I find that stony silence is a very good 2 of in my board. It helps a lot against the tron matchup, makes an already good affinity matchup better, makes KCI lose on the spot pretty much, helps with ad nauseam, shuts down hardened scales affinity and turns off aether vials. I run two of it and one Wear // Tear in the board and im loving them
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Since you mention vials, i guess you board it against humans then? If yes, i dont really think that this is quite correct. It seems pretty narrow to me.
There's a lot of control and grindy midrange matchups in my meta. Do anyone have suggestion on good sideboard cards in these matchups? More grindy-ish cards or should I just go faster? Maybe it's just futile to grind against UW control.
I wouldn’t board in stony silence against humans or any deck that runs aether vial. I was under the impression that humans sides out vials against us anyway. Against tron, kci and affinity? Absolutely.
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Best piece of advice I've been given for Infect is to use removal on your turn and not theirs, especially Bolt. Failed attempts at removal on their turn plays right into Blossoming Defense or another pump spell, thereby beefing up their creature for combat and killing us faster. Otherwise, use your discard wisely and I've not had too many issues with that match up.
I really like the pen trick you can do against them. When they attack you with an infect creature you can immediatly grab the pen to signalize that you dont have anything. They might now try to go all in and kill you immediatly nd we all know the person stepping in first in this situation is disadvantaged. Its a little mind trick you can do.
Was on GP Prague this weekend. Went 4:4. Many matchups feeld 50:50 and thats a problem I see with the deck atm. You can win almost everything but also loose to many decks.
I won against 8Rack (easy), some necrotic ooze combo (easy), UW control, (don't remember the 4th win).
I lost to UWR control (very very very close), UW control (he grinded me out with elspeth cmc6), affinity (yeah, even this happens but it was again very unlucky) and BW elrazi (feels very bad with mainboard relics)...
Was on GP Prague this weekend. Went 4:4. Many matchups feeld 50:50 and thats a problem I see with the deck atm. You can win almost everything but also loose to many decks.
I won against 8Rack (easy), some necrotic ooze combo (easy), UW control, (don't remember the 4th win).
I lost to UWR control (very very very close), UW control (he grinded me out with elspeth cmc6), affinity (yeah, even this happens but it was again very unlucky) and BW elrazi (feels very bad with mainboard relics)...
@froop91: yeah those things happen sometimes. I played at modern pptq yesterday and defeated Eldrazi Tron, lost b/w eldrazi taxes, lost to b/g rock and drew with bant spirits. Sometimes you just draw the wrong end of your deck and lose to matches you shouldn’t. Luck plays a roll in the game. I mean, I lost to tron with infect at an SCG event. All you can do is keep grinding. Sometimes that involves mulliganing a marginal hand in hopes of getting a better one.
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@froop91: yeah those things happen sometimes. I played at modern pptq yesterday and defeated Eldrazi Tron, lost b/w eldrazi taxes, lost to b/g rock and drew with bant spirits. Sometimes you just draw the wrong end of your deck and lose to matches you shouldn’t. Luck plays a roll in the game. I mean, I lost to tron with infect at an SCG event. All you can do is keep grinding. Sometimes that involves mulliganing a marginal hand in hopes of getting a better one.
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@froop91: yeah those things happen sometimes. I played at modern pptq yesterday and defeated Eldrazi Tron, lost b/w eldrazi taxes, lost to b/g rock and drew with bant spirits. Sometimes you just draw the wrong end of your deck and lose to matches you shouldn’t. Luck plays a roll in the game. I mean, I lost to tron with infect at an SCG event. All you can do is keep grinding. Sometimes that involves mulliganing a marginal hand in hopes of getting a better one.
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Little angel, go away come again some other day the Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say. He promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind. Whatever. just as long as I don't feel so desperate and ravenous.
@froop91: yeah those things happen sometimes. I played at modern pptq yesterday and defeated Eldrazi Tron, lost b/w eldrazi taxes, lost to b/g rock and drew with bant spirits. Sometimes you just draw the wrong end of your deck and lose to matches you shouldn’t. Luck plays a roll in the game. I mean, I lost to tron with infect at an SCG event. All you can do is keep grinding. Sometimes that involves mulliganing a marginal hand in hopes of getting a better one.
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Little angel, go away come again some other day the Devil has my ear today I'll never hear a word you say. He promised I would find a little solace and some peace of mind. Whatever. just as long as I don't feel so desperate and ravenous.
I'm considering moving Blood Moon and LoTV (list as it currently stands below) to SB in favor of adding a bit more punch to the deck G1. In practice, I keep encountering opening hands clogged with 3 CMC spells (like these) that I have to mulligan to have more early game plays.Possibly another option is to drop KCommand down from 3x to 2x, move LoTV, and keep Blood Moon to maintain some % of free wins off of that.
What do you guys think? Not sure what I'd put in their place - perhaps a 3rd Brutality and/or Lightning Helixes for more reach?
I actually just did the same thing. I put a Liliana the last hope, a second terminate and a Hazoret in their place.
