Domri, Chaos Bringer looks juicy in Company/Chord decks, ramps (and "boosts" your creatures you cast of him) while also finding new gas if you need it. Ultimate is similar to Lilies, just bigger creatures with trample instead of a lot of them.
However, Vannifer just looks cooler to toy around
Regarding the flying Salamander, sure, dies to every kind of removal but to Bolt post pump, but it IS a one drop which gets bigger later. If the Adapt cost would be 2 cheaper, than it would be obviously good, now I would need to test it to be able to make a final claim about the card.
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Might Benthic Biomancer become the premier 1-drop in Modern Merfolk? It's mono-blue, can grow from a 1/1 to a 2/2 by itself, and draws and discards a card once it does. That certainly has more impact against a lot of decks than whatever Mistcaller has going for it, and I'm noticing that Mistcaller is the only 1-drop in Merfolk decks increasingly often.
Warrant // Warden has a 2-cmc quasi-removal spell that can be paid for with blue mana only. Miiiiiight it see play?
"Silhana Wayfinder" is fairly good at filtering for creatures and lands, though putting the card on top of your library instead of in your hand might doom it.
Hasn't been really discussed, but Teysa Karlov seems like the funnest card to try and build a deck out of.
Nice, so she's back. And this time 4 toughness, I guess she wore some additional armor to be bolt proof. Tempting to build a BW tokens deck with her in it.
Tried mono-red Living End with Electrodominance. It was an inconsistent pile. You need 2 cards in hand, Living End and either Electrodominance or Kari Zev's Expertise, but you only have 4 copies of Living End, so drawing into it isn't consistent. Regular Living End doesn't have this problem because you only need to draw the cascade spell, not the Living End itself.
IIRC in one of the dev notes for Aether Revolt, they acknowledged that cards like Kari Zev's Expertise could combo with Living End, but felt it was fair because you'd have to draw both halves. They were absolutely right on that.
The deck also has the holy trinity of negative card advantage: Insolent Neonate, Faithless Looting and Simian Spirit Guide. It's way too easy to run low on cards in hand, rip another loot spell off the top, then be unable to do anything with it because you'd have to discard one half of the combo.
Might Benthic Biomancer become the premier 1-drop in Modern Merfolk? It's mono-blue, can grow from a 1/1 to a 2/2 by itself, and draws and discards a card once it does. That certainly has more impact against a lot of decks than whatever Mistcaller has going for it, and I'm noticing that Mistcaller is the only 1-drop in Merfolk decks increasingly often.
Warrant // Warden has a 2-cmc quasi-removal spell that can be paid for with blue mana only. Miiiiiight it see play?
"Silhana Wayfinder" is fairly good at filtering for creatures and lands, though putting the card on top of your library instead of in your hand might doom it.
Mistcaller gets played, cause it is currently better than Cursecatcher (cause it is a MB card against Phoenix, Dredge, Hollow One and friends). Hence, Biomancer wouldn't replace the card but get played in addition (if it sees play at all, which I think so, cause the effect is quite good to have).
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And why not go UR or UB instead and getting access to actually good removal and a clock? There is currently no reason to stay Mono U but a bad creature in Tempest Djinn (and even than you could be able to play it, if you REALLY would want it).
Going 3 colour is a drawback, cause of the mana base and the damage you will take, but two coloured is no problem for a Delver style of deck and the upside is just to big to do it.
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How many creatures can we make Font of Agonies kill per game? A fetch into a shock is already 3/4's of the way into making this kill something. Shame our best sources of repeated life-paying are lands and Spellskite, but maybe Death's Shadow decks can keep the pain flowing enough to make this kill 2 or more creatures per game.
I feel like Font of Agonies has some kind of home in Shadow, but I don't know where... It's definitely slow, so it would live in the board. But it's interesting to say the least!
Warrant is literally Azorius Charm's last mode. For some reason conditional 2-mana creature removal spells don't seem to work out in Modern (remember Cast Down?), so I'll pass on Warrant.
The new creature revival spell feels like WoTC is testing on how far they could push resurrection spells in Modern. first they did claim // fame. Now we have Revival Revenge. What could be next?
Hasn't been really discussed, but Teysa Karlov seems like the funnest card to try and build a deck out of.
Nice, so she's back. And this time 4 toughness, I guess she wore some additional armor to be bolt proof. Tempting to build a BW tokens deck with her in it.
Skewer the Critics will likely see play in Burn. There's a bit of a dilemma: you want to lower your curve so you can cast cheap burn spell + Skewer in one turn more easily, but the cheap burn spells do less damage, so you might not have enough points of burn to kill them even though the damage/mana ratio on your cards is high. To illustrate this, if you need 20 damage to kill your opponent, 4 Bolts and 2 Boros Charms will do it, but 6 Bolts will not, even though Bolt's damage/mana ratio is 3 while Boros Charm's is 2. I'm sure they'll figure out how to make it work though.
