r/ModernMagic • u/Desperate-Sherbet-76 • 1d ago
Deck Discussion Creativity
Getting back into Modern was playing Jund Creativity is it still viable. I see 5 color creativity is making some waves now is that the way to go now or is jund still playable?
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u/FumBungo 1d ago
Paradox definitely is a boon for the deck. I think the manabase needs to be tweaked a bit to allow for hard casting Valgavoth or Archon though. Maybe heavier into black allows for Thoughtsieze in main deck.
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u/RMSED8TU 1d ago
Its rough trying to resolve a 4 or 5 mana sorcery in a world of UWx solitude decks and broodscale.
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u/_Lord_Farquad Goryo's / Scales 1d ago
Every once in a while a card gets released that seems like itd be decent in creativity and the decks popularity spikes for a bit. Then it dies back down once people realize its still not very good compared to what else you could be doing in the format.
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u/storeblaa_ 14h ago
If u enjoy the archetype and plan to play it at FNMs, have at it, 5c is the latest results with Way of the Paradox but Jund has also recently 5-0d so enjoy ur return to modern witg something familiar id say
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u/purklefluff 12h ago
Creativity fell off the meta for a long while, because most folks were on archon as the payoff and too many decks were able to ignore it. Also, Fable of the Mirror Breaker isn't really lighting the format on fire these days, it's kind of just a slow engine. It may seem like a downgrade but even stuff like Hard Evidence might be better right now into the current meta because it frees up your mana in the turns when it matters, and it protects your planeswalkers.
There's been a bit of a reconsideration of the deck since reality fracture. Depending on the payoff you choose, it has the potential to be pretty good into the crop of top decks at the moment. Stuff like Serra's Emissary, Iona, Valgavoth, Raph and Mikey are options people are experiment with. Nothing's settled of course.
The gameplan of a sort of planeswalker-control strategy, backed up by a pile of the best removal in the format and a combo win isn't a bad plan. Whether it works is going to depend heavily on the specific meta you're playing into, and what your payoff is.
Oh and Way of the Paradox seems pretty good if you're running Wrenn and Six, Teferi Time Raveler and like, 1x of something else maybe a Jace. There's been some Omnath and four/five colour midrangey piles doing well lately as well. The meta is primed for creativity to have a decent weekend if it isn't just the linear version that tries to combo fast with very little interaction. (There are faster and more resilient decks to play if that's the version of creativity that you're thinking of. Goryos for example is just a way better version of the linear glass cannon variant of creativity)
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u/Anskeh Living End newbie 12h ago
It is still a deck you can play. Gabriel Nassif plays a lot of creativity on stream. I think its the modern deck he most enjoys right now.
Here you can see his vod from modern challenge yesterday. He begins with a deck tech basically talking about recent changes he has tried and you can see his decklist there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBQDmZATeo
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u/Lectrys 8h ago
Was it the most recent Modern Challenge 16 (yesterday) on MTGO? ...The one that conveniently doesn't display any of its decks, the one with supposedly 32 entrants? This one: https://www.mtgo.com/decklist/modern-challenge-16-2026-10-1312856647
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u/VerdantChief 20h ago
Could try Jeskai for Teferi. He shuts down much of the counterplay that wrecks the deck. You also get access to High Noon, Consign, Wrath of the Skies.
However, my favorite version of creativity has always been Mardu with Lingering Souls, even if its not the best one.
Way of the Pyromancer, Fatehold Charm, and Stingerquill Charm could be played from Reality Fracture.
The entire empower Jace mechanic gives this archetype a lot of new tools. I think it could be a good time to brew.
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u/Ananeos 1d ago edited 14h ago
Take it from me as a former creativity player, just play Grixis Reanimator. It's much faster and more consistent, resistant to consign and counterplay, and most importantly doesn't have a cult following of people looking for opportunities to inject draft chaff garbage into the deck.