by Johnny Cycles, February 13, 2024
Johnny Cycles here with another edition of Keeping Modern Janky! This week I’m running my Jund Lukka Surprise deck through a league. You can read about the deck and watch my practice games here. Below is the decklist and a deck tech. I hope you enjoy the game play!
Decklist – Jund Lukka Surprise with Karn, the Great Creator
by Johnny Cycles
Format: Modern
Creatures (13)
| 4 Ignoble Hierarch | |
| 4 Noble Hierarch | |
| 4 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer | |
| 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn |
Planeswalkers (8)
| 4 Karn, the Great Creator | |
| 4 Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast |
Enchantments (5)
| 1 Footfall Crater | |
| 4 Bitter Reunion |
Spells (11)
| 4 Fatal Push | |
| 4 Lightning Bolt | |
| 3 Thoughtseize |
Lands (23)
| 3 Blood Crypt |
| 4 Bloodstained Mire |
| 1 Boseiju, Who Endures |
| 1 Forest |
| 1 Mountain |
| 3 Overgrown Tomb |
| 3 Stomping Ground |
| 2 Swamp |
| 4 Wooded Foothills |
| 1 Ziatora’s Proving Ground |
Sideboard (15)
| 1 Tormod’s Crypt | |
| 1 Haywire Mite | |
| 1 Pithing Needle | |
| 1 Liquimetal Coating | |
| 3 Force of Vigor | |
| 3 Pulse of Murasa | |
| 3 Leyline of the Void | |
| 1 Combustible Gearhulk | |
| 1 Wurmcoil Engine |
Deck Tech
Match 1 – Mono Black Rack
Match 2 – Saheeli Rai Combo
Match 3 – Rakdos Brew
Match 4 – Crashing Footfalls
Match 5 – Bant Artifact Control
League Record: 1-4
Conclusion
For those of you not inclined to watch my wrap-up, our Jund Lukka Surprise deck featuring Karn, the Great Creator underperformed for us in our friendly league. There were several games where we just needed to draw Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast and we would’ve won, but we just couldn’t find him. This is one weakness of our Jund version: it’s less consistent. We don’t have nearly as many ways to dig for one of our four copies of Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast. Karn, the Great Creator is supposed to help ameliorate this reduced consistency, but in many of our games, we couldn’t even find that Planeswalker. Variance played an outsized role in our record, as many games we flooded out in a major way. I’ll keep working on the deck and trying out different versions, but for now, the infatuation with this combo has worn off and it’s time to return to my first love: dragons. Be on the lookout for a Budget Gruul Dragons build I’ll be posting about soon!
As always, thanks for reading and watching! Let me know in the comments how you would change this deck!
