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Riley Hicks

Modern Horizons 3 completely warped the Modern format, essentially creating a rotation situation. Considering that Standard now has a set that’s going to remain legal for the next five years, this is somewhat ironic.

Either way, because the new cards in Modern Horizons 3 completely transformed the format, players have been waiting with bated breath to see what decks are really the ones to consider. Pro players who commonly establish what the metagame becomes in any format have kept their words quiet for the last few weeks in preparation for the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour. The tournament has now kicked off, and the creations of Magic’s best are now available for the world to see. Here are some of the most common types of decks to watch following the events of the Pro Tour.

Where To Find MTG Pro Tour Decklists

For those who are unaware, the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour is being hosted on MTGMelee.com. If you want to see what decklists are performing the best at any given time, as well as check out results, all you need to do is click here.

Once on that screen, just click on the name of the deck that you want to see.

If you want a bit more explanation than that, we’ve given some context in regard to what the most common Modern decks registered in the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour are trying to do. If you want to understand what these MTG Pro Tour Decklists are trying to accomplish, read on.

Nadu, Winged Wisdom Combo

Gotta Nadu what you have to Nadu #PTMH3 pic.twitter.com/lEoOI5qbDK — J-E Depraz (@JEDepraz) June 27, 2024

Coming into the event, Nadu Winged Wisdom combo was considered to be one of the best decks in the format. Revolving around a combo that utilizes Nadu, Winged Wisdom, Shuko , and Springheart Nantuko , the deck is capable of creating a massive board and, essentially, flipping their library with repeating Coiling Oracle triggers gained from Nadu. Shuko triggers all of Nadu’s abilities granted to your creatures, and Springheart Nantuko creates more bodies to trigger whenever a land enters play.

Between Bant Nadu, Four-color Nadu, and one Devoted Nadu deck, 26% of the Pro Tour metagame is taken up by these decks. This isn’t an unprecedented number ( Oko, Thief of Crowns was worse), but it is a higher metagame percentage than Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis , Eldrazi Winter, or even Rakdos Scam at full power.

The decklist above is piloted by the current Magic: the Gathering World Champion @jedepraz . The deck is mostly stock and is somewhat reminiscent of the Chord of Calling shells used for Yawgmoth Combo in Modern. This is a particularly standard shell that was commonly used pre-Pro Tour, but there are a few changes.

In the main deck, Hex Parasite and Vexing Bauble are uncommon inclusions that can be found from Urza’s Saga ‘s final trigger. You’ll generally be finding Shuko with this, but if you’ve already found it, having some versatility can go a long way.

Vexing Bauble hasn’t seen a ton of Modern play yet but is all over the Legacy format. Stopping any spell that is being cast without mana, Vexing Bauble essentially shuts down Living End , a popular deck in the Modern Horizons 3 metagame. Strangely, this deck barely showed up at the Pro Tour. That said, Vexing Bauble can also stop free pesky removal like Solitude that may try to go after your Nadu, Winged Wisdom as you are comboing off.

Hex Parasite can remove counters from permanents, but this is likely another outlet for free Nadu triggers. If Shuko gets stopped via Disrupter Flute , Pithing Needle , or similar hate, you can you life as a resource to target your cards and trigger Nadu effects. You can also dial back your Urza’s Sagas and create multiple Constructs if that plan is preferable.

In the sideboard, we see a ton of new tech to deal with the Nadu metagame. Run Afoul takes out Nadu, Winged Wisdom for one mana without triggering it. Path to Exile is another concession to the need for one mana removal spells in a format as fast as this one. Orim’s Chant can both stop Storm players from going off for a turn and prevent opponents from interacting with your combo.

Finally, Suncleanser can remove Energy from opponents, making it a bit more difficult for Galvanic Discharge to deal with a Nadu. A well-timed Suncleanser from a Chord of Calling can also stop a Wrath of the Skies if your opponent is not careful.

3-1, lost round one of modern with ☔️ (Ended up a few cards short both my games) pic.twitter.com/ArUCEvg7rD — Luis Scott-Vargas (@lsv) June 28, 2024

Ruby Storm is an old strategy brought to the Modern format in Modern Horizons 3. This is largely due to the reprinting of Ruby Medallion , making the card Modern legal for the first time. That said, the printing of the new flipwalker Ral, Monsoon Mage also helped significantly.

