If you’re running a 3 cmc spell to stop creatures, I feel like bridge is stronger. It forces them to have an answer to it and can lock them out of multiple turns while you draw your inevitable burn spells to finish them off. Anger is just a one turn answer.
EDH is like French fries: some people like waffle cut, crinkle cut, or plain old straight cut, and while there's slight flavor difference and personal preference, at the end of the day they're still fries.
July 2018 opposing hate analysis
The following is a lot of data that's tough to digest, but it might be helpful to you to know what kind of lifegain to expect at various times and what counterspells people are playing. This analysis comes from MTGGoldfish data with some cleaning procedure applied to it to try to clean up any bad deck names. I then go through these deck lists and find instances of "counter target", "lifelink", and "gain N life"/"gains N life" in the card text. On top of that, I search for Leyline of Sanctity, Oketra's Last Mercy, Chalice of the Void, Phyrexian Unlife, and Spellskite. The deck population is 999 decks. Cards that show up less than 0.5% of the time are not printed, and I've also removed some cards that don't affect us like Disdainful Stroke and Ceremonious Rejection. Per card splits: Go here if you want to find a list of what decks play specific cards.
1.000 0.263 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
1.000 0.125 0.00801 KCI
2.121 0.733 0.04505 Humans
2.429 0.467 0.01502 WUG Hatebears
2.000 0.059 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.875 0.008 0.01201 Other
1.000 0.600 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.412 0.05105 WUR Control
1.000 0.275 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.008 0.01301 Other
1.000 0.364 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.545 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.182 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
1.000 0.043 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.003 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
3.000 0.200 0.00501 WR
1.000 0.025 0.04004 WU Control
1.500 0.002 0.00501 Other
1.750 0.571 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.000 0.150 0.04004 WU Control
2.000 0.714 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.039 0.05105 WUR Control
2.000 0.400 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.250 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.000 0.059 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.375 0.008 0.01702 Other
1.273 0.478 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.200 0.312 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.143 0.00701 G/W Company
2.000 0.125 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.444 0.009 0.01401 Other
3.818 1.000 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.222 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
4.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
4.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-Red Prison
4.000 0.800 0.00501 WR
4.000 0.286 0.00701 R
3.625 0.008 0.01502 Other
1.000 0.444 0.00901 Mono U Tron
2.500 0.333 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
3.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
3.000 0.043 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.024 0.04204 G Tron
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
1.667 0.009 0.01101 Other
2.061 0.943 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
2.040 0.962 0.02603 B/R Hollow One
1.000 1.000 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
2.000 0.875 0.00801 Hollow One
1.000 1.000 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
2.000 0.500 0.00801 Lantern Control
2.000 0.080 0.02503 Dredge
1.000 0.036 0.02803 Jund
2.000 0.100 0.01001 R/B Vengevine
1.619 0.021 0.03003 Other
1.800 0.714 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.292 0.686 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.591 0.786 0.02803 Jund
2.158 0.760 0.02503 Dredge
1.875 0.800 0.01001 R/B Vengevine
1.000 0.833 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
1.000 0.250 0.00801 Lantern Control
2.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
1.000 0.125 0.00801 KCI
1.000 0.125 0.00801 Hollow One
2.000 0.038 0.02603 B/R Hollow One
2.219 0.032 0.04404 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.004 0.00601 Other
1.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.300 0.010 0.01301 Other
1.111 0.391 0.02302 Vizier Company
4.000 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.778 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
2.571 0.007 0.01502 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.750 0.004 0.00501 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00300 Other
3.706 1.000 0.05105 WUR Control
2.875 1.000 0.04004 WU Control
3.500 1.000 0.00601 Blue Moon
2.750 0.800 0.00501 WU
3.119 0.042 0.04805 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
4.000 0.857 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
1.780 0.980 0.05105 WUR Control
1.821 0.975 0.04004 WU Control
1.400 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
1.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
1.333 0.600 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.214 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.667 0.136 0.02202 UG Infect
1.500 0.333 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.000 0.091 0.02202 UR Gifts Storm
1.000 0.053 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
2.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
2.000 0.043 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.744 0.043 0.06306 Other
2.000 0.045 0.04404 Burn
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
3.400 0.005 0.00701 Other
1.500 0.125 0.01602 Elves
1.250 0.250 0.01602 Elves
2.500 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
2.000 0.003 0.00300 Other
3.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
2.333 1.000 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.800 0.005 0.00701 Other
1.000 0.040 0.02503 Dredge
1.200 0.200 0.02503 Dredge
2.000 0.071 0.01401 Living End
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
4.000 0.006 0.00601 Other
3.882 0.895 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
3.538 0.929 0.01401 Living End
4.000 0.875 0.00801 KCI
4.000 1.000 0.00501 Red-Green Eldrazi
1.500 0.250 0.00801 Amulet Titan
3.588 0.017 0.01802 Other
2.000 0.600 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.071 0.02803 Jund
2.000 0.111 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.000 0.004 0.00801 Other
1.000 0.321 0.02803 Jund
