There seems to be a huge amount of aggo in my local meta. Hyper aggo like Zoo, a few janky goblin decks, elves, some affinity. What would you say for these? Abzan? Jeskai? Grixis? does Abzan Coco have a good matchup against these decks due to the incidental life gain?
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I'm looking for a new deck to play in Modern. I have a handful of things, but for all intents and purposes, let's consider this a building from scratch kinda thing. I generally like interactive decks, but I'm fairly open-minded. I generally play at the FNM level, but would like something that I could play with some success at a GP or SCG Open. Tier 2 is fine, but probably nothing below that. As far as budget goes, I'm planning on putting it together over a but of time, so anything outside of Jund or Abzan (Junk) is probably fine.
Up until very recently, I've been playing Abzan Company, but I had to sell it off after some brief financial issues. I enjoyed playing this deck quite a bit, but after playing the same decks in my meta, over and over, it was getting a bit stale anyway.
Before this, I played a bit of a brew. Kind of an Abzan take on the Esper Mentor deck that had been floating around. Played similar to Junk as far as removal goes, and generally won by going wide with Lingering Souls/Monastery Mentor tokens or dropping Siege Rhinos. I liked this deck quite a bit, but if I'm being honest, it was just a budget Junk deck.
Before that, I played Death & Taxes. While, I liked the deck a lot when it worked, I got very frustrated with it when it just did nothing.
Before that, I played UG Infect, which was fine, but I got tired of it very quickly. I also didn't really like how a game could be over (either way) in just a couple of turns.
I've been thinking about decks like Eldrazi & Taxes, or Kiki Chord, or even a brew using Eldritch Evolution. I'm open to any other ideas though.
I'm looking for a new deck to play in Modern. I have a handful of things, but for all intents and purposes, let's consider this a building from scratch kinda thing. I generally like interactive decks, but I'm fairly open-minded. I generally play at the FNM level, but would like something that I could play with some success at a GP or SCG Open. Tier 2 is fine, but probably nothing below that. As far as budget goes, I'm planning on putting it together over a but of time, so anything outside of Jund or Abzan (Junk) is probably fine.
Up until very recently, I've been playing Abzan Company, but I had to sell it off after some brief financial issues. I enjoyed playing this deck quite a bit, but after playing the same decks in my meta, over and over, it was getting a bit stale anyway.
Before this, I played a bit of a brew. Kind of an Abzan take on the Esper Mentor deck that had been floating around. Played similar to Junk as far as removal goes, and generally won by going wide with Lingering Souls/Monastery Mentor tokens or dropping Siege Rhinos. I liked this deck quite a bit, but if I'm being honest, it was just a budget Junk deck.
Before that, I played Death & Taxes. While, I liked the deck a lot when it worked, I got very frustrated with it when it just did nothing.
Before that, I played UG Infect, which was fine, but I got tired of it very quickly. I also didn't really like how a game could be over (either way) in just a couple of turns.
I've been thinking about decks like Eldrazi & Taxes, or Kiki Chord, or even a brew using Eldritch Evolution. I'm open to any other ideas though.
Wilted Abzan / Siege Liege is highly underrated and a ton of fun to play. Check it out in the Developing Competitive section.
I'm looking for a new deck to play in Modern. I have a handful of things, but for all intents and purposes, let's consider this a building from scratch kinda thing. I generally like interactive decks, but I'm fairly open-minded. I generally play at the FNM level, but would like something that I could play with some success at a GP or SCG Open. Tier 2 is fine, but probably nothing below that. As far as budget goes, I'm planning on putting it together over a but of time, so anything outside of Jund or Abzan (Junk) is probably fine.
Up until very recently, I've been playing Abzan Company, but I had to sell it off after some brief financial issues. I enjoyed playing this deck quite a bit, but after playing the same decks in my meta, over and over, it was getting a bit stale anyway.
Before this, I played a bit of a brew. Kind of an Abzan take on the Esper Mentor deck that had been floating around. Played similar to Junk as far as removal goes, and generally won by going wide with Lingering Souls/Monastery Mentor tokens or dropping Siege Rhinos. I liked this deck quite a bit, but if I'm being honest, it was just a budget Junk deck.
Before that, I played Death & Taxes. While, I liked the deck a lot when it worked, I got very frustrated with it when it just did nothing.
