No doubt. We (Naya Company) had an even to slightly positive match vs Twin. I knew that Twin was a highly popular deck at that time with at least 3 variants and one of my testing partners was also on Twin so I decided to hedge my list to gain percentages vs Twin because Dromoka's command matched up so well against a lot of the things they wanted to do (Blood Moon, Anger, Splinter Twin, Keranos). It didn't work out for me when I didn't play against Twin a single time.
Guys please opinions on japanese cards. Lost a 3/3 creature against Japan celestial colonade. This guy played all creatures and spells in english cards, but some cards in his manabase was japanese. I dont registrated this really ( my brain say its all fine and all english to me lets attack his empty board)...and i am sure it is a Kind of legal cheating. It is not ok, but i know legal. I Hate such people. I never forget colonade normally, but with this Tricks it can happen one time in 3 years and such people take advantage of this
If I am a customer spending premium amount of dollars, I expect a premium service. Jund falls into the category of a premium deck costing more dollars than a majority of the rest of the format. I'm not getting the desired performance ratio per dollars spent out of the Jund deck because WOTC decided to make the format more diverse.
Grixis Control – Boarding 2 Thalia for 2 Lightning Bolt. I am doubting to add 2 or 3 Blood Moon as well for another 2 Lightning Bolt and a Birds of Paradise. What is your opinion on Blood Moon in the Grixis Control match-up?
Blood Moon is great there. It's better on the play rather than the draw for obvious reasons.
Eldrazi and Taxes – This has been a bad match-up for me and I actually don’t have a good board plan against them. Currently I am thinking of approaching it as a grindy matchup like Jund and boarding 3 Blood Moon and cutting 1 Birds of Paradise, and 2 Noble Hierarch. What are your plans against Eldrazi and Taxes?
Blood Moon is fine there. The MU is very similar to a Jund or Abzan MU. Try to play to the board really hard. Obviously, sometimes Moon doesn't let you go down this pathway.
Keep in mind, the best way to beat a deck like this is to go ham with a Knight; Blood Moon can restrict Knight. Their temples are good but not as good as Bant Eldrazi. Sometimes they just play fair magic and you have to be able to play around that as well.
Bant Eldrazi – Currently boarding 3 Blood Moon (keeps them from casting most of their spells), 2 Blessed Alliance (sacrifice an attacker/untap 2 blockers and gain 4 life) and 1 Worship (they are removal light). Out are 2 Scavenging Ooze (they play Rest in Peace and Path to Exile) but doubting between 2 Lightning Bolt and 2 Voice of Resurgence or 4 Lightning Bolt. So, the question is, how good is Lightning Bolt against Bant Eldrazi
I'd leave the bolts in - bolting their early Noble can be game winning
Hey guys ! Right now im testing 3x Rhonas the Indomitable and he is awsone ! Im pretty sure he can make the zoo climb in the meta. He give a hard early pressure and late game he still very strong.. i recommand you guys to give a try!
Hey guys ! Right now im testing 3x Rhonas the Indomitable and he is awsone ! Im pretty sure he can make the zoo climb in the meta. He give a hard early pressure and late game he still very strong.. i recommand you guys to give a try!
right now this is what i run. I try the Samut and his hability scale very well with knight but she still a 5 drop.. I still give her a try but i might remplace her for a loxodon smiter + woolly thoctar or 2x wooly
With the new Revolt Zoo seeming to be blindingly fast, is there still a reason to be on the big zoo plan? It seems that this Gruul zoo varient is pretty much what Lantern was playing before Nacatl got unbanned. Play tons of small dudes and goldfish turn 3-4. What does bigger zoo offer, unless you just like playing with fatties, which I understand
I've been playing a budget version of Revolt Zoo (Kird Apes instead of Goblin Guides) and my assesment is that it has a very good Zoo game coupled with the odd hand (20%-ish) that can't be beaten by most decks in the format. Any deck that can race Burn with the Average hand is very good.
I haven't come across an unwinnable matchup yet, though I feel Ad Nauseam might be bad.
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Playing a bunch of creatures with Rhonas the Indomitable that aren't 4/xs seems like a subpar time. If I'm activating him just to turn him on, I'm guessing that I'm losing.
It's certainly cool to have another Kessig which might work with a Traverse the Ulvenwald shell but I'd work from the ground up for a Rhonas build rather than just sticking him in a lot of the current shells.