1.000 0.130 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.222 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.333 0.003 0.00501 Other
3.000 1.000 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
3.000 1.000 0.00801 KCI
1.571 0.875 0.00801 Lantern Control
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
2.562 0.016 0.01702 Other
3.143 0.007 0.01101 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.036 0.02803 Jund
1.571 0.007 0.01201 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
2.100 0.857 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.250 0.500 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.667 0.067 0.04505 Humans
1.000 0.087 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.000 0.143 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
1.444 0.009 0.01401 Other
3.714 0.609 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
2.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.036 0.02803 Jund
2.000 0.007 0.01301 Other
1.750 0.571 0.02803 Jund
2.500 0.182 0.02202 UG Infect
1.000 0.188 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.333 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.059 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.571 0.007 0.01702 Other
1.800 0.341 0.04404 Burn
2.000 0.571 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.250 0.174 0.02302 Vizier Company
2.000 0.375 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
2.000 0.022 0.04505 Humans
2.000 0.003 0.00801 Other
3.727 0.786 0.01401 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
3.000 1.000 0.00801 Lantern Control
3.250 0.667 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
2.500 0.045 0.04404 Burn
2.500 0.039 0.05105 WUR Control
2.500 0.400 0.00501 WR
1.000 0.050 0.04004 WU Control
2.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.022 0.04505 Humans
2.727 0.011 0.01502 Other
2.780 0.980 0.05105 WUR Control
3.795 1.000 0.04404 Burn
4.000 0.600 0.00501 WR
1.333 0.600 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.057 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
2.500 0.008 0.01101 Other
1.667 0.600 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.023 0.04404 Burn
2.000 0.003 0.00801 Other
2.740 0.980 0.05105 WUR Control
1.771 0.875 0.04004 WU Control
1.500 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.500 0.333 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.844 0.032 0.03504 Other
4.000 0.667 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.000 0.001 0.00300 Other
1.050 0.392 0.05105 WUR Control
1.000 0.425 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WR
1.000 0.005 0.00701 Other
1.160 0.625 0.04004 WU Control
2.750 1.000 0.00801 URG Delver
1.143 0.137 0.05105 WUR Control
3.000 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.455 0.011 0.01802 Other
1.000 0.125 0.00801 URG Delver
4.000 1.000 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
4.000 1.000 0.01401 U/W Spirits
4.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
4.000 0.006 0.00601 Other
1.000 0.784 0.05105 WUR Control
1.289 0.950 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.200 0.015 0.01602 Other
1.167 0.941 0.05105 WUR Control
1.207 0.725 0.04004 WU Control
1.667 0.429 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.600 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
1.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
1.000 0.600 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.333 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.000 0.045 0.02202 UR Gifts Storm
1.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.000 0.111 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
2.000 0.059 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.333 0.042 0.05506 Other
3.500 0.667 0.00601 UR Delver
2.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
1.000 0.222 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.087 0.02302 RG Titanshift
2.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
2.500 0.957 0.02302 RG Titanshift
2.167 0.667 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
2.500 0.750 0.00801 Amulet Titan
2.250 0.250 0.01602 Elves
1.667 0.429 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
1.500 0.071 0.02803 Jund
1.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.733 0.015 0.01902 Other
1.000 0.125 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.003 0.00501 Other
1.667 0.075 0.04004 WU Control
3.000 1.000 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
1.000 1.000 0.00801 Amulet Titan
1.500 0.004 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.889 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
2.500 1.000 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
2.571 0.007 0.00701 Other
3.889 1.000 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
3.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.111 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
2.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
1.000 0.222 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.000 0.043 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.125 0.00801 Amulet Titan
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 1.000 0.00801 Amulet Titan
1.000 0.004 0.00400 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
2.364 1.000 0.02202 UR Gifts Storm
1.000 0.225 0.04004 WU Control
3.000 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
2.500 0.750 0.00801 URG Delver
3.667 1.000 0.00601 Blue Moon
3.000 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
2.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
4.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
2.955 0.022 0.02402 Other
2.643 1.000 0.02803 Jund
1.118 0.739 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.714 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 1.000 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
2.333 1.000 0.00601 Kiki Chord
2.400 1.000 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.250 0.800 0.00501 Red-Green Eldrazi
1.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.111 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.958 0.024 0.02903 Other
1.545 0.688 0.01602 Elves
1.273 0.478 0.02302 Vizier Company
2.000 0.556 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.045 0.02202 UG Infect
1.000 0.006 0.01001 Other
1.000 0.261 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.000 0.500 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
1.125 0.008 0.01001 Other
1.000 0.600 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
1.000 0.130 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.000 0.143 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.003 0.00701 Other
2.714 0.875 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.667 0.006 0.00901 Other
