There’s been a heated debate lately as to how busted Jeskai Ascendancy is. We’ve seen it show up in small amounts for Standard, but Todd Anderson recently
complained that the Modern version of the deck, which Sam Black wrote about here, is all over the Modern queues on Magic Online. What
makes this deck so special? Why do people hate it existing so much? Why do people feel like it’s unbeatable?
For starters, the deck has the forgotten Glittering Wish to find its main combo piece. Other than that, all you really need is a mana creature and some
cantrips. At that point, you can draw your deck and either attack your opponent with your enormous creature or Glittering Wish for a Flesh//Blood. The deck
isn’t unbeatable, but the ways to fight it aren’t widely played quite yet, although I do feel like that will change given enough tournaments.
The main issue with the deck is that it has an Eggs-level boredom factor. When combo-ing off, this deck can take a while, which can be painful for both
spectators and the opponent, who has unwillingly become a spectator.
What do y’all think? Banworthy or can we adapt? If we can, is it worth it allowing a deck like this to stay in the format?
Ceditor’s Note: It’s probably worth noting that the following list did actually only have three total copies of Jeskai Ascendancy throughout its 75
because SMDSTER had difficulty finding a fourth. I imagine this deck only gets better when it has all four.
Creatures (12)
Lands (16)
Spells (32)
- 4 Sleight of Hand
- 4 Serum Visions
- 4 Glittering Wish
- 4 Cerulean Wisps
- 2 Crimson Wisps
- 4 Manamorphose
- 4 Gitaxian Probe
- 4 Treasure Cruise
- 2 Jeskai Ascendancy
Sideboard
