VS Live! Tier 2 Modern Decks Take Over

Who says Tier 1 decks get to have all the Modern MTG fun? Corey Baumeister and Ross Merriam break out their favorite Tier 2 decks for a trio of battles.

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Round 1: Living End VS Gruul Midrange

Living End Selfeisek (5-0)

Modern
Article Deck
Jan 13, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (30)
2
Architects of Will
2
Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
4
Curator of Mysteries
4
Grief
4
Shardless Agent
4
Street Wraith
4
Striped Riverwinder
4
Waker of Waves
2
Windcaller Aven
Sorcery (3)
3
Living End
Instant (8)
4
Force of Negation
4
Violent Outburst
Land (19)
3
Botanical Sanctum
2
Breeding Pool
1
Forest
1
Island
4
Misty Rainforest
2
Polluted Delta
3
Spirebluff Canal
2
Steam Vents
1
Sunken Ruins
Sideboard
2
Endurance
1
Faerie Macabre
1
Force of Vigor
3
Foundation Breaker
2
Ingot Chewer
2
Leyline of Sanctity
2
Mystical Dispute
2
Subtlety
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Gruul Midrange Ross Merriam

Modern
Article Deck
Jan 13, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (24)
4
Arbor Elf
4
Bloodbraid Elf
4
Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
4
Fury
2
Ignoble Hierarch
2
Klothys, God of Destiny
4
Seasoned Pyromancer
Planeswalker (3)
1
Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2
Wrenn and Six
Enchantment (8)
4
Blood Moon
4
Utopia Sprawl
Instant (4)
4
Lightning Bolt
Land (21)
6
Forest
1
Misty Rainforest
1
Mountain
2
Prismatic Vista
3
Stomping Ground
2
Verdant Catacombs
2
Windswept Heath
4
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Ancient Grudge
3
Endurance
2
Engineered Explosives
1
Force of Vigor
2
Thrun, the Last Troll
3
Veil of Summer
2
Weather the Storm
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Round 2: Izzet Breach VS Abzan Yawgmoth

Izzet Breach Corey Baumeister

Modern
Article Deck
Jan 13, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (13)
4
Dragon's Rage Channeler
4
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
4
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1
Thassa's Oracle
Artifact (16)
1
Aether Spellbomb
4
Grinding Station
4
Mishra's Bauble
4
Mox Amber
1
Pithing Needle
1
Shadowspear
1
Springleaf Drum
Enchantment (4)
4
Underworld Breach
Sorcery (3)
3
Expressive Iteration
Instant (4)
4
Unholy Heat
Land (20)
1
Arid Mesa
1
Bloodstained Mire
1
Flooded Strand
1
Island
2
Mountain
1
Polluted Delta
4
Scalding Tarn
2
Spirebluff Canal
3
Steam Vents
4
Urza's Saga
Sideboard
2
Dragon's Claw
2
Engineered Explosives
2
Lightning Bolt
2
Metallic Rebuke
1
Shattering Spree
2
Spell Pierce
3
Spreading Seas
1
Tormod's Crypt
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Abzan Yawgmoth Ross Merriam

Modern
Article Deck
Jan 13, 2022
BUY DECK
Creature (29)
4
Birds of Paradise
1
Geralf's Messenger
1
Gilded Goose
1
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
4
Ignoble Hierarch
1
Knight of Autumn
1
Luminous Broodmoth
4
Strangleroot Geist
4
Wall of Roots
4
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
3
Young Wolf
1
Zulaport Cutthroat
Planeswalker (2)
2
Grist, the Hunger Tide
Sorcery (4)
4
Eldritch Evolution
Instant (4)
4
Chord of Calling
Land (21)
2
Blooming Marsh
1
Dryad Arbor
1
Forest
1
Misty Rainforest
2
Nurturing Peatland
2
Overgrown Tomb
1
Swamp
2
Temple Garden
2
Twilight Mire
1
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
4
Verdant Catacombs
1
Windswept Heath
1
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Augur of Autumn
1
Drannith Magistrate
4
Endurance
3
Force of Vigor
1
Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
4
Thoughtseize
1
Tocatli Honor Guard
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Round 3: Jund Midrange (Lurrus) VS Boros Prowess (Lurrus)

Jund Midrange (Lurrus) Sanitoeter

Modern
5th
Magic Online Challenge
Magic Online
Jan 8, 2022
BUY DECK
Companion (1)
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Creature (15)
4
Elvish Reclaimer
1
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
4
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
4
Tarmogoyf
2
Tourach, Dread Cantor
Planeswalker (4)
4
Wrenn and Six
Artifact (3)
1
Pyrite Spellbomb
1
Shadowspear
1
Soul-Guide Lantern
Sorcery (6)
4
Inquisition of Kozilek
2
Thoughtseize
Instant (9)
2
Assassin's Trophy
2
Fatal Push
2
Kolaghan's Command
1
Lightning Bolt
2
Unholy Heat
Land (23)
1
Blackcleave Cliffs
2
Blood Crypt
3
Bloodstained Mire
1
Blooming Marsh
1
Forest
1
Mountain
2
Overgrown Tomb
1
Stomping Ground
2
Swamp
4
Urza's Saga
4
Verdant Catacombs
1
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
2
Alpine Moon
1
Blast Zone
1
Boil
1
Bojuka Bog
1
Chalice of the Void
2
Collective Brutality
1
Engineered Explosives
2
Force of Vigor
1
Ghost Quarter
2
Nihil Spellbomb
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Boros Prowess (Lurrus) Ross Merriam

Modern
Article Deck
Jan 13, 2022
BUY DECK
Companion (1)
1
Lurrus of the Dream-Den
Creature (16)
4
Dragon's Rage Channeler
4
Monastery Swiftspear
4
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
4
Soul-Scar Mage
Artifact (4)
4
Mishra's Bauble
Sorcery (11)
4
Light Up the Stage
3
Prismatic Ending
4
Reckless Impulse
Instant (10)
4
Lava Dart
4
Lightning Bolt
2
Unholy Heat
Land (19)
2
Bloodstained Mire
4
Inspiring Vantage
3
Mountain
2
Sacred Foundry
2
Scalding Tarn
4
Sunbaked Canyon
2
Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
1
Alpine Moon
1
Chalice of the Void
2
Kor Firewalker
3
Path to Exile
2
Sanctifier en-Vec
2
Soul-Guide Lantern
1
Torpor Orb
2
Wear // Tear
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