2.000 1.000 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
2.250 0.004 0.00701 Other
1.800 0.227 0.02202 UG Infect
3.250 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
2.000 0.167 0.00601 UR Delver
2.286 0.007 0.00901 Other
2.000 0.864 0.02202 UG Infect
2.857 0.875 0.00801 Amulet Titan
1.333 0.667 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.500 0.150 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
1.750 0.008 0.01602 Other
1.200 0.392 0.05105 WUR Control
1.167 0.300 0.04004 WU Control
1.750 0.667 0.00601 UR Delver
1.000 0.600 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.125 0.00801 URG Delver
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.118 0.017 0.02202 Other
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.002 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.182 0.02202 UG Infect
1.000 0.130 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.000 0.091 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
1.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.000 0.005 0.01001 Other
1.778 0.818 0.02202 UG Infect
1.250 0.190 0.04204 G Tron
1.250 0.100 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.500 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.125 0.01602 Elves
1.500 0.222 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.400 0.00501 Mono-Red Prison
2.000 0.091 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
2.000 0.022 0.04505 Humans
1.000 0.043 0.02302 Vizier Company
2.000 0.010 0.01602 Other
2.600 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
4.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
4.000 0.002 0.00300 Other
2.943 1.000 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.000 0.125 0.00801 URG Delver
3.000 0.005 0.00701 Other
1.097 0.886 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
1.833 0.300 0.04004 Affinity
1.750 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
2.250 0.008 0.01001 Other
1.000 0.048 0.04204 G Tron
1.000 0.004 0.00701 Other
2.690 1.000 0.04204 G Tron
1.500 0.444 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
1.500 0.087 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.125 0.00801 Amulet Titan
2.273 0.011 0.01301 Other
1.000 0.725 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.039 0.05105 WUR Control
1.071 0.014 0.01702 Other
1.405 0.925 0.04004 WU Control
1.067 0.294 0.05105 WUR Control
2.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.029 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.333 0.018 0.02202 Other
1.952 1.000 0.04204 G Tron
1.000 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.455 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.875 0.008 0.00801 Other
1.000 0.222 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.001 0.00300 Other
2.214 0.824 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.909 0.786 0.01401 U/W Spirits
2.250 0.174 0.02302 Vizier Company
2.417 0.012 0.01401 Other
3.815 0.675 0.04004 Affinity
1.714 0.636 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
1.000 0.024 0.04204 G Tron
1.909 0.524 0.04204 G Tron
1.667 0.545 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.400 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
2.000 0.200 0.00501 Red-Green Eldrazi
2.111 0.009 0.01101 Other
1.000 0.500 0.00801 URG Delver
3.000 0.167 0.00601 UR Delver
3.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
2.929 1.000 0.04204 G Tron
1.111 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.455 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
2.667 0.009 0.01001 Other
1.111 0.947 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
1.125 1.000 0.00801 KCI
1.000 0.889 0.00901 Mono U Tron
1.000 0.273 0.01101 Eldrazi Tron
2.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
1.273 0.011 0.01101 Other
Card fractions: This is averaged over the whole meta and is the fraction of decks that play the card in the maindeck/sideboard without taking into account how many copies they play. These give a general idea of what cards to expect from a randomly chosen deck. Maindeck: The top cards are Cryptic Command (14.31%), Logic Knot (12.11%), Lightning Helix (11.01%), Collective Brutality (10.71%), Scavenging Ooze (10.01%), Negate (9.51%), Remand (8.21%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Cryptic Command (15.17%), Collective Brutality (11.61%), Lightning Helix (11.02%), Logic Knot (11.02%), Scavenging Ooze (9.72%), Wurmcoil Engine (9.36%), Remand (9.24%).
Hate cards by meta decks: Go here if you want to see what kind of hate cards specific decks play.
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
Meta composition: This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name. Some of these deck names might be fuzzy, so the results are approximate.
This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name.
5.11% WUR Control
4.50% Humans
4.40% Burn
4.20% G Tron
4.00% WU Control
4.00% Affinity
3.50% Mardu Pyromancer
3.50% UBR Death's Shadow
2.80% Jund
2.60% B/R Hollow One
2.50% Dredge
2.30% RG Titanshift
2.30% Vizier Company
2.20% UR Gifts Storm
2.20% UG Infect
1.90% Ironworks Combo
1.70% Goodstuff 3c
1.60% Elves
1.50% WUG Hatebears
1.40% U/W Spirits
1.40% Living End
1.40% Bogles
1.10% Eldrazi Tron
1.00% R/B Vengevine
0.90% Ad Nauseam
0.90% G/R Land Destruction
0.90% Mono U Tron
0.80% URG Delver
0.80% Lantern Control
0.80% KCI
0.80% W/B Eldrazi
0.80% Amulet Titan
0.80% Hollow One
0.70% G/W Company
0.70% R
0.70% Junk Hatebears
0.60% UR Delver
0.60% Blue Moon
0.60% Goryo's Vengeance
0.60% Kiki Chord
0.50% WU
0.50% Mono-White Eldrazi
0.50% WR
0.50% WRG Hatebears
0.50% Red-Green Eldrazi
0.50% Mono-Red Prison
0.40% WURG Copycat
0.40% WUG Infect
0.40% Merfolk
0.40% BGx Midrange
0.40% W
0.40% UR
0.40% Kci
0.40% WG Hatebears
0.40% BRG Death's Shadow
0.40% UBRG Death's Shadow
0.40% WURG Knightfall
0.40% WG Tron
0.30% UBRG Scapeshift
0.30% BR
0.30% Bant Knightfall
0.30% WUB
0.30% Mill
0.30% Skred Dragons
0.30% Uw Miracles
0.30% WBRG Death's Shadow
0.30% RG Tron
0.30% WUBRG Death's Shadow
0.30% Bant Eldrazi
0.30% UR Control
0.30% WUBR
0.30% URG Control
0.30% BG Infect
0.30% WURG Kiki-Resto
0.20%
0.20% Death and Taxes
0.20% Grishoalbrand
0.20% UBRG
0.20% Eldrazi Stompy
0.20% RG
0.20% Eldrazi Aggro
0.20% 8-Rack
0.20% Uw Spirits
0.20% URG
0.20% Krark-Clan Ironworks
0.20% UBR
0.20% UB Control
0.20% 5c Humans
0.20% WUBR Storm
0.20% Gruul Zoo
0.20% Abzan
0.20% Melira Company
0.20% UB
0.20% WURG Scapeshift
0.20% URG Gifts Storm
0.20% WURG Control
0.20% WRG Kiki-Resto
0.20% UBR Control
0.20% Martyr Proc
0.20% WUR Copycat
0.20% WUG Control
0.10% WG
0.10% Goblins
0.10% WB
0.10% WUB Control
0.10% Wg Collected
0.10% WB Tokens
0.10% BG Tron
0.10% WRG
0.10% K.c.i.
