Hello, I have been reading and following the boards for a long while. I have been wondering if Ponza would work with elemental type creatures and the new baby Chandra and the 3 drop Domri. I have been testing vs Slivers, 8 Whack, Tron, G/W lifegain, and infect. So far it has worked for me. My decklist is below and I am looking for suggestions and opinions.
Here is my current build. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. With the probable banning of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis my Sideboard may change slightly.
I've seen several lists that run Wrenn and Six. The lack of available copies and the over-price they are commanding. Depending on how the B&R goes tomorrow, it may be a worthwhile card to include.
Excited to know the site will be sticking around, I'll look into doing the updating that I had put off. Several new sets and a few directions the deck has gone. Not many results though.
I've been off the deck at my LGS because of meta. The rebirth of Mardu Pyromancer and Jund, and the Tron that preys on them is good things for our deck so i foresee a positive shift for us.
Good to hear. I'd especially Like to see a clean version of a modern LD deck. Right now we seem to have a jagged series of conflicting methods that almost ignores the LD part of LD.
I think we just have to accept that LD is a (semi,) casual deck. Unless wizards makes a mistake or changes their anti LD policy LD is teir 1.5 at best. If it becomes teir one the babies will cry like they did in the first place.
We could luck sack a 1st finish at a large FNM. Any higher level event LD won't cut it. Not that I mind. I'm fine with fun being not predicated only on winning.
Besides this post below. I see the deck as an old standard deck that people just change a card here or there. The deck doesn't get better because nothing new is printed for land destruction. Pillage is just slightly better and affinity has fallen out of top tier. I like the use of some newer creatures in this list. I don't know if they will get you to tier one but any other new lists would be appreciated. Has anyone tested out Wrenn and Six? It's on color. It would work well is a lot of fetch lands. Or Field of Ruin. There have been a lot of new sets since I last looked into this. There must be new support cards.
Just to give people examples and ideas. I've tried R/U with Baral, Chief of Compliance and Goblin Electromancer. I've also tried Spreading algae with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. If you dig in gather there are other way to play a land destruction deck. There is also Aven Mindcensor with ghost quarter.
The main issue is that you need to get more value out of stone rain. You need to be able to flash it back Snapcaster Mage, cast it for cheaper or free.
Hello, I have been reading and following the boards for a long while. I have been wondering if Ponza would work with elemental type creatures and the new baby Chandra and the 3 drop Domri. I have been testing vs Slivers, 8 Whack, Tron, G/W lifegain, and infect. So far it has worked for me. My decklist is below and I am looking for suggestions and opinions.
Here is my current build. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. With the probable banning of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis my Sideboard may change slightly.
LD is in my opinion a sleeper deck that can target certain metas. As Troy the Spiral show said we need better LD support and Wizards changes their mind on LD. We may not have much hope. Would a Wildfire affect work? As the current meta is to fast also Wildfire I dont think does enough damage. Could we hope for a better version?
Any ideas for updating my list? Tron/UW Control/Whir/Infect are the commonly played decks in my area. I'm not concerned with Tron so much as I am Infect, they are so fast that I can't get ahead of them before they go for the kill.
Here is my current build. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. With the probable banning of Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis my Sideboard may change slightly.
I don't see much Amulet Titan or Titan Shift being played in my area. Most have been playing UW Control, Mono Red/Boros, Humans and Infect, a few fringe players are running Tron. But a lot of players left when they banned Hogaak and Ono, I guess if they can't play broken cards, they don't want to play at all.
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4 ember swallower
4 living twister
4 thicket crasher
4 domri, anarch of bolas
4 chandra, novice pyromancer
4 pillage
3 blood moon
4 utopia sprawl
10 forest
2 mountain
4 cinder glade
2 stomping ground
2 rootbound crag
1 sheltered thicket
Many of the lists seem to downplay the actual LD. Defeating the spirit of the deck.
Are there any near auto-includes that have shown up in the last few years? I've been out of the loop since Innestrad.
2 Arboreal Grazer
3 Arbor Elf
2 Birds of Paradise
4 Bloodbraid Elf
2 Inferno Titan
Artifacts(2)
2 Trinisphere
Instants(4)
3 Abrade
1 Surgical Extraction
Sorcerys(9)
3 Pillage
3 Stone Rain
3 Molten Rain
3 Blood Moon
3 Utopia Sprawl
Lands(21)
8 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Mountain
3 Stomping Ground
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Verdant Catacombs
Planeswalkers(5)
2 Domri, Chaos Bringer
1 Domri Rade
2 Vivien Reid
4 Karn, the Great Creator
2 Relic of Progenitus
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Fry
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Liquimetal Coating
1 Spellskite
1 Mycosynth Lattice
Good to hear. I'd especially Like to see a clean version of a modern LD deck. Right now we seem to have a jagged series of conflicting methods that almost ignores the LD part of LD.
We could luck sack a 1st finish at a large FNM. Any higher level event LD won't cut it. Not that I mind. I'm fine with fun being not predicated only on winning.
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Multiple 5-0s:
4 Bloodbraid Elf
4 Goblin Rabblemaster
1 Inferno Titan
4 Simian Spirit Guide
2 Stormbreath Dragon
3 Tireless Tracker
4 Pillage
1 Stone Rain
2 Relic Progenitus
4 Blood Moon
4 Utopia Sprawl
7 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Mountain
3 Stomping Ground
4 Windswept Heath
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Chandra, Awakened Inferno
2 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Collector Ouphe
2 Damping Sphere
2 Dismember
2 Kitchen Finks
1 Thragtusk
1 Shattering Spree
WB BW Control
WRB Mardu Nahiri
Modern
UC UTron
RG Karn Metal Ponza
WRB Mardu Nahiri
2 Arboreal Grazer
4 Arbor Elf
2 Birds of Paradise
3 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
2 Inferno Titan
Artifacts(2)
2 Trinisphere
Instants(4)
3 Abrade
1 Surgical Extraction
Sorcerys(9)
3 Pillage
3 Stone Rain
3 Molten Rain
3 Blood Moon
3 Utopia Sprawl
Lands(21)
8 Forest
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Mountain
3 Stomping Ground
4 Wooded Foothills
4 Verdant Catacombs
Planeswalkers(4)
2 Domri, Chaos Bringer
1 Domri Rade
1 Vivien Reid
2 Anger of the Gods
2 Loaming Shaman
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Fry
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Choke
2 Spellskite
2 Klothys, God of Destiny
As for your list I like the mainboard trinispheres. My list has one in the main too. Slows down Burn and other aggressive decks by a lot.
Also I suggest upping Pillage to 4 and reduce one molten rain. The chance to destroy an artifact is much more important than 2 damage.
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Things i'll discuss:
The differences between versions running just Pillage and versions also running Stone Rain
As new mainstays
Wrenn and Six
Seasoned Pyromancer
As great meta options
Klothys, God of Destiny
Magus of the Moon Current metas want the redundancy and Bloodbraiding into a body is good.
Questing Beast
A resurgence in a splash of White for
Stoneforge Mystic
and sideboard cards like
Rest in Peace
Knight of Autumn
Path to Exile
As well as an overhaul to sideboards in general
Optional inclusions
Once Upon a Time
Snow Lands
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