Art by Justin Murray❌ Modern Horizons, Universes Beyond
✅ Pre-"Fire" Design Era Magic
⚖️ Balanced across aggro/control/midrange/combo
No altered rules. All cards are from Standard printed Magic sets.
Combos and Synergies to Draft Around
Twin Combo
Enchant Pestermite or Deceiver Exarch with Splinter Twin for the classic Modern combo kill.
Nic Fit
Assemble a Birthing Pod value engine and snowball through your deck.
Or play a lot of basics and double your mana.
Cat Combo
Make infinite Felidar Guardians and swing out with this combo supported in White/Red/Blue.
Big Kills
Sneak fat boys into play,
with support for slower builds that finish over the top.
Infinite Mana
Cast Freed from the Real on Bloom Tender or Voyaging Satyr.
Loop sacrifice Composite Golem with Nim Deathmantle making +1 mana each time.
Thopter Sword Combo
Sacrifice Sword of the Meek to Thopter Foundry over and over to swarm with Thopters.
Or build a value-cheaty artifact-based deck.
Storm Off
String spells together for Storm kills and synergies.
Or build around Prowess.
Miracles
Make good use of Sensei's Top in an efficient Blue/White control shell.
Lands, Lands, Lands
Assemble a lands-focused deck with key buildarounds like Valakut
Or build around landfall triggers
Color Pairings
- Azorius (UW) – Tap-out control, artifacts, miracles
- Rakdos (BR) – Reanimator, aggressive midrange
- Golgari (BG) – Fat midrange, landfall, removal
- Gruul (RG) – Aggressive midrange, prowess, ramp-burn hybrids
- Orzhov (WB) – Tokens, sacrifice, and recursive threats
- Simic (UG) – Ramp, spells-matter, or Lands
- Izzet (UR) – Splinter Twin, spellslinger, tempo, artifacts
- Selesnya (GW) – Go-wide, toolbox creatures, landfall
- Dimir (UB) – Draw-go control, reanimator
- Boros (RW) – Low-to-the-ground aggro, burn
Nim Deathmantle + Composite Golem and Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real infinite mana combos.