Much Abrew: Venser Bant (Modern)

Tweet by SaffronOlive // Nov 27, 2017

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Hello, everyone! Welcome to another episode of Much Abrew About Nothing. Last week during our Instant Deck Techs, Grixis Showdown for Standard was by far the most popular, but we aren't actually playing Grixis Showdown this week. After I realized the deck had won, I started playing some games with it on Magic Online and realized the deck is bugged in a couple of different (and very important) ways. All of the problems seem to be tied to aftermath cards. Basically, Magic Online doesn't count them as "discarded" when we discard them to Cathartic Reunion, Tormenting Voice, or any of our other discard effects. This means they don't return to our hand with Shadow of the Grave (which is one of the primary plans of the deck) and also don't reduce the cost of Hollow One (the backup plan of Grixis Showdown). Until the bugs get fixed, the deck is basically unplayable.

So, instead of playing Grixis Showdown, we're playing one of this week's Instant Deck Tech decks: Venser Bant! Venser, the Sojourner is my all-time favorite planeswalker, so I'm super excited to have an excuse to play him in Modern. The basic plan of our deck is simple: we're looking to cast Cryptic Command a bunch of times by blinking Eternal Witness over and over again and eventually win the game by beating down with creatures like Spell Queller and Kitchen Finks, or by exiling away all of our opponent's stuff with a Venser emblem. Is Venser, the Sojourner playable in Modern? Let's get to the videos and find out; then, we'll have some thoughts on the deck!

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Venser Bant (Deck Tech)

Venser Bant vs. 5C Humans (Match 1)

Venser Bant vs. Mono-Green Stompy (Match 2)

Venser Bant vs. 5C Humans (Match 3)

Venser Bant vs. Death's Shadow (Match 4)

Venser Bant vs. Lantern Control (Match 5)

Venser Bant (Wrap-Up)

Discussion

Conclusion

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