0.10% U/w/r
0.10% Valakut - Luiz Marins
0.10% Gruul Land Loss - Joseph Cockrell
0.10% WUR
0.10% Mardu Pyromancer - Clay Spicklemire
0.10% Enduring Ideal
0.10% Gw Company
0.10% UW - Pedro Soler
0.10% KCI - Evan Whitehouse
0.10% UW - Thomas Mechin
0.10% Green Devotion
0.10% Hollow One - Jacob Bard
0.10% WR Kiki-Resto
0.10% 8-whack
0.10% Rg Stompy
0.10% Azorious Miracles
0.10% UW Spirit
0.10% G Modular
0.10% Uw Miracle
0.10% Faeries
0.10% Dredgevine
0.10% WRG Titanshift
0.10% Abzan Traverse
0.10% Bloomless Titan
0.10% WUR Ascension
0.10% Mono Red Goblins
0.10% Goblind Red Deck Wins
0.10% Wubr
0.10% White-Blue Spirits
0.10% Skred Red
0.10% Bant Company
0.10% Uw Midrange
0.10% WUBRG Storm
0.10% URG Scapeshift
0.10% B/r Hollow One
0.10% KCI - Ivan Floch
0.10% Krack-clan Ironworks
0.10% KCI - Eli Kassis
0.10% Bant Gas
0.10% Jeskai Breach
0.10% Mono Red Prison
0.10% Bloomless Titan - Austin Robbins
0.10% Colorless Eldrazi
0.10% BRG
0.10% U/w Miracles
0.10% WBG
0.10% R/G Land Destruction
0.10% Collected Bant
0.10% Wu Miracle
0.10% Jund Vengevine
0.10% Spirit
0.10% Gifts 3c
0.10% Humans - Brian Eason
0.10% Ironworks
0.10% Hollow One - Carlos Lopes
0.10% Mardu Pyromancer - Márcio Carvalho
0.10% WURG
0.10% 5 Colour Humans
0.10% Hardened Modular - Johann Fink
Enchantments:
1.833 0.750 0.00801 URG Delver
1.800 0.833 0.00601 UR Delver
2.000 0.179 0.02803 Jund
3.000 0.600 0.00501 Red-Green Eldrazi
2.000 0.023 0.04404 Burn
1.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
2.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
2.000 0.008 0.01502 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.500 0.002 0.00501 Other
3.667 0.003 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.075 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.029 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.000 0.125 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.000 0.002 0.00400 Other
2.062 0.914 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
4.000 1.000 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
2.333 1.000 0.00601 Blue Moon
4.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-Red Prison
4.000 0.600 0.00501 WR
2.500 0.286 0.00701 R
4.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
3.111 0.018 0.02002 Other
1.333 0.171 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.250 0.100 0.04004 Affinity
1.750 0.154 0.02603 B/R Hollow One
2.667 0.500 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
2.000 0.333 0.00601 UR Delver
2.000 0.091 0.02202 UR Gifts Storm
2.000 0.250 0.00801 Hollow One
3.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.023 0.04404 Burn
3.000 0.071 0.01401 Living End
1.000 0.143 0.00701 R
2.071 0.014 0.02202 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00300 Other
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
4.000 1.000 0.01001 R/B Vengevine
4.000 0.002 0.00501 Other
2.000 0.600 0.00501 WR
1.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WR
2.000 0.045 0.04404 Burn
1.250 0.286 0.02803 Jund
1.571 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.500 0.125 0.01602 Elves
1.000 0.400 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
2.000 0.043 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.750 0.004 0.00400 Other
1.111 0.391 0.02302 Vizier Company
4.000 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.778 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
2.571 0.007 0.01502 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
3.500 0.002 0.00300 Other
4.000 0.857 0.01401 Bogles
1.486 0.925 0.04004 WU Control
1.250 0.078 0.05105 WUR Control
1.333 0.600 0.00501 WU
1.333 0.015 0.01702 Other
1.000 0.039 0.05105 WUR Control
1.000 0.050 0.04004 WU Control
1.000 0.003 0.00501 Other
4.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.667 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
1.000 0.870 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.714 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.857 0.00701 Junk Hatebears
1.000 0.250 0.01602 Elves
1.000 0.235 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.667 0.214 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WU
2.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
1.071 0.014 0.02202 Other
3.977 0.977 0.04404 Burn
3.800 1.000 0.00501 Mono-Red Prison
4.000 0.143 0.00701 R
3.500 0.002 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
1.250 0.300 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
1.167 0.150 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
3.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.125 0.00801 Lantern Control
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.769 0.650 0.04004 Affinity
1.833 0.947 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
1.750 1.000 0.00801 KCI
1.000 0.500 0.00801 Lantern Control
1.941 0.017 0.01802 Other
4.000 0.002 0.00300 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.923 0.929 0.01401 Bogles
4.000 0.325 0.04004 Affinity
4.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
2.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
2.071 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.143 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WR
3.000 0.214 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
1.000 0.020 0.05105 WUR Control
1.000 0.111 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
1.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
1.000 0.004 0.01001 Other
2.600 0.217 0.02302 RG Titanshift
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
3.727 0.786 0.01401 Bogles
4.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 1.000 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
3.000 1.000 0.00801 Lantern Control
3.250 0.667 0.00601 Goryo's Vengeance
2.500 0.045 0.04404 Burn
2.500 0.039 0.05105 WUR Control
2.500 0.400 0.00501 WR
1.000 0.050 0.04004 WU Control
2.000 0.025 0.04004 Affinity
1.000 0.022 0.04505 Humans
