Modern MtG — Golgari Lurrus Infect vs. Hardened Scales with Lurrus
Channel: T1GlistenerElf
Date: 31/05/2020

What's more toxic than Lurrus infecting eternal formats? Infecting Lurrus ourselves, of course! Phyrexian Lurrus means that no one is safe.

With the announcement that Lurrus was not to be banned in Modern, I thought it wise to get some games in with everyone's (least) favorite Nightmare Cat before the banhammer gets dropped in a couple of months. This time, I played against Hardened Scales, another Golgari list that takes advantage of Lurrus to absolutely run away with games. Like so many lists, they utilize Mishra's Bauble, but the more important synergies lie with Arcbound Ravager, which can now reuse artifact creatures like Arcbound Worker to build a huge body without having to expend additional resources. With both of us playing exceedingly fast decks, it would seem like two ships passing in the night, but we each actually have the ability to interact. Moreover, Walking Ballista makes this matchup atrocious for me, just like in Vintage.

Here's my deck list for you all, though please note that my opponent and I did not go into our sideboards this time around.
Artifacts (6)
4 Mishra's Bauble
2 Nihil Spellbomb
Creatures (12)
4 Glistener Elf
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Plague Stinger
Enchantment (1)
1 Seal of Strength
Instants (17)
1 Become Immense
3 Blossoming Defense
1 Dismember
4 Groundswell
4 Might of Old Krosa
4 Vines of Vastwood
Sorceries (4)
4 Scale Up
Lands (20)
1 Dryad Arbor
4 Inkmoth Nexus
2 Misty Rainforest
2 Nurturing Peatland
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Pendelhaven
2 Snow-Covered Forest
2 Verdant Catacombs
2 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard (15)
* 1 Lurrus of the Dream Den * — Companion
1 Maelstrom Pulse
2 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Phyrexian Crusader
2 Seal of Primordium
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Veil of Summer
1 Weather the Storm

Here's my Modern playlist, starting with my first game featuring this Lurrus Infect deck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFeVAIb-4jw&list=PLL5e2uQsROzk82kOMSeUmJUld3NPvj2yF&index=718&t=0s
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