

The idea is that we can cast Madcap Experiment on Turn 3 (with the help of Simian Spirit Guide) or 4, and then with Madcap Experiment on the stack, we cast a copy of Intervention Pact or Hallow targeting (or choosing) Madcap Experiment. We playing four copies of Madcap Experiment but have only one artifact in our deck: a single copy of Aetherflux Reservoir. Sure, getting a quick Blightsteel Colossus is sweet, and preventing the life loss with Platinum Emperion is a nice synergy, but what I really want to do with Madcap Experiment is turn it into into a two-card, instant-win combo piece that, for some reason, reminds me of Goblin Charbelcher in Legacy. Before breaking down the deck, I wanted to take a quick second to thank Scott Murry, who sent me a list that contained some of these ideas on Twitter. My goal was to have a deck for pretty much every play style (except control-that will have to wait until we see what threats need answering), so we have an extremely aggressive deck that plays a lot like Modern Zoo, a full-on infinite combo deck that can generate either infinite life or infinite 6/6s, a midrange take on the GR Energy archetype, and a deck that walks the line between Turbo Turns and Mono-Blue Brains that is half ramp and half combo! As a result, no matter what style you like to play, there should be a budget option that will work for you so that you can hit the ground running in Kaladesh Standard! Madcap Reservoir Combo-Modernįor some reason, I'm unreasonably excited about Madcap Experiment in Modern, but probably not for the reason you think.

Then, for the rest of the article, we'll be exploring budget options for Standard. First, we have a spicy but non-budget combo deck for Modern built around not one but two of my favorite cards in the set: Madcap Experiment and Aetherflux Reservoir. So, today, we are going to be looking at five new decks. I mean, there are Friday Night Magics and SCG Opens happening over the next couple of weeks, and people need new post-rotation decks to play!Īs a result, I figured the right thing to do would be get some decks out there early, and then we can always play them on video after Kaladesh releases on Magic Online. While waiting for Against the Odds and Much Abrew is fine, having to wait multiple weeks before publishing budget-friendly lists for the new Standard format is problematic.

Unfortunately, the set is still two weeks away from prerelease on Magic Online, which means we have to wait a while before we can start exploring the new set on Budget Magic, Against the Odds, and Much Abrew About Nothing. Kaladesh is officially here, at least in prerelease form, and the set will officially become part of Standard (and other formats) on Friday.