Prior to the Pro Tour, Ruby Storm had the highest win rate on Magic Online post-Modern Horizons 3. This deck takes up just under 10% of the metagame at Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3, making it the second most popular deck in the event.

This Storm list, once again, is rather stock. Some players decide to play Dragon’s Rage Channeler for a boost of consistency, but that lack of that card is not uncommon.

This Boros build of the deck was largely considered the best variant of it going into the Pro Tour. This grants access to tons of sideboard cards that effectively deal with hate that stops your game plan. S tatic Prison is the new uncommon from Modern Horizons 3 that should essentially stop anything for long enough to give you a window to do your thing.

Storm is the fastest combo deck at the Pro Tour, threatening turn-two wins with a surprising amount of consistency. This deck will go off on turns 3-4 most of the time, but the strategy generally involves casting a ton of spells in one turn to build up to a lethal Grapeshot. Sticking an early cost-reducer like Ruby Medallion or Ral, Monsoon Mage is incredibly important, allowing you to combo off quicker and easier.

An interesting piece of tech that has been seen pre-Pro Tour is Alchemist’s Gambit . This sneaky extra turn spell causes you to lose the game after your extra turn, but damage cannot be prevented during that turn. This beats Protection triggers from The One Ring that can otherwise buy opponents a turn of reprieve. The One Ring also happens to be the most-played card at the Modern Horizons 3 Pro Tour.

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Jeskai Control

Jeskai Control was an emerging strategy coming into Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3. The deck started appearing online and putting up dominant results repetitively. If you’re looking to play a slower strategy aimed at beating the two fast combo decks that are seeing tons of play, this is the way to do it.

With 22 entries, Jeskai Control is sitting at 9% of the Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3 metagame. There are a few different takes on this archetype in the tournament, including an interesting Stifle variant that we talked about in some detail.

If you’re looking for a more traditional variant of the Jeskai Control deck, pro MTG player Javier Dominguez is playing the above decklist. These decks commonly have an Energy package to make use of Galvanic Discharge and Wrath of the Skies.

Drannith Magistrate is common sideboard tech against Ruby Storm, and Consign to Memory can stop colorless decks as well as problematic activated abilities in their tracks. Phlage, Titan of Fire’s Fury is the win condition that this deck really leans on. The inevitability of the new Titan that acts as removal, and lifegain to support The One Ring, is truly powerful.

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Mono-Black Necrodominance

When a card as nasty as Necropotence gets a callback, you’d better be sure that the card is going to be powerful. Mono-Black Necrodominance is a new deck that takes advantage of the Necropotence callback Necrodominance. Even though this card is supposed to be a ‘fixed’ version of the old menace that is even banned in Legacy, Necrodominance is still strong enough to establish its own archetype.

Combined with Soul Spike and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse , Mono-Black Necrodominance will never run out of gas. Suddenly, instead of losing life for cards you draw, Sheoldred gains you life instead. Soul Spike encourages you to draw more than your five-card limit in an effort to hurl four-damage-draining haymakers at the opponent.

This deck comes prepared to deal with a wide range of different strategies. Force of Despair is a particularly interesting tech, capable of blowing up an entire board’s worth of Nadu creatures if the deck isn’t using Thassa’s Oracle . A lot of the Nadu combo decks have forsaken the fragile win condition.

Otherwise, Break the Ice can deal with Tron lands, Dauthi Voidwalker is one of the hardest cards for Living End to beat, Soulless Jailer stops Storm and gets around Lightning Bolt , and lots of discard and card draw gives this deck legs against control.

Eldrazi Tron

The last deck we will feature today is Eldrazi Tron. This is a variant of Tron that utilizes a mix of Tron lands and Eldrazi lands to power out massive haymakers way ahead of schedule.

Because of the speed of the format, the most successful Tron lists have had prison elements to them. This particular list from Pro Tour competitor David Gonzalez Romaro utilizes four copies of Trinisphere in an attempt to slow down Nadu and Storm strategies. Outside of various prison elements, this Eldrazi Tron list is trying to go a bit bigger than traditional variants, utilizing Emrakul, the Promised End as the win condition of choice. Taking a Nadu or a Storm player’s turn can end in massive consequence for them, with their combos being ruined, or even having them self-destruct to a Grapeshot pointed the wrong way, or an empty Library in the case of Nadu, Winged Wisdom.

