Let us take a trip back to standard from a couple years ago. I had built a prowess deck around a few cards
I loved how that deck was like a mix of aggro and tempo. I was sad when they were going to rotate out of standard, so I did the only natural thing I could think of; upgrade it to a modern deck.
Jeskai Prowess | Designer: Andy Bentley Test Deck |
| Lands (20) 4 Flooded Strand 4 Bloodstained Mire 4 Steam Vents 2 Hallowed Fountain 2 Sacred Foundry 2 Island 1 Mountain 1 Plains | Creatures (12) 4 Monastery Swiftspear 4 Stormchaser Mage 2 Monastery Mentor 2 Soulfire Grandmaster Instants and Sorceries (28) 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Mutagenic Growth 4 Path to Exile 4 Serum Visions 4 Lightning Helix 4 Temur Battle Rage 2 Wild Slash 2 Boros Charm | Sideboard (15) 2 Wild Slash 2 Boros Charm 2 Stony Silence 2 Rest in Peace 3 Wear // Tear 4 Spell pierce |
I really enjoyed this deck for a time but it seemed to be really hit or miss at times and anybody that knows me can tell you I’m a brewer. So I moved on and the deck kind of fell to the side for a time, a long time. Enter Dominaria, I was scrolling through YouTube one day and I saw a video from MTG Goldfish called Thunderous Wizards in Modern and I was intrigued. He still had a lot of what I had in my deck but he included
It looked like a blast to play and he got to have his fun with the thunderous wrath.
Thunderous Wizards | Designer: SaffronOlive MTG Goldfish |
| Lands (19) 4 Island 4 Mountain 4 shivan Reef 4 Sulfur Falls 3 Spirebluff Canal | Creatures (19) 4 Ghitu Lavarunner 4 Sage of Epityr 4 Soul-Scar Mage 4 Stormchaser Mage 3 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind Instants and Sorceries (22) 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Wizard’s Lightning 4 Thunderous Wrath 4 Opt 4 Serum Visions 2 Chart a Course | Sideboard (15) 4 Spell Pierce 3 Tormod’s Crypt 3 Searing Blood 2 Distainful Stroke 2 Roast 1 Negate |
I enjoyed watching him play the deck but I wanted to keep my deck Jeskai. I feel that keeping white in the deck helps with the versatility, especially in the sideboard. I feel these cards have a lot to offer
Now on to the decklist that have settled on
Jeskai Wizards | Designer: Andy Bentley Test Build |
| Lands (19) 4 Flooded Strand 3 Steam Vents 2 Hallowed Fountain 2 Sacred Foundry 2 Spirebluff Canal 1 Wandering Fumarole 1 Arid Mesa 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Island 1 Plains 1 Mountain | Creatures (17) 2 Ghitu Lavarunner 2 Sage of Epityr 2 Snapcaster Mage 3 Adeliz, the Cinder Wind 4 Soul-Scar Mage 4 Stormchaser Mage Instants and Sorceries (24) 4 Serum Visions 4 Opt 4 Path to Exile 4 Manamorphos 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Wizard’s Lightning | Sideboard (15) 1 Rest in Peace 1 Stony Silence 2 Alpine Moon 2 Izzet Staticcaster 3 Spell Pierce 3 Lightning Helix 3 Boros Charm |