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Instant Deck Tech: Smallpox (Modern)

by SaffronOlive // Mar 20, 2017

Instant Deck Tech time! Smallpox might be one of the most underused cards in Modern. While it's extremely powerful the symmetrical nature of the effect makes it difficult to abuse. Is Monastery Mentor and planeswalker the secret to harnessing it's power?

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Instant Deck Tech: Smallpox (Modern)