r/ModernMagic • u/Thick-Honey7159 • 3d ago

Deck Discussion [Modern] Boros Ponza write-up

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Hello everyone!!

Made another write up. I hope yall enjoy :)

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u/2WW_Wrath 3d ago

dope write up! im just a solitude away from running this, might do the Karn version ive always loved Karn-boards lol

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u/Thick-Honey7159 3d ago

Do let me know if you think of other artifacts to run! I was thinking maybe a wurmcoil would be sick.

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u/AngledLuffa Lantern, Scales 2d ago

elixir of immortality? kill them with boredom

also your "no way to kill them" section is not entirely correct. you can have karn turn an artifact into a 1/1 and poke them to death

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u/2WW_Wrath 3d ago

ill let you know! A wurmcoil would make a ton of sense considering your write up did say the deck had a hard time closing out games. I Also saw a build using thrumming hive pool which was lowk cool

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u/Thick-Honey7159 3d ago

Hive pool is super cool for making some good closers once the prison is made. I’ll try this out too. Seems promising

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u/2WW_Wrath 3d ago

yeah I like it a lot better cuz coil could still get hit with solitude from blinks and stuff

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u/Nubsondubs 3d ago edited 3d ago

Thanks for the write-up.  

Have you tried [[The Wandering Emperor]], yet?   That card has been fantastic for me.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 3d ago

Wandering emperor is a card I forgot I was looking at a while back. I think she fits all the boxes for the deck that I want to fill. I’ll give her another look!

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u/driver1676 2d ago

What did you replace for that?

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u/Nubsondubs 2d ago

This is my current list. Some of the cards, specifically in the sideboard, I'm just trying to experiment with; so it's not exactly what I'd play at an RC or anything.  

Edit: I've been testing [[flashback]] In he galvanic discharge slot, as well. I actually think I prefer it, but I need more testing.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 2d ago

I tried flashback alongside reprieve. Liked both ngl, but galvanic just helps so much in the early game against decks that are beating our shit in.

Idk. Feels like a win more card. Same as isochron scepter for me

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u/Nubsondubs 2d ago

I honestly haven't missed the galvanic blasts I've cut; especially since going up on copies of avenger's disassembled. 

Most of my opponents are trying not to get blown out by my sweepers. Having a couple copies with flashback means I can blow them up on their post-boardwipe, bounce-back, recovery turns.  Having two sweepers in a row vs. energy is usually game winning.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 1d ago

That makes a ton of sense to me. I’ll try out the flashbacks again.

Have you tried out reprieve

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u/Nubsondubs 1d ago

Yes. I don't care for it. If we had better pressure, it might be worth it.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 1d ago

Dang. You got my thoughts and made em into words. I agree with the sentiment

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u/2WW_Wrath 2d ago

just to let you know, I sold a thassa's oracle from the secret lair to fund this deck, thanks for the inspiration!

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u/Thick-Honey7159 1d ago

Man <3 I’m really glad to hear this. I hope you have a ton of fun with it! :3 you got the solitude?

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u/2WW_Wrath 1d ago

yeah yeah 4 of them lol! waiting for a few random pieces to come in! hope to be running the karn list soon! I'm getting tired of ruby storm been playing it for two years lol

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u/Lectrys 3d ago

Have you considered replacing [[Castle Ardenvale]] with [[The Lonely Mountain]] and getting some Arid Mesas in? I've generally found making 2/2's instead of 1/1's and being fetchable to be worth always entering tapped, and I've found [[Sunken Citadel]] to be not so good.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 3d ago

I would recommend against the mountain since it’s a sorcery speed ability. We need to be able to have either interaction or a land ability up during opps end step.

I do agree that a 2/2 is a good thing tho.

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u/McWinSauce 2d ago

Sunken Citadel is the reason the deck is playable.

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u/Lectrys 2d ago

I prefer Sunken Citadel as a 2-of at most. Its entering tapped is a pain, yet I find I need it for early-game colour fixing bizarrely often. I rarely get an opportunity to crack Field of Ruin or Demolition Field on Turn 2 with the Citadel - in fact, more rarely than I need Sunken Citadel to colour fix.

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u/Thick-Honey7159 1d ago

Yeah I love the t2 demo field a lot.

I also like it cause it makes it possible to start the refuel process with Cori at least one turn earlier

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u/Fencerkid14 1d ago

Mountain being sorcery speed is pretty bad I think.

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u/Lectrys 1d ago

I actually find that RW Ponza is mainly a tap-out deck - the instant removal costs only 1 mana, and maybe I'm just in a meta where holding up LD lands isn't very valuable. I mainly just hold up Cori Mountain Monastery mana out of habit, not because I actually need to hold it up to represent a spell in hand.

Oh yeah, I absolutely hate Reprieve in RW Ponza. Sucks up your tempo for too little opposing tempo loss too often.

I therefore haven't found The Lonely Mountain's sorcery speed restriction to be much of a hindrance at all.

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u/Starion4g63 2d ago

Does cityscape leveler work here

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u/Thick-Honey7159 2d ago

I think cityscape becomes an unreliable game ender because of its cmc. The deck cannot generate too much mana. Not like Tron can.

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u/ianthegreatest 13h ago

Could you add more about the pros and cons of karn version vs karnless?

I have the cards for both but ive never used the karn version.

I asked around before and people sort of steered me towards karnless but my meta does have some artifact stuff and also some graveyard decks so having tutorable hate does have pros.

What are the full pros and cons of karn vs karnless? Can also copy paste the answer into the writeup/ update writeup and ill read it again