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The classic in Modern form.Redone without Wasteland, Rishadan Port, Karakas, Mangara of Corondor, Mother of Runes, Stoneforge Mystic and all the goodies that tag along with her.It has some flicker elements from the Legacy version, mainly to make piles of Golems but also for some life gain with Finks, but without the focus on the mechanic itself, (no Resto Angels).Preys on complicated mana bases and is difficult to hate out. Feedback wanted.
Hate on everything in the format. Tick Vial to 3.Make your opponents plays more costly, more complicated or blank them entirely with the most devastating hate critter Vialed in at the most inopportune time.Swing with your weenies to peck away at their life total while they are trying to play around your hatred.
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At first glance here it looks like you're trying to go several different directions with this deck and you seem to have a decent foundation enough for a basic form of Modern Maverick.Also, where's your blue source for Sagu Mauler? Or do you not intend to cast/flip him face up?
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Hatebears does that, they hate on everything, but this deck mostly on stuff they are likely to run into.Let me break it down for you:Arbiter and Mindcensor hates on anything that searches; fetch lands, Valakut, Scapeshift, (and makes your Path and GQ better). GQ and Tech Edge hates on anything that has a strained mana base like Junk and naturally Tron.Militant and Ooze hates on graveyard shenanigans from things like Snaps, Loam, delve and 'goyf.Voice hates on instants and Thalia hates everything that is not a critter. Vial pops everything in at instant speed, (including Mauler at 3 or Dryad Arbor for 0), and Whisp and Resto Angel alternately protects your guys, (or flips Mauler), or in Whisp's case flickers opponents stuff out of the way. Pridemage, Teeg, Kataki, Revoker, Thrun and Splicer should be obvious. Elspeth, Forge-Tender and the Bomb might be debatable SB options but I kind of like the flexibility they give me.All that said and done you basically have a "White Weenie" deck that makes life very difficult for your opponent and sneaks tempo advantages at every corner while hitting early and often.
Actually, Aether Vial wouldn't be able to play Sagu Mauler face down. The face down morph ability has to be cast from your hand unfortunately. And I'm not 100% sure but I think that if you tried to use Restoration Angel's blink ability on a face down morphed creature it's treated like if it is a token, meaning that the only state they can exist in is on the battlefield. Any other location it is sent to, regardless of how temporary, it ceases to exist all together.
But assuming that you are able to successfully blink out the face down Mauler you would most likely get it back onto the battlefield face down as that was the state at which the creature left the battlefield.
Okay, so through conversations with my friend who is a judge here's what I've got...Sagu Mauler DOES come back into play after it's been blinked, however it is still considered a vanilla 2/2 with the inability to unmorph. The rules on morph got all kinds of janky when the mechanic was reintroduced with Khans
I had a brain fart regarding the Vial and Morph, you are correct in that you do have to cast Mauler and then flicker it, no instant speed Vialing available. Regarding Resto Angel, (or Flickerwhisp), and face down Morph critters works just fine. When the Morphed critter, (or whatever), leaves the battlefield it has no idea that it was ever anything other then what it states on it's face up side so that is how it will return. (Rule 406.3. Exiled cards are, by default, kept face up and may be examined by any player at any time)As mentioned above, Morph can only be CAST and not played any other way...
That said, the concept behind the deck does not hinge on a single Mauler, (or Akroma, Angel of Fury for that matter), but rather the abilities and aggression of the other creatures in it. You are right that it casts a wide net in what may make it appear to go in different directions, but if you look behind the surface and know the Modern meta you will see how the deck makes it difficult to both interact with and complete the opposing deck's plan.
Yeah, I think that's where my problem lies. I don't play Modern, so I'm unfamiliar with the meta. I'm far more of a Legacy player and getting back into Standard now lol
Ended up cutting the Mauler anyway, it was just a little to cute and going to the full set of Voice is much more efficient.