Well, my wife will be happy. I think I'm done with Modern. Screw you Wizards. Decks I've built or was in the process of building for Modern in the past three years: Eggs, Infect, Storm, and now Pod. Too bad Infect isn't viable.
Three of four get the ban-hammer. Why find the next deck if either a) it's not going to be viable or b) if it is, it will get banned? Why bother?
To end on a positive note, a SINCERE THANK YOU to everyone that posted decklists, gave me or others sideboard help, or worked diligently on this primer. I won a few tournaments and had lots of fun. And I guess I can keep everything in my Karador EDH deck without swapping 15 cards back and forth...
hey was about to make my first post here about the deck I just finished building that I was going to take to a GP in February, but you know, our heart was torn out.
Instead of complaining about losing pod, what could we make out of the cards that we still have available? Granted Pod was a huge engine for us, but we still have a huge amount of powerful cards in the junk color combination. There has to be a competitive deck still sitting in there.
You could go over to Junk, which overlaps a few cards and the manabase but plays nothing like Pod. The closest thing is Nic Fit, which is where I'm going to be spending a bunch more of my focus I guess. Godammit, Wizards.
Well there goes a pillar of the format. Knock one down and the rest is sure to crumble right.....? Would Chord be a decent replacement if we upped the number of Wall of Roots or something?
I've only posted here once I think, but it has been fun watching Pod as a deck shift - in a way it reminds me of EDH Decks with its singletons, which was why I liked the deck.
I didn't complete my deck since I was dragging it for so long (Sadly, one of the few things I did buy was Pod itself, so there's definite loss there), but what's done is done.
It was a fun, good run, and it was an honor to have been observing the evolution of Pod for the past two years or so.
RIP my Pod playing friends. I think we all knew it was the best deck in the format, and no ban would ever really stop it besides just cutting off the head of the beast.
Abzan midrange seems like a good deck though, so I assume that will be the BGx variant of choice. Dr Rhino will still be running over people.
See ya later guys. Off to brew 4 Color BGx (Jund splash Rhino). Hey, since Twin will probably rise to dominance again, that means it'll likely be banned next, followed by Scapeshift, then we can finally enjoy a comboless tier 1! (rolls eyes).
I hope there is some viable podless list emerging from all the tears shed, but I honestly doubt it.
So let's hope they reprint Goyf, Lily and Bob at Uncommon in MMA2015 because else the switch to Junk is gonna cost me more than 700€ and I am more than reluctant to invest that amount all at once.
There is no good substitute. Birthing Pod was the glue that held this deck together and with pod gone I don't think there's any playable substitute. RIP in peace pod, I barely even got to play it.
As a side note Wizards should have sent a complementary playset of Goyfs to every pod player since green is now a worthless color in Modern without it...
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Pod has been an issue for people for years now. If anyone did not see this coming shame on them. You could try Fauna Shaman and Chord/Witness. Your deck isn't dead, just different. Good luck to all of you on your future decks. Let the wild west meta begin!
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In case I didn't tell you, I don't care about your opinion I just want your facts. And not the facts that make you seem smart. I want the ones that are actual facts.
Three of four get the ban-hammer. Why find the next deck if either a) it's not going to be viable or b) if it is, it will get banned? Why bother?
To end on a positive note, a SINCERE THANK YOU to everyone that posted decklists, gave me or others sideboard help, or worked diligently on this primer. I won a few tournaments and had lots of fun. And I guess I can keep everything in my Karador EDH deck without swapping 15 cards back and forth...
RIP pod
farewell modern for me
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I didn't complete my deck since I was dragging it for so long (Sadly, one of the few things I did buy was Pod itself, so there's definite loss there), but what's done is done.
It was a fun, good run, and it was an honor to have been observing the evolution of Pod for the past two years or so.
Abzan midrange seems like a good deck though, so I assume that will be the BGx variant of choice. Dr Rhino will still be running over people.
So let's hope they reprint Goyf, Lily and Bob at Uncommon in MMA2015 because else the switch to Junk is gonna cost me more than 700€ and I am more than reluctant to invest that amount all at once.
As a side note Wizards should have sent a complementary playset of Goyfs to every pod player since green is now a worthless color in Modern without it...
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