5.8% of the metagame is governed by various builds of Eldrazi Tron.

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Where and How to Play Bloomburrow

Looking for a cozy day (or days) playing with new and old friends at a local game store near you? What about a big adventure in competition among other friends with the aim of qualifying for the Pro Tour?

Whether your mood is cozy or adventurous, Bloomburrow — Magic 's latest release and newest plane—will offer something for you. Bloomburrow features adorable critters as they join together to protect their home from the Calamity Beasts. This tiny but mighty plane features an all-animal pastoral landscape with otterfolk, batfolk, and many more villagers of the woodland variety.

Bloomburrow play starts out like most storybooks … or, well, most Magic releases. And that's at …

Prerelease: July 26–August 1

There's no better way to experience a new Magic release than with a Prerelease, and Bloomburrow is no exception in this regard.

Prerelease provides you with everything you need to adventure into the mechanics and themes of this new plane:

• 6 Bloomburrow Play Boosters 
• 1 Stamped rare or mythic from the main set 
• 1 Spindown life counter in one of the five Magic colors 
• 1 Code card for Magic: The Gathering Arena  

These are all the necessities for building a sealed deck of at least 40 cards. If you're a veteran to Prerelease, then you know the drill. If you're new, don't worry! Prereleases are laid-back events where everyone is playing with new cards for the very first time. Prerelease Packs also come with some recommendations on how to build your Sealed deck if you've never done so before, notably recommendations for the number of basic lands to include as well as a distribution of spells based on mana cost.

It all comes in a very handy deck container so that you can hold your extra cards, your 40-card sealed deck, and your other goodies without needing to bring anything with you beyond some money to purchase a Prerelease Pack!

Prerelease events take place at retail stores that are part of the Wizards Play Network (or WPN). To find an event nearest you, search the store and event locator for stores running events in your area.

Gen Con: August 1–4

Going to Gen Con in August? Then there will be plenty of chances for you to play some Bloomburrow . Dozens of opportunities, in fact.

The Gen Con event schedule has a host of Magic events for which you can sign up. And by that we mean hundreds of events. That isn't an exaggeration.

There's plenty we can share with you about Gen Con, such as a host of panels and exciting events such as the Secret Lair Showdown, but we already did that back on June 11 . We recommend going through that piece for all the key highlights for what we've got going on at one of North America's biggest tabletop gaming conventions. It also has the details on how you can get a Lightning Bolt Secret Lair promo featuring the art of graphic novelist and mangaka Toru Terada.

Standard Showdown: August 2 until September 19

Standard rotation takes place with the global release of Bloomburrow on August 2, and with it, Standard Showdown gets a promo card refresh!

Standard Showdown is an opportunity to meet, game, and compete in a light-hearted environment with local players at your local game store for a shot at some awesome prize promos only available at WPN retail locations. The format for Standard Showdown is simple: it's Standard Constructed , a fun, easy-to-enter format that features cards from the last two to three years of most Magic sets, and gives you a 60-card format to strive for with all those cards you get from Prereleases as well as weekly Draft events.

Prize promos from August 2 until September 19 feature a very special foil version of Ossification, available to winners or top finishers at local WPN locations.

To learn more about this Standard Showdown promotion, including what you have an opportunity to win at WPN stores through the next year, read the full details on the promotion at the following article .

Commander Party: August 16–23 and September 6–12

There's no party like a Bloomburrow - themed Commander Party, and you'll have not one—but two chances to play in one following the release of Magic 's adorable critter-fueled adventure.

For those who haven't enjoyed a Commander Party before at a WPN store, think of this experience as Commander with extras. Commander Party features a unique experience themed after the release it's based around, and not every experience is necessarily going to be identical to others.

For Bloomburrow , Commander Party feature animal party cards—of which each player chooses one—as well as a Seasonal seasons play aid. After all, seasons and weather in Bloomburrow may be affected by the arrival of Calamity Beasts, and players—representing the animal of their choice—must weather those changes to withstand the shift in elements.