2.727 0.011 0.01502 Other
3.360 0.962 0.02603 B/R Hollow One
3.750 0.571 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
4.000 0.900 0.01001 R/B Vengevine
3.000 0.429 0.01401 Living End
3.000 0.750 0.00801 Hollow One
3.000 0.200 0.02503 Dredge
3.000 0.107 0.02803 Jund
3.000 0.125 0.01602 Elves
3.000 0.029 0.03504 UBR Death's Shadow
4.000 0.111 0.00901 Mono U Tron
4.000 0.071 0.01401 Bogles
3.632 0.019 0.03303 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.667 0.003 0.00501 Other
3.625 0.008 0.00801 Other
1.000 0.200 0.00501 WR
1.000 0.002 0.00300 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.043 0.02302 Vizier Company
3.889 1.000 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
3.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.111 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
3.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
1.000 0.750 0.00801 Lantern Control
1.643 0.609 0.02302 RG Titanshift
4.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00200 Other
4.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.455 0.02202 UR Gifts Storm
2.000 0.818 0.02202 UG Infect
4.000 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
2.000 0.003 0.00300 Other
1.000 0.136 0.02202 UG Infect
2.171 0.875 0.04004 WU Control
1.909 0.750 0.04404 Burn
1.667 0.600 0.04004 Affinity
1.750 0.941 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.500 0.857 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.833 0.857 0.01401 Bogles
2.875 1.000 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
2.000 1.000 0.00501 WU
2.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
2.600 1.000 0.00501 WR
2.000 0.078 0.05105 WUR Control
1.667 0.188 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.429 0.00701 R
1.000 0.111 0.00901 Ad Nauseam
1.000 0.022 0.04505 Humans
1.930 0.043 0.05806 Other
1.500 0.004 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.100 0.04004 WU Control
2.500 0.002 0.00300 Other
1.385 0.255 0.05105 WUR Control
1.300 0.250 0.04004 WU Control
1.500 0.400 0.00501 WU
1.000 0.071 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.000 0.059 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.000 0.125 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
1.429 0.007 0.01001 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
2.571 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.087 0.02302 RG Titanshift
2.000 0.200 0.00501 Red-Green Eldrazi
1.938 0.941 0.05105 WUR Control
1.919 0.925 0.04004 WU Control
2.000 0.400 0.00501 WU
4.000 0.087 0.02302 RG Titanshift
1.000 0.045 0.02202 UG Infect
1.771 0.035 0.04204 Other
1.000 0.250 0.00801 Lantern Control
1.000 0.001 0.00300 Other
1.545 0.275 0.04004 Affinity
1.556 0.562 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.182 0.02202 UG Infect
1.800 0.005 0.00601 Other
4.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
3.000 0.071 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
4.000 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
2.000 0.429 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.571 0.01401 Bogles
1.769 0.929 0.01401 Bogles
3.875 0.200 0.04004 WU Control
3.500 0.400 0.00501 WU
3.700 0.010 0.01001 Other
2.667 1.000 0.00901 Mono U Tron
3.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.118 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
2.342 0.950 0.04004 WU Control
1.500 0.353 0.05105 WUR Control
3.143 1.000 0.01401 Bogles
2.000 0.824 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.667 0.273 0.04404 Burn
2.000 0.643 0.01401 U/W Spirits
2.250 1.000 0.00801 W/B Eldrazi
2.571 1.000 0.00701 G/W Company
1.800 1.000 0.00501 WU
3.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
2.400 1.000 0.00501 WRG Hatebears
3.500 0.800 0.00501 WR
2.000 0.667 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.750 0.174 0.02302 Vizier Company
1.667 0.188 0.01602 Elves
2.000 0.086 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
2.000 0.429 0.00701 R
3.000 0.167 0.00601 Blue Moon
2.155 0.071 0.08408 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00100 Other
2.000 0.071 0.01401 Bogles
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.286 0.175 0.04004 Affinity
1.333 0.316 0.01902 Ironworks Combo
1.500 0.250 0.00801 KCI
1.500 0.002 0.00200 Other
1.500 0.002 0.00200 Other
2.000 0.143 0.00701 R
1.000 0.143 0.01401 Bogles
4.000 1.000 0.00901 G/R Land Destruction
4.000 0.005 0.00601 Other
1.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.000 0.045 0.02202 UG Infect
2.000 0.001 0.00400 Other
1.111 0.818 0.02202 UG Infect
1.500 0.286 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.002 0.00200 Other
1.846 0.929 0.01401 U/W Spirits
1.462 0.765 0.01702 Goodstuff 3c
1.556 0.391 0.02302 Vizier Company
2.000 1.000 0.00501 Mono-White Eldrazi
1.000 0.429 0.00701 G/W Company
1.000 0.075 0.04004 Affinity
2.000 0.400 0.00501 WR
2.000 0.333 0.00601 Kiki Chord
1.000 0.062 0.01602 Elves
1.000 0.029 0.03504 Mardu Pyromancer
1.312 0.016 0.02002 Other
Maindeck: The top cards are Search for Azcanta (12.51%), Blood Moon (7.81%), Detention Sphere (5.91%), Eidolon of the Great Revel (4.30%), Rancor (3.50%), Courser of Kruphix (3.00%), Spreading Seas (2.00%).
Sideboard: The top cards are Stony Silence (22.82%), Rest in Peace (21.02%), Leyline of the Void (9.81%), Ghirapur Aether Grid (7.31%), Worship (6.81%), Eidolon of Rhetoric (6.21%), Leyline of Sanctity (4.20%).
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
For those of you playing Grim Lavamancer, how do you feel about it? I always get nervous using him, because I'm scared to topdeck him. Have you found him to be useful? I feel like he's very high-risk, high-reward.
I'm rarely sad about seeing it. There have been a couple recent situations where they had exhausted removal and what stuck around was Grim Lavamancer. I almost always have at least 1 main but I've been playing 2 lately.
