I thought there would be way more activity on here since the banning. I'm not sure why people think it's a bad thing for Jund though? If someone can try and explain that to me? Affinity is a fine matchup if that rises again. We can tune to a heavier burn meta. Pulse of Murasa is a surprisingly playable card
And if we're expecting whir and affinity and hardened scales, Night of Souls' Betrayal looks really good, honestly. It's also good against dredge - makes the only relevant threats into 4 2/2's which is beatable. Against spirits it's nice, too. They have a lot of mopey creatures. Not great against humans, but not sure which I'm expecting more of right now between that and spirits as the disruptive aggro deck of the format
I've never been sold on Ishkanah. I'd rather play Pia and Kiran for a similar effect at a lower mana cost and a more relevant ability. People already bring in some grave hate against us
Pulse of Murasa is an "expensive" card CMC-wise for a matchup that gets done in a hurry. If we were worried about Burn, I think we should play more Collective Brutality and move on with life.
Night of Souls' Betrayal is great at stopping those decks' common mode of winning (via x/1's), but it doesn't win the game and can still be played around. I would rather play Kalitas to shut down the modular triggers instead (as well as Hangarback Walker's trigger). Even then, those decks can still outpace you fairly easily even when they're on the draw.
That... actually seems amazing against Spirits. Ishkanah still has better upside because the delirium ability still makes Reflector Mage a little weaker.
Real talk ladies and gents: Is Ishkanah actually decent? I'm starting to see it more often in the sideboard of competitive Jund decks. I didnt think it was but maybe I'm missing something.
I keep running into linear decks. Giving those types of decks a land seems terrible in almost every case. I'm also seeing less control than before. Even when I do, I find that two Trophy is fine.
Anyone here tested Jund and Rock ? Any feedback on that ?
My MTGO leagues results are pretty average with Jund (42-45) so i guess it's a fair reason to test Rock now, anything to help me (and us) to think about that ?
By the way do you think, even if player is experimented with BGX, he have to switch on other archetype ?
There are times when I recognize that I could gain percentage points by jumping ship to another deck, but I know my decks. It's why I just continue to adjust for the metagame with my deck and just accept that my bad matches aren't going to significantly get better. If I were playing this game professionally, I think that's a less than ideal choice.
If you say so. Grixis Shadow, Bant Spirits, KCI, and Humans still seem to be trucking along. The only ones I could reasonably say have died down are Jeskai and Jund. Even then, UW control also seems to be on a downtick. I think what you're seeing is just a rise in linear decks.
The light of hope is growing really dim for this archetype, which is saddening me greatly.
In other news, I'm hoping there are going to be cards with Spectacle that Jund could make use of. Spectacle as a mechanic has some promise.
Well, I look at things differently. As more and more threats and answers enter Modern, what I see is a move from 3 to 2 color decks: Jeskai splitting into UW Control for hard control and some UR Control for Bolt-Snap-Bolt and/or Combo finishers, while Jund is becoming BG Rock thanks to the power of Assassin's Trophy, or even GR Blood Moon aggro. Mardu Pyromancer is one card away from becoming a 2 color deck (a BR replacement for Lingering Souls).
Is everyone mostly on 24-land lists? I just noticed that Jaberwocki had two different 24-land list hit a 5-0 on MTGO lately. They both have a few significant differences in the main and sideboard. It just makes me wonder if we're supposed to abandon 25-land lists.
Why the need to go "all-in" on Looting if you're looking to include it? Why not just jam 3 copies into a stock list and make sure you're also playing 3-4 K-Command? Helps a tad with card velocity, helps filter the "wrong half" of the deck, and is an easy 3-of to side out in games 2 and 3 of almost every match. I'd treat it as a game 1 only boost.
Trying to play expensive spells and Faithless Looting in the same deck is usually painful. More often than not, you end up making a choice to keep lands for your expensive spell at the cost of all else. That usually makes me question why I'm including both.
Graveyard creature, a mana accelerant for turn 2 LOTV and turn 3 BBE...
I can respect that. I was living a hypothetical dream for a moment. It just seems that Modern is more interactive than Legacy, and for some reason, they want to make creatures matter in Legacy all of a sudden. Maybe this isn't forum for ban list talk. I think I was warned about that once.
Pulse of Murasa is an "expensive" card CMC-wise for a matchup that gets done in a hurry. If we were worried about Burn, I think we should play more Collective Brutality and move on with life.
Night of Souls' Betrayal is great at stopping those decks' common mode of winning (via x/1's), but it doesn't win the game and can still be played around. I would rather play Kalitas to shut down the modular triggers instead (as well as Hangarback Walker's trigger). Even then, those decks can still outpace you fairly easily even when they're on the draw.
There are times when I recognize that I could gain percentage points by jumping ship to another deck, but I know my decks. It's why I just continue to adjust for the metagame with my deck and just accept that my bad matches aren't going to significantly get better. If I were playing this game professionally, I think that's a less than ideal choice.
BG Rock =/= Jund. Not even close.
In other news, I'm hoping there are going to be cards with Spectacle that Jund could make use of. Spectacle as a mechanic has some promise.
Trying to play expensive spells and Faithless Looting in the same deck is usually painful. More often than not, you end up making a choice to keep lands for your expensive spell at the cost of all else. That usually makes me question why I'm including both.
I can respect that. I was living a hypothetical dream for a moment. It just seems that Modern is more interactive than Legacy, and for some reason, they want to make creatures matter in Legacy all of a sudden. Maybe this isn't forum for ban list talk. I think I was warned about that once.