Before that, I played UG Infect, which was fine, but I got tired of it very quickly. I also didn't really like how a game could be over (either way) in just a couple of turns.
I've been thinking about decks like Eldrazi & Taxes, or Kiki Chord, or even a brew using Eldritch Evolution. I'm open to any other ideas though.
Eldrazi & Taxes suffer from the same problem as traditional D&T. You just have some beefier bodies.
If you liked Abzan Company, you can give Bant Knightfall a try. Plays quite similarly as a midrange value creature deck with some combo elements. Has many layers and lines of play, relatively tricky deck to pilot well even though it doesn't seem like it.
Guys please opinions on japanese cards. Lost a 3/3 creature against Japan celestial colonade. This guy played all creatures and spells in english cards, but some cards in his manabase was japanese. I dont registrated this really ( my brain say its all fine and all english to me lets attack his empty board)...and i am sure it is a Kind of legal cheating. It is not ok, but i know legal. I Hate such people. I never forget colonade normally, but with this Tricks it can happen one time in 3 years and such people take advantage of this
If I am a customer spending premium amount of dollars, I expect a premium service. Jund falls into the category of a premium deck costing more dollars than a majority of the rest of the format. I'm not getting the desired performance ratio per dollars spent out of the Jund deck because WOTC decided to make the format more diverse.
Got back into MTG about a year ago and went straight to modern playing mono-green Stompy and various janky tribal and combo decks. I'll probably continue playing Stompy, but I'm looking to invest in something a little different and hopefully more powerful now. Strongly considering either Merfolk or Dredge (the former because it seems like it can play very differently depending on the matchup, the latter because I like gy shenanigans, and esp Gravecrawler/Bloodghast), but outside opinions would be cool.
Cards I own: Not many staples. 4X Bolt. 4X Remand. 4X Abrupt Decay. 4X Verdant Catacombs & 1X Overgrown Tomb (bought on a whim before realizing BGx was crazy expensive, probably gonna use as trade fodder now). 1X Polluted Delta & 1X Watery Grave. 1X Bloodghast. 2X Kitchen Finks.
Style: Haven't played enough games/different decks to have a strong preference otherwise, but something that requires some skill to pilot, and won't be boring/repetitive or be neutered by a ban after 1-2 years.
Level I want to play at: FNM, maybe work up to a PTQ eventually. Tier 1-2 power level would be ideal.
Dredge is sweet. It's fun to play, very powerful and falls squarely within your price range. I'd say to proxy it up and play a few games with it. It can be somewhat repetitive but it also plays to the board a lot so there is some back and forth between you and your opponent.
So fellows,
i'm a Modern player for about 3 years now. I got involved in some PPTQ's, PTQ's and a lot of FNM's (or alike).
I always played Decks on a budget or otherwise non-expensive Decks.
I started with Goblins, expanded towards Gruul and finally Naya Zoo (no Goyf though).
Afterwards i switched to Living End, which i ran about 10 Months to some success.
The last couple of weeks i've played BW Tokens, but wasn't happy with the results overall.
I'm not eager to brew anymore, or investing Time into fringe Decks and strategies.
I want to pick up a deck i enjoy playing and just being a good long-term investment.
Cards i own
All Khans Fetchlands, Many Shocklands, a Bunch of Fastlands (new and old)
Some Burn and Delver Stuff (Bolts, Probe, Serum Visions, Tasigur, Kolaghan's Command, Blood Moon...)
Playstyle
Red is the name of the game. Slinging Lightning Bolt sounds appealing to me.
I came up with the idea to run Dirty Red Aggro for the next couple of weeks.
After that period i want to run either Burn, Bushwhacker Zoo or Delver of Secrets.
I'm familiar with Burn and Zoo, but not w/ Delver.
Another consideration is about playing another UR Deck.
Thing Ascencion, control (?), Prowess-Style. It has to be competitive and long-term fun
Investments
Depending of what i want to do...
Spending some Bucks for a Playset of Snapcaster Mage or Goblin Guide
sounds appealing to me. After selling Tokens and Living End, i'll have access to $500.
If you go down the Snapcaster Route you'll also need to pick up Scalding Tarns as well. Along with that, most UR decks aren't particularly great. The Thing Ascension deck is fine, UR Control (most likely Blue Moon) isn't great, Grixis Control also isn't fantastic and Jeskai would require you to get Nahiris as well. The Prowess/Delver decks are also kinda bad.
