I'm running RG Titanshift because I had the cards.
You don't get any enjoyment?
Because I hear it all the time from players, "Titan Shift is so easy to play." I even have a friend whose borrowed the deck from me who said it's the easiest deck of all time to play. I don't agree with those, even if it is easier than the average deck. But who cares? I'd rather win a PPTQ with an easy deck than not win with a tough deck. I've played Valakut since it was in Standard, through Extended, and now and I still don't get bored of the deck. Not to mention, there's been a lot of changes or potential changes (Hour of Promise) recently to keep me on my feet. Granted, it's not the only deck I play, but I don't find any problems with the deck.
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Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
I play Burn because I have a short attention span, I enjoy the quick games. I also run Mono White Turbofog sometimes if the local meta is right because sometimes one game a match is all I want to play . Lol.
I'm running RG Titanshift because I had the cards.
You don't get any enjoyment?
Because I hear it all the time from players, "Titan Shift is so easy to play." I even have a friend whose borrowed the deck from me who said it's the easiest deck of all time to play. I don't agree with those, even if it is easier than the average deck. But who cares? I'd rather win a PPTQ with an easy deck than not win with a tough deck. I've played Valakut since it was in Standard, through Extended, and now and I still don't get bored of the deck. Not to mention, there's been a lot of changes or potential changes (Hour of Promise) recently to keep me on my feet. Granted, it's not the only deck I play, but I don't find any problems with the deck.
I enjoy winning, generally speaking, so I do enjoy playing Titanshift in that sense. It's not my most fun deck, but it is the most competitively viable deck I have. I enjoy Amulet Titan more, but there are so many Blood Moons in my local meta that Titanshift is generally a better choice.
I had and was really enjoying UW Control for a while, but it ended up falling out of my backpack in public and so escaped to greener pastures.
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Well, I can saw a woman in two, but you won't wanna look in the box when I'm through.
Legacy Goblins is probably the deck ive fallen most in love with, sadly it has real issues with combo decks. But i cant stop the happy feeling creeping in when playing a turn one cavern of souls into goblin lackey.
I watched jim davis playing the deck on a scg open and the goblin cupids shot me good.
I love how the synergies work in the deck. How very un-mono-red it plays. Controling and card advantage in a red deck? Where do i sign up?
But im very much a johnny player and enjoy stupid phelddagrif decks in edh, and homebrewed azorious control in modern.
BW tokens: its plays differently than most modern decks, and is mostly unexpected and has relatively little hate from the sideboards
Green belcher: for the times i just want to have fun and not care if i lose. the reaction from other players when you combo off is priceless
disassembled:
RG tron: such a timmy deck which fit me perfectly, unfortunately between the banning of eye of ugin and the rise of burn (not that much), infect, death's shadow, vizier combo, and a generally faster metagame (referring to 2 years ago), it isn't playable for me.
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alpha mox emerald
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3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
i play the Pyro-Prison deck from the deck-creation thread. Lots of Blood Moons, Chalices, and Ensnaring Bridges.
I guess I just love prison decks and the weird board states they create. The tension of 'will they topdeck the relevant removal (which in game 1 sometime just doesn't exist) or will they just lose to Chandra, Torch of Defiance'? And overall the deck has been good to me.
Plus I play a lot of EDH in a casual meta where prison is just not an option, good to get my kicks in this format
Interested in your Grixis deck there Fortunex, if you've got a list would be cool to see
My list at the time of posting was something like:
Since then, I've moved away from delve altogether. I found that the deck could set up a lock but invested too many resources into those threats to close the game out quickly enough.
I'm still working on the list and updating it every week. Lilianas make mana a little weird sometimes, but usually still okay. Pack Rat and Rabblemaster both take over a game very quickly on their own and are hard to deal with when under constrained resources, unlike Tasigurmag. Also, the list doesn't run any counterspells, so having some threats that don't just get 1-for-1'd is important. I'm moving far enough away from blue that straight B/R is a consideration, which would allow me to run Ghost Quarters or Tec Edges in place of Spreading Seas for targeted land hate, which opens up a few slots.
Titanshift is by far my favorite modern deck to play mostly because it feels like an EDH deck a lot of the time.
Why do you say that? I play Titan Shift mostly right now and I'm not envisioning it. But then, I haven't played EDH for at least 2-3 years.
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Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
I should preface this by saying that im primarily an EDH player with limited then modern as my formats of choice.
