Different topic: Does anyone have experience with the Izzet Phoenix matchup? Is it good/bad?
Feels even to slightly unfavorable. Managing your life total is a lot harder than usual in this matchup.
Phoenixes are a pain for GDS, we're not good a dealing with recursive flyers, but we can take care of Thing in the Ice and Crackling Drake fairly easily thanks to Push and Dismember. If they start reanimating Phoenixes it's a race that is not favorable to us unless you have Shadow + TBR, otherwise our regular game plan works well.
Post-board Surgical or Anger can deal with the Phoenixes, if you do that then it's about who can get a big threat to stick, but we have better removal in general.
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Feels even to slightly unfavorable. Managing your life total is a lot harder than usual in this matchup.
Phoenixes are a pain for GDS, we're not good a dealing with recursive flyers, but we can take care of Thing in the Ice and Crackling Drake fairly easily thanks to Push and Dismember. If they start reanimating Phoenixes it's a race that is not favorable to us unless you have Shadow + TBR, otherwise our regular game plan works well.
Post-board Surgical or Anger can deal with the Phoenixes, if you do that then it's about who can get a big threat to stick, but we have better removal in general.