Playing a bunch of creatures with Rhonas the Indomitable that aren't 4/xs seems like a subpar time. If I'm activating him just to turn him on, I'm guessing that I'm losing.
It's certainly cool to have another Kessig which might work with a Traverse the Ulvenwald shell but I'd work from the ground up for a Rhonas build rather than just sticking him in a lot of the current shells.
This is one of the reasons if you can reliably turn on e1 and baby flip gideon you are doing something right. Also goyf. I dont think Id see him as more than a 2-3 of, likely 2 of either. Because of legendary. Geist is a 4 of because he is often sucidal in combat. God doesnt die easily, plus youll want other 3 dropz that enable him.
Guys please opinions on japanese cards. Lost a 3/3 creature against Japan celestial colonade. This guy played all creatures and spells in english cards, but some cards in his manabase was japanese. I dont registrated this really ( my brain say its all fine and all english to me lets attack his empty board)...and i am sure it is a Kind of legal cheating. It is not ok, but i know legal. I Hate such people. I never forget colonade normally, but with this Tricks it can happen one time in 3 years and such people take advantage of this
If I am a customer spending premium amount of dollars, I expect a premium service. Jund falls into the category of a premium deck costing more dollars than a majority of the rest of the format. I'm not getting the desired performance ratio per dollars spent out of the Jund deck because WOTC decided to make the format more diverse.
Blood Moon is great there. It's better on the play rather than the draw for obvious reasons.
Blood Moon is fine there. The MU is very similar to a Jund or Abzan MU. Try to play to the board really hard. Obviously, sometimes Moon doesn't let you go down this pathway.
Keep in mind, the best way to beat a deck like this is to go ham with a Knight; Blood Moon can restrict Knight. Their temples are good but not as good as Bant Eldrazi. Sometimes they just play fair magic and you have to be able to play around that as well.
I'd leave the bolts in - bolting their early Noble can be game winning
// 28 Creature
3 Loxodon Smiter
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Wild Nacatl
4 Noble Hierarch
4 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Qasali Pridemage
3 Rhonas the Indomitable
2 Samut, Voice of Dissent
// 11 Instant
4 Lightning Bolt
4 Path to Exile
3 Collected Company
4 Windswept Heath
2 Arid Mesa
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Wooded Foothills
2 Temple Garden
1 Kessig Wolf Run
2 Stomping Ground
1 Plains
2 Forest
1 Stirring Wildwood
I've been playing a budget version of Revolt Zoo (Kird Apes instead of Goblin Guides) and my assesment is that it has a very good Zoo game coupled with the odd hand (20%-ish) that can't be beaten by most decks in the format. Any deck that can race Burn with the Average hand is very good.
I haven't come across an unwinnable matchup yet, though I feel Ad Nauseam might be bad.
My Modern decks:
B/R/G Living End G/R/B
G/R Tron R/G
U/W/G/R Gargageddon R/G/W/U
R/W/G Naya Burn G/W/R
// 27 Creature
2 Samut, Voice of Dissent
4 Tarmogoyf
4 Noble Hierarch
3 Birds of Paradise
3 Rhonas the Indomitable
2 Stormbreath Dragon
3 Woolly Thoctar
2 Huntmaster of the Fells
4 Wild Nacatl
// 3 Enchantment
3 Blood Moon
// 8 Instant
3 Lightning Bolt
3 Tarfire
2 Dromoka's Command
3 Forest
2 Plains
1 Mountain
2 Windswept Heath
4 Arid Mesa
4 Wooded Foothills
1 Temple Garden
2 Sacred Foundry
2 Stomping Ground
1 Ghost Quarter
It's certainly cool to have another Kessig which might work with a Traverse the Ulvenwald shell but I'd work from the ground up for a Rhonas build rather than just sticking him in a lot of the current shells.
This is one of the reasons if you can reliably turn on e1 and baby flip gideon you are doing something right. Also goyf. I dont think Id see him as more than a 2-3 of, likely 2 of either. Because of legendary. Geist is a 4 of because he is often sucidal in combat. God doesnt die easily, plus youll want other 3 dropz that enable him.
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Kiki Chord, Zoo variants, Goblins, Burn
I thought of a Hatebearish approach along Thalia, Guardian of Thraben.
This could even be a good starting point for building zoo on a budget
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Attack for a bunch so they feel the need to block and run push and bolt. Thats my plan
Mentor is damage output, Voice is Value-Town.
So different tools for different goals.
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