I think its mostly the titan or the large amount of lands that does it. When it comes to spoiler season lots of cards get slapped with "Good for EDH but nowhere else" but titan is such an absurd creature with a swingy ETB and a 6/6 body to boot. The fact that im allowed to play 4 of a card deemed too powerful for EDH in a competitive modern deck I still find a bit nuts.
I should preface this by saying that im primarily an EDH player with limited then modern as my formats of choice.
I think its mostly the titan or the large amount of lands that does it. When it comes to spoiler season lots of cards get slapped with "Good for EDH but nowhere else" but titan is such an absurd creature with a swingy ETB and a 6/6 body to boot. The fact that im allowed to play 4 of a card deemed too powerful for EDH in a competitive modern deck.
That's a good point. Actually right as I was clicking on your response, I just had considered Prime Time. It is indeed a silly card which has spawned lots of archetypes. I've enjoyed the card a lot ever since it was printed. I still remember stomping Jund with RG Valakut at the time.
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Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/ Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
I should preface this by saying that im primarily an EDH player with limited then modern as my formats of choice.
I think its mostly the titan or the large amount of lands that does it. When it comes to spoiler season lots of cards get slapped with "Good for EDH but nowhere else" but titan is such an absurd creature with a swingy ETB and a 6/6 body to boot. The fact that im allowed to play 4 of a card deemed too powerful for EDH in a competitive modern deck I still find a bit nuts.
It is banned in EDH because you have access to some very broken lands there that aren't legal in Modern.
Man , I just love this deck color combination so much, my all time 3 favorite colors, it plays the best removal, disruption, and value creatures, also it doesn't have complicated playstyle, probably my most favorite archtype of all time.
Living End:
I like it because it is a fun to play combo deck, discarding all your creatures and get then into play on turn 3 is quite interesting.
My pet deck has always been UW Tron, those who know me know this, as I wrote a very extensive primer on the deck. I've always enjoyed playing blue decks, I like the idea of reacting and feeling like I'm the one controlling the game, rather than being at the mercy of an opponent. UW Tron I enjoy more than other control decks because of the combo aspect. Gifts offers some really cool interactions, and the fact that you don't have to grind out every point of damage is really big. A lot of control decks feel really tedious to play, but not UW Tron.
To understand why I play Abzan Company, I'd have to first examine my history as a player, both competitively and casually.
First, the Dark Age of the Kitchen Table - aka Rogue Tribal during the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor super-block. The terribleness of this archetype and consequential losses is what got me wanting to be more competitive and thus more successful (as though it's working).
Second, the Dawn of Netdecking - aka a casual Legacy version of LSV's Extended Swans of Bryn Argoll combo. Just something appealed to me when I first saw his list on the old WotC's Gleemax forums; it appealed to me in the sense that it seemed like it could win out of nowhere. However, as my playgroup adjusted to my strategy, I found it to be too unreliable as time went on.
Third, my entry into Standard - aka a semi-competitive homebrew by someone by the username of CyrusBales for pre-JTMS ALA-ZEN Standard; essentially a creatureless Mardu Superfriends list designed to exploit the heavy prevalence of Jund at the time. However, as soon as JTMS came out, it became all but impossible to play the deck to any great extent.
Fourth, my 'true' entry into Legacy - aka Abzan Nic Fit; this would have been the perfect blend of synergy and disruption if it weren't for the hostility of the environment.
Finally, the pinnacle of my time playing Magic - Abzan Company; take Nic Fit's synergy and disruption, tack an overcharged version of the Swans Combo, and you have my entry into Modern.
I hate modern as a format because you can run into anything across the table. But I love ramp. I love arbor elf[cards]/[cards]utopia sprawl. I can't not play these cards. So I just from match to match hoping that my deck is better turn 3 than my opponents.
My other favorite deck is a homebrew BG deck. Have always liked the style of bgx decks ever since I started playing one.. although mine is only bg. Managing resources to outgrind the opponent, and I like taking a look at other people's hands to get a card with Inquisition of Kozilek. Enjoy the deck so much, even bought goyf for it to improve effectiveness. ^__^
My other favorite deck is a homebrew BG deck. Have always liked the style of bgx decks ever since I started playing one.. although mine is only bg. Managing resources to outgrind the opponent, and I like taking a look at other people's hands to get a card with Inquisition of Kozilek. Enjoy the deck so much, even bought goyf for it to improve effectiveness. ^__^
Goyf is a step in the right direction. Have you seen Sol Malka's GB Midrange? You may want to look into it. I don't usually like GB Midrange much, but his list was pretty interesting (kind of how Corey Burkhart's Grixis is the only thing that gets me hyped to play Grixis).
