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Made top 8 of the Modern Challenge on Ruby Storm with Hex Magic! Card plays way better than I thought it would. R1: [W] Affinity ⛈️⛈️ R2: [W] Simic Ritual ⛈️⛈️ R3: [W] Ruby Storm ❌⛈️⛈️ R4: [W] Jeskai Energy/Blink ❌⛈️⛈️ R5: [L] Boros Energy ⛈️❌❌ R6: [W] Grixis Moonshadow ⛈️❌⛈️ QF: [L] Boros Energy ❌❌

Lost to the same Boros Energy player in R5 and in QF. They were on 2× Mana Tithe and 3× Ranger-Captain maindeck with Sanctifier en-Vec, Drannith Magistrate, High Noon, and Wear // Tear in the sideboard (the perception is definitely that Storm has moved up a peg due to Hex Magic).

Some notes on Hex Magic: Unlike your other high-cost cards like Past in Flames and Wish which you really don't want to see multiple of in your hand, multiple Hex Magics don't feel too bad since you can exile one with the other and still play it, effectively extending your hand twice.

Having Hex Magic in the graveyard after playing Past in Flames also feels great, especially if you happened to also played some Manamorphoses earlier in the turn to increase your hand size even further before flashing it back.

I'm testing it by replacing Glimpse the Impossible instead of Artist's Talent since I feel keeping Glimpses makes the mana curve too high and Talent is often nice as a "less scary" 9th/10th reducer, but I'm not completely sold on that yet.

As expected, it's basically the worst card to top-deck late-game, but it makes early setup turns (when you still have 3+ cards in hand) feel nearly inevitable. It also digs for removal under High Noon and similar cards way more efficiently than your impulse draws.