springleaf Drum

4

The Underworld Cookbook

Sorcery (2)

1

1

Instant (2)

2

Metallic Rebuke

Land (22)

4

Darkslick Shores

1

Darksteel Citadel

1

2

1

Misty Rainforest

4

1

1

Swamp

4

3

Sideboard

3

1

Ashiok, Dream Render

1

Engineered Explosives

2

1

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

2

Mystical Dispute

1

Nihil Spellbomb

1

1

Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas

2

Izzet Prowess Diem4x

Modern

1st

Magic Online Challenge

Jun 19, 2021

Creature (16)

4

Dragon's Rage Channeler

4

Monastery Swiftspear

4

4

Stormwing Entity

Artifact (4)

4

Mishra's Bauble

Sorcery (4)

4

Expressive Iteration

Instant (17)

4

4

4

3

Mutagenic Growth

2

Land (19)

2

Bloodstained Mire

4

4

3

4

Spirebluff Canal

2

Sideboard

2

2

2

Kozilek's Return

1

Seasoned Pyromancer

3

2

Threads of Disloyalty

3

Round 3: Jeskai Stoneblade VS Golgari Yawgmoth

Jeskai Stoneblade Kanister

Modern

8th

Magic Online Challenge

Jun 19, 2021

Creature (10)

4

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

2

Snapcaster Mage

4

Stoneforge Mystic

Planeswalker (5)

2

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

1

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria

2

Teferi, Time Raveler

Artifact (3)

1

1

Kaldra Compleat

1

Sword of Feast and Famine

Sorcery (3)

3

Prismatic Ending

Instant (15)

3

Archmage's Charm

4

2

Cryptic Command

2

Force of Negation

4

Land (24)

4

1

Glacial Fortress

2

Hallowed Fountain

4

3

Misty Rainforest

1

1

2

4

Spirebluff Canal

2

Sideboard

2

1

Force of Negation

2

Mystical Dispute

2

2

1

2

Timely Reinforcements

3

Golgari Yawgmoth CitrusD

Modern

20th

Magic Online Challenge

Jun 18, 2021

Creature (30)

2

Birds of Paradise

1

3

Geralf's Messenger

1

1

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

4

Ignoble Hierarch

1

Ivy Lane Denizen

1

4

Strangleroot Geist

3

4

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

4

1

Zulaport Cutthroat

Planeswalker (1)

1

Grist, the Hunger Tide

Sorcery (4)

4

Eldritch Evolution

Instant (4)

4

Chord of Calling

Land (21)

3

1

2

1

2

Nurturing Peatland

2

1

Swamp

3

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

4

Verdant Catacombs

1

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Sideboard

1

1

Collector Ouphe

2

1

1

1

Gaea's Blessing

1

1

Phyrexian Revoker

1

Plague Engineer

1

Reclamation Sage

1

1

2