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Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander - Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build) (dead format for me)
FoodChain - thanks for the info. I haven't seen Sol Malka's list yet, and it gave me some ideas to test. And yes, goyf is indeed into the right direction... realized the power of the card once I used it.. he's usually a 4/5 and sometimes even 5/6. Although, my deck is still budget even though it has goyf. You might have seen me post this at the Modern Prices thread.. a few months ago, sold off all my verdant catacombs - don't have any left now that I need them. Currently selling a playset of Mox Opals, to help get funds for rebuying verdants.
UR Breach is just a pile of fun cards dude, my list is so solid. Logic Knot and Anger of the Gods make people upset, Seas and Moon piss a LOT of the local dudes off.
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You don't get any enjoyment?
Because I hear it all the time from players, "Titan Shift is so easy to play." I even have a friend whose borrowed the deck from me who said it's the easiest deck of all time to play. I don't agree with those, even if it is easier than the average deck. But who cares? I'd rather win a PPTQ with an easy deck than not win with a tough deck. I've played Valakut since it was in Standard, through Extended, and now and I still don't get bored of the deck. Not to mention, there's been a lot of changes or potential changes (Hour of Promise) recently to keep me on my feet. Granted, it's not the only deck I play, but I don't find any problems with the deck.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)I enjoy winning, generally speaking, so I do enjoy playing Titanshift in that sense. It's not my most fun deck, but it is the most competitively viable deck I have. I enjoy Amulet Titan more, but there are so many Blood Moons in my local meta that Titanshift is generally a better choice.
I had and was really enjoying UW Control for a while, but it ended up falling out of my backpack in public and so escaped to greener pastures.
I watched jim davis playing the deck on a scg open and the goblin cupids shot me good.
I love how the synergies work in the deck. How very un-mono-red it plays. Controling and card advantage in a red deck? Where do i sign up?
But im very much a johnny player and enjoy stupid phelddagrif decks in edh, and homebrewed azorious control in modern.
GWU Phelddagrif, the Huggiest of Huggies GWU
UUU Arcum Dagsson UUU
GGB Sapling of Colfenor, Casual Low Power Tribal Deck for meeting new players GGB
RRR Jaya Ballard, Task Mage RRR
monoblack devotion: its a fun deck, has recursion with bloodghast, which combo with kalitas, traitor of ghet, and gets to cast large gray merchant of asphodel.
The fact that its strong against death's shadow is nice too.
BW tokens: its plays differently than most modern decks, and is mostly unexpected and has relatively little hate from the sideboards
Green belcher: for the times i just want to have fun and not care if i lose. the reaction from other players when you combo off is priceless
disassembled:
RG tron: such a timmy deck which fit me perfectly, unfortunately between the banning of eye of ugin and the rise of burn (not that much), infect, death's shadow, vizier combo, and a generally faster metagame (referring to 2 years ago), it isn't playable for me.
pucatrade
big receipts
alpha mox emerald
beta time walk
4 goyfs received
3 liliana of the veil
4 karn liberated
3 force of will
4 grove of the burnwillows
snapcaster mage
3 horizon canopy
2 full art damnation
My list at the time of posting was something like:
1 Blood Crypt
1 Watery Grave
1 Steam Vents
5 Island
1 Mountain
3 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Scalding Tarn
2 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1 Gurmag Angler
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Keranos, God of Storms
Planeswalkers (1)
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Enchantments (7)
4 Spreading Seas
3 Blood Moon
Instants (13)
4 Thought Scour
2 Terminate
3 Fatal Push
1 Dismember
1 Lightning Bolt
2 Kolaghan's Command
4 Serum Visions
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Dreadbore
1 Rise // Fall
Since then, I've moved away from delve altogether. I found that the deck could set up a lock but invested too many resources into those threats to close the game out quickly enough.
