I'm interested in a a few changes, and any input people may have. My current tweaks to test are:
Mainboard:
-1 Renegade Rallier
+1 Vivien, Champ
Sideboard:
-2 Fiery Justice
-1 Vivien, Champ (moved to main)
+3 Chalice of the Void
So I've heard a lot about Chalice, and it's really good against Phoenix, which could well be the most played deck now BridgeVine has been banned down a bit. However, I'm unsure as to whether it hits enough tough matchups, and hits them hard enough, to be worth the slots. Phoenix is pretty 50/50 already, I feel, and I don't know if there's something more impactful that I could run to say, turn the UW matchup from 10/90 to closer to 40/60.
Just top 8'ed a local "Modern Challenger" in Bristol, UK with a new version of Kiki Chord, running 4 Stoneforge Mystic. I think that SFM is exactly what this deck was missing - a solid Plan A 2-drop for the beatdown plan. The card is really, really good here. Why? 1) it's card advantage, (2) it's a removal magnet, leaving fewer spells to interact with the combo later, (3) we can hardcast Batterskull pretty efficiently due to large counts of mana dorks.
Other new tech that has really impressed me includes Hexdrinker, which can level *really fast.* A level 3 or higher Hexdrinker gives you an amazing clock in matchups like Jund, pushing the game into your favour fast.
4x Windswept Heath
4x Wooded Foothills
2x Stomping Ground
1x Sacred Foundry
1x Temple Garden
4x Forest
2x Plains
3x Horizon Canopy
1x Gavony Township
Creatures: 30
4x Birds of Paradise
3x Noble Hierarch
2x Voice of Resurgence
2x Selfless Spirit
1x Remorseful Cleric
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1x Magus of the Moon
2x Eternal Witness
1x Renegade Rallier
4x Kitchen Finks
1x Knight of Autumn
3x Restoration Angel
1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
2x Thragtusk
1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
Spells: 7
3x Path to Exile
2x Chord of Calling
2x Eldritch Evolution
1x Collector Ouphe
1x Gaddock Teeg
1x Qasali Pridemage
1x Cataclysmic Gearhulk
1x Damping Sphere
1x Stony Silence
1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
2x Rest in Peace
2x Blood Moon
2x Fiery Justice
2x Settle the Wreckage
I'm interested in a a few changes, and any input people may have. My current tweaks to test are:
Mainboard:
-1 Renegade Rallier
+1 Vivien, Champ
Sideboard:
-2 Fiery Justice
-1 Vivien, Champ (moved to main)
+3 Chalice of the Void
So I've heard a lot about Chalice, and it's really good against Phoenix, which could well be the most played deck now BridgeVine has been banned down a bit. However, I'm unsure as to whether it hits enough tough matchups, and hits them hard enough, to be worth the slots. Phoenix is pretty 50/50 already, I feel, and I don't know if there's something more impactful that I could run to say, turn the UW matchup from 10/90 to closer to 40/60.
Other new tech that has really impressed me includes Hexdrinker, which can level *really fast.* A level 3 or higher Hexdrinker gives you an amazing clock in matchups like Jund, pushing the game into your favour fast.