Delve creatures are arguably the best creatures in modern right now. This gives the grixis shadow deck a huge advantage. But in all other aspects I do like Jund way more I have to say. TBR, Goyf and Traverse in addition to the white SB cards is what I personally want more.
Well. Delve creatures are easy to kill. Path to Exiles, Terminates and Dismembers!
I disagree. If you look at the most dominant removal spells right now Fatal Push is certainly number one. Top decks do often only run a few copies of hard removal right now, which makes delve creatures fairly hard to kill. Compare that with the grindy shell Grixis decks has in the form of KCommand for recursion, you will most likely face mutliple delve creatures in one game. I doubt each and every top tier deck can deal with that so easily. Surely you can kill them if you want to and build your deck around it, but with respect to the played cards in the current meta this is not the case for most decks.
I would like to try this version. Any suggestions regarding sideboard guides? I am specially unsure about the Godless Shrine in the SB.
I am very new to MTG (playing <3 months), I am doing well with DS Jund, but in my meta UW Control is predominant. Lingering Souls is good, but most UW lists now play 4x spreading seas, so I can max cast them once and afterwards Ranger and Souls are pretty dead. Blue splash seems less vulnerable there.
Grixis is more popular, has an edge against DSJ and is ~$500 cheaper. Grixis is also probably generally better in the current meta but I've never been convinced that the difference is as big as most people say it is. I still prefer Jund but it is largely a personal preference at this point, Traverse has rapidly become one of my favorite cards in modern.
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In play: Jund Death Shadow, Grixis Control, Eldrazi Stompy, Ponza
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
Hi all. I have been playing junk midrange, but lately eldrazi trons have been popping in my meta, and they piss me off so much I was wondering if a Jund DS with blue splash for 4x ceremonious rejection works? I am buying in jund DS anyway since its not that big of a transition from abzan midrange card wise. Thanks
Claim // Fame could be sweet in the deck as a 1 or 2 of. B to return to the field is pretty good and the R1 for +2/0 and haste isn't terrible.
I could see its potential, but sometimes it can be a dead card, if we don't have creatures in the gy or bf yet, as you can't cast the second mode from hand. But its a nice tech for grindy matchups I'd say.
I don't love the Dark Confidants in his build either, but I'm more interested in his inclusion of Rhonas and Hazoret. Seems like a decent way to give the deck more threats and the gods match up well against Eldrazis and Grixis Death Shadow's creatures.
What does red really do for the deck, at this point? It seems like people are cutting Tarfires and K-Commands, and several recent lists have only 2 Battle Rage and 2 Terminate as mainboard red cards. Terminate could easily be Path to Exile (and I would argue that Path is the better card right now), so are 2 Battle Rage really worth the splash?
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Death Whack
4 x Death's Shadow
4 x Legion Loyalist
4 x Goblin Guide
2 x Memnite
3 x Signal Pest
4 x Kird Ape
4 x Goblin Bushwhacker
4 x Reckless Bushwhacker
4 x Thoughtseize
3 x Dismember
4 x Street Wraith
1 x Become Immense
1 x Atarka'sCommand
4 x Blood Crypt
2 x Stomping Ground
4 x Bloodstained Mire
4 x Wooded Foothills
2 x Windswept Heath
2 x Mountain
Legacy: Pox, R/B Goblins
Commander: Mono Black, Mono Blue
Pauper: Goblins
I disagree. If you look at the most dominant removal spells right now Fatal Push is certainly number one. Top decks do often only run a few copies of hard removal right now, which makes delve creatures fairly hard to kill. Compare that with the grindy shell Grixis decks has in the form of KCommand for recursion, you will most likely face mutliple delve creatures in one game. I doubt each and every top tier deck can deal with that so easily. Surely you can kill them if you want to and build your deck around it, but with respect to the played cards in the current meta this is not the case for most decks.
I would like to try this version. Any suggestions regarding sideboard guides? I am specially unsure about the Godless Shrine in the SB.
I am very new to MTG (playing <3 months), I am doing well with DS Jund, but in my meta UW Control is predominant. Lingering Souls is good, but most UW lists now play 4x spreading seas, so I can max cast them once and afterwards Ranger and Souls are pretty dead. Blue splash seems less vulnerable there.
For the white splash version I used this SB guide so far:
http://www.mtgmintcard.com/articles/writers/magnus-lantto/the-ultimate-deaths-shadow-matchup-guide
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
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Playing:
Death's Shadow Jund
Played:
Kiki Chord, Zoo variants, Goblins, Burn
In the yard: RUG Delver, Kiki-Chord, Grixis Twin, Mardu Control, Smallpox, Jeskai Control, Jeskai Delver, Assault Loam, Elves, Deathcloud, Eggs, Storm
I could see its potential, but sometimes it can be a dead card, if we don't have creatures in the gy or bf yet, as you can't cast the second mode from hand. But its a nice tech for grindy matchups I'd say.
If your fatty is pathed, it won't recur anything.
UWRUWR Delver/Lynx TempoUWR-------UWRUWR Midrange GeistUWR-------UWRUWR Nahiri ControlUWR-------UWRUWR SaheeliUWR
BGRJund / Jund ShadowBGR-------BGWAbzan / Abzan ShadowBGW
Commander (Leviathan/MTGO): UWGeist of Saint TraftUW
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Playing:
Death's Shadow Jund
Played:
Kiki Chord, Zoo variants, Goblins, Burn
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