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Feb 4, 2014rackham89 posted a message on Launch Giveaway!Profane Command. Was in my first homebrewed standard deck I built after Lorwyn came out. Had read about this old deck called Rock and got inspired. Up till that point I had played burn. Profane command taught me a lot about card advantage and making optimal decisions.Posted in: Announcements
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4 Tarmogoyf
3 Scavenging Ooze
1 Eternal Witness
1 Kitchen Finks
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Sun Titan
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Spells (20)
3 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
3 Path to Exile
1 Maelstrom Pulse
3 Gifts Ungiven
3 Lingering souls
2 Thought Scour
1 Unburial Rites
2 Abrupt decay
3 Liliana of the Veil
Lands (24)
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
2 Wooded Heath
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Godless Shrine
1 Temple Garden
1 Breeding Pool
1 Watery Grave
2 Blooming Marsh
1 Shambling Vent
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Wrath of God
1 Damnation
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Life from the Loam
1 Raven's Crime
1 Disenchant
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Timely Reinforcements
1 Dispel
1 Negate
1 Fulminator Mage
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Celestial Purge
1 Creeping Corrosion
I took it to FNM tonight went 3-1 beating a bant exalted deck, elves, and zoo and losing to elves. Based on this experience I'd definitely want some number of push in the deck, probably cutting a scooze and a path as well as moving pulse to sb for 3 total push. The blooming marshes were nice to cast turn 1 discard, turn two goyf/scooze, etc. and would only be better to have painless removal turn 1-3 in push. Seems like my list might be pretty weak to tron, breach, and other combo style decks, but haven't seen much in this meta.
I was excited to try Sun Titan but never got to cast or rites him. Actually sided him out pretty often vs faster decks as it always seemed correct to just go Elesh Norn or take out some top heavy stuff for sweepers, but he's one of my favorite cards.
Played a fairly standard list with Kalitas and Huntmaster as my 4 drops, no brutality or flayer, fulm/extraction SB and 3/3 split for my discard package.
Got blown out several times through the day as well as just not being able to get ahead fast enough (Tron player had 3 karns and an ugin game 3). Several games had me iok only to see nothing but land the big nasties like Karn/Breach/griselbrand. When I did win vs those decks it was due to the classic discard/fulminator with a clock as you might expect.
In the prophetic words of my buddy, Jund just seems too fair right now. I think we do have the tools to stay relevant but it didn't feel great. I'm sure I made plenty of mistakes and iffy keeps though so have to take with a grain of salt. Buddy was on Breach Titan as well and played the mirror at least twice. Not sure what all I would change but would consider deaths shadow or junk if I was going to do it over again.
I started off strong then been bricking pretty hard on top decks and made a few questionable G1 keeps, just playing for fun now.
Buddy on UR eldrazi still in it at X-1 but other buddy on UWR control 0-3 drop.
The only interaction I can see is being able to discard Loam as a cost of casting then dredge it back using one of the draws. If that actually works. But it does seem pretty corner case.
Or if you've nothing else in hand and topdeck useless cards. But the extra mana and lack of flashback seem like legit downsides.
Whoops. Not sure how I missed that. Been longer than I thought since I visited this thread. At least now I can check off my bonehead move for the day.
Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/spikes/comments/3iezln/modernbrew_jund_assault_loam_twin_transform/
List: http://deckbox.org/sets/1052941
It's a Jund Assault Loam that has the option to sideboard into splinter twin combo. The idea being that assault loam is usually pretty good vs. fair decks and then you can switch to all in twin to combat bad/unfair matchups or when you expect grave hate or extirpate effects.
I was pretty intrigued and didn't see it mentioned here. Anyone tried anything like this?
So your reasons are "I don't like these cards and don't want to play against them?" You want blood moon banned but JTMS unbanned?
I just don't understand these threads. How can anyone be disappointed when we've seen so much happening in modern lately? The "wait and see" approach makes sense with where modern is at the moment IMO.
Some people are saying wait and see because the vendors bought out everything and are sitting on it, but I guess I figure that the demand is still going to far outstrip the supply for things like Goyf and Bob, and we're gonna see an eventual spike ala MM1 (albeit probably not as huge).
I agree that anticipate could also be worth testing here. Jeff Hoogland made some comments lately about how strong it is in his testing in UR archetypes. Would like to be able to hold up leak or decay mana and cast Anticipate EOT if they don't do anything you're interested in stopping.
Gasitur, and the Foldem' Gang. Get it? Because he gives you never ending gas and... I'll show myself out.
Counterseize - UB
Instant
Counter target spell.
You lose (2 or 3) life.
I think this might see some play but at the same time is difficult to 4 of and expect to use with snapcaster. An unconditional hard counter for 2 mana that has a very black drawback.
"By attrition they will look more alike unless the ban list keeps growing exponentially by artificially rotating the format."
EITHER the power level creeps up continuously towards legacy OR the banlist grows and grows as more TC, Dig's, and rhinos are printed. I agree. They don't test for modern, so if they want to keep power level as is, they either have to print deliberately weaker cards or ban anything that oversteps the bound. By the short history of sets designed since Modern's inception, I would say they lean far more towards continuous bannings.