I'm rarely sad about seeing it. There have been a couple recent situations where they had exhausted removal and what stuck around was Grim Lavamancer. I almost always have at least 1 main but I've been playing 2 lately.
Do you suggest keeping him in against interaction-heavy midrange/control decks?
Those are the situations where I've exhausted their removal and end up doing a lot of damage with a late Lavamancer. I've had it run away with a game against a Grixis Control deck and a Jund deck, with the Grixis player telling me they didn't expect to see it. I think Grim Lavamancer is too absurdly powerful to not play, honestly. It might be worth cutting against Jeskai because they're the most removal heavy deck around (if I'm remembering right).
Edit: also, maybe I'm biased because Torment foils are beautiful. I do think that Lavamancer is a stupidly powerful card, though.
It's too soon to say definitively, I've only played about ten games, but I've seen Lavamancer well above average considering I'm only running two and he's been an absolute house each time. He's sort of our (albeit less versatile) Snapcaster Mage. Two burn spells for the price of one.
I'm starting to think you never board him out. He's repeatable removal vs aggro and repeatable burn vs attrition decks. Maybe fast combo like Krark-Clan?
Lavamancer is only ever bad in two situations: either when the matchup is too fast for us to be able to reliably cast and then use it before we get put under pressure, or when the opponent has enough removal to make our chances of untapping with it very low. For instance, I don't like it against the newly popular Vengevine decks, because even though there are a lot of things to snipe, it's a matchup where being ahead on tempo is more important than being ahead on resources. Whereas with things like affinity, elves, and humans, we can take a more controlling role, which is where, as we all know, Lavamancer really shines.
I've also really liked it against UW Control, because outside of Path to Exile, they don't actually have a whole lot of ways to get rid of him. If they let him live and you get two or more activations off him, you start to get way ahead.
1. Fast decks where lavamancer can't act as removal
2. Refer to 1
Against elves, affinity, infect etc you have the chance to zap a critical creature and save more bolts for your opponent, which then becomes more fuel for grimmy. KCI has zero creatures, and you are racing. Now against fast decks with big creatures like vengevine it depends on the rest of your SB. If you have bridges, I'd keep grimmy because it damages through that lock. If you don't, I'd consider boarding it out for gy hate.
I am starting to wonder if ravenous trap is making sense as part of a 2/1 gy hate package with relic of progenitus over RiP. You lose a card, but the ability to screw up an early faithless looting or goblin lore is a big deal. Even setting the hollow one type decks back a turn matters, and it is more mana efficient. If I was more worried about goyf decks and snapcaster I'd probably stick with RiP.
What does Ravenous Trap (or for that matter, Relic) do against Hollow One? Isn't leyline better?
Leyline of the Void has to be in your opening hand to be useful. that doesn't happen too often, even if you aggressively mulligan.
Ravenous Trap costs 0 to cast and Relic of Progenitus only costs 1.
Hey guys total casual player looking at designing a modern burn deck. Eveeything I read makes a lot of sense, there are 2 cards in particular that are modern legal that I love, that don't get a look in. I am sure I just don't understand them, wondering if people could tell me why they suck...
needle drop 1 for 1 is ordinary except you also get your draw which is great in a burn deck. It also combos well with cards like swiftspear.
thermo alchemist 2 CMC for a 0/3 body that is going to regularly do 1-3 damage a turn as you empty your hand.
discomute, I would say that Needle Drop probably doesn't see play because it doesn't deal enough damage. The idea of the burn deck is to play as many Lightning Bolts as possible. Not only does Needle Drop only deal 1 rather than 3, but you can't even use it if it's the only burn spell in your hand. So there are a lot of times where it might just be a dead card, and Burn CANNOT have too many dead cards and still win the game.
As far as Thermo-Alchemist goes, it's not a high-enough impact creature for the deck. Goblin Guide almost always gets in at least one attack for 2 damage. Monastery Swiftspear gets in at least 1. As long as Eidolon of the Great Revel resolves, they have to take at least 2 to kill it. Thermo-Alchemist, on the other hand, especially being an 0/3, dies to nearly all the relevant removal in Modern - Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push, etc. This deck can't afford to play a 2-drop that will often just die before it gets to do anything.
Went to the first PPTQ of the season in my area, making top 8 at 7th place out of 18. Short version, as I am crunched for time (will go more in depth later is such:
R1 0-2 vs affinity (maindeck spellskite can bite me)
R2 2-0 vs UW control (technically 1-0 he got a game loss for a deck check issue)
R3 2-1 vs burn mirror (hilarious because I literally just saw some bolts around and put firewalker in last minute which won me a game)
R4 1-2 vs hollow one (salty because I had him at six life with three lands in play and two cards in hand - searing blaze and skullcrack, as he tapped out to put lethal on the board with his attack next turn. Any bolt, spike, OR LAND wins me the game via searing blaze. Oh well)
R5 2-0 vs ponza (he mulled to 4 game 1...yeah)
So I get my 1st top 8 ever with a fairly standard burn list, top 8 broke down like this:
So...guess which one I played? I rarely get on ban trains, but KCI should not exist. And I felt bad because I told a guy from my LGS who was the shadow player how stoked I was for my first top 8 and this stranger was also really happy for me. Then we played and that deck is miserable. Not to mention he drew 3 nature's claim in game 2 to get the victory as I sat there for several turns waiting for the loop to complete. He was very nice, but the deck is cancer.
question burn players, what do you make of the 2 Naya Burn lists that 6-1 the MOCS this past weekend? Thought's on it's postion in the meta? Is this a reaction to the current tier 1 decks? I love me some Wild Nacatl so if it's time to sleeve those back up, oh baby!!
