[Modern Brew] Helix Fog

A new contender enters the blog!

Hello, my name is Jeff and I am here right now to talk about two things; Helix Pinnacle and being annoying.

For the past view months, I have been tweaking my modern Nykthos Wave deck in all sorts of ways. One of the things I have been looking into is changing the decks win condition. At first I thought, "I have access to red, so lets take out all of the Genesis Waves and insert 4 Banefires. That's hilarious." But it wasn't as annoying to the opponent as I had hoped.

Then I found Helix Pinnacle. Now this card is the kind of weird build around me card that I love.

The List:

Creature (18)
3x Arbor Eld
2x Birds of Paradise
3x Carven Caryatid
4x Voyaging Satyr
3x Wall of Omens
3x Wisful Selkie

Instants (9)
3x Dawn Charm
3x Fog
3x Holy Day

Enchantment (10)
2x Doubling Season
2x Helix Pinnacle
4x Utopia Sprawl

Land (20)
6x Forest
2x Plains
4x Nykthos, Shrine to Nix
4x Razorverge Thicket
4x Temple Garden

Sorcery (4)
4x Idyllic Tutor

As you might have guessed, I am only a junior brewer at best, and this deck is by no means complete or competitive. I still need to find room for wrath effects, as every fog deck needs them.

Card by card breakdown
 Every ramp deck needs its ramp sources. For this deck, we get that from Arbor Elf, Birds of Paradise, and Voyaging Satyr, as well as from our devotion. Voyaging Satyr works so well with Nykthos, and Arbor Elf combos well with Utopia Sprawl enchanted forests. Birds of Paradise gives us extra mana, and also opens up the cards that we can play. 

Next up is our defensive cantrip line, Carven Caryatid and Wall of Omens. Carven Caryatid gives a decent amount of devotion for a 2/5 and lets us draw a card, which is crucial in the deck. Digging for our game winner or fog-effects is so important. No fog-effects, we just lose. Take too long to get out Helix Pinnacle and we've probably burned through all of our fogs to get this point. Wistful Selkie also fits into this group due to its amazing devotion and cantrip. Our future sideboard will needs tools to deal with flyers though.

Now on to our fog-effects. These require little explanation, as their purpose in the deck is spelled out on the card. Dawn charm is particularly useful for its first and third mode. 

The last few cards that need explanation are Doubling Season and Idyllic Tutor. Doubling Season is bananas in this deck, and landing two on the board can speed us to victory. Idyllic Tutor is here for a few reason. First, the deck REQUIRES Helix Pinnacle to hit the board. It has no other win condition. But, once we have one on the board, we never want to see it in our hand again. Idyllic Tutor at a four-of allows us to cut down to two Pinnacles, and still feel secure in getting it in hand. Lastly, it allows us to search up that amazingly helpful Doubling Season.

The Decks Future
For now, this deck only exists on Magic Online, while I figure out the optimal build. Currently, I am trying to find out what isn't working, so I can replace it with board wipes

Remember kids, in Magic, it's OK to be a annoying as long as you are having fun.