{"ops":[{"insert":"Protomodern is a growing format situated between Premodern and Pioneer, from 8ED-M13, trying to recapture the feel of early Modern. It has a small ban list to encourage deck diversity and healthy gameplay. If interested, feel free to leave a comment and I can drop a link to our discord. Paper games are being organized at a few LGSs and online matches are being played daily. Games have a nice pace overall and the format has felt honestly incredible. \n\nWhen I was first introduced to the concept (back when the format was being called "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Millennial"},{"insert":"), my first thought was, \"Wait, wasn't most of Lantern legal for years before it was discovered? Couldn't you just... build it?\" The answer, it turns out, was yes. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lantern of Insight"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ancient Stirrings"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ensnaring Bridge"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pithing Needle"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ghoulcaller's Bell"}},{"insert":"... Most of the pieces were there. There were just two big problems.\n\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Codex Shredder"}},{"insert":", one of the mill rocks, was printed in RTR. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pyxis of Pandemonium"}},{"insert":", another key rock, was printed in "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Theros"},{"insert":". We have no access to most of the mill rocks. The question quickly became apparent: could I find substitutes that worked at least partially as well? The answer was, yes. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grindclock"}},{"insert":" serves as a mill rock that enters tapped. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Duskmantle, House of Shadow"}},{"insert":" serves as a more mana intensive but harder to interact with mill rock. \n\nGrindclock even can help relieve one of the problems that Lantern has: getting opponents to concede when they are under the lock fully. If you have enough mill pieces in play already, you can simply charge up a single copy and start milling them more aggressively in just a few turns. This can both help with your time in rounds and also partially help alleviate the frustration factor in facing this deck. They will have been dead long before you can begin to charge a spare copy, but the feeling of making them "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"feel"},{"insert":" dead is enough. \n\nThe sideboard is tuned to deal with the usual suspects. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thoughtseize"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Duress"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grafdigger's Cage"}},{"insert":" for combo matchups. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Leyline of Sanctity"}},{"insert":" for red decks trying to point "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Tribal Flames"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grapeshot"}},{"insert":" or "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Lightning Bolt"}},{"insert":" at you or trying to hit you with "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Thoughtseize"}},{"insert":"s themselves. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Ancient Grudge"}},{"insert":" for annoying anti-rock artifacts. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Quiet Disrepair"}},{"insert":" for opposing Leylines, "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Stony Silence"}},{"insert":", or aggressive matchups. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Pyroclasm"}},{"insert":" for decks you need to shoot early. "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Welding Jar"}},{"insert":" as preemptive answers to their removal.\n"}]}