VS Live! Modern As We Know It

With Modern Horizons 2 approaching, Corey Baumeister and Ross Merriam survey the state of the format in three epic battles.

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Round 1: Esper Control VS Jund Death’s Shadow (Lurrus)

Esper Control WaToO

Modern
1st
Magic Online Challenge
May 12, 2021
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Creature (4)
4
Snapcaster Mage
Planeswalker (4)
1
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
3
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
Instant (27)
4
Archmage's Charm
3
Cryptic Command
4
Esper Charm
4
Fatal Push
2
Go for the Throat
2
Kaya's Guile
3
Logic Knot
1
Mana Leak
4
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Land (25)
1
Castle Vantress
1
Celestial Colonnade
4
Drowned Catacomb
4
Flooded Strand
3
Glacial Fortress
1
Hallowed Fountain
3
Island
1
Plains
4
Polluted Delta
3
Watery Grave
Sideboard
2
Aether Gust
2
Damnation
2
Dispel
1
Dovin's Veto
2
Go for the Throat
2
Kaya's Guile
2
Mystical Dispute
2
Thoughtseize
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Jund Death's Shadow (Lurrus) cntrlfreak

Modern
6th
Magic Online Challenge
May 7, 2021
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Companion (1)
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Creature (16)
1
Dark Confidant
4
Death's Shadow
3
Hexdrinker
4
Scourge of the Skyclaves
4
Tarmogoyf
Artifact (4)
4
Mishra's Bauble
Enchantment (1)
1
Seal of Fire
Sorcery (7)
3
Inquisition of Kozilek
4
Thoughtseize
Instant (12)
1
Dismember
4
Fatal Push
1
Kolaghan's Command
4
Lightning Bolt
2
Temur Battle Rage
Land (20)
2
Blood Crypt
4
Bloodstained Mire
1
Forest
1
Mountain
2
Nurturing Peatland
1
Overgrown Tomb
1
Stomping Ground
1
Swamp
4
Verdant Catacombs
3
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Assassin's Trophy
2
Damping Sphere
1
Kolaghan's Command
2
Kozilek's Return
2
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
1
Soul-Guide Lantern
2
Tend the Pests
2
Veil of Summer
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Round 2: Sultai Control (Lurrus)❄ VS Boros Prowess (Lurrus)

Sultai Control (Lurrus)❄ aspiringspike

Modern
Test Deck
May 13, 2021
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Companion (1)
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Creature (5)
3
Snapcaster Mage
2
Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor
Artifact (4)
4
Mishra's Bauble
Sorcery (4)
3
Bring to Light
1
Damnation
Instant (23)
2
Abrupt Decay
4
Archmage's Charm
1
Cling to Dust
3
Cryptic Command
3
Fatal Push
3
Force of Negation
1
Go for the Throat
1
Logic Knot
3
Mana Leak
2
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Land (24)
1
Breeding Pool
2
Drowned Catacomb
1
Ketria Triome
4
Misty Rainforest
4
Polluted Delta
2
Reflecting Pool
4
Snow-Covered Island
1
Snow-Covered Swamp
1
Sunken Hollow
1
Sunken Ruins
1
Verdant Catacombs
1
Watery Grave
1
Zagoth Triome
Sideboard
2
Aether Gust
1
Crumble to Dust
1
Damnation
2
Drown in the Loch
1
Engineered Explosives
3
Nihil Spellbomb
2
Tale's End
2
Thoughtseize
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Boros Prowess (Lurrus) mRichi

Modern
3rd
Magic Online Challenge
May 7, 2021
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Companion (1)
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Creature (14)
4
Clever Lumimancer
2
Leonin Lightscribe
4
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Soul-Scar Mage
Artifact (4)
4
Mishra's Bauble
Sorcery (5)
3
Crash Through
2
Light Up the Stage
Instant (19)
3
Boros Charm
4
Lava Dart
4
Lightning Bolt
4
Manamorphose
4
Mutagenic Growth
Land (18)
1
Arid Mesa
1
Bloodstained Mire
4
Inspiring Vantage
3
Mountain
3
Sacred Foundry
4
Sunbaked Canyon
2
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
4
Abrade
2
Kor Firewalker
4
Path to Exile
4
Soul-Guide Lantern
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Round 3: Azorius Merfolk VS Orzhov Blink (Yorion)

Azorius Merfolk Motown123

Modern
14th
Magic Online Challenge
May 12, 2021
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Creature (25)
2
Cursecatcher
4
Lord of Atlantis
3
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
4
Master of the Pearl Trident
4
Merfolk Trickster
4
Silvergill Adept
4
Unsettled Mariner
Artifact (4)
4
Aether Vial
Enchantment (4)
4
Spreading Seas
Instant (7)
3
Dismember
4
Force of Negation
Land (20)
2
Cavern of Souls
4
Mutavault
1
Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
4
Seachrome Coast
3
Snow-Covered Island
4
Wanderwine Hub
2
Waterlogged Grove
Sideboard
2
Ashiok, Dream Render
3
Chalice of the Void
2
Deafening Silence
3
Mana Leak
2
Pithing Needle
3
Relic of Progenitus
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Orzhov Blink (Yorion) Parrotlet

Modern
20th
Magic Online Challenge
May 7, 2021
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Companion (1)
1
Yorion, Sky Nomad
Creature (35)
4
Charming Prince
4
Elite Spellbinder
4
Flickerwisp
4
Giver of Runes
4
Skyclave Apparition
4
Stoneforge Mystic
4
Tidehollow Sculler
3
Wall of Omens
4
Wasteland Strangler
Artifact (7)
4
Aether Vial
1
Batterskull
1
Maul of the Skyclaves
1
Sword of Fire and Ice
Instant (8)
4
Ephemerate
4
Path to Exile
Land (30)
2
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
3
Concealed Courtyard
4
Field of Ruin
3
Godless Shrine
4
Marsh Flats
6
Plains
2
Prismatic Vista
2
Shambling Vent
3
Silent Clearing
1
Swamp
Sideboard
4
Auriok Champion
2
Fatal Push
2
Isolate
2
Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
2
Leonin Relic-Warder
2
Vanishing Verse
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