Hey everyone. I'm hoping to get a little input for deck selection next weekend at SCG State championships. I'm stuck between RUG Midrange, Grixis Control, Abzan Company and Infect. I can also put together UWR Control. I'm just really not sure what's better positioned! They're all a blast to play!
Hey everyone. I'm hoping to get a little input for deck selection next weekend at SCG State championships. I'm stuck between RUG Midrange, Grixis Control, Abzan Company and Infect. I can also put together UWR Control. I'm just really not sure what's better positioned! They're all a blast to play!
I'm actually publishing an article on this very topic in just a few hours. Looking over your particular options, I'd go with Abzan Company or Grixis. Temur Midrange is too unproven right now, so you'd have to be super confident in your list to think it has a shot. Infect is good, but I'm expecting players to pack significant degrees of spot-removal and be very prepared for Infect generally. Grixis is probably the best deck right now to leverage AV, and it has the combination of generic disruption and a proactive gameplan to be generally strong against an open field. Add sweepers to make sure you don't lose to strategies going wide. Abzan Company is good if you don't expect too many Snapcaster decks in the field, but if you think those will be rarer, the deck becomes much better.
Hey everyone. I'm hoping to get a little input for deck selection next weekend at SCG State championships. I'm stuck between RUG Midrange, Grixis Control, Abzan Company and Infect. I can also put together UWR Control. I'm just really not sure what's better positioned! They're all a blast to play!
I'm actually publishing an article on this very topic in just a few hours. Looking over your particular options, I'd go with Abzan Company or Grixis. Temur Midrange is too unproven right now, so you'd have to be super confident in your list to think it has a shot. Infect is good, but I'm expecting players to pack significant degrees of spot-removal and be very prepared for Infect generally. Grixis is probably the best deck right now to leverage AV, and it has the combination of generic disruption and a proactive gameplan to be generally strong against an open field. Add sweepers to make sure you don't lose to strategies going wide. Abzan Company is good if you don't expect too many Snapcaster decks in the field, but if you think those will be rarer, the deck becomes much better.
The challenge with grixis: It has a really really bad burn matchup 0_o.
Still trying to figure that one out.
Well since I'm assuming this is the state championship for your state, what do you typically see lots of locally at fnm?
That's the problem! I haven't been able to play since the banning/unbanning so I'm not sure what to expect. During regionals recently burn was all over, I'm not die if that's still the case.
Burn still seems, at least me level 0, so I'd default to whatever has a decent burn / aggro match up. I saw a ton of U decks at my IQ this weekend, but that was in pretty stark contrast to what I see online (also most of the better players were either at GP Albq or Columbus), so I'd be surprised if you saw more "experimental" lists overall.
Burn still seems, at least me level 0, so I'd default to whatever has a decent burn / aggro match up. I saw a ton of U decks at my IQ this weekend, but that was in pretty stark contrast to what I see online (also most of the better players were either at GP Albq or Columbus), so I'd be surprised if you saw more "experimental" lists overall.
Agree. As I talked about in my Nexus article today, Burn is very much part of the Stage 0 metagame. Abzan Company makes much more sense in that context than does Grixis.
I was actually at the same IQ as one of your contributors on Modern Nexus and it really seemed like an anomaly. I get most of my testing and prep done online (which tends to favor aggro strategies), so I was caught a bit off guard when my opponent in R1 cast AV on turn 1.
I'd also say either Company or Infect given the OPs original question.
I would really lean towards a traditional UWR control in these early meta stages. The deck handles the aggressive matchups quite well and can change gears to be more aggressive if need be. I tend to lean towards a more aggressive build that can pressure my opponents' life total. I don't even really think you need to add vision or Thopter/foundry.
A rug midrange deck would really be just a less powerful version of either Jund or grixis control. However, a RUG assault loam deck might be decent.
I'm feeling Abzan Company out of those choices as well.
I do want to throw this in though. If you expect interaction and want to beat it, don't play Infect. If you expect low interaction, go Infect and CRUUUUSH!!
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Play what you know best. I'd play Ad Nauseam for sure, but from a metagame perspective, I'd try to take the field with Scapeshift. The deck is well positionned, just slightly under the radar when compared to the usual suspects : Infect, Abazan Company, Burn, Affinity and such.
I'm actually publishing an article on this very topic in just a few hours. Looking over your particular options, I'd go with Abzan Company or Grixis. Temur Midrange is too unproven right now, so you'd have to be super confident in your list to think it has a shot. Infect is good, but I'm expecting players to pack significant degrees of spot-removal and be very prepared for Infect generally. Grixis is probably the best deck right now to leverage AV, and it has the combination of generic disruption and a proactive gameplan to be generally strong against an open field. Add sweepers to make sure you don't lose to strategies going wide. Abzan Company is good if you don't expect too many Snapcaster decks in the field, but if you think those will be rarer, the deck becomes much better.
The challenge with grixis: It has a really really bad burn matchup 0_o.
Still trying to figure that one out.
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That's the problem! I haven't been able to play since the banning/unbanning so I'm not sure what to expect. During regionals recently burn was all over, I'm not die if that's still the case.
Agree. As I talked about in my Nexus article today, Burn is very much part of the Stage 0 metagame. Abzan Company makes much more sense in that context than does Grixis.
I'd also say either Company or Infect given the OPs original question.
A rug midrange deck would really be just a less powerful version of either Jund or grixis control. However, a RUG assault loam deck might be decent.
I do want to throw this in though. If you expect interaction and want to beat it, don't play Infect. If you expect low interaction, go Infect and CRUUUUSH!!
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Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
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