I also went 2-2 last night beating a mono white brew and burn, losing to skred red and jund. For next week I plan on running back my list but I am looking into obtaining 4 copies of Dark Confidant and running a more midrange list. The problem with this idea though is that as opposed to something like jund, mardu lacks good 2 mana beatsticks.
No Emrakul, The Aeons Torn to go with Nahiri? Personally I'd cut a Liliana for Emrakul if only to have a secondary win condition besides Resto-Kiki loop. Would love to see how it performs, give us a report on your matches?
I played with Emrakul the last 4 weeks and in my meta the combo is way too slow to be viable. In those 4 weeks I was 5-9 with the deck. My meta as I said earlier is mostly non-affinity aggro (though that may change), and burn, with a few DS and 1 dredge. Liliana might not be that great in the meta but I like overloading on discard effects so I'm always on the attack so to speak.
Interesting take. I feel that different choices (such as thoughtseize over IoK) are meta dependent. I've been convinced that push over burn spells has been the right call for months now, good to see others making that switch as well. I'm not convinced about gideon but it may be worth a try some day. As noted, my deck is more controlling than most and I love making people discard. Also, people at my shop have been known to play bogles so I think it's completely meta driven as well.
My meta is mostly non-affinity aggro and burn so like I said, they may not stay long.
If that's your meta, you definitely want to try out Kitchen Finks in the Demigod spot. If you're playing a Resto deck in a non-affnity aggro meta you can go very far simply with Resto-Finks.
Also, you sideboard could use some Runed Halo (solid vs all aggro decks but also good vs several combo deck, and turns the Valakut MU on its head) and more efficient sweepers (Anger of the Gods, Engineered Explosives).
Liliana, especially 4 copies, seems a bit awkward in such a meta.
As for the slow clock, the fastest clock you can have here is turn 4 Resto, turn 5 Kiki.
If I had finks I would run them.
And yeah, 4 Liliana might be a lot but at my LGS, any given week could have new decks and she is pretty solid all around outside decks like burn which I just side them out.
I don't understand lists that aren't playing 4 Thoughtseize's and are instead playing 4 Inquisitions. Combo/Tron decks are some of the worst MU's for the deck and Thoughtseize is way better than IoK against them. Mardu has a lot of lifegain to mitigate the 2 life loss. Just seems odd to me.
In metas where burn is in high numbers, even with life gain, it isn't where you want to be. Besides, Inquisition hits everything thoughtseize does early whereas IoK is bad late and thoughtseize is just okay at that point.
Why the 4x Demigods? What bad MUs do they improve?
To me, they seem clunky. At that point why not use those slots to increase the copies of Resto and Kiki and give yourself a real chance of comboing off? Or play Kitchen Finks, which has a good synergy with Resto and Kiki and does something you deck can't do (Brutality aside): gain life.
Your deck is interesting though. It's similar to what I'm playing (Kiki-Nahiri build posted in the last pages) but has some more controllish elements (Liliana, Terminate). However, I do wonder if it makes sense to run Terminate over Dreadbore in that list, with 4x Path and 4x Push you seem to have a lot of removal for creatures already anyway, Dreadbore at least would give you something more than that. But personally what I would play in that spot if I were you is a couple Kolaghan's Command. And this, out of my own experience playing something not so different, for 3 reasons: 1. Affinity is tough, and with Command you can turn the MU around; 2. Taking back combo pieces or value creatures like Wall is pretty good; 3. If you don't play Kolaghan's Command you lose to a resolved Ensnaring Bridge. Additionally, Pithing Needle and Chalice of the Void can create a lot of problems.
I also think you should find room for at the very least 2x Thoughtseize and I advise you to test 4x Canyon Slough, they're superb at fightning mana flood and together with Resto-Wall make the deck smoother.
I just put in the 4 Demigods last week so they may not stay but the thought is that they are just another threat that just doesn't stay dead. Playing K Command would further this idea. The idea behind adding them was to increase the clock of the deck as the deck is really slow in my meta. My meta is mostly non-affinity aggro and burn so like I said, they may not stay long.
I have 2 thoughtseize board. As for the land, I'll have to give that a try. Seems interesting.
I'm going to be playing my mardu nahiri list again tomorrow and testing 4 demigod of revenge in the list. All my lands can cast it and it is still synergistic. I feel like with the other things I am doing, in theory, my opponent won't be able to handle all of them and I will be able to win with one of the angles I am attacking from.