Warrant is literally Azorius Charm's last mode. For some reason conditional 2-mana creature removal spells don't seem to work out in Modern (remember Cast Down?), so I'll pass on Warrant.
Cast Down is still a very reasonable removal spell for UB decks though all other Black color combinations have better options and Mono-Black has Victim of Night.
Revival also gets both halves of the Vizier-Druid combo which might be relevant to GW value-combo decks which don't splash black.
I've seen some decks play Postmortem Lunge for this purpose and this might be better though not having haste can be an issue.
Warrant is literally Azorius Charm's last mode. For some reason conditional 2-mana creature removal spells don't seem to work out in Modern (remember Cast Down?), so I'll pass on Warrant.
Cast Down appears to have become the premier 2-mana mono-black removal spell in Modern decks. See the very latest UB Faeries decks for more details.
Anyone else think that "Cindervines" will replace Destructive Revelry in sideboards? "Cindervines" isn't dead if Leyline of Sanctity never comes, and you can board it in against Arclight and UR Storm (and maybe even opposing Burn).
Skewer the Critics is another pushed Spectacle card for Burn. The thing with Spectacle is that you cannot put too many of them in your deck or you won't have enough enablers (and 3-mana burn spells are not good enablers in Burn). The good thing is that I can see Shard Volley being pushed out of decks now. My testing results are that, with prudent sequencing, you can enable Spectacle nearly every turn in Burn, but I've already had to hardcast Light Up the Stage for its full cost in Burn once or twice.
Revival also gets both halves of the Vizier-Druid combo which might be relevant to GW value-combo decks which don't splash black.
I've seen some decks play Postmortem Lunge for this purpose and this might be better though not having haste can be an issue.
Given how vulnerable Devoted Druid is to removal and how it needs to get past summoning sickness, not having Haste WILL be an issue. By replacing all Postmortem Lunges, you also remove the ability to, with only Devoted Druid's green mana, resurrect a Duskwatch Recruiter you Eldritch Evolutioned away for a combo piece.
Skewer the Critics will likely see play in Burn. There's a bit of a dilemma: you want to lower your curve so you can cast cheap burn spell + Skewer in one turn more easily, but the cheap burn spells do less damage, so you might not have enough points of burn to kill them even though the damage/mana ratio on your cards is high. To illustrate this, if you need 20 damage to kill your opponent, 4 Bolts and 2 Boros Charms will do it, but 6 Bolts will not, even though Bolt's damage/mana ratio is 3 while Boros Charm's is 2. I'm sure they'll figure out how to make it work though.
Skewer the Critics
Lowering the curve overall means you need less lands, so I think the final list will run the full 20 lightning bolts (Bolt, Bump, Spike, Skewer, Rift) alongside the creature suite (Guide, Swift, Eidolon) and have 4-5 flex spots and 19-20 lands. Shard Volley is a much much more attractive option in such a list, and Shard Volley makes Light Up The Stage even more attractive as Burn's version of thoughtcast, as even lands grabbed with it can be turned into damage.
Regardless, it is 100000% certain that Skewer will see play in Modern burn, and it will be a 4-of. This is by far the best card spoiled so far imo.
Is there any enchantment card that at the beggining of your upkeep makes you put creature cards into graveyard until you find a non-creature spell? Because if there is something like that... http://www.magicspoiler.com/mtg-spoiler/persistent-petitioners/
My experience with Light Up the Stage and Shard Volley is that they don't mix. Shard Volley wants to be cast as the last spell, after you've squeezed all the mana out of your lands. Light Up the Stage gives you the cards for a limited time only. Unless the time windows line up perfectly, the exiled Shard Volley will go to waste. An example is if you're trying to draw into lands to cast your spells with Light Up the Stage and end up exiling Shard Volley; the Shard Volley becomes useless since casting it would eat up one of the lands that you desperately need.
Rhythm of the Wild in combination with any persist creature with an ETB effect and a sac outlet gives you infinite ETB/LTB triggers (cause they enter with a +1/+1 counter (from Riot) which negates Persist).
Rythm is a decent card on it's own (especially if play on turn 2 via a Bird), cause it makes every creature you cast afterwards straight up better (dream is of course with an Persist creature, which will "never" die again). Only question is: In which shell it might fit in or is it just to cute?
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Rhythm of the Wild in combination with any persist creature with an ETB effect and a sac outlet gives you infinite ETB/LTB triggers (cause they enter with a +1/+1 counter (from Riot) which negates Persist).
Rythm is a decent card on it's own (especially if play on turn 2 via a Bird), cause it makes every creature you cast afterwards straight up better (dream is of course with an Persist creature, which will "never" die again). Only question is: In which shell it might fit in or is it just to cute?
Greetings,
Kathal
Well I am putting three of them into my Combo Janiifar deck. Finks and Redcaps are persis people and Jannifar just loves haste. The deck is besides the lands two other Rhythms and four CHords all creatures so there are a lot of canditates who want to abuse it.