It sounds like you would enjoy Naya Burn though. The deck seems to do what you want: it's a red aggressive deck, it's top tier and hard to hate on (especially if you know how to sideboard correctly).
I'm most intruiged by Creature-heavy decks with Burn backup.
Therefore Bushwhacker zoo would be my pick - but i'm somehow uncertain about it's competitiveness.
If you are considering tempo, maybe some sort of delver - ur, grixis, or rug.
You know me. I still think bogles can be tuned to be decent in this meta.
If you don't mind something spicier and probably less than tier 2, let me know. I just played double moon walkers last fnm.
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Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
Cards you already own An 8 whack deck,
Colors you like to play all of them are fine (except blue)
Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue) everything except control/midrange, but I favor rouge.
Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq) FMN
Cards you already own An 8 whack deck,
Colors you like to play all of them are fine (except blue)
Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue) everything except control/midrange, but I favor rouge.
Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq) FMN
You have lots of choices. I could post some here, but nothing is probably going to help you more than looking at the percentages here - modernnexus.com, then going to the Deck Primers here and asking about the decks. If you prefer something rogue, then I would look at decks that are in Tier 2 and below.
*I'd also like to give a shameless plug for Bogles. Fun, uninteractive linear Aggro deck. It's basically taking a little dude and putting so many clothes on him that he looks gigantic.
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Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
I managed to get some extra cash (but not much) to spend on Magic, and right now I'm stuck between two decks. The first is 8Whack, because I really love mono red aggro despite being a control player. The second is a budget take on Bushwhacker Zoo. However, this would be a very budget take on the deck. My only fetches would be Windswept Heath, it wouldn't have Goblin Guides or Vexing Devil, and could potentially turn out being crappy. Either of these decks would be secondary to Skred Red, which cleans house at FNM but it would be nice to have something else to scratch my aggro itch (or relapse I suppose lol). Really this is a matter of Goblins vs. Wild Nacatl. Which should I go with?
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I managed to get some extra cash (but not much) to spend on Magic, and right now I'm stuck between two decks. The first is 8Whack, because I really love mono red aggro despite being a control player. The second is a budget take on Bushwhacker Zoo. However, this would be a very budget take on the deck. My only fetches would be Windswept Heath, it wouldn't have Goblin Guides or Vexing Devil, and could potentially turn out being crappy. Either of these decks would be secondary to Skred Red, which cleans house at FNM but it would be nice to have something else to scratch my aggro itch (or relapse I suppose lol). Really this is a matter of Goblins vs. Wild Nacatl. Which should I go with?
well goblin dont need goblin guide IMHO, you go bigger with sinergy, and for zoo you NEED the fetch, so is easy goblins here, not a hard choice
I managed to get some extra cash (but not much) to spend on Magic, and right now I'm stuck between two decks. The first is 8Whack, because I really love mono red aggro despite being a control player. The second is a budget take on Bushwhacker Zoo. However, this would be a very budget take on the deck. My only fetches would be Windswept Heath, it wouldn't have Goblin Guides or Vexing Devil, and could potentially turn out being crappy. Either of these decks would be secondary to Skred Red, which cleans house at FNM but it would be nice to have something else to scratch my aggro itch (or relapse I suppose lol). Really this is a matter of Goblins vs. Wild Nacatl. Which should I go with?
I would agree with LeviathanCL, the Goblins deck is a better choice. The issue with Zoo is that Wild Nacatl decks really need fetches. You need the consistency of guaranteeing a 2/3 or 3/3 on turn 1, and that requires fetches. Combined with the fact you're already playing budget, it's just better not to build that. I suspect most of Goblins sans Goblin Guide are very cheap, and you can work towards acquiring the necessary fetches and Goblin Guides as you go along. Either deck will work better with additional Goblin Guides, so even if you pick them up one at a time, it's something to work toward. You can also just start picking up fetches, they're a very safe investment.
So I'm looking to build something other than burn.
"Cards you already own"
I own nothing, but I would be building whatever deck I choose slowly.
"Colors you like to play"
Red and White are my top two. Open to all five colors tho.
"Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue)"
Aggro, tempo, and if control something similar to 8Rack (proactive). Really, I just like throwing direct damage at my opponent (hence why I'm planning on building burn), so aside for all other recommendations you people could offer me, maybe a fun burn hybrid?
"Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq)"
FNM at most for now.
So I'm looking to build something other than burn.
"Cards you already own"
I own nothing, but I would be building whatever deck I choose slowly.
"Colors you like to play"
Red and White are my top two. Open to all five colors tho.
"Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue)"
Aggro, tempo, and if control something similar to 8Rack (proactive). Really, I just like throwing direct damage at my opponent (hence why I'm planning on building burn), so aside for all other recommendations you people could offer me, maybe a fun burn hybrid?
"Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq)"
FNM at most for now.
Jeff Hoogland's Jeskai Aggro seems that it would be right up your alley. It ticks all your boxes.
Guys please opinions on japanese cards. Lost a 3/3 creature against Japan celestial colonade. This guy played all creatures and spells in english cards, but some cards in his manabase was japanese. I dont registrated this really ( my brain say its all fine and all english to me lets attack his empty board)...and i am sure it is a Kind of legal cheating. It is not ok, but i know legal. I Hate such people. I never forget colonade normally, but with this Tricks it can happen one time in 3 years and such people take advantage of this
If I am a customer spending premium amount of dollars, I expect a premium service. Jund falls into the category of a premium deck costing more dollars than a majority of the rest of the format. I'm not getting the desired performance ratio per dollars spent out of the Jund deck because WOTC decided to make the format more diverse.
So I'm looking to build something other than burn.
"Cards you already own"
I own nothing, but I would be building whatever deck I choose slowly.
"Colors you like to play"
Red and White are my top two. Open to all five colors tho.
"Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue)"
Aggro, tempo, and if control something similar to 8Rack (proactive). Really, I just like throwing direct damage at my opponent (hence why I'm planning on building burn), so aside for all other recommendations you people could offer me, maybe a fun burn hybrid?
"Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq)"
FNM at most for now.
Jeff Hoogland's Jeskai Aggro seems that it would be right up your alley. It ticks all your boxes.
I plan to go to my first GP in Feb 2017 and am deciding on a deck to play at the tournament. I have been playing Tron since getting into Magic/Modern this spring, but it has a pretty bad match up against Infect, Burn, Affinity, Dredge, and I expect to see a lot of those at the GP. As such, it seems I have to play something else.
My main choices at the moment are Burn and Affinity. What are your thoughts on picking one or the other? I feel like Burn would always be a solid Tier 1 choice. Affinity is a deck I'd enjoy piloting more than Burn, but am concerned about it folding hard to hate.
I am also starting to play Grixis Delver. While it has a good matchup against Infect, it hurts itself too much to fight well againt Dredge and Burn. I'm also concerned about going into my first GP with a deck that feels quite skill-intensive to pilot.
Other suggestions are welcome too if they are buildable to the full potential within ~$1000 and are not Infect, Dredge, or Ad Nauseum. I respect all decks, those are just not my play style.
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Modern: GR Tron - hardcasting Emrakuls and playing Forest in the sideboard URB Grixis Delver - Bolt-Snap-Bolt
Bant Eldrazi are decently positioned against most of the meta, which explains their ascent to T1 recently. The decision trees are even less complex than Affinity, Infect and Burn. At the same time the deck is able to interact and pack enough sideboard to reasonably deal with decks trying to go under it, while decks attempting to play control against it have to deal with TKS and Smasher.
Grixis Delver has gained a couple of very important tools against Burn which have improved the match up. The first is a land: Spire Bluff Canals. The second is a sorcery: Collective Brutality. For Dredge, it is a matter of how much you wish to tweak the sideboard. Surgical Extraction can deal with even the turn 1 Neonate insanity. Rakdos Charm is only live turn 2 but covers a wider swath of match ups, since it also covers artifact destruction.
There is no question though, that Grixis has a lot of decision trees, from the simple fetch to the scrying of a visions, to the timing to play young peezy/probe. Playing it for 11 hours straight across 9 or more matches is SO draining.
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Affinity is a deck that consistently puts up good results despite lots of hate. It has a proactive gameplay and the ability to win before your opponent can stabilize. It's a lot like Storm or Dredge in the sense that you win a majority of game 1s because opponents aren't well equipped to interact, and then hope to take one of the sideboarded games. If you're comfortable with Affinity and have the cards, it's the best choice.
