Ive been playing a zooish list at modern fnms for couple months with great success it plays similar just more explosive curious if anoyone else has tried a similar list or what your thoughts/opinions on it are
I like playing Paths Main Deck, they're probably our only hope against decks like Twin and Bloom Titan.
how does splinter twin win with a suppression field on the table ? and as far as bloom titan goes i dont think it will be a popular deck at the gp and if i get matched against them and they forced to keep a slow hand i win and they get the nuts i lose game 2-3 i get paths
going to pittsburg my sideboard will consist of 3 path to exile for agressive aggro 3 spirit link for burn and agressive decks and decks that cant deal more than 34-6 damage ad nauseum scapeshift. 3 gaddock teeg kick in nuts vs control, combos, big mana decks. 2 stony silencefor affinity tron. 2 beast within for tron and problem permanants. and 2natures claim affinity, and the mirror keep in mind im mainboarding 4 suppression fieldto deal with alot of our problem cards and decks game 1
I play the full playset of supression fields in my mb. Supresion field answers sooooo many problem cards for us it is really stupid not to mainboard at least 3. answering combo creature shenanigans and planeswalkers as well as countless other things is huge and it buffs our guys ie ethereal armor the only matchup i board them out is burn for 3 spirit link and infect for PTE
Hi all ive been running a r/g devotion build for a while with great success I took 5th at a 120+player tournament at my lgs as well as consistant top 8 at fnm here is the list.Blood moon main board can seal up game one as early as turn 2 especialy because they see you fecth a forest or go forest elf or utopia sprawl so they fetch a dual land and never see it coming. ruric thar and elderscale worm are hilarious vs burn or any combo deck. and bonfire is .....well bonfire lol how many people sitting across the table from me have commented on getting blown out by that card and saying i thought i was done with that when it rotated out of standard
I dont feel miser 1 of's have any place in this deck. With no real draw engine or way to search for them in that guys list who won the premier guessing he just luck sack drew the guys he needed when he needed them. This deck is a meta game dependent deck I say 2+ copies of any tech creature or 0 (ie thrun, linvala, baneslayer, siguarda, smiter, crusader) I took 2nd in a 60 player modern tournement last weekend with the taxes hatebear version. Noted there were lots of u/w control , u/w/r control, several zooish/burn and at least 5 pod decks and put in the approprate creatures. 2 thrun 2 linvala 3 baneslayer 4 smiter. Mirran crusader is just bad if your meta is full of lightning bolts. I have never ever been unhappy to see a topdecked thrun he is just a house and he lives through 9/10 board wipes.
As for fauna shaman: yes its a bear as it CIP, but if he survives the turn you're bound to win and that's personally a reason to play him. He's my opponents worst fear, as it procedures the right hate for whatever they're holding...
but that is just it they usually always let him make it and just save there removal for what you go get with him because they know it is a one of where as not running him you run more copies of your real threat cards ie teeg ,thalia, mindcensor. With the current jalopy of decks that see play now at least in my meta i cant see myself cutting the number of those to any less than three specially with the rise in popularity of scapeshift, and gifts. Not to mention how mindcensor just bends pod over the table and make them cry uncle
You can't play humility turn 2, and if combo elves is on the play you will probably die because they consistently combo on turn 3. And by tutors do you mean enlightened tutor? Because most everyone (myself included) have dropped them entirely because they are pretty bad. Especially against blue decks because they just counter what you tutored for and that puts us so far behind. Keep in mind that 6 of our 10 engine pieces (I'm counting GSZ here) are argothians, and are shut down by humility. I always have about 1 or 2 sideboard flex slots, so I don't think you should have much trouble squeezing in 1 or 2 sb cards for elves if you're that worried about running into this matchup a lot.
Sure Humility does help with a few more matchups, but I've never played more than 1 anyway.
Before blind obediance i ran 2 E tutors and a cursed totem in the sideboard as well a crypt for the gy matches
Here is the decklist I am testing for the ptq in columbus on the 23rd. Any input or advice would be greatly apreciated as this is my first dip into modern.
how is our matchup vs tron? and the 2 stompy decks auras and infect ? I am new to the format legacy player mostly. I decided to jump head first into modern with this deck. I can tell how most of the matchups are but these three im on the fence about and wether or not i should adjust my sideboard for them.
