This is basically what I've been playing for the last little bit. The uw eldrazi match up seems slightly favorable. Played against it 3 times and haven't lost yet.
I just got rid of my vials like an hour ago in exchange for a box of shadows, a westvale abbey, archangel avacyn, and some other stuff. Not running them in my iteration.
I'm running some value lands for traverse, and body double/reveillark shenanigans. It's really been a blast.
The sideboard should also definitely have Stony Silence, especially with Thopter/Sword decks popping up. There are plenty of test slots in the board right now. I'm not sure what the best card for the Chord mirrors is between Kalitas and Linvala (probably Linvala, though Kalitas is good in other matchups).
Trying a list that goes a little bit bigger, so I cut the bobs for coursers? May run painful truths over them, depends. 62 cards main and 13 in the board is a test, Seems decent so far.
I'm still testing various builds. It's possible Traverse is at its best in an Archangel Chord build. Evolutionary Leap should probably still be at least a 2-of.
I also like that you can keep a lot more 1-landers with Traverse than with mana dorks, though it never ramps you.
The reason I said we want more Chords is because in matchups where you need your silver bullets early, Chords help you find them and other cards don't.
I have to say, 4 main board removal spells and going up to 7 if needed post board is amazing. really good for those must kill creature situations.
Against boggles I got absurdly lucky against boggles got to combo turn 4 game 1 to infinite life after disrupting daybreak coronet as his 2nd enchantment by abrupt decaying the first.
Game 2 had the nuts. 3 land, bird, viscera seer, melira, redcap. He kept 6 and I killed turn 3 he had no interaction, as expected.
Well, the good news is that I split the finals of States, the bad news is that I lent out a full Abzan deck and was therefore unable to put the Leap deck to the test in the new meta. I played UWb Tezzeret Control, but that's another story.
There are so many ideas to test that it'll be a while before I settle on a Leap list I'm happy with. This weekend, I might go to the Modern Open in Milwaukee, so if I have a list by then I'll try it out.
Cut the black and play Naya. You've got two combo options to fuel Nahiri (feeder/archangel or kiki/resto) and lingering souls is not great right now--there're too many aggro decks that just run right over it.
There are plenty of 3-drops that you can play to replace lingering souls and the power you gain from a consistent 3-color manabase vs. trying to splash is huge. Blade splicer seems solid.
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2-1 rg tron
2-0 burn
2-1 uw eldrazi
1-2 storm
Cut to top 4 and just missed getting 5th. Got paired down against storm, for which I was not really prepared. It was fun.
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
3 Gavony Township
2 Forest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Swamp
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Temple Garden
1 Wooded Bastion
Creatures
4 Birds of Paradise
1 Viscera Seer
2 Dark Confidant
2 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Voice of Resurgence
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Wall of Roots
3 Kitchen Finks
2 Eternal Witness
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer
1 Orzhov Pontiff
2 Siege Rhino
1 Murderous Redcap
4 Chord of Calling
3 Evolutionary Leap
3 Lingering Souls
2 Path to Exile
1 Slaughter Pact
2 Fulminator Mage
3 Thoughtseize
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Dismember
3 Stony Silence
1 Spellskite
2 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Reclamation Sage
This is basically what I've been playing for the last little bit. The uw eldrazi match up seems slightly favorable. Played against it 3 times and haven't lost yet.
Elspeth feels really hard to beat, it can be done but it's rough.
It's crazy how good Pontiff can be against uw eldrazi.
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I'm running some value lands for traverse, and body double/reveillark shenanigans. It's really been a blast.
Starting point:
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Viscera Seer
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Saffi Eriksdotter
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Spellskite
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Wall of Roots
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Eternal Witness
1 Spike Feeder
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Restoration Angel
1 Siege Rhino
1 Archangel of Thune
1 Body Double
1 Reveillark
3 Traverse the Ulvenwald
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Lingering Souls
1 Evolutionary Leap
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
2 Forest
2 Gavony Township
2 Horizon Canopy
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Swamp
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Plains
1 Temple Garden
1 Vault of the Archangel
3 Thoughtseize
2 Path to Exile
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Fracturing Gust
1 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Lingering Souls
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Shriekmaw
It's very much a work in progress.
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-1 Body Double
-1 Alchemist's Refuge
-1 Breeding Pool
-1 Saffi Eriksdotter
+1 Twilight Mire
+2 Chord of Calling
+1 Wall of Roots
The sideboard should also definitely have Stony Silence, especially with Thopter/Sword decks popping up. There are plenty of test slots in the board right now. I'm not sure what the best card for the Chord mirrors is between Kalitas and Linvala (probably Linvala, though Kalitas is good in other matchups).
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
3 Gavony Township
2 Forest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Swamp
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Temple Garden
1 Wooded Bastion
Creatures
3 Birds of Paradise
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Viscera Seer
2 Courses of Kruphix
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Wall of Roots
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer
1 Orzhov Pontiff
2 Siege Rhino
1 Restoration Angel
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Reveillark
4 Chord of Calling
3 Evolutionary Leap
3 Lingering Souls
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Path to Exile
1 Fulminator Mage
3 Thoughtseize
2 Path to Exile
1 Slaughter Pact
3 Stony Silence
1 Spellskite
1 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Reclamation Sage
Trying a list that goes a little bit bigger, so I cut the bobs for coursers? May run painful truths over them, depends. 62 cards main and 13 in the board is a test, Seems decent so far.
I cut the Bobs from my most recent list because it's running 5-drops. The Archangel/Spike Feeder combo gets a LOT better with Traverse.
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Compare them like chord to company (sorta).
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
I also like that you can keep a lot more 1-landers with Traverse than with mana dorks, though it never ramps you.
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
Zoo list was basically burn but played nacatls, apes, ghor clan and devils.
I made minor changes to my more traditional build of the deck.
4 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
3 Gavony Township
2 Forest
2 Overgrown Tomb
2 Swamp
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Temple Garden
1 Wooded Bastion
Creatures
3 Birds of Paradise
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Viscera Seer
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
3 Voice of Resurgence
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Spellskite
1 Wall of Roots
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Eternal Witness
1 Liliana, Heretical Healer
1 Orzhov Pontiff
2 Siege Rhino
1 Restoration Angel
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Reveillark
4 Chord of Calling
3 Evolutionary Leap
3 Lingering Souls
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Path to Exile
1 Fulminator Mage
3 Thoughtseize
1 Dismember
1 Path to Exile
1 Slaughter Pact
3 Stony Silence
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Burrenton Forge-tender
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
I have to say, 4 main board removal spells and going up to 7 if needed post board is amazing. really good for those must kill creature situations.
Against boggles I got absurdly lucky against boggles got to combo turn 4 game 1 to infinite life after disrupting daybreak coronet as his 2nd enchantment by abrupt decaying the first.
Game 2 had the nuts. 3 land, bird, viscera seer, melira, redcap. He kept 6 and I killed turn 3 he had no interaction, as expected.
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
There are so many ideas to test that it'll be a while before I settle on a Leap list I'm happy with. This weekend, I might go to the Modern Open in Milwaukee, so if I have a list by then I'll try it out.
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru
There are plenty of 3-drops that you can play to replace lingering souls and the power you gain from a consistent 3-color manabase vs. trying to splash is huge. Blade splicer seems solid.
UW Ephara Hatebears [Primer], GB Gitrog Lands, BRU Inalla Combo-Control, URG Maelstrom Wanderer Landfall
I stream Modern events semi-regularly at http://www.twitch.tv/nezeru