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However, Vannifer just looks cooler to toy around
Regarding the flying Salamander, sure, dies to every kind of removal but to Bolt post pump, but it IS a one drop which gets bigger later. If the Adapt cost would be 2 cheaper, than it would be obviously good, now I would need to test it to be able to make a final claim about the card.
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
'Broken' in some regard is what it takes to be playable around here.
Spirits
Warrant // Warden has a 2-cmc quasi-removal spell that can be paid for with blue mana only. Miiiiiight it see play?
"Silhana Wayfinder" is fairly good at filtering for creatures and lands, though putting the card on top of your library instead of in your hand might doom it.
Fair Enough.
She also does well with Matter Reshaper and Blade Splicer. Thinking of building a BW deck running her, reshaper, splicer and a couple of Lingering Souls.
IIRC in one of the dev notes for Aether Revolt, they acknowledged that cards like Kari Zev's Expertise could combo with Living End, but felt it was fair because you'd have to draw both halves. They were absolutely right on that.
The deck also has the holy trinity of negative card advantage: Insolent Neonate, Faithless Looting and Simian Spirit Guide. It's way too easy to run low on cards in hand, rip another loot spell off the top, then be unable to do anything with it because you'd have to discard one half of the combo.
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Is a 2-mana Unearth playable (especially in mono-white) ?
Mistcaller gets played, cause it is currently better than Cursecatcher (cause it is a MB card against Phoenix, Dredge, Hollow One and friends). Hence, Biomancer wouldn't replace the card but get played in addition (if it sees play at all, which I think so, cause the effect is quite good to have).
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
Going 3 colour is a drawback, cause of the mana base and the damage you will take, but two coloured is no problem for a Delver style of deck and the upside is just to big to do it.
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
UR ....... WUBR ........... WB ............. RGW ........ UBR ....... WUB .... BGU
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Revival gets Puresteel Paladin or Sram, Senior Edificer back without splashing for black or wasting a draw.
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Nice little start to a deck right here for great synergy.
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Teysa Karlov
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Voice of Resurgence
Could easily go Aristocrats or more pure tokens from this base
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Cast Down is still a very reasonable removal spell for UB decks though all other Black color combinations have better options and Mono-Black has Victim of Night.
Revival also gets both halves of the Vizier-Druid combo which might be relevant to GW value-combo decks which don't splash black.
I've seen some decks play Postmortem Lunge for this purpose and this might be better though not having haste can be an issue.
Cast Down appears to have become the premier 2-mana mono-black removal spell in Modern decks. See the very latest UB Faeries decks for more details.
Anyone else think that "Cindervines" will replace Destructive Revelry in sideboards? "Cindervines" isn't dead if Leyline of Sanctity never comes, and you can board it in against Arclight and UR Storm (and maybe even opposing Burn).
Skewer the Critics is another pushed Spectacle card for Burn. The thing with Spectacle is that you cannot put too many of them in your deck or you won't have enough enablers (and 3-mana burn spells are not good enablers in Burn). The good thing is that I can see Shard Volley being pushed out of decks now. My testing results are that, with prudent sequencing, you can enable Spectacle nearly every turn in Burn, but I've already had to hardcast Light Up the Stage for its full cost in Burn once or twice.
Given how vulnerable Devoted Druid is to removal and how it needs to get past summoning sickness, not having Haste WILL be an issue. By replacing all Postmortem Lunges, you also remove the ability to, with only Devoted Druid's green mana, resurrect a Duskwatch Recruiter you Eldritch Evolutioned away for a combo piece.
Skewer the Critics
Lowering the curve overall means you need less lands, so I think the final list will run the full 20 lightning bolts (Bolt, Bump, Spike, Skewer, Rift) alongside the creature suite (Guide, Swift, Eidolon) and have 4-5 flex spots and 19-20 lands. Shard Volley is a much much more attractive option in such a list, and Shard Volley makes Light Up The Stage even more attractive as Burn's version of thoughtcast, as even lands grabbed with it can be turned into damage.
Regardless, it is 100000% certain that Skewer will see play in Modern burn, and it will be a 4-of. This is by far the best card spoiled so far imo.
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Rhythm of the Wild in combination with any persist creature with an ETB effect and a sac outlet gives you infinite ETB/LTB triggers (cause they enter with a +1/+1 counter (from Riot) which negates Persist).
Rythm is a decent card on it's own (especially if play on turn 2 via a Bird), cause it makes every creature you cast afterwards straight up better (dream is of course with an Persist creature, which will "never" die again). Only question is: In which shell it might fit in or is it just to cute?
Greetings,
Kathal
Modern/Legacy
either funpolice (Delver, Deathcloud, UW Control) or the fun decks (especially those ft. Griselbrand)
Well I am putting three of them into my Combo Janiifar deck. Finks and Redcaps are persis people and Jannifar just loves haste. The deck is besides the lands two other Rhythms and four CHords all creatures so there are a lot of canditates who want to abuse it.
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