Modern Five-Color Humans

Five-Color Humans, also just called Humans, is a tribal Modern deck. It uses a combination of aggressive and disruptive Human creatures, backed by tribal lords, to win through combat damage. After a breakout performance during a Star City Games Modern Open event in October 2017, Five-Color Humans has continued to see extensive play and is currently a top-tier competitive deck.SaffronOlive. (November 27, 2017.) “Deck Evolutions: Modern Humans”, mtggoldfish.com, MTGGoldfish.
== Strategy ==
Five-Color Humans has a relatively straightforward plan: play Human creatures, make them larger with <c>Thalia’s Lieutenant</c> and <c>Mayor of Avabruck</c>, and attack. Many Humans, such as <c>Kitesail Freebooter</c> and <c>Reflector Mage</c>, exist to interact with and disrupt the opponent's deck. Others, like <c>Champion of the Parish</c>, are simply there to attack. The only nonland, non-Human card in the deck is <c>Aether Vial</c>, which gives the deck a way to cheat on mana and to play its creatures at instant speed.
This deck's mana base, consisting of <c>Cavern of Souls</c>, <c>Unclaimed Territory</c>, <c>Ancient Ziggurat</c>, and handful of dual lands and basic lands, allows it to play any Modern-legal Human regardless of color.
== History == 
People have been experimenting with Human tribal synergies in Modern ever since Thalia’s Lieutenant was printed, but it wasn’t until Ixalan that a competitive build emerged. The printing of <c>Unclaimed Territory</c> made a five-color deck viable without relying on <c>Mana Confluence</c> or <c>Gemstone Caverns</c>. Additionally, <c>Kitesail Freebooter</c> allowed the deck to interact with noncreature spells, giving it another way to fight combo and control decks.
Collins Mullen used the following deck to place first in a Star City Games Modern Open event, after which Five-Color Humans has continued to see extensive Modern play.
<deck title="Five-Color Humans - Collins Mullen - SCG Modern Open Cincinnati 2017">
Creatures
4 Champion of the Parish
4 Kitesail Freebooter
3 Mayor of Avabruck
4 Meddling Mage
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Thalia’s Lieutenant
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Mantis Rider
3 Reflector Mage
2 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
Spells
4 Aether Vial
Lands
4 Ancient Ziggurat
4 Cavern of Souls
1 Hallowed Fountain
2 Horizon Canopy
1 Plains
1 Temple Garden
4 Unclaimed Territory
3 Windswept Heath
Sideboard
1 Anafenza, the Foremost
2 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Fiend Hunter
2 Izzet Staticaster
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Reflector Mage
2 Tireless Tracker
2 Vithian Renegades
2 Xathrid Necromancer
</deck>
==References==
Category:Modern format
Category:Tournament decks