[Modern] mono white human tribal + please help

[naivara1]

mono white human tribal + please help

still trying to make the deck better any suggestions. trying to stick to human tribal as best as possible.

[burn your face]

This deck wants to be a aggro deck. Cards like evangel of heliod, and elspeth, just seem like they are too much mana. Wrath of god, is just better then end hostilities, and I think you might want some path to exile, journey to nowhere, or oblivion ring, for a better removal package. Thalia's lieutenant, and champion of the parish, are the best human tribal cards out there, 4 of each, I think is a must.

Hope this helps.

[MonteTribal]

Mother of Runes and Humble are not Modern legal.

Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant are probably the best cards for mono white humans. One grows the team and both grow just because of the team. I'd max out at 4 of each.

Caravan Escort really is a terrible card. It's slow, eats a lot mana with no real changes, and the end result is pretty lackluster. Student of Warefare is a better option, as 2 mana into it gets a 3/3 first strike.

Evangel is probably too slow for the aggro plan.

[Mnemosyne]

Hi, I might be able to help. Just a quick question. Do you want this deck to be good for constructed tournament play, or casual with friends?

To make a good modern deck, especially tribal you need cards that synergise well with each other. To that end you want to make sure that each card benefits the other. Take Evangel of Heliod, the tokens it creates are soldiers, and not the human creature type, which will mean that Cavalry Pegasus' ability will not affect the soldier tokens it produces.

I actually play mono-white humans in modern tournaments. Whilst there are a number of variations online. You will see a number playing these cards:

Champion of the Parish x (4) - Synergy with all humans that enter the battlefield (EtB)
Thraben Inspector x (3-4) - These are 1 mana cards that give you an extra card draw with the clue token.
Thalia's Lieutenant x (3-4) - You have 2 already!
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben x (4) - Especially if you have more creatures than spells, it will punish your opponents.

I think that you need to balance your mana curve (Example: low-cost creatures with a converted mana cost of 1-3) and decide whether you want your tribal deck to go aggro (focused on attacking every turn), or more midrange control. (slowing down your opponent and then take advantage of an open board state late game)

I am aware I'm throwing a lot of terminology at you. 

I think you should focus on having as many low-cost creatures as you can (mana-cost 1-3 MAX) having a few utility cards that will help you in tough situations like Path to Exile x4 or Slaughter the Strong x2 or Brave the Elements. You might also benefit from cards like Honor of the Pure x (3-4), or Always Watching (x2).


I would say you need as many multiple copies as you can 2-4, and never a single copy. (It means that you are more likely to draw those cards) Also, 24-26 creatures at least 19-20 lands and 14 non-creature spells.

You can keep Glory-Bound Initiate, Thraben Doomsayer, Mother of Runes, Thalia's Lieutenant maybe Gryff's Boon. But the rest I suggest leaving out. They don't work as well as other cards might. (The ones I suggested)

[Montero]

I assume you're trying to make a somewhat budget humans deck for casual play, based on what you have. Here are some basic deck building tips you may want to apply to this deck

- Have a goal (for winning) - Your goal might be something like trying to get humans out and win the game by attacking with them

- Try not to play to few copies of a single card, more of the same card = more consistency (side note: it's okay to play some one ofs every now and then like if it's a six drop)

- Figure out what your strategy is - this will also help you decide what cards to keep and cut

- Watch your mana curve, there are some great videos on this but in short, most creatures should cost 2 or 3, and try not to have any over 6

- Play cards that only help to achieve your decks goal - Aside from removal, cards that don't help you achieve your goal are ultimately a waste because the effect isn't contributing as much as it could

- Make sure your cards have synergy this will help you achieve your goal - in your deck for example, an easy way to do this is have a card where whenever a human enters the battlefield, (and then have an effect)

Some Cards I Recommend (these will help you have human synergy and btw they're budget so there are better options but they're expensive)
- Thalia's Lieutenant (2 more)
-Journey to Nowhere (some needed removal that is cheap in cmc)
- Everdawn Champion (Nice hard-to-remove creature that might help)
- Fiendslayer Paladin (a personal fav of mine cause he's got a lightsaber and he's not a bad creature)
- Mentor of the Meek (great for some card draw when you're low on gas and is great with Raise the Alarm)
- Raise the Alarm (great for the token route and take advantage of its instant speed for chump blocks)
- Odric, Master Tactician (another personal fav of mine I love the Odric cards but this one is fun with tokens. Only put in 2 or 3 though)
-Spare from Evil (Nice card if you want but not necessary)
- ALWAYS WATCHING I highly recommend this for your exert creatures to untap, I'd go with a plates if your strategy or goal involves exert (always a great addition if you aren't running to many tokens and if you are running tokens Glorious Anthem is fine)
- Captain of the Watch another card I highly recommend especially if you look for HUMAN SOLDIERS because there are some great ones

Find your goal and strategy by looking at certain cards like that last one and you'll have lots of fun.

I don't want to give you too many things to worry about because it's really about having fun. If you don't take any of this advice but have fun I'm okay with that. Finally, to find some more cards, I recommend going to Scryfall.com and choosing the advanced mode and entering  human in the oracle text and/or type line, click the white mana symbol, click modern in formats, and search. This will help you find some other cards you may want for your humans deck. I wish you the best of luck with this deck!