I concurr with Rabbit. Cutting out all that CA will specially make the deck clunky. I have found that Jace is one of the strongest cards to have around, specially put into play after a sweeper.
Wall of Omens mostly depends on the meta. Yesterday he saved me from numerous finks attacks.
21 lands??? First control list I see in a long time with such a low count. You only have 10 stable sources of color and cards like secure the wastes/revelation/ and turning the manlands demand a much higher count. Also, if in your meta control has been drastically increasing, I tend to think you're unfavorable against them because the mana count will soon be completely negative for you.
@chipper Don't you find necessary a third Cryptic?
How do you sideboard in the Grixis Shadow match? I see it's mostly favorable for you, but somehow I always find myself in the weird spot of needing a miraculous top deck verdict.
Hello French Player, I recall you from the old Suicide Zoo thread more than a year ago, back when Death Shadow wasn't such a phenomenon hehe.
I think the main problem right now is that cards such as Mana Leak and Lightning Bolt are at an all time low it being useful. Lee Sheen Tiang and Jason Chung were having a lot of success with this deck 1.5 years ago because back befor ethe Eldrazi winter, bolt was in a strong position and so was shackles.
The deck needs a way to deal with an early Tasigur/Angler and DS.
No offense to Benny Hill's lis, it's clear it works as many people have made 5-0 with it. However after it testing it repeatedly, I dislike it more and more. It seems to me as if it had too many "commes into play tapped lands" and the mana leaks are just plain week.
Nassif's list to some might look like too overcosted (having 4 cryptic and 4 supreme) but it seems to me that it plays smoothly compared to the others. I don't like some of his sb choices, but as for the rest it is comfortable having options differents than a 2 mana counter.
I haven't used it so far, but if you want to, I think you should increase the number of cc 1 removaal. Set of Push plus some combination of bolt/dismember.
I believe much of the future of the deck depends on Street Wraith getting banned or not. If it does indeed, Shadow decks will probably evolve into something like Delver (where Shadow can still be played)
My main issue for the moment with tombstalker is how expensive he is. If you're going to play it, then don't do it along blood moons.
I'm having trouble against Shadow with Benny's list. I don't know what's going on, but practically all my removal is taken out before he gets his creatures online. What's your sideboard plan?
Jason Chung was playing the Grixis Moon a year ago or so. I think the main prolbem with that deck was the mana base, because if you want to be able to cast terminate second turn, and cryptic on fourth, you're going to take quite some damage.
Also, is anyone playing Copter?
That gives access to strong removal. Of blue you could keep serum visions and snappy, while getting rid of the cryptic commands.
Wall of Omens mostly depends on the meta. Yesterday he saved me from numerous finks attacks.
I believe Queller is good in a meta with lots of combo like Ironworks or Ad Nauseam. I'm not convinced to play Queller in UW.
I could be wrong of course, congrats on your t8.
How do you sideboard in the Grixis Shadow match? I see it's mostly favorable for you, but somehow I always find myself in the weird spot of needing a miraculous top deck verdict.
Blue Moon is a deck to play in a meta where Jund style decks are predominant. Storm and DS on te other hand give it a tough time.
I think the main problem right now is that cards such as Mana Leak and Lightning Bolt are at an all time low it being useful. Lee Sheen Tiang and Jason Chung were having a lot of success with this deck 1.5 years ago because back befor ethe Eldrazi winter, bolt was in a strong position and so was shackles.
The deck needs a way to deal with an early Tasigur/Angler and DS.
Nassif's list to some might look like too overcosted (having 4 cryptic and 4 supreme) but it seems to me that it plays smoothly compared to the others. I don't like some of his sb choices, but as for the rest it is comfortable having options differents than a 2 mana counter.
My main issue for the moment with tombstalker is how expensive he is. If you're going to play it, then don't do it along blood moons.
I think EE in the main might be a good option