Modern Marvels Episode 10

Hey everybody,

Episode 10 should be shooting out here shortly, will edit with the link once it gets published.  Notes, as always, are below including our recommendations, tips, and list of standard staples that could hold value in the modern format.

As always, let us know what you think via email, or in the comments.

Best,

Marshall (aka Mastodon)

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In this episode of Modern Marvels, we focus on some tips for getting into modern from standard and make a few recommendations on decks to start out with.  Also in the show, a (almost) complete list of current standard staples that can be used in modern for those deciding on which cards to hold onto through rotation. 

This week's listener question: What deck(s) would you recommend to a player getting into modern and why?

Show notes: *see below*
Show email: modernmarvelspodcast@gmail.com
Show Website: modernmarvelspodcast.blogspot.com
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Modern Marvels Episode 10

Last Week's Listener Question: Do you think wizards of the coasts will ever reprint the fetch lands?  If so, when?  Will they include the allied color fetch lands?

New standard rotation, how will it affect modern?

General tips for Standard players getting into modern

-Marshall

1. Be careful before you lightning bolt a 2/3 tarmogoyf

2. Combo is a thing...deal with it.

3. 5 and 6 drops are rarely playable in modern

-Matt

1. Expect it to be expensive

2. Don't expect to use that many standard cards

3. Commit to the deck

-Josh

1. Don't be intimidated by mana bases

2. Expect some blow outs

3. If you like a card, build around it.

Choosing a deck for modern given what you may already have or enjoyed in standard

-Burn

-Merfolk

-U/W control

Useful links and resources
"What deck should I play" thread
Modern Format Primer (by Lantern)

-Standard legal cards that can be used in modern

-Pack rat

-thoughtseize

-shocklands

-Mutavault

-voice of resurgence

-Brimaz, King of Oreskos

-Keranos, god of storms

-Sphinx's Revelation

-Detention Sphere

-Abrupt Decay

-Supreme verdict

-Anger of the gods

-Scavenging Ooze

-Rest in Peace

-Ornithopter, springleaf drum, darksteel citadel

-Chord of Calling

-Skullcrack

-Eidolon of the Great Revel

-Nykthos

-Courser of Kruphix

-Chandra, Pyromaster

-Golgari Charm, Izzet Charm, Simic Charm, boros charm, rakdos charm

-Young Pyromancer

-Shrieking Afliction

-Waste Not

-Loxodon Smiter

-Boros Reckoner

-Ghor-clan rampager

-Experiment One

What deck would you recommend for a beginner getting into modern (besides one that we already mentioned)?