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I have been amusing myself by building Modern format Budget decks ($15 or less). I figured I'd post them here as I build them, and people are welcome to request decks (for me to build) and to use these decks as their own. Anyone can fufill deck requests, just make sure that they have a coherent theme, cost less than $15 to assemble and are playable in Modern.

Also, please don't post your own decklists if you are just looking for suggested alterations - you should make a thread instead!

I've used CoolStuffInc for my prices (and it's worth noting that these prices don't include Basic Lands or Shipping).

Here is my first list:

BloodThirst for $11.99

23 Mountain

4 Goblin FireSlinger
4 Goblin Arsonist
4 Bogardan Lancer
4 StormBlood Berserker
4 Pyreheart Wolf
4 Blood Ogre
2 GoreHorn Minotaur

3 Lightning Bolt
4 Forked Bolt
4 Arc Trail

Smoldering Spires , Goblin FireSlinger , Goblin Balloon Brigade , Pyreheart Wolf and all the Burn are the BloodThirst enablers. Proliferate works great here, and FuryBorn HellKite is the big finisher!

Alterations Made:
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Before I comment, I just want to say that I love challenges like this. Sometimes it feels like the person with the deeper pockets wins by default, so I spend a lot of time brewing budget decks that can compete. I really love pauper because of this.

Onto my comments:

Id rather see Bogarden Lancer over furyborn hellkite, to be honest. It will drop your curve significantly (letting us go to 23 lands) and is playble much more consistantly. Also, goblin balloon brigade should be goblin arsonist , since it will deal damage to the opponent regardless of blocks, and doesn't require mana to get that damage through. Also, Gorehorn Minotaur is heavy on the curve, so going to 2 on him (so we can have 4 lancers), seems right.

With 10 pieces of burn, smoldering spires seems unneccessary, and the ETB tapped clause hurts tempo (playing it on turn two to get damage in does us no good, since we can't cast anything afterwards). I would vary the burn a bit, with something like this(3 additional spells from -2 Furyborn and -1 land):

4 Gut Shot
3 Forked Bolt
4 Lightning Bolt
2 Arc Trail

Using burn to get bloodthirst is tricky, since it basically tacks on additional costs to the creature. You want to avoid taxing your mana at all when it comes to getting bloodthirst, which is why I think 1 mana burn spells are better here. Forked Bolt is a niche answer to x/1's, so its useful, but if I'm going to faceburn someone, I want value out of it (in this case, either 3 full damage, or doing it for free).

my 2 cents.

Ive got a budget, modern-friendly version of Brandon Semerau's mono-u tempo deck that placed 8th in the most recent SSG legacy open, if you'd like to see it. it prices in at like 9 bucks.

I'm 100% behind any deck that runs jace's phantasm. 

Something that works pretty good, but I know the stronger the mill-deck the higher the price. I'd willing spend $20-25 on it, so maybe bulid one that fits the $15 budget then suggest improvements that might bump the price up some.

Sep 7, 2012 -- 8:34AM, VRdragoon wrote:

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Before I comment, I just want to say that I love challenges like this. Sometimes it feels like the person with the deeper pockets wins by default, so I spend a lot of time brewing budget decks that can compete. I really love pauper because of this.

Onto my comments:

Id rather see Bogarden Lancer over furyborn hellkite, to be honest. It will drop your curve significantly (letting us go to 23 lands) and is playble much more consistantly. Also, goblin balloon brigade should be goblin arsonist , since it will deal damage to the opponent regardless of blocks, and doesn't require mana to get that damage through. Also, Gorehorn Minotaur is heavy on the curve, so going to 2 on him (so we can have 4 lancers), seems right.

With 10 pieces of burn, smoldering spires seems unneccessary, and the ETB tapped clause hurts tempo (playing it on turn two to get damage in does us no good, since we can't cast anything afterwards). I would vary the burn a bit, with something like this(3 additional spells from -2 Furyborn and -1 land):

4 Gut Shot

3 Forked Bolt

4 Lightning Bolt

2 Arc Trail

Using burn to get bloodthirst is tricky, since it basically tacks on additional costs to the creature. You want to avoid taxing your mana at all when it comes to getting bloodthirst, which is why I think 1 mana burn spells are better here. Forked Bolt is a niche answer to x/1's, so its useful, but if I'm going to faceburn someone, I want value out of it (in this case, either 3 full damage, or doing it for free).

my 2 cents.