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Up until very recently, I've been playing Abzan Company, but I had to sell it off after some brief financial issues. I enjoyed playing this deck quite a bit, but after playing the same decks in my meta, over and over, it was getting a bit stale anyway.
Before this, I played a bit of a brew. Kind of an Abzan take on the Esper Mentor deck that had been floating around. Played similar to Junk as far as removal goes, and generally won by going wide with Lingering Souls/Monastery Mentor tokens or dropping Siege Rhinos. I liked this deck quite a bit, but if I'm being honest, it was just a budget Junk deck.
Before that, I played Death & Taxes. While, I liked the deck a lot when it worked, I got very frustrated with it when it just did nothing.
Before that, I played UG Infect, which was fine, but I got tired of it very quickly. I also didn't really like how a game could be over (either way) in just a couple of turns.
I've been thinking about decks like Eldrazi & Taxes, or Kiki Chord, or even a brew using Eldritch Evolution. I'm open to any other ideas though.
Wilted Abzan / Siege Liege is highly underrated and a ton of fun to play. Check it out in the Developing Competitive section.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Eldrazi & Taxes suffer from the same problem as traditional D&T. You just have some beefier bodies.
If you liked Abzan Company, you can give Bant Knightfall a try. Plays quite similarly as a midrange value creature deck with some combo elements. Has many layers and lines of play, relatively tricky deck to pilot well even though it doesn't seem like it.
Cards I own: Not many staples. 4X Bolt. 4X Remand. 4X Abrupt Decay. 4X Verdant Catacombs & 1X Overgrown Tomb (bought on a whim before realizing BGx was crazy expensive, probably gonna use as trade fodder now). 1X Polluted Delta & 1X Watery Grave. 1X Bloodghast. 2X Kitchen Finks.
Style: Haven't played enough games/different decks to have a strong preference otherwise, but something that requires some skill to pilot, and won't be boring/repetitive or be neutered by a ban after 1-2 years.
Level I want to play at: FNM, maybe work up to a PTQ eventually. Tier 1-2 power level would be ideal.
Budget: $500-600.
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
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i'm a Modern player for about 3 years now. I got involved in some PPTQ's, PTQ's and a lot of FNM's (or alike).
I always played Decks on a budget or otherwise non-expensive Decks.
I started with Goblins, expanded towards Gruul and finally Naya Zoo (no Goyf though).
Afterwards i switched to Living End, which i ran about 10 Months to some success.
The last couple of weeks i've played BW Tokens, but wasn't happy with the results overall.
I'm not eager to brew anymore, or investing Time into fringe Decks and strategies.
I want to pick up a deck i enjoy playing and just being a good long-term investment.
Cards i own
All Khans Fetchlands, Many Shocklands, a Bunch of Fastlands (new and old)
Some Burn and Delver Stuff (Bolts, Probe, Serum Visions, Tasigur, Kolaghan's Command, Blood Moon...)
Playstyle
Red is the name of the game. Slinging Lightning Bolt sounds appealing to me.
I came up with the idea to run Dirty Red Aggro for the next couple of weeks.
After that period i want to run either Burn, Bushwhacker Zoo or Delver of Secrets.
I'm familiar with Burn and Zoo, but not w/ Delver.
Another consideration is about playing another UR Deck.
Thing Ascencion, control (?), Prowess-Style. It has to be competitive and long-term fun
Investments
Depending of what i want to do...
Spending some Bucks for a Playset of Snapcaster Mage or Goblin Guide
sounds appealing to me. After selling Tokens and Living End, i'll have access to $500.
So what is the best way to spent my money for?
Green @ it's best
It sounds like you would enjoy Naya Burn though. The deck seems to do what you want: it's a red aggressive deck, it's top tier and hard to hate on (especially if you know how to sideboard correctly).
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
GR Rosheen Meanderer
I'm most intruiged by Creature-heavy decks with Burn backup.
Therefore Bushwhacker zoo would be my pick - but i'm somehow uncertain about it's competitiveness.
Green @ it's best
There are also Burn decks that play Wild Nacatl, which lean more towards Zoo than Burn sometimes. Patrick Sullivan also had his own take on a Burn/Zoo hybrid that I played for a little while and liked a lot. It plays like a Burn deck with Nacatl/Kird Ape and some Mutagenic Growths.