Each animal party card has its own type of effect, while the seasons board—in which seasons shift based on the effects of the animal party cards—bring about potent one-time effects that may alter the state of the game.

Players who participate in a Bloomburrow Commander Party will be able to snag a copy of a retro-frame Heirloom Blade (while supplies last).

The first Bloomburrow Commander Party will take place at WPN stores worldwide from August 16–23, and the second round of the event will take place September 6–12. The experience is the same, we're just offering more opportunities to play, and players can play in one or both if they wish. Additionally, WPN retail locations that have surplus promos from the first Bloomburrow Commander Party may distribute them to participants in the second one as supplies allow.

For specific dates at a WPN store near you, check with your local game store for full information.

Additionally, if you'd like to participate in a home game or simply want to see the animal party cards and the seasons play aid in order to build a Commander deck for the experience, those files are available for download on the WPN website !

Store Championship: August 24–September 15

The Bloomburrow Store Championship provides local competitive players with an opportunity to win some sweet treasure in the post-rotation Standard format. This program is simple: bring bring a Standard deck, compete among local players at a WPN store, and snag promo cards for doing well.

This event is a great opportunity to show off what you learned through experimenting and testing in weekly Standard Showdown events, and starting with Bloomburrow , we're extending the period in which WPN stores can schedule their event for this season, giving players more opportunities to play for cool promo cards in their area.

While supplies last, all participants can snag a full-art variation of Monastery Swiftspear, a mainstay in red-based aggressive decks and legal in Standard until the next rotation later in 2025.

Top 8 players at each Store Championship receive a full-art version of Shark Typhoon, a common sight in blue control archetypes of the Pioneer format.

And finally, the winner of each Store Championship walks away with some serious bragging rights in the form of a full-art, textless version of Urza's Saga. A signature land and a key piece among many non-rotating Constructed formats, this unique variant gives fans of Modern and other formats the motivation to bring a new Standard Constructed deck to battle at a local game store. With prizes like this, it's worth taking the dive into Standard!

Bloomburrow 's Store Championship features some hefty prize promos this time around, so get your Standard Constructed deck ready post-rotation, test out your strategies at a Standard Showdown, and join in for an adventure at your local WPN store for a shot at a textless Urza's Saga and those bragging rights that go along with it.

For specific details about your nearby Store Championship events, check with your local WPN store for full details, including which day it will take place during the scheduling window.

Open House: September 13–15

New to Magic and looking to learn how to play? Open House offers an entry point into playing at a participating WPN store near you!

Open House is undergoing a shift with Bloomburrow , and will be moving to the end of the set season to take place the weekend before the Prerelease for Duskmourn: House of Horror . If you're new to Magic and have been unsure of starting your in-store experience off at a Prerelease, this gives you a solid trial weekend to learn how to play before your first Prerelease event!

Open House is run at WPN stores in a few different ways, either utilizing product such as Jumpstart or Starter Kits—of which both Bloomburrow and  Magic: The Gathering®  – Assassin ' s Creed® have recent printings of Starter Kits for use in this event. These events can also be run as Two-Headed Giant , allowing someone to bring a friend who is new to Magic and to play alongside them as a mentor in their first event.

This event leads directly into Duskmourn: House of Horror Prerelease the following week, and a fun bridge from the cottagecore comforts of Bloomburrow to the hardcore horrors of Duskmourn is this retro-frame promo card featuring a very Ravenous Squirrel!

Of note, the Open House promo is available to new players at a WPN store as well as regular Magic players who bring new players to participate in the Open House. Supplies are limited, however, and this promo will only be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Check with your local game store for full details about their Bloomburrow Open House event!

Regional Championship Qualifiers: Start August 2

This change in the season isn't bringing about Calamity Beasts. It's just bringing about new Secret Lair promos and a focus on Modern Constructed for the next three months!

The new Regional Championship Qualifier (RCQ) round is starting on August 2. These RCQs will start competitive players on their journey to qualifying for the second Pro Tour of 2025.

Participating WPN stores may run RCQs during this round as either Modern Constructed or in Limited formats—which of course includes Bloomburrow Limited upon its global release.

Participants in RCQs during this round will recieve a very sweet variation of Sleight of Hand, while top finishers can get their paws on the Supreme Verdict Secret Lair prize card.