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Modern: Decks I'm playing right now: G Mono Green Tron (34-10-3 paper record, only SCG/Regionals/PPTQ record) C Eldrazi Tron (9-5) UG Infect RW Burn
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The following is a lot of data that's tough to digest, but it might be helpful to you to know what kind of lifegain to expect at various times and what counterspells people are playing. This analysis comes from MTGGoldfish data with some cleaning procedure applied to it to try to clean up any bad deck names. I then go through these deck lists and find instances of "counter target", "lifelink", and "gain N life"/"gains N life" in the card text. On top of that, I search for Leyline of Sanctity, Oketra's Last Mercy, Chalice of the Void, Phyrexian Unlife, and Spellskite. The deck population is 999 decks. Cards that show up less than 0.5% of the time are not printed, and I've also removed some cards that don't affect us like Disdainful Stroke and Ceremonious Rejection.
Per card splits: Go here if you want to find a list of what decks play specific cards.
Maindeck: The top cards are Cryptic Command (14.31%), Logic Knot (12.11%), Lightning Helix (11.01%), Collective Brutality (10.71%), Scavenging Ooze (10.01%), Negate (9.51%), Remand (8.21%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Cryptic Command (15.17%), Collective Brutality (11.61%), Lightning Helix (11.02%), Logic Knot (11.02%), Scavenging Ooze (9.72%), Wurmcoil Engine (9.36%), Remand (9.24%).
Compare to the top cards from last month Collective Brutality (17.06%), Dispel (17.06%), Negate (13.63%), Thragtusk (8.29%), Warping Wail (6.99%), Timely Reinforcements (5.81%), Auriok Champion (5.69%).
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
This is just a core dump of the fraction of decks out of the total for this month with each name.
5.11% WUR Control
4.50% Humans
4.40% Burn
4.20% G Tron
4.00% WU Control
4.00% Affinity
3.50% Mardu Pyromancer
3.50% UBR Death's Shadow
2.80% Jund
2.60% B/R Hollow One
2.50% Dredge
2.30% RG Titanshift
2.30% Vizier Company
2.20% UR Gifts Storm
2.20% UG Infect
1.90% Ironworks Combo
1.70% Goodstuff 3c
1.60% Elves
1.50% WUG Hatebears
1.40% U/W Spirits
1.40% Living End
1.40% Bogles
1.10% Eldrazi Tron
1.00% R/B Vengevine
0.90% Ad Nauseam
0.90% G/R Land Destruction
0.90% Mono U Tron
0.80% URG Delver
0.80% Lantern Control
0.80% KCI
0.80% W/B Eldrazi
0.80% Amulet Titan
0.80% Hollow One
0.70% G/W Company
0.70% R
0.70% Junk Hatebears
0.60% UR Delver
0.60% Blue Moon
0.60% Goryo's Vengeance
0.60% Kiki Chord
0.50% WU
0.50% Mono-White Eldrazi
0.50% WR
0.50% WRG Hatebears
0.50% Red-Green Eldrazi
0.50% Mono-Red Prison
0.40% WURG Copycat
0.40% WUG Infect
0.40% Merfolk
0.40% BGx Midrange
0.40% W
0.40% UR
0.40% Kci
0.40% WG Hatebears
0.40% BRG Death's Shadow
0.40% UBRG Death's Shadow
0.40% WURG Knightfall
0.40% WG Tron
0.30% UBRG Scapeshift
0.30% BR
0.30% Bant Knightfall
0.30% WUB
0.30% Mill
0.30% Skred Dragons
0.30% Uw Miracles
0.30% WBRG Death's Shadow
0.30% RG Tron
0.30% WUBRG Death's Shadow
0.30% Bant Eldrazi
0.30% UR Control
0.30% WUBR
0.30% URG Control
0.30% BG Infect
0.30% WURG Kiki-Resto
0.20%
0.20% Death and Taxes
0.20% Grishoalbrand
0.20% UBRG
0.20% Eldrazi Stompy
0.20% RG
0.20% Eldrazi Aggro
0.20% 8-Rack
0.20% Uw Spirits
0.20% URG
0.20% Krark-Clan Ironworks
0.20% UBR
0.20% UB Control
0.20% 5c Humans
0.20% WUBR Storm
0.20% Gruul Zoo
0.20% Abzan
0.20% Melira Company
0.20% UB
0.20% WURG Scapeshift
0.20% URG Gifts Storm
0.20% WURG Control
0.20% WRG Kiki-Resto
0.20% UBR Control
0.20% Martyr Proc
0.20% WUR Copycat
0.20% WUG Control
0.10% WG
0.10% Goblins
0.10% WB
0.10% WUB Control
0.10% Wg Collected
0.10% WB Tokens
0.10% BG Tron
0.10% WRG
0.10% K.c.i.
