While building a gauntlet of Modern decks to test with and against this season, I stumbled upon a WB Midrange deck that plays Pack Rats and Lingering Souls. After playing the deck against both of our PTQ decks and half the gauntlet, I almost audibled to it.

Here’s the full list:
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=7772&d=244755&f=MO

I actually do want to play it in legacy. 🙂

All I want to do is pitch lingering souls. Just once.

I agree with you and others about gifts ungiven but I’ve played a lot of gifts in modern and it can be quite awkward. It’s definitely good but hard to use. Glad to hear your using two of the underplayed goodies though.

The problem with hushwing gryff is that there’s no deck that wants it. Even hate bears that seems like an easy fit for a card like this has creatures it would shut down. It’s good but it has no home.

No…for many many reasons…3 is a lot more than 2 in MTG (just as 2 is a lot more than 1). He requires additional cards/mana sunk into him to be good unlike Goyf. He is harder to permanently eliminate (as once you get more than 1, you need mass removal or targeted removal with the “and all other permanents/creatures with that name” clause.

I felt the same way…I’ve seen a lot of Jund players switch to Junk and 1/2 the reason is for Path to Exile…Just because it’s not played in a few of the tier 1 decks where it could be (Melira Pod) doesn’t mean it’s underplayed.

I’d either put Gifts Ungiven or Golgari Charm on the list (as that card is a house against a lot of decks)

Isn’t Path to Exile not taking a dip when the Modern Event Deck was released evidence that it is NOT underplayed? Path to Exile was first printed somewhat recently in 2009 and its price has barely budged throughout all 6 re-printings. Not only did it get a reprint with the Modern Event Deck, but there were 3 copies of it in the deck (as opposed to the awesome Remand reprint we got for example).

I’d personally swap out Path to Exile for Gifts Ungiven and it would likely be in the top 3 as it has potential to be used as a staple in a wide variety of archetypes for different purposes. Leyline of Sancitity also sees quite a bit of play as it is a well-known trump to RDW.

The rest of your top 10 suggestions seem appropriate but I just figured I’d give my input. Would like to her what other people have to say

What about Gifts Ungiven? Feels like that card should be played much more in general, but it seems to always fall short. That’s the first card that came to mind when I saw your article title, although it is arguably weaker in Modern than the cards you’ve listed.