Could (new spoiler)Kess, Dissidant Mage be awesome in this deck? Safe from Bolt and Decay, great attacker or defender, and a free spell every turn. Is the cost worth it in the deck, either in mana or moving away from Angler?
If Deathrite goes the way of Top, i'm ready to shift into Jeskai Delver, but it'll be a major change. I've been testing out my local Legacy meta for the last couple of weeks and i think i have my Grixis Delver ready to be competitive at tonight's FNM Legacy. It's not usually a large showing, 16-24 players, and we're all pretty experienced and play strong decks well, though occasionally we get more casual players. There's one guy playing a Blade variant that will chew this deck up, but i like my odds against the rest of field, and it's a competitive enough group that even i do wind up matched against that particular Blade player, i'd still have a shot at Top4 with a little luck and a lot of solid play.
I wound up matched against that 'Blade deck in the first round, but at least managed to win a hand, and make the third hand close. I had a close match in the last round too, but Extirpate's Split-Second did some heavy lifting and i finished in 3-4 place overall with a 4-1 record in match play, 8-3 in hands. Floating blue to Hydroblast a Blood Moon was a key maneuver in one match, and i have to mention Extirpate again, as the meta was very thick with counter magic and often the NPA version would have accomplished nothing more than pulling a single counter. At one point Extirpate pulled two FoW's out of opponent's hand and one in his library - he scooped. I expected Extirpate to be an upgrade, but it might've been Most Improved Player on the evening.
Private Mod Note
():
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
They just couldn't put 7th edition into Modern because of the card borders? Seriously? Count me out.
Tonight's decklist:
17 Lands:
3 Volcanic Island
2 Underground Sea
2 Badlands
2 Scalding Tarn
2 Polluted Deta
2 Bloodstained Mire
4 Wasteland
13 Creatures
4 Delver of Secrets
4 Deathrite Shaman
4 True-Name Nemesis
1 Bedlam Reveler
30 Other Cards
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Force of Will
4 Daze
4 Brainstorm
4 Ponder
4 Extirpate
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
15 Card Sideboard
4 Smash to Smithereens
2 Shattering Spree
2 Pyroblast
2 Red Elemental Blast
1 Hydroblast
1 Blue Elemental Blast
2 Maze of Ith
1 Bedlam Reveler
Sorry i haven't figured out the completely proper format yet.
**Legacy**
Grixis Delver
16post
**Standard**
I'll let you know if/when i go back to Standard. I hate pulling cards i can't use.
**Legacy**
Grixis Delver
16post
**Standard**
I'll let you know if/when i go back to Standard. I hate pulling cards i can't use.