For more details on this RCQ round and its corresponding Regional Championship, please refer to this article .

Speaking of Regional Championships …

Regional Championship Formats!

While technically outside the Bloomburrow season, we're happy to announce the formats for the first two Regional Championship rounds of the 2024–25 competitive season!

The first Regional Championship's Constructed format for competition will be Pioneer Constructed. This round runs from September 28 to December 1. Full information on this round can be found here .

The second Regional Championship's Constructed format for competition will be Modern Constructed. This round runs from January 4, 2025, until March 16, 2025. Full information on this round is located here .

Bloomburrow 's season is packed with tons of opportunities to experience play at your own little village and its community— your local game store . With play opportunities extending beyond that—including at a very exciting convention in Indianapolis—there's no better time to dive into the Magic play than in a few short weeks!

Top 10 Bestselling MTG Cards of the Week - 07/05/2024

Nadu is selling strong, but not for the reason you think!

By Emma Partlow | @emmadpartlow | Published 7/10/2024 | 9 min read

Today sees the release of Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed, joining the growing line of releases alongside Doctor Who, Fallout, and The Lord of the Rings . While there hasn't been too much excitement about the Assassin's Creed release, Templar Knight , Overpowering Attack , and Reconnaissance are a few of the cards that have sold best leading up to today's release.

Templar Knight being a substantial purchase with players isn't too surprising since it's a card that breaks Commander deckbuilding norms as seen with Slime Against Humanity in Murders at Karlov Manor . Reconnaissance is a desirable reprint for Commander play, and Overpowering Attack feels like a speculative buy since it leverages extra combat and main phase steps, something that's pretty popular in casual Commander. Smoke Bomb and Haystack are other Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed cards that have sold well leading up to today's release, and are uniquely designed cards within their own right.

One of the reasons Universes Beyond: Assassin's Creed has felt so slow to drive interest is because of how massive Modern Horizons 3 is for Constructed and Commander. Especially with the recent Pro Tour, as it allowed players to eagerly watch the high-profile event and know which cards will see frequent play in Modern going forward. Admittedly, there was a ton of Nadu, Winged Wisdom in the room, but other new archetypes such as Boros Energy and Mono-Black Necro made a notable impression at the Pro Tour.

With all of that out of the way, let's get to the cards!

#10 Refurbished Familiar 

While it's effortless to focus on the Mythics and Rares of Modern Horizons 3, several of the Commons from the set are seeing strong interest which includes Refurbished Familiar , a card seeing extensive play in Pauper. Grixis Affinity remains a mainstay of the Commons-only format, so it isn't much of a surprise to see the Zombie Rat becoming a popular purchase amongst players. Furthermore, Pauper's Orzhov Blade has begun to incorporate Refurbished Familiar to decent success and was one of the hottest cards to see play at Paupergeddon Pisa last month, along with the Limited nuisance Writhing Chrysalis .

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{1}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Makeshift Munitions deals 1 damage to any target.

Mistvault Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

When Blood Fountain enters the battlefield, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.") {3}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Blood Fountain: Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. You gain life equal to the sacrificed permanent's mana value. Draw two cards.

Homunculus Servant — When Kenku Artificer enters the battlefield, put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature artifact. That artifact becomes a 0/0 Homunculus artifact creature with flying.

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

Sacrifice an artifact: Krark-Clan Shaman deals 1 damage to each creature without flying.

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's blue. • Destroy target permanent if it's blue.

Destroy target nonlegendary creature.

Counter target noncreature spell.

{T}: Add {U}.

Galvanic Blast deals 2 damage to any target. Metalcraft — Galvanic Blast deals 4 damage instead if you control three or more artifacts.

{T}, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile target player's graveyard. When Nihil Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, draw a card.

Choose one — • Counter target spell if it's red. • Destroy target permanent if it's red.

{T}: Add {R}.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

({T}: Add {U}.)

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

When Ichor Wellspring enters the battlefield or is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Choose one — • Counter target red spell. • Destroy target red permanent.

Drossforge Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Silverbluff Bridge enters the battlefield tapped. Indestructible {T}: Add {U} or {R}.

Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.) Flying When Refurbished Familiar enters the battlefield, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.

{X}{X}{1}: Destroy target noncreature artifact with mana value X.

