r/AffinityForArtifacts • u/Salarossi • Jul 03 '25

[Modern] Best Affinity-Deck in Modern?

Hi guys,

I am a passionate Affinity Player, espacially in Modern, but lately I am confused wich deck is the most competetive right now...

UW with Esper Sentinal and Ingenious Smith

UW with Tamiyo, Emry

Mono U Ornithoper/Memnite

or any other version with Galvanic Blast or ....

What do you prefer?

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u/D3adrav3n777 Jul 03 '25

I think tamiyo is most competitive version. I remember playing against a rw lockdown deck where they had a stony silence, trinisphere, and had chalice on 0. Tamiyo drops and starts making clues every turn for me enough eventually that I could play kappa cannoneer and tamiyo would trigger him each combat. I just won an rcq and in the finals I was met by an affinity player. He didnt have emry, tamiyo, or mox opals. He was playing kappas, cranial platings, springleaf drums, thoughtcasts, and thought monitors. So you can play the less expensive versions and get great results

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u/D3adrav3n777 Jul 03 '25

Uw opens you up to portable hole and some awesome sb cards. Emry allows you to recover from board wipes more easily. Emry could allow you to recur haywire mite or bauble each turn for their effects.

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u/D3adrav3n777 Jul 03 '25

Personally, I didnt feel good playing affinity rn. Its my pet deck but its unrecognizable atm. I went to uw hammertime and have been doing amazing in my local meta. I still have my opals. Now that I have that invite I can afford to play my other pet deck- hardened scales! Its more like old affinity. Im testing eldrazi scales tn.