Birthing Ritual 
Birthing Ritual Modern decklist played by Jude Hopkins at NRG Series: Magic $2.5k Modern Trial (22 Aug 2026).
- Player
- Jude Hopkins
- Finish
- #23 of 99, 4-3
- Archetype
- Birthing Ritual
- Format
- Modern
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (23)
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (23)
- 4 Abhorrent Oculus
- 4 Coiling Oracle
- 4 Floodpits Drowner
- 4 Ice-Fang Coatl
- 4 Shardless Agent
- 3 Subtlety
Instants (14)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Birthing Ritual list
Average of 8 decks in the 7 days up to Aug. 22, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Floodpits Drowner (4 vs 0.5)
- +2 Flooded Strand (2 vs 0.4)
- +2 Force of Negation (4 vs 2.4)
- +1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (4 vs 2.8)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Endurance (0 vs 1.8)
- -2 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 1.8)
- -1 Verdant Catacombs (2 vs 3.1)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +3 Toxic Deluge (3 vs 0.4)
- +2 Nature's Claim (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Endurance (2 vs 1.0)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Culling Ritual (0 vs 2.4)
- -1 Force of Vigor (0 vs 1.3)
- -1 Clarion Conqueror (0 vs 1.0)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 9 cards away from the average.