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Counterspell gives Modern blue decks a nostalgic, no-nonsense hard answer to almost any spell.
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Explore quietly supports Modern land-based strategies by combining ramp with a low-risk cantrip.
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Murder is a straightforward, budget-friendly kill spell that appeals more to casual Modern tables than top tiers.
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Unearth is popular in Modern as a cheap way to rebuy low-cost threats while never being dead thanks to cycling.
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Fog hangs around Modern as a niche tool for turbo-fog brews that want to buy just one more turn.
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Arcane Signet owes its presence in Modern collections to Commander popularity rather than competitive demand.
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Shock clings to Modern as a budget-friendly burn spell that mirrors Lightning Bolt on a smaller scale.
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Red Dragon finds a home in casual Modern games where players enjoy big flying finishers over raw efficiency.
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Lightning Bolt remains a premier Modern staple, combining hyper-efficient removal with lethal reach in red decks.
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Propaganda shows up in casual Modern blue shells as a pillow-fort enchantment that discourages attacks.
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Farewell intrigues Modern brewers as a powerful but expensive sweeper that can surgically reset multiple zones.
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Six appeals to Modern value players as a grindy green engine that turns graveyards and lands into constant resources.
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Panharmonicon fuels Modern brews that try to win by doubling powerful ETB triggers into overwhelming value.
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Birds of Paradise continues to see Modern play as a flexible one-mana fixer for multicolour creature decks.
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Sheoldred attracts Modern midrange fans as a punishing four-drop that can swing life totals rapidly in grindy games.
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Roaming Throne tempts Modern tribal brewers with the promise of doubling their most important creature abilities.
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Lightning Greaves pops up in Modern creature-combo decks that need to protect and immediately use key threats.
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Wonder occasionally sneaks into Modern graveyard decks as a surprise way to give an army evasive wings.
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Heroic Intervention is valued in Modern green shells as a surprise shield against sweepers and spot removal.
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Spellbook shows up in casual Modern brews where players want unlimited hand size for big draw turns.
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Blasphemous Act lingers on the Modern fringes as a one-mana board wipe in creature-heavy matchups.
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Curiosity keeps appearing in Modern combo lists that turn repeatable damage into a card-draw engine.
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Persist supports Modern reanimation and combo shells by cheaply returning creatures for another round of value.
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Blood Artist fuels Modern aristocrats builds by turning constant creature deaths into steady life drain.
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Silence sees Modern play as a one-mana way for combo decks to lock out interaction on their critical turn.
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All Will Be One entices Modern combo players by turning counter synergies into direct damage win conditions.
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Coat of Arms shows up in Modern tribal brews that want a single card to turn a board into lethal damage.
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Damnation continues to anchor Modern black control as a clean, efficient four-mana board wipe.
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Desert appears in casual Modern land brews as an old-school utility land that can pick off weakened creatures.
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Blood Moon stays highly relevant in Modern by turning complex manabases into vulnerable piles of Mountains.
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Esper Sentinel is a Modern all-star in Hammer-style decks, taxing interaction while fuelling your hand.
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Cyclonic Rift is remembered by Modern players as a Commander powerhouse that would be far too swingy for the format.
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Reconnaissance earns a niche Modern following as an enchantment that turns every combat step into a safe probe.
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Parallel Lives powers up Modern token brews by doubling every token-making effect into explosive boards.
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Massacre Girl tempts Modern toolbox decks as a tutorable creature that can wipe away entire small boards.
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Urza's Saga is a Modern powerhouse land that both makes giant Constructs and tutors key one-mana artifacts.
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Weatherlight sails through casual Modern pods as a historic-flavoured value vehicle for lore fans.
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Gandalf the White finds a niche in Modern value decks that want to double ETB triggers at instant speed.
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Smothering Tithe occasionally appears in slow Modern brews that try to snowball Treasures off opponents' draws.
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Teysa Karlov appeals to Modern Orzhov brewers who want to double up on death triggers in aristocrats shells.
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Pariah lives on the Modern fringes as a combo aura that can redirect all damage to a single resilient creature.
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Endurance is a top-tier Modern staple, combining free graveyard hate with a solid green body when you need it.
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Path to Exile remains a respected Modern removal spell, even as newer options edge into its traditional slots.
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Fabricate serves Modern artifact decks as a reliable tutor for critical combo or toolbox pieces.
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Delay tempts Modern tempo mages as a cheap counter that often turns opposing spells into delayed non-issues.
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Terror of the Peaks attracts Modern big-mana brewers as a dragon that turns every follow-up creature into burn.
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Scapeshift remains iconic in Modern as the heart of Valakut combo decks that win in a single explosive turn.
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Doubling Season fuels Modern superfriends and token brews with outrageous counter and token multiplication.
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Helm of the Host pops up in Modern combo brews that want to copy a single powerful creature into inevitability.
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Ad Nauseam endures in Modern as a deep, puzzle-like combo deck that wins by drawing virtually the entire library.
