This weekend Mox Boarding House put on a very exciting tournament. A (non-sanctioned) Modern event with no ban list. We talk a lot about maybe getting Jace or Bloodbraid Elf back in Modern, but imagine if we got to play with Skullclamp!

My initial thought on what the best deck to play for this event would be was that Hypergenesis is the most degenerate thing on the ban list. A few of the guys I talked to said that they'd rather play Affinity with Skullclamp, and that's certainly a very powerful option as well.

Unfortunately, I haven't come across decklists posted by MBH, but I did happen onto a sweet tournament report on Reddit. The writer decided to play what looks like a less egregious banned deck with Chrome Mox, some artifact lands, Sword of the Meek, and some sideboard Mental Misstep in a controlling Tezzeret shell. His list looks sweet!

While a lot of the banned cards in Modern deserve their spot, I'd like to see Modern make a push towards a higher power level. I think it's somewhat telling that this tournament report featured this controlling deck with its only loss being to D&T, though the data here is very small. I like the idea of power checking power, though we're certainly very far away from just having no Modern ban list.

What would you play at this event?