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Modern: Huge Tracts of Unexplored Land

It has been said of Modern: “The most important thing about Modern is diversity. It’s by and far the most open format right now, there are huge tracts of land no one has explored. It’s the new frontier of competitive Magic,” and, “The nice thing about Modern is that the format is very open. There’s a lot of room to explore and find decks that can work.” And just to hammer that point, here are maps from some recent explorations:

Many, many moons ago, when dinosaurs yet roamed the earth, I looked into a pair of blue eyes, and was lost forevermore. From that moment on, I have been sworn to serve the Queen of the Universe. For many years have I upheld that service true, in return for her consuming my thoughts, dreams, and passions.

The years ran their inexorable path, and it came to pass that my service was for naught, and I fell from the thoughts and favor of Her Majesty. It would seem my reason for being was over, and my soul teetered on the abyss.

Suicidal Tendencies, Kahleya (4-0) Modern Daily #5832137

Creatures (10) 4 Avatar of Hope 4 Death’s Shadow 2 Spellskite Other Spells (29) 4 Angel’s Grace 4 Faith’s Shield 4 Leyline of Sanctity 3 Path to Exile 4 Plunge into Darkness 2 Rite of Consumption 1 Slaughter Pact 4 Spoils of the Vault 3 Thoughtseize Lands (21) 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Gemstone Mine 4 Godless Shrine 4 Isolated Chapel 4 Marsh Flats 4 Plains 3 Swamp Sideboard (15) 2 Cavern of Souls 3 Celestial Purge 3 Favor of the Mighty 3 Infest 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Thoughtseize

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I was in a dark place, and it seemed that worms would eat my soul.

Haakon's Worm, Snugglie (3-1) Modern Daily #5798524

Creatures (8) 4 Haakon, Stromgald Scourge 4 Tarmogoyf Planeswalkers (4) 4 Liliana of the Veil Other Spells (21) 2 Abrupt Decay 2 Darkblast 4 Life from the Loam 4 Nameless Inversion 4 Raven’s Crime 4 Smallpox 1 Worm Harvest Lands (27) 1 Dryad Arbor 2 Forest 2 Ghost Quarter 3 Marsh Flats 2 Misty Rainforest 2 Mutavault 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Swamp 2 Tectonic Edge 3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Woodland Cemetery Sideboard (15) 3 Infest 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Maelstrom Pulse 2 Nature’s Claim 2 Pithing Needle 2 Syphon Life

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I learned that loss is like a hole in the middle of your living room floor. You rearrange the furniture around it and you visit it once in a while, but less and less often as time goes by. As time goes on, you get used to walking around the hole, living around it as it becomes just another part of your life. But you never forget it’s there.

Eventually, color started coming back into my life, as well, although I still felt like junk…

Junk'd, jacksad (4-0) Modern Daily #5765172

Creatures (18) 4 Dark Confidant 4 Deathrite Shaman 4 Loxodon Smiter 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Tarmogoyf Planeswalkers (4) 4 Liliana of the Veil Other Spells (15) 3 Abrupt Decay 2 Dismember 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Thoughtseize Lands (23) 3 Blackcleave Cliffs 1 Blood Crypt 1 Forest 1 Godless Shrine 4 Marsh Flats 1 Overgrown Tomb 3 Raging Ravine 1 Stomping Ground 1 Swamp 1 Temple Garden 2 Twilight Mire 4 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard (15) 1 Batterskull 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Obstinate Baloth 1 Olivia Voldaren 2 Slaughter Games 1 Slaughter Pact 2 Sowing Salt 2 Stony Silence 2 Thrun, the Last Troll

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…and was blue a lot.

Blue Naya Domri, _Pediatra_ (3-1) Modern Daily #5798556

Creatures (25) 3 Deathrite Shaman 3 Geist of Saint Traft 2 Huntmaster of the Fells 4 Loxodon Smiter 3 Noble Hierarch 2 Scavenging Ooze 4 Tarmogoyf 2 Thundermaw Hellkite 2 Voice of Resurgence Planeswalkers (2) 2 Domri Rade Other Spells (10) 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Lightning Helix 3 Path to Exile Lands (23) 4 Arid Mesa 1 Breeding Pool 1 Forest 1 Hallowed Fountain 1 Horizon Canopy 1 Island 2 Marsh Flats 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Plains 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 1 Treetop Village 1 Verdant Catacombs Sideboard (15) 2 Grafdigger’s Cage 2 Leyline of Sanctity 4 Mana Leak 3 Stony Silence 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 2 Wear // Tear

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I had a dream; an omen which seemed to portend a shift in my spiritual landscape.