(how many enchantress effects/ growth effects do you look to have before you can go nuts?)
the infinite loop is 2 enchantress effects cloud of fairies, words of wind, a land with 2 growths or sprawls on it and an enchantment to get the ball rolling . Step 1 tap land with growths on it and one other add 3+ mana . step 2 play cloud of fairies untap lands. step three same as #1 . step 4 play enchantment use the 2 floating mana to bounce 2 permanents to owners hands instead of drawing cards. you return cloud of fairies and the enchantment rinse and repeat till they have no more permanents then draw your deck make lots of mana and living wish for emrakul gg.
went 6-0 2 of my opponents boarded in all kinds of enchantment hate and i boarded out the whole combo just leaving the seals and acceleration i spellstutter sprite'd a terminus lol
4 wild nacatl
4 monastery swiftspear
4 goblin guide
4 seeker of the way
3 hooting mandrills
spells
4 lightning bolt
4 path to exile
4 lightning helix
4 mutagenic growth
4 atarka's command
3 boros charm
4 arid mesa
4 wooded foothills
2 windswept heath
2 stomping ground
2 sacred foundry
1 temple garden
1 mountain
1 forest
1 plains
2 bonfire of the damned
3 destructive revelry
2 rest in peace
3 molten rain
3 kor firewalker
2 deflecting palm
4 gladecover scout
4 kor spiritdancer
enchant
4 rancor
4 spider umbra
4 hyena umbra
4 ethereal armor
4 daybreak coronet
2 spirit mantle
2 keen sense
land
4 horizon canopy
4 windswept heath
4 razorverge thicket
4 temple garden
2 forest
2 plains
3 gadock teeg
3 spirit link
3 path to exile
2 stony silence
2 natures claim
2 beast within
4 arbor elf
4 kitchen finks
4 strangleroot geist
3 primeval titan
3 eternal witness
1 ruric thar, the unbowed
1 elderscale worm
1 acidic slime
sorcery
3 primal command
3 bonfire of the damned
4 utopia sprawl
3 blood moon
4 garruk wildspeaker
land
4 wooded foothills
3 stomping ground
3 nykthos
1 kessig wolf run
10 forest
1 bonfire of the damned
3 choke
3 krosan grip
1 reclamation sage
2 fracturing gust
2 thrun,the last troll
3 plow under
4 noble hierarch
4 deathrite shaman
4 loxodon smiter
4 aven mindcensor
4 wilt-leaf liege
3 gaddock teeg
3 thalia, guardian of thraben
3 qasali pridemage
2 thrun, the last troll
2 linvala, keeper of silence
4 path to exile
land
3 forest
2 plains
4 horizon canopy
4 verdant catacombs
3 misty rainforest
2 marsh flats
2 temple garden
1 overgrown tomb
1 godless shrine
1 eiganju castle
4 abrupt decay
2 stony silence
2 torpor orb
4 kitchen finks
3 spellskite
but that is just it they usually always let him make it and just save there removal for what you go get with him because they know it is a one of where as not running him you run more copies of your real threat cards ie teeg ,thalia, mindcensor. With the current jalopy of decks that see play now at least in my meta i cant see myself cutting the number of those to any less than three specially with the rise in popularity of scapeshift, and gifts. Not to mention how mindcensor just bends pod over the table and make them cry uncle
4 noble heirarch
4 aven mindscensor
4 loxodon smiter
4 wilt leaf-liege
2 linvalla, keeper of silence
2 gaddock teeg
2 thalia, gaurdian of thraben
2 qasali pridemage
instants/sorceries
4 path to exile
3 lingering souls
3 abrupt decay
4 verdant catacombs
3 marsh flats
1 misty rainforest
2 temple garden
1 godless shrine
1 overgrown tomb
3 horizon canopy
3 stirring wildwood
1 gavony township
2 forest
1 plains
1 abrupt decay
3 spellskite
2 kataki war's wage
2 qasali pridemage
4 kitchen finks
2 dismember
1 lingering souls