Current list is something like:
1 Blood Crypt
1 Watery Grave
1 Steam Vents
5 Island
1 Mountain
3 Swamp
4 Polluted Delta
4 Bloodstained Mire
1 Scalding Tarn
4 Snapcaster Mage
1 Keranos, God of Storms
2 Pack Rat
2 Goblin Rabblemaster
Planeswalkers (3)
1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
2 Liliana of the Veil
Enchantments (7)
4 Spreading Seas
3 Blood Moon
2 Terminate
4 Fatal Push
3 Dismember
1 Kolaghan's Command
Sorceries (10)
4 Serum Visions
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Dreadbore
1 Rise // Fall
I'm still working on the list and updating it every week. Lilianas make mana a little weird sometimes, but usually still okay. Pack Rat and Rabblemaster both take over a game very quickly on their own and are hard to deal with when under constrained resources, unlike Tasigurmag. Also, the list doesn't run any counterspells, so having some threats that don't just get 1-for-1'd is important. I'm moving far enough away from blue that straight B/R is a consideration, which would allow me to run Ghost Quarters or Tec Edges in place of Spreading Seas for targeted land hate, which opens up a few slots.
BRGKresh the BloodbraidedBRG, A box of lands and ideas.
Modern:
RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
Retired: Lots. More than I feel you should suffer through or I should type out.
Why do you say that? I play Titan Shift mostly right now and I'm not envisioning it. But then, I haven't played EDH for at least 2-3 years.
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Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)Not the easiest thing to do without DRS, but it's in the old spirit of black. Pain yourself to gain power and it's suit me well.
Surprisingly, it's not bad at all, but required a lot of balance and graveyard recursion.
I think its mostly the titan or the large amount of lands that does it. When it comes to spoiler season lots of cards get slapped with "Good for EDH but nowhere else" but titan is such an absurd creature with a swingy ETB and a 6/6 body to boot. The fact that im allowed to play 4 of a card deemed too powerful for EDH in a competitive modern deck I still find a bit nuts.
BRGKresh the BloodbraidedBRG, A box of lands and ideas.
Modern:
RG Titanshift. A deck made of cards too stupid for EDH.
Retired: Lots. More than I feel you should suffer through or I should type out.
That's a good point. Actually right as I was clicking on your response, I just had considered Prime Time. It is indeed a silly card which has spawned lots of archetypes. I've enjoyed the card a lot ever since it was printed. I still remember stomping Jund with RG Valakut at the time.
Premodern - Trix, RecSur, Enchantress, Reanimator, Elves https://www.facebook.com/groups/PremodernUSA/
Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
Norin the Wary, Grimgrin, Adun Oakenshield (taking forever to build)(dead format for me)It is banned in EDH because you have access to some very broken lands there that aren't legal in Modern.
Man , I just love this deck color combination so much, my all time 3 favorite colors, it plays the best removal, disruption, and value creatures, also it doesn't have complicated playstyle, probably my most favorite archtype of all time.
Living End:
I like it because it is a fun to play combo deck, discarding all your creatures and get then into play on turn 3 is quite interesting.
EDH: Xenagos, God of Revels.
Grixis Death's Shadow, Jund, UW Tron, Jeskai Control, Storm, Counters Company, Eldrazi Tron, Affinity, Living End, Infect, Merfolk, Dredge, Ad Nauseam, Amulet, Bogles, Eldrazi Tron, Mono U Tron, Lantern, Mardu Pyromancer
Second, the Dawn of Netdecking - aka a casual Legacy version of LSV's Extended Swans of Bryn Argoll combo. Just something appealed to me when I first saw his list on the old WotC's Gleemax forums; it appealed to me in the sense that it seemed like it could win out of nowhere. However, as my playgroup adjusted to my strategy, I found it to be too unreliable as time went on.
Third, my entry into Standard - aka a semi-competitive homebrew by someone by the username of CyrusBales for pre-JTMS ALA-ZEN Standard; essentially a creatureless Mardu Superfriends list designed to exploit the heavy prevalence of Jund at the time. However, as soon as JTMS came out, it became all but impossible to play the deck to any great extent.
Fourth, my 'true' entry into Legacy - aka Abzan Nic Fit; this would have been the perfect blend of synergy and disruption if it weren't for the hostility of the environment.
Finally, the pinnacle of my time playing Magic - Abzan Company; take Nic Fit's synergy and disruption, tack an overcharged version of the Swans Combo, and you have my entry into Modern.
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Goyf is a step in the right direction. Have you seen Sol Malka's GB Midrange? You may want to look into it. I don't usually like GB Midrange much, but his list was pretty interesting (kind of how Corey Burkhart's Grixis is the only thing that gets me hyped to play Grixis).
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Modern - Neobrand, Hogaak Vine, Elves
Standard - Mono Red (6-2 and 5-3 in 2 McQ)
Draft - (I wish I had more time for limited...)
Commander -
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RG BBE Ponza
UX Eldrazi Tron
UR Jace Breach