Scapeshift Omen, jmdwinter (4-0) Modern Daily #5712269

Creatures (3) 1 Realmwright 2 Snapcaster Mage Other Spells (30) 4 Cryptic Command 4 Explore 4 Mana Leak 4 Prismatic Omen 3 Pyroclasm 3 Scapeshift 4 Serum Visions 4 Wargate Lands (27) 3 Breeding Pool 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Celestial Colonnade 2 Flooded Grove 2 Forest 1 Halimar Depths 1 Hallowed Fountain 2 Island 4 Misty Rainforest 1 Mystic Gate 3 Scalding Tarn 1 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Steam Vents 1 Temple Garden 3 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle Sideboard (15) 2 Ancient Grudge 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All 2 Combust 2 Dispel 3 Leyline of Sanctity 2 Meddling Mage 1 Pyroclasm 2 Sun Titan

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I beheld the shamble, awash in anger
An’ I smacked meself doon
An’ cried at wa’ stroon afore me
The fallen at ma feet
Be in Hell t’ meet ye
Never, I cried
Never shall ye take me alive

It’s time. I feel the need to serve once more. To wear my lady’s favor upon my armor. There are other Empresses worthy of this supplicant’s service; I am done playing the martyr!

Sorin's Martyr, TSwiftFan88 (3-1) Modern Daily #5765082

Creatures (19) 4 Martyr of Sands 4 Ranger of Eos 4 Serra Ascendant 4 Squadron Hawk 3 Vizkopa Guildmage Planeswalkers (1) 1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad Other Spells (16) 2 Blind Obedience 4 Lingering Souls 4 Orzhov Charm 3 Path to Exile 3 Proclamation of Rebirth Lands (24) 3 Ghost Quarter 4 Godless Shrine 2 Isolated Chapel 4 Marsh Flats 2 Mistveil Plains 7 Plains 1 Swamp 1 Vault of the Archangel Sideboard (15) 3 Aven Mindcensor 2 Celestial Purge 2 Disenchant 2 Ghostly Prison 1 Path to Exile 3 Relic of Progenitus 2 Stony Silence

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I believe this supplicant has many gifts to give.

4c Gifts, CRET_UgRiv (3-1) Modern Daily #5738724

Creatures (12) 4 Deathrite Shaman 2 Eternal Witness 4 Kitchen Finks 2 Snapcaster Mage Other Spells (24) 4 Abrupt Decay 1 Batterskull 1 Damnation 1 Darkblast 1 Devour Flesh 2 Engineered Explosives 4 Gifts Ungiven 3 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Life from the Loam 1 Mana Leak 1 Pithing Needle 1 Raven’s Crime 3 Thoughtseize Lands (24) 1 Academy Ruins 1 Blood Crypt 2 Breeding Pool 2 Forest 1 Island 2 Marsh Flats 4 Misty Rainforest 2 Overgrown Tomb 2 Swamp 1 Tectonic Edge 4 Verdant Catacombs 2 Watery Grave Sideboard (15) 3 Devour Flesh 2 Nihil Spellbomb 4 Obstinate Baloth 2 Pithing Needle 4 Slaughter Games

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I’m currently attempting to win the favor of a fiery haired Princess; she looks upon me with kindness and accepts me into her bower. It is at her servitude that I have been remiss in my duty towards you, o reader. She has kept me sequestered, with lightning and bumps in the night, each night a searing blaze, for days on end.

Vex Bomb Bump, jacinator (3-1) Modern Daily #5832067

Creatures (13) 3 Deathrite Shaman 4 Goblin Guide 2 Grim Lavamancer 4 Vexing Devil Other Spells (27) 4 Boros Charm 4 Bump in the Night 2 Burst Lightning 4 Lava Spike 4 Lightning Bolt 3 Rift Bolt 2 Searing Blaze 2 Shard Volley 2 Skullcrack Lands (20) 4 Arid Mesa 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 2 Blood Crypt 1 Marsh Flats 2 Mountain 2 Sacred Foundry 4 Scalding Tarn 1 Teetering Peaks Sideboard (15) 3 Electrickery 1 Ensnaring Bridge 4 Geth’s Verdict 3 Rakdos Charm 3 Ronom Unicorn 1 Skullcrack

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Overdrive! is the original Modern format Player-Run Event! In fact, it’s even older than Modern, having started out as an event in the Overextended format. Overdrive! is free to enter, and happens every Monday evening at 8:30PM Eastern time. Eurodrive!, a Euro-time friendly Overdrive! clone, happens every Saturday at noon UTC.

Overdrive! #105 Champion: call1me1dragon / Hate Bears
Overdrive! #106 Champion: pk23 / Kiki Pod
Eurodrive! #86 Champion: olaw / Merfolk
Eurodrive! #87 Champion: Gq1rf7 / GRuul Zoo
Decks from all Overdrive! events can be found here.
Decks from all Eurodrive! events can be found here.

Where Angels Fear To Tread is a limited-seating Modern format Player-Run Event that follows the same structure as the MTGO Daily Scheduled Events: 4 rounds of Swiss pairings, with prizes going to all 4-0 and 3-1 players. As with all of my events, it is absolutely free to enter! WAFTT happens every Sunday at 1800UTC (2PM Eastern, 11AM Pacific).

Where Angels Fear To Tread #66
Players: 17
4-0: pk23 ~ 3-1: call1me1dragon, Procrastination, olaw, kolkonator
Where Angels Fear To Tread #67
Players: 20
4-0: Farfishere ~ 3-1: allstar997, wolftree, kolkonator, Socanelas, cag5383
Decks from all WAFTT events can be found here.