It has felt pretty good so far. Note, however, that my local meta has few combo and Tron decks as well as several decks that don't care about blood moon very much or at all so your mileage may vary.
For those who play Nihil Spellbomb, how has it been working out? I currently have 3 surgical extraction and 2 rakdos charm. Spellbomb seems a little slow against vengevine and hollow one.
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It's been a while since my last video series/stream, but this morning I streamed a full competitive league with Mardu Pyromancer. I've uploaded the stream VOD to YouTube. The forums are acting up a bit, so I'll post the raw link below:
A subscribe on YouTube and/or a follow on Twitch (at twitch.tv/olagziel) would help a lot if you enjoyed the videos! I've been rocking about the same 75 for the past month or so and it never fails me. This league had a lot of matches against Bant Spirits (three of the five), so if you want to get a bit of understanding on that match-up, I highly recommend watching. Anyways, enjoy and let me know if you have any thoughts.
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It's been a while since my last video series/stream, but this morning I streamed a full competitive league with Mardu Pyromancer. I've uploaded the stream VOD to YouTube. The forums are acting up a bit, so I'll post the raw link below:
A subscribe on YouTube and/or a follow on Twitch (at twitch.tv/olagziel) would help a lot if you enjoyed the videos! I've been rocking about the same 75 for the past month or so and it never fails me. This league had a lot of matches against Bant Spirits (three of the five), so if you want to get a bit of understanding on that match-up, I highly recommend watching. Anyways, enjoy and let me know if you have any thoughts.
Oh its you olagziel, nice to see you in the forums as well
Will definitely watch the VOD. I will also spread the word in my Midrange Discord channel (btw you and all are welcome to join if you want. the link is in the primer and here as well: https://discord.gg/guSNj7s)
For those who play Nihil Spellbomb, how has it been working out? I currently have 3 surgical extraction and 2 rakdos charm. Spellbomb seems a little slow against vengevine and hollow one.
IN my experience Spellbomb has been the best form of gy hate because it replaces itself with its card draw. However it is optional so if you need the mana or to pop the yard immediately you don’t have to draw the card. I play three and I like it but I’m thinking that I’ll take one out for a surgical to pair with my fulminators. Spellbomb also isn’t really a dead draw like surgical or Leyline because it can replace itself
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B/G Rock BG | Jund BGR | Mardu Pyromancer BRW | Ponza RG | Burn RW
I won against 8Rack (easy), some necrotic ooze combo (easy), UW control, (don't remember the 4th win).
I lost to UWR control (very very very close), UW control (he grinded me out with elspeth cmc6), affinity (yeah, even this happens but it was again very unlucky) and BW elrazi (feels very bad with mainboard relics)...
I won against 8Rack (easy), some necrotic ooze combo (easy), UW control, (don't remember the 4th win).
I lost to UWR control (very very very close), UW control (he grinded me out with elspeth cmc6), affinity (yeah, even this happens but it was again very unlucky) and BW elrazi (feels very bad with mainboard relics)...
What do you guys think? Not sure what I'd put in their place - perhaps a 3rd Brutality and/or Lightning Helixes for more reach?
4 Bedlam Reveler
4 Young Pyromancer
Instants/Sorceries (29)
3 Thoughtseize
2 Collective Brutality
2 Dreadbore
1 Terminate
4 Faithless Looting
2 Fatal Push
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
3 Kolaghan's Command
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Lingering Souls
2 Blood Moon
1 Liliana of the Veil
Lands (20)
4 Marsh Flats
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Blood Crypt
2 Sacred Foundry
3 Dragonskull Summit
2 Mountain
2 Swamp
1 Plains
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Goblin Rabblemaster
2 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
2 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Rakdos Charm
1 Collective Brutality
2 Molten Rain
1 Surgical Extraction
2 Wear / Tear
B/G Rock BG | Jund BGR | Mardu Pyromancer BRW | Ponza RG | Burn RW
It has felt pretty good so far. Note, however, that my local meta has few combo and Tron decks as well as several decks that don't care about blood moon very much or at all so your mileage may vary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbHEo6ollBw
A subscribe on YouTube and/or a follow on Twitch (at twitch.tv/olagziel) would help a lot if you enjoyed the videos! I've been rocking about the same 75 for the past month or so and it never fails me. This league had a lot of matches against Bant Spirits (three of the five), so if you want to get a bit of understanding on that match-up, I highly recommend watching. Anyways, enjoy and let me know if you have any thoughts.
Oh its you olagziel, nice to see you in the forums as well
Will definitely watch the VOD. I will also spread the word in my Midrange Discord channel (btw you and all are welcome to join if you want. the link is in the primer and here as well: https://discord.gg/guSNj7s)
IN my experience Spellbomb has been the best form of gy hate because it replaces itself with its card draw. However it is optional so if you need the mana or to pop the yard immediately you don’t have to draw the card. I play three and I like it but I’m thinking that I’ll take one out for a surgical to pair with my fulminators. Spellbomb also isn’t really a dead draw like surgical or Leyline because it can replace itself