I'm trying to put together an affinity list to play at my local mnm's (monday night modern tournaments) and I need some help. I know I only have a bit down so far, but I'm having trouble deciding on what affinity varient to build. I'm considering Tezzeret-affinity or Red affinity, but if you have another suggestion please let me know. Here's what I have so far...
Its a choice between explosiveness(Red) or Resilience(Tezzfinity). Real meta call.
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Pro Tour Return to Ravnica; Top Decks (use Ctrl+F and search for something like 'Cranial' or 'Memnite' to quickly find the different Affinity lists)
But as Zx mentioned, it's really about your meta. Try to scout it out a bit, and get a feel for what people are testing. Everyone is always prepared to see Affinity at some point, you just need to decide which gameplan you want to choose; Red is always scary but the hate hurts; U is seemingly more popular at the moment, but lacks the raw burn that R provides; and Tezz seems to have fallen out of favor, due to lack of speed (I love him though).
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica; Top Decks (use Ctrl+F and search for something like 'Cranial' or 'Memnite' to quickly find the different Affinity lists)
But as Zx mentioned, it's really about your meta. Try to scout it out a bit, and get a feel for what people are testing. Everyone is always prepared to see Affinity at some point, you just need to decide which gameplan you want to choose; Red is always scary but the hate hurts; U is seemingly more popular at the moment, but lacks the raw burn that R provides; and Tezz seems to have fallen out of favor, due to lack of speed (I love him though).
I do know for a fact that my meta has a lot of splinter twin, storm, and jund. I'm thinking go the burn route to race these guys?
Definitely for twin and storm, but as for jund both appear to be even, so I would go the burn route.
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Thanks. Also, I checked out the PTQ thread and it looks like people are playing a mix of inkmoth nexus and blinkmoth nexus, I'm thinking 4x blinkmoth would be more handy with burn, but I'm not sure, a mix of both looks pretty good too for infect as a secondary win con.
Looking around the PTQ thread, mono U seems to be quite popular, not so sure if red is the way to go now. I noticed Steel Overseer saw a lot of play as well. Again, any help is appreciated, I really want to make a solid deck!
EDIT: I also just put together a mono U list, putting together some ideas from decklists I found; I think I have something decent. Let me know what you think (still working on a sideboard though).
3x Glimmervoid
4x Inkmoth Nexus
4x Memnite
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Vault Skirge
4x Mox Opal
3x Springleaf Drum
*I'm also deciding on which nexus is better (or if I should run both).
**As for any budget questions, I will spend as much as I need to to make this deck competitive.
"I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about."
-H. P. Lovecraft
A few threads to get you started, would be
[Variants] Burning Affinity vs. Tezzeret Affinity (arguments for/against, etc)
Affinity at the Pro Tour (considering the current metagame and sideboarding, etc)
Pro Tour Return to Ravnica; Top Decks (use Ctrl+F and search for something like 'Cranial' or 'Memnite' to quickly find the different Affinity lists)
But as Zx mentioned, it's really about your meta. Try to scout it out a bit, and get a feel for what people are testing. Everyone is always prepared to see Affinity at some point, you just need to decide which gameplan you want to choose; Red is always scary but the hate hurts; U is seemingly more popular at the moment, but lacks the raw burn that R provides; and Tezz seems to have fallen out of favor, due to lack of speed (I love him though).
I do know for a fact that my meta has a lot of splinter twin, storm, and jund. I'm thinking go the burn route to race these guys?
"I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject is worth a damn unless backed up with enough genuine information to make him really know what he's talking about."
-H. P. Lovecraft
EDIT: I also just put together a mono U list, putting together some ideas from decklists I found; I think I have something decent. Let me know what you think (still working on a sideboard though).
4x Frogmite
3x Master of Etherium
4x Memnite
4x Ornithopter
4x Signal Pest
4x Steel Overseer
4x Vault Skirge
4x Darksteel Citadel
4x Inkmoth Nexus
2x Island
4x Cranial Plating
4x Mox Opal
3x Springleaf Drum
4x Thoughtcast