Choose one — • Counter target blue spell. • Destroy target blue permanent.

{T}: Add {B}.

Refurbished Familiar is a pretty assertive card given how important the Artifact Lands are within the Pauper landscape, meaning you won't be playing full retail to cast the card. Another Modern Horizons 3 Common on the move is Malevolent Rumble , which sees play in Pauper's Selesnya Bogles and Gruul Ponza, with the latter being the breakout strategy from the Paupergeddon Pisa. What makes Malevolent Rumble so effective in Pauper is its ability to find any permanent card in the top four of your library while creating an Eldrazi Spawn for good measure. For Bogles, this evades effects such as Tithing Blade that are often backbreaking for strategy, and Gruul Ponza can use the Spawn to pump up a Writhing Chrysalis . Oh, and you're likely to find one of your key permanents (including Lands), too!

When you have such a powerful set like Modern Horizons 3, much of the power trickles down into the Commons. As such, these cards are becoming new Pauper staples which is something we're seeing with Malevolent Rumble , Refurbished Familiar , and Writhing Chrysalis .

#9 Guide of Souls

Despite Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3 being all about Nadu, Winged Wisdom , several new archetypes made a decent impact at the Pro Tour, with one of these being Boros Energy . Looking something akin to a Modern Horizons 3 Draft strategy, Boros Energy uses cards such as Guide of Souls and Unstable Amulet to churn out Energy and then use Amped Raptor as payoff for card value. It was one of the few winners from the recent Pro Tour, and as a result, Energy cards are on the move as players anticipate a Modern without Nadu in the near distant future.

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While Pro Tours typically offer a very condensed outlook of a given metagame, many players were prepared for Boros Energy with Suncleanser , a card from Core Set 2019 that provides an excellent answer by interacting with the opponent's Energy resources. As such, the Rare is now spiking in price due to this newfound demand. Despite the prepared hate for Boros Energy at the Pro Tour, many of the cards from the archetype are on the move, which says to me players are pretty amped to play Boros Energy, as it does something different with a new selection of cards. 

#8 Glaring Fleshraker

#7 Static Prison

We've already talked about Boros Energy and how it was one of the winners from the recent Pro Tour, and that is why Static Prison from Modern Horizons 3 is on the move. Within an Energy strategy, Static Prison essentially becomes a decisive way to remove a nonland permanent given the amount of passive Energy generated through Guide of Souls and company. Static Prison isn't looking to do anything fancy, but it's a strong yet mana-efficient way to deal with threats with the low maintenance cost of one Energy during your precombat main phase.

#6 Nadu, Winged Wisdom

Nadu, Winged Wisdom swooping in as one of the bestsellers this week is rather interesting, and it's interesting for the wrong reasons. While five copies of Nadu made the Top 8 of Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3 , you'd think demand for the Bird Wizard would soar as players look to replicate the most successful lists from the Modern Pro Tour? Well, you'd be wrong.

The problem with Nadu, Winged Wisdom is that it's a bit déjà vu with Oko, Thief of Crowns , another Simic Legend that tore up Constructed play until its eventual ban. As such, Nadu is looking to share a similar fate as when Oko was (eventually) banned, Commander players snapped up copies of Oko for singleton play because the card is still pretty good! Until the reprint in Outlaws of Thunder Junction (which crashed the price), Oko was averaging around $15-20 until this year's reprint, and many are hoping for a similar rebound with Nadu over time due to Commander applications.

And while Nadu, Winged Wisdom 's price continues to plummet, it hasn't prevented Commander (and Legacy) players from buying up copies of the Bird Wizard because the card remains busted regardless of where you play it. It is clear that Nadu is on borrowed time in Modern, where it promoted a Pro Tour winrate better than Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis , which gives you an idea of how truly ridiculous the card is. If you're looking to play the Nadu in Commander, now is a reasonable time to buy as the Bird Wizard will see a ban in Modern soon, so there could be some potential rebound from Commander players going forward.

#5 Urza's Cave

One of the biggest drivers of Modern Horizons 3 i s the Uncommons and how many of them are seeing play in Commander. Urza's Cave is one of these, a colorless utility card that allows you to find a land card and put it into play tapped. Commander is brimmed with excellent mana options such as Emeria, Sky Ruin, Field of the Dead , and Cabal Coffers , so it isn't much of a surprise to see this affordable Uncommon continuing to see strong demand with Commander players.

