This is it, the last day of 2018.

It's been a crazy year for Magic, perhaps one of the most exciting in the entire history of the game. MTG Arena! Esports! The return of the SCG Tour Player's Championship! Huge sweeping changes to the Pro Tour! The return to the return of Ravnica! It's been intense from start to finish and it's looking like 2019 is going to be even more crazy.

Before 2019 hits however, why don't we take a step back, relax, and have a little fun.

Battle of Wits | Modern | Jim Davis

• Creatures (92)
• 1 Acidic Slime
• 1 Duskwatch Recruiter
• 1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
• 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
• 1 Platinum Emperion
• 1 Qasali Pridemage
• 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1 Sun Titan
• 1 Thragtusk
• 1 Vizier of Remedies
• 2 Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 2 Eternal Witness
• 2 Nissa, Vastwood Seer
• 3 Scavenging Ooze
• 4 Birds of Paradise
• 4 Coiling Oracle
• 4 Courser of Kruphix
• 4 Devoted Druid
• 4 Felidar Guardian
• 4 Kitchen Finks
• 4 Knight of the Reliquary
• 4 Lotus Cobra
• 4 Noble Hierarch
• 4 Primeval Titan
• 4 Reflector Mage
• 4 Renegade Rallier
• 4 Restoration Angel
• 4 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 4 Tireless Tracker
• 4 Voice of Resurgence
• 4 Wall of Omens
• 4 Wall of Roots

• Planeswalkers (14)
• 2 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• 4 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 4 Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 4 Saheeli Rai

• Instants (9)
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 4 Chord of Calling
• 4 Path to Exile

• Sorceries (21)
• 1 Scapeshift
• 4 Bring to Light
• 4 Eldritch Evolution
• 4 Madcap Experiment
• 4 Serum Visions
• 4 Wargate

• Enchantments (10)
• 1 Prismatic Omen
• 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
• 4 Battle of Wits
• 4 Oath of Nissa

• Lands (94)
• 1 Mountain
• 15 Forest
• 4 Island
• 7 Plains
• 1 Celestial Colonnade
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Gavony Township
• 1 Ghost Quarter
• 1 Horizon Canopy
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 2 Glacial Fortress
• 2 Sacred Foundry
• 2 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 3 Stomping Ground
• 4 Arid Mesa
• 4 Breeding Pool
• 4 Field of Ruin
• 4 Flooded Strand
• 4 Hallowed Fountain
• 4 Misty Rainforest
• 4 Razorverge Thicket
• 4 Scalding Tarn
• 4 Steam Vents
• 4 Sunpetal Grove
• 4 Temple Garden
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 4 Wooded Foothills

• Sideboard (15)
• 2 Ancient Grudge
• 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1 Izzet Staticaster
• 1 Supreme Verdict
• 4 Obstinate Baloth
• 1 Reclamation Sage
• 1 Shatterstorm
• 4 Stony Silence

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If you have a Modern tournament coming up and need to do well, I would not recommend playing this deck. However if you want to challenge yourself with a bunch of fun puzzles and never play two games that look alike, this is an awesome way to do it.

Aside from the deck's main focus of playing 240 cards to support our Battle of Wits, this deck looks to use its large size as an advantage rather than a disadvantage. One of the issues with playing certain combos in Modern is that they take up a lot of space and can lead to drawing dead or awkward cards. When you've got 240 cards in your deck, you're much less likely to draw that Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, or Platinum Emperion. Your bullets can stay bullets, only there to fish out when you need 'em.

And boy does this deck have bullets.

Aside from the usual Battle of Wits plan, this deck is jam packed with as many two-card combos as we could find in the Modern format. Many of them have cross-synergy as well, letting you set up odd combinations with your large variety of tutor effects. A short list of your combos:

It's honestly possible I missed one.

Regardless, sometimes it's healthy to just let loose and have some fun. We didn't win a single match, but we got to play some cool games and figure out some fun puzzles. Winning is usually the goal, but part of the process to that can be giving yourself some R&R as well. Smile, have some fun, and remember the big picture.

On to 2019!