I like what the BR deck is doing but I'm not so sure my manabase can handle playing blood moon even though I have seen some lists try it.
Excited to give the resto/kiki package a go in my nahiri build. I like that it takes the pressure off that plan and forces the opponent to react on two levels instead of just one.
First modern event in years, won't know the meta too well but I think this is a fairly stock list that should get me wins.
Event didn't go well but that is to be expected after playing the format for the first time in a while. I also wasn't fetching correctly and that left me open to color denial.
What I'm thinking -
4 Dark Confidant
4 Wall of Omens
3 Glory-Bound Initiate
1 Olivia Voldaren
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Lingering Souls
4 Fatal Push
2 Path to Exile
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
1 Kolaghan's Command
2 Terminate
2 Concealed Courtyard
1 Arid Mesa
3 Marsh Flats
4 Bloodstained Mire
2 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Mountain
1 Blood Crypt
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Godless Shrine
3 Shambling Vent
2 Rest in Peace
2 Stony Silence
2 Collective Brutality
2 Blessed Alliance
1 Hallowed Moonlight
2 Damnation
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2 Surgical Extraction
I played with Emrakul the last 4 weeks and in my meta the combo is way too slow to be viable. In those 4 weeks I was 5-9 with the deck. My meta as I said earlier is mostly non-affinity aggro (though that may change), and burn, with a few DS and 1 dredge. Liliana might not be that great in the meta but I like overloading on discard effects so I'm always on the attack so to speak.
3 Restoration Angel
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror-Breaker
4 Wall of Omens
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Nahiri, the Harbinger
4 Fatal Push
4 Path to Exile
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Collective Brutality
2 Terminate
3 Kolaghan's Command
2 Blood Crypt
4 Bloodstained Mire
4 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Godless Shrine
3 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Swamp
1 Sacred Foundry
2 Shambling Vents
1 Mountain
1 Graven Cairns
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
2 Surgical Extraction
2 Thoughtseize
2 Blessed Alliance
2 Rest in Peace
2 Stony Silence
2 Damnation
1 Hallowed Moonlight
Current list I'm taking to FNM tomorrow.
If I had finks I would run them.
And yeah, 4 Liliana might be a lot but at my LGS, any given week could have new decks and she is pretty solid all around outside decks like burn which I just side them out.
In metas where burn is in high numbers, even with life gain, it isn't where you want to be. Besides, Inquisition hits everything thoughtseize does early whereas IoK is bad late and thoughtseize is just okay at that point.
I just put in the 4 Demigods last week so they may not stay but the thought is that they are just another threat that just doesn't stay dead. Playing K Command would further this idea. The idea behind adding them was to increase the clock of the deck as the deck is really slow in my meta. My meta is mostly non-affinity aggro and burn so like I said, they may not stay long.
I have 2 thoughtseize board. As for the land, I'll have to give that a try. Seems interesting.
Current list; looking to replace the fast lands with 4 Blackcleave Cliffs when I get them.
I beat Bogles and Mono Blue Tron and lost to Goblins.
I like what the BR deck is doing but I'm not so sure my manabase can handle playing blood moon even though I have seen some lists try it.
Went 1-3, never saw either combo or any removal all night.
Event didn't go well but that is to be expected after playing the format for the first time in a while. I also wasn't fetching correctly and that left me open to color denial.
Changes for next week
-3 Arid Mesa
-2 Painful Truths
-1 K Command
-1 Fatal Push
+1 Blood Crypt
+1 Bloodstained Mire
+1 Lightning Helix
+4 Lightning Bolt
4 Liliana of the Veil
4 Nahiri, the Harbinger
4 Fatal Push
4 Path to Exile
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
1 Collective Brutality
1 Lightning Helix
2 Terminate
1 Hero's Downfall
2 Kolaghan's Command
4 Lingering Souls
2 Painful Truths
1 Blood Crypt
3 Bloodstained Mire
4 Concealed Courtyard
1 Godless Shrine
3 Marsh Flats
1 Plains
2 Swamp
1 Sacred Foundry
4 Shambling Vents
2 Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
3 Fragmentize
2 Surgical Extraction
1 Thoughtseize
1 Blessed Alliance
2 Rest in Peace
2 Stony Silence
2 Damnation
First modern event in years, won't know the meta too well but I think this is a fairly stock list that should get me wins.