#4 Witch Enchanter

The same is true for Witch Enchanter , a strong utility card for White mages that can also become an untapped mana source at the cost of three life. Back when Zendikar Rising was released and the modal double-face cards (MDFCs) made a return, many Commander players missed out on how good Malakir Rebirth , Bala Ged Recovery , and Glasspool Mimic were and ended up paying more as they were late to the hype. Now Modern Horizons 3 has re-introduced MDFCs and these are much better compared to the Zendikar Rising ones, Commander and Constructed players aren't missing out this time! 

#3 Galvanic Discharge

Galvanic Discharge is selling strongly due to the prevalence of Boros Energy post-Pro Tour, where this innocuous Common can deal tremendous amounts of damage to a threat if you incorporate a solid Energy theme. This is why cards such as Guide of Souls play such a notable role in Boros Energy, as it gives you the resources to deal extra damage to a creature, help pay costs for a Static Prison , or even generate extra value from Amped Raptor . One takeaway from Boros Energy is the Energy package is pretty affordable, as it's most Commons and Uncommons since it's one of the archetypes you can play in Modern Horizons 3 Limited. 

#2 Fell the Profane

Hero's Downfall with upside continues to be a strong purchase as Fell the Profane from Modern Horizons 3 is a must-have for Commander players. Having interaction that can serve as an untapped mana source is ideal and justifies Commander players' need to run fewer lands. However, Fell the Profane also appears in Mono-Black Necro, which was another winner from the recent Pro Tour that utilized Necrodominance to notable success.

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Destroy target creature if it has mana value 2 or less. Revolt — Destroy that creature if it has mana value 4 or less instead if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn.

Each land is a Swamp in addition to its other land types.

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a void counter on it. {T}, Sacrifice Dauthi Voidwalker: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a void counter on it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

Deathtouch Whenever you draw a card, you gain 2 life. Whenever an opponent draws a card, they lose 2 life.

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Skip your draw step. At the beginning of your end step, you may pay any amount of life. If you do, draw that many cards. Your maximum hand size is five. If a card or token would be put into your graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Destroy all creatures that entered the battlefield this turn.

({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) Choose target card in a graveyard other than a basic land card. Search its owner's graveyard, hand, and library for any number of cards with the same name as that card and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

You may exile two black cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Soul Spike deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life.

({T}: Add {B}.)

When Shambling Ghast dies, choose one — • Brave the Stench — Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn. • Search the Body — Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Permanent cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield. Players can't cast noncreature spells from graveyards or exile.

When Boggart Trawler enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard.

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it with mana value 3 or less. That player discards that card.

Return from your graveyard to the battlefield any number of target creature cards that each have a different mana value X or less.

Menace When Grief enters the battlefield, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Evoke—Exile a black card from your hand.

Destroy target land that is snow or could produce {C}. Overload {4}{B}{B} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Indestructible When The One Ring enters the battlefield, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn. At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring. {T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Flash When Orcish Bowmasters enters the battlefield and whenever an opponent draws a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, Orcish Bowmasters deals 1 damage to any target. Then amass Orcs 1.

You may sacrifice a nontoken black creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker with the greatest mana value among creatures and planeswalkers they control.

Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Choose target creature. You lose 2 life. Until end of turn, that creature gains "When this creature dies, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control."

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of black cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. March of Wretched Sorrow deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.

Furthermore, Fell the Profane is becoming one of the more expensive Uncommons you can open from Modern Horizons 3 along with Urza's Cave and Witch Enchanter , which is a testament to how excellent these cards are and will be going forward. 

#1 Sink into Stupor

However, there's another Uncommon that's valuable from Modern Horizons 3 that is seeing a ton of play in Commander and Modern. Sink into Stupor saw plenty of hype leading up to Modern Horizons 3's release and is living up to that hype based on recent sales. Having access to an Unsubstantiate that can also be an untapped Blue mana source is rather strong, and one that Modern archetypes such as Living End have picked up to decent success. It's a Blue Commander staple until the end of time for similar reasons, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see this become one of the most expensive Uncommons from Modern Horizons 3 when there's notable distance from the release.

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