0.10% U/w/r
0.10% Valakut - Luiz Marins
0.10% Gruul Land Loss - Joseph Cockrell
0.10% WUR
0.10% Mardu Pyromancer - Clay Spicklemire
0.10% Enduring Ideal
0.10% Gw Company
0.10% UW - Pedro Soler
0.10% KCI - Evan Whitehouse
0.10% UW - Thomas Mechin
0.10% Green Devotion
0.10% Hollow One - Jacob Bard
0.10% WR Kiki-Resto
0.10% 8-whack
0.10% Rg Stompy
0.10% Azorious Miracles
0.10% UW Spirit
0.10% G Modular
0.10% Uw Miracle
0.10% Faeries
0.10% Dredgevine
0.10% WRG Titanshift
0.10% Abzan Traverse
0.10% Bloomless Titan
0.10% WUR Ascension
0.10% Mono Red Goblins
0.10% Goblind Red Deck Wins
0.10% Wubr
0.10% White-Blue Spirits
0.10% Skred Red
0.10% Bant Company
0.10% Uw Midrange
0.10% WUBRG Storm
0.10% URG Scapeshift
0.10% B/r Hollow One
0.10% KCI - Ivan Floch
0.10% Krack-clan Ironworks
0.10% KCI - Eli Kassis
0.10% Bant Gas
0.10% Jeskai Breach
0.10% Mono Red Prison
0.10% Bloomless Titan - Austin Robbins
0.10% Colorless Eldrazi
0.10% BRG
0.10% U/w Miracles
0.10% WBG
0.10% R/G Land Destruction
0.10% Collected Bant
0.10% Wu Miracle
0.10% Jund Vengevine
0.10% Spirit
0.10% Gifts 3c
0.10% Humans - Brian Eason
0.10% Ironworks
0.10% Hollow One - Carlos Lopes
0.10% Mardu Pyromancer - Márcio Carvalho
0.10% WURG
0.10% 5 Colour Humans
0.10% Hardened Modular - Johann Fink
Enchantments:
The first column is the average copies per deck of this archetype if the deck plays this card, so that this number is not affected by a deck that doesn't play the card. The second column is the fraction of decks of this archetype playing this card, and this number is affected by decks that don't play the card.
Link to previous month: June 2018 (apologies if it goes to the wrong spot on the page, it's post 1444).
Do you suggest keeping him in against interaction-heavy midrange/control decks?
Edit: also, maybe I'm biased because Torment foils are beautiful. I do think that Lavamancer is a stupidly powerful card, though.
If you side in Rest in Peace you should board him out.
I've also really liked it against UW Control, because outside of Path to Exile, they don't actually have a whole lot of ways to get rid of him. If they let him live and you get two or more activations off him, you start to get way ahead.
1. Fast decks where lavamancer can't act as removal
2. Refer to 1
Against elves, affinity, infect etc you have the chance to zap a critical creature and save more bolts for your opponent, which then becomes more fuel for grimmy. KCI has zero creatures, and you are racing. Now against fast decks with big creatures like vengevine it depends on the rest of your SB. If you have bridges, I'd keep grimmy because it damages through that lock. If you don't, I'd consider boarding it out for gy hate.
I am starting to wonder if ravenous trap is making sense as part of a 2/1 gy hate package with relic of progenitus over RiP. You lose a card, but the ability to screw up an early faithless looting or goblin lore is a big deal. Even setting the hollow one type decks back a turn matters, and it is more mana efficient. If I was more worried about goyf decks and snapcaster I'd probably stick with RiP.
Leyline of the Void has to be in your opening hand to be useful. that doesn't happen too often, even if you aggressively mulligan.
Ravenous Trap costs 0 to cast and Relic of Progenitus only costs 1.
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfx2kA8gok&feature=emb_logo
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3RYiZJFCK0
limited - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18HlKybrm8&feature=emb_logo
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAEzfAgpbI
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vNr_4ubfMg
standard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJcwpxraL-g
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MyVNLVYNw
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M5ffoArnY
modern - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yQEBOPi_w&feature=emb_logo
extended - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLpUB9zpyr4&feature=emb_logo
needle drop 1 for 1 is ordinary except you also get your draw which is great in a burn deck. It also combos well with cards like swiftspear.
thermo alchemist 2 CMC for a 0/3 body that is going to regularly do 1-3 damage a turn as you empty your hand.
As far as Thermo-Alchemist goes, it's not a high-enough impact creature for the deck. Goblin Guide almost always gets in at least one attack for 2 damage. Monastery Swiftspear gets in at least 1. As long as Eidolon of the Great Revel resolves, they have to take at least 2 to kill it. Thermo-Alchemist, on the other hand, especially being an 0/3, dies to nearly all the relevant removal in Modern - Lightning Bolt, Fatal Push, etc. This deck can't afford to play a 2-drop that will often just die before it gets to do anything.
Hope this helps.
Standard:
GRUW Temurai Aggro
Modern:
UR Storm
EDH:
UWR Zedruu the Greathearted
R Heartless Hidetsugu
W Hixus, Prison Warden
RB Lyzolda, the Blood Witch
R1 0-2 vs affinity (maindeck spellskite can bite me)
R2 2-0 vs UW control (technically 1-0 he got a game loss for a deck check issue)
R3 2-1 vs burn mirror (hilarious because I literally just saw some bolts around and put firewalker in last minute which won me a game)
R4 1-2 vs hollow one (salty because I had him at six life with three lands in play and two cards in hand - searing blaze and skullcrack, as he tapped out to put lethal on the board with his attack next turn. Any bolt, spike, OR LAND wins me the game via searing blaze. Oh well)
R5 2-0 vs ponza (he mulled to 4 game 1...yeah)
So I get my 1st top 8 ever with a fairly standard burn list, top 8 broke down like this:
1. Jund
2. KCI
3. Affinity
4. Grixis Shadow
5. Humans
6. Humans
7. Burn (me)
8. Jeskai Control
So...guess which one I played? I rarely get on ban trains, but KCI should not exist. And I felt bad because I told a guy from my LGS who was the shadow player how stoked I was for my first top 8 and this stranger was also really happy for me. Then we played and that deck is miserable. Not to mention he drew 3 nature's claim in game 2 to get the victory as I sat there for several turns waiting for the loop to complete. He was very nice, but the deck is cancer.
Modern: Decks I'm playing right now:
G Mono Green Tron (34-10-3 paper record, only SCG/Regionals/PPTQ record)
C Eldrazi Tron (9-5)
UG Infect
RW Burn