URW Control
WBG Abzan
GRW Burn
EDH
GR Rosheen Meanderer
IDK if it's still that viable nowadays.
Green @ it's best
You know me. I still think bogles can be tuned to be decent in this meta.
If you don't mind something spicier and probably less than tier 2, let me know. I just played double moon walkers last fnm.
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Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)Colors you like to play all of them are fine (except blue)
Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue) everything except control/midrange, but I favor rouge.
Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq) FMN
You have lots of choices. I could post some here, but nothing is probably going to help you more than looking at the percentages here - modernnexus.com, then going to the Deck Primers here and asking about the decks. If you prefer something rogue, then I would look at decks that are in Tier 2 and below.
*I'd also like to give a shameless plug for Bogles. Fun, uninteractive linear Aggro deck. It's basically taking a little dude and putting so many clothes on him that he looks gigantic.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)well goblin dont need goblin guide IMHO, you go bigger with sinergy, and for zoo you NEED the fetch, so is easy goblins here, not a hard choice
Grixis Death's Shadow, Jund, UW Tron, Jeskai Control, Storm, Counters Company, Eldrazi Tron, Affinity, Living End, Infect, Merfolk, Dredge, Ad Nauseam, Amulet, Bogles, Eldrazi Tron, Mono U Tron, Lantern, Mardu Pyromancer
"Cards you already own"
I own nothing, but I would be building whatever deck I choose slowly.
"Colors you like to play"
Red and White are my top two. Open to all five colors tho.
"Style you like to play (control, combo, aggro, midrange, tempo, ramp, rogue)"
Aggro, tempo, and if control something similar to 8Rack (proactive). Really, I just like throwing direct damage at my opponent (hence why I'm planning on building burn), so aside for all other recommendations you people could offer me, maybe a fun burn hybrid?
"Level you want to play at, or aim to build up to (causal, fmn, ptq)"
FNM at most for now.
Jeff Hoogland's Jeskai Aggro seems that it would be right up your alley. It ticks all your boxes.
Deck list here http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/jeskai_aggro_with_jeff_hooglan.html
This looks really nice. Thanks!
I plan to go to my first GP in Feb 2017 and am deciding on a deck to play at the tournament. I have been playing Tron since getting into Magic/Modern this spring, but it has a pretty bad match up against Infect, Burn, Affinity, Dredge, and I expect to see a lot of those at the GP. As such, it seems I have to play something else.
My main choices at the moment are Burn and Affinity. What are your thoughts on picking one or the other? I feel like Burn would always be a solid Tier 1 choice. Affinity is a deck I'd enjoy piloting more than Burn, but am concerned about it folding hard to hate.
I am also starting to play Grixis Delver. While it has a good matchup against Infect, it hurts itself too much to fight well againt Dredge and Burn. I'm also concerned about going into my first GP with a deck that feels quite skill-intensive to pilot.
Other suggestions are welcome too if they are buildable to the full potential within ~$1000 and are not Infect, Dredge, or Ad Nauseum. I respect all decks, those are just not my play style.
TIA
GR Tron - hardcasting Emrakuls and playing Forest in the sideboard
URB Grixis Delver - Bolt-Snap-Bolt
Grixis Delver has gained a couple of very important tools against Burn which have improved the match up. The first is a land: Spire Bluff Canals. The second is a sorcery: Collective Brutality. For Dredge, it is a matter of how much you wish to tweak the sideboard. Surgical Extraction can deal with even the turn 1 Neonate insanity. Rakdos Charm is only live turn 2 but covers a wider swath of match ups, since it also covers artifact destruction.
There is no question though, that Grixis has a lot of decision trees, from the simple fetch to the scrying of a visions, to the timing to play young peezy/probe. Playing it for 11 hours straight across 9 or more matches is SO draining.
BGW Elves BGW|BW Tokens BW|WBR Sword&ShieldWBR|BUG DelverBUG|UWR Kiki UWR | UR Storm UR
There's your answer.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Grixis Death's Shadow, Jund, UW Tron, Jeskai Control, Storm, Counters Company, Eldrazi Tron, Affinity, Living End, Infect, Merfolk, Dredge, Ad Nauseam, Amulet, Bogles, Eldrazi Tron, Mono U Tron, Lantern, Mardu Pyromancer