Nice list! Regarding your proposed modification, I would suggest -1 Snapcaster, -1 Mana Leak, +2 Grim Flayer if you do want to add some flayers to the list. Fatal Push is such a killer card for efficient removal and Snapcaster is good enough in Tempo lists that I would not personally want to drop below three.
Nice list! Regarding your proposed modification, I would suggest -1 Snapcaster, -1 Mana Leak, +2 Grim Flayer if you do want to add some flayers to the list. Fatal Push is such a killer card for efficient removal and Snapcaster is good enough in Tempo lists that I would not personally want to drop below three.
My attitude: BUG delver is far less tempo than other delver variants and more in line with midrange.
Fatal Push is a killer... but so is Liliana.
Ended up 3-1 last night at Thursday modern (loosing only to Bant Eldrazi). Played the Flayers.
Last week 16 creatures felt a little too much. Although I liked the addition of Grim Flayer I often bottomed it looking for more removal.
As a result I decided to cut one for an additional removal card main.
So here's the thing. I've been away for a few years. I don't know what's good anymore. The format has changed quite a bit. I've essentially grabbed the last deck I had and added the Fatal Pushes.
I recall this archetype struggling against swarmy decks like Affinity and Fish. Would adding a red splash with Firespout in the side be beneficial?
How good is Collective Brutality? At first glance it seems you will want to play it to support Grim Flayer.
What are your thoughts on Psionic Blast?
Does a card like Ancestral Vision fit in this deck?
What's good against Eldrazi Tron? The lists I've seen floating around seem pretty resilient to LD.
2x Breeding Pool
2x Creeping Tar Pit
1x Forest
2x Island
2x Overgrown Tomb
4x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
4x Verdant Catacombs
1x Watery Grave
3x Abrupt Decay
4x Fatal Push
3x Mana Leak
1x Murderous Cut
3x Stubborn Denial
4x Thought Scour
Planeswalker (2)
2x Liliana of the Veil
4x Delver of Secrets Flip
4x Snapcaster Mage
4x Tarmogoyf
2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Sorcery (7)
2x Collective Brutality
1x Maelstrom Pulse
4x Serum Visions
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Current Decks
Modern: Affinity
Standard: BW Control
Legacy: Death and Taxes :symw::symr:
Vintage: NA
Nice list! Regarding your proposed modification, I would suggest -1 Snapcaster, -1 Mana Leak, +2 Grim Flayer if you do want to add some flayers to the list. Fatal Push is such a killer card for efficient removal and Snapcaster is good enough in Tempo lists that I would not personally want to drop below three.
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My attitude: BUG delver is far less tempo than other delver variants and more in line with midrange.
Fatal Push is a killer... but so is Liliana.
Ended up 3-1 last night at Thursday modern (loosing only to Bant Eldrazi). Played the Flayers.
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Stream: twitch.tv/axman
Current Decks
Modern: Affinity
Standard: BW Control
Legacy: Death and Taxes :symw::symr:
Vintage: NA
2x Breeding Pool
2x Creeping Tar Pit
1x Forest
2x Island
2x Overgrown Tomb
4x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
4x Verdant Catacombs
1x Watery Grave
3x Abrupt Decay
3x Fatal Push
2x Mana Leak
1x Murderous Cut
3x Stubborn Denial
4x Thought Scour
2x Liliana of the Veil
Creature (16)
4x Delver of Secrets
4x Grim Flayer
2x Snapcaster Mage
4x Tarmogoyf
2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2x Collective Brutality
1x Maelstrom Pulse
4x Serum Visions
Twitter: twitter.com/axmanonline
Stream: twitch.tv/axman
Current Decks
Modern: Affinity
Standard: BW Control
Legacy: Death and Taxes :symw::symr:
Vintage: NA
2x Breeding Pool
2x Creeping Tar Pit
1x Forest
2x Island
2x Overgrown Tomb
4x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
4x Verdant Catacombs
1x Watery Grave
Instant (16)
3x Abrupt Decay
1x Dismember
3x Fatal Push
2x Mana Leak
1x Murderous Cut
3x Stubborn Denial
4x Thought Scour
2x Liliana of the Veil
Creature (15)
4x Delver of Secrets
3x Grim Flayer
2x Snapcaster Mage
4x Tarmogoyf
2x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Sorcery (7)
2x Collective Brutality
1x Maelstrom Pulse
4x Serum Visions
1x Damnation
2x Dispel
2x Feed the Clan
3x Fulminator Mage
2x Negate
2x Sultai Charm
3x Surgical Extraction
Last week 16 creatures felt a little too much. Although I liked the addition of Grim Flayer I often bottomed it looking for more removal.
As a result I decided to cut one for an additional removal card main.
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Stream: twitch.tv/axman
Current Decks
Modern: Affinity
Standard: BW Control
Legacy: Death and Taxes :symw::symr:
Vintage: NA
Have been tinkering with this build and was looking for some feedback.
1 Swamp
1 Forest
4 Misty Rainforest
4 Polluted Delta
2 Flooded Strand
1 Breeding Pool
2 Watery Grave
1 Overgrown Tomb
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Hooting Mandrills
2 Snapcaster Mage
4 Serum Visions
4 Thought Scour
4 Disrupting Shoal
3 Mana Leak
3 Stubborn Denial
3 Simic Charm
3 Fatal Push
2 Abrupt Decay
So here's the thing. I've been away for a few years. I don't know what's good anymore. The format has changed quite a bit. I've essentially grabbed the last deck I had and added the Fatal Pushes.
I recall this archetype struggling against swarmy decks like Affinity and Fish. Would adding a red splash with Firespout in the side be beneficial?
How good is Collective Brutality? At first glance it seems you will want to play it to support Grim Flayer.
What are your thoughts on Psionic Blast?
Does a card like Ancestral Vision fit in this deck?
What's good against Eldrazi Tron? The lists I've seen floating around seem pretty resilient to LD.
Thanks!
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1x Blooming Marsh
1x Breeding Pool
1x Darkslick Shores
1x Forest
2x Island
3x Misty Rainforest
1x Overgrown Tomb
3x Polluted Delta
1x Swamp
2x Verdant Catacombs
2x Watery Grave
Sorcery (9)
3x Inquisition of Kozilek
3x Thoughtseize
3x Traverse the Ulvenwald
2x Abrupt Decay
1x Cast Down
2x Countersquall
3x Fatal Push
1x Nameless Inversion
1x Spell Snare
3x Stubborn Denial
4x Thought Scour
Creature (13)
4x Delver of Secrets
3x Hooting Mandrills
2x Snapcaster Mage
4x Tarmogoyf
Artifact (3)
3x Mishra's Bauble
1x Basilisk Collar
2x Collective Brutality
1x Creeping Tar Pit
2x Echoing Truth
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Feed the Clan
2x Golgari Charm
1x Nihil Spellbomb
2x Phantasmal Image
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Scavenging Ooze
I timed out against Grixis Death's Shadow (1-1-0), won against a Merfolk/Blood Moon brew (2-0) and KCI (2-1).
The deck is fun and highly interactive, and it's amusing to see opponents try to play around non-existent Death's Shadows.