ChaoticMTG Takes Sixth With Flare of Denial and Mox Amber in Modern Azorius Control

ChaoticMTG finished sixth with a 6–2 Swiss record at the November 11, 2026, Modern Challenge 32, playing Azorius Control with four Flare of Denial and one Mox Amber. MTGO's published results record a subsequent 0–2 quarterfinal loss to reidq7's Amulet Titan in the 70-player event.

The larger departure is the eight-creature selection package: four Fallaji Archaeologist and four Thundertrap Trainer. Neither creature, Flare of Denial nor Stock Up appeared in the 147 other Azorius Control lists in the six-week comparison. This is an unusual configuration around the familiar Narset, Parter of Veils and Day's Undoing plan.

The Creatures Find Spells and Enable Flare of Denial

Fallaji Archaeologist costs and can recover a noncreature, nonland card from the three cards it mills when it enters. Thundertrap Trainer costs the same and offers a similar selection effect, looking at four cards rather than milling three. Neither guarantees a spell, but both can find the planeswalkers, interaction or Day's Undoing that this shell needs.

Both are also nontoken creatures that can pay Flare of Denial's alternative cost. That gives the list eight creatures to support four Flare of Denial: a creature can first supply selection through its enters ability, then be sacrificed to counter a spell without paying Flare of Denial's mana cost.

The two Stock Up extend that search plan. Each costs , looks at five cards and puts two into hand, reaching one card deeper than Thundertrap Trainer and allowing lands or creatures among the selections. We see Flare of Denial as the more consequential departure than the singleton Mox Amber because its alternative cost connects directly to all eight selection creatures.

Mox Amber Depends on a Planeswalker

Mox Amber costs , but it needs a legendary creature or planeswalker to produce mana. Narset, Parter of Veils supplies a documented source for that ability; Fallaji Archaeologist and Thundertrap Trainer do not qualify. Mox Amber cannot provide opening-turn acceleration by itself.

Once Narset, Parter of Veils is on the battlefield, Mox Amber can help pay for another spell. That makes its role different from the creatures' immediate selection: it needs an established permanent before it supplies mana. At one copy, it is also much less prominent in the list than the four-of creature and counterspell package.

The Chant Plan Remains, but Familiar Staples Are Missing

ChaoticMTG retained four Narset, Parter of Veils, three Day's Undoing and four Teferi, Time Raveler, backed by four Orim's Chant and two Silence. The established payoff remains a one-sided refill: Narset, Parter of Veils limits the opponent to at most one card drawn that turn while Day's Undoing gives you seven.

TCG Playbook's October 27 strategy guide describes a conventional build controlling the battlefield with Solitude and sweepers before assembling that combination. It also describes using Teferi, Time Raveler to cast Day's Undoing on the opponent's turn after their draw step, with Orim's Chant or Silence protecting the setup.

ChaoticMTG played neither Solitude nor Prismatic Ending, which appeared in 99.3% and 91.2% of the 147 comparison lists respectively. The list also omitted Monumental Henge, present in 98%, and Otawara, Soaring City, present in 92.5%. It still registered two Wrath of the Skies in the main deck and two more in the sideboard, so sweepers remain part of its interaction.

Amulet Titan Ended the Run

The recorded playoff matchup was a 0–2 loss to Amulet Titan. reidq7 then beat Fransadness's Broodscale deck in the semifinal before losing the final to rastaf. Swiss-round pairings were not published, leaving ChaoticMTG's six wins and two losses without an archetype breakdown.

The sideboard concentrates eight slots in four Consign to Memory and four Mystical Dispute. Two Celestial Purge, two Spell Snare, the additional two Wrath of the Skies and one Isochron Scepter complete it. TCG Playbook's conventional guide brings Consign to Memory and an extra Wrath of the Skies against Broodscale while trimming Day's Undoing and Orim's Chant, but ChaoticMTG's creature-and-Flare configuration is a different 75, not that guide's list.