Favorite Playstyle (Aggro, Midrange, Control, Combo): Doesn't matter to me, don't like playing Vial decks though
How Competitive (For Fun, Local Tournament, MTGO, PTQ/GP): Would prefer as competitive as possible but if it trades competitiveness for high skill ceiling works for me
Budget: $1k~
Staples Owned: All of affinity and ponza
My meta is as follows:
1 burn
2 affinity
1 mardu pyromancer
1 tribal flames zoo
1 bogles
1 jeskai control
1 GWr Value
1 Blue Moon
What should I build to have the best chances against this field? Thanks for any help
I play a list very similar to TCG requiem, except I have 4 cloudstone curio. Temur sabertooth has been utilized mostly in my flex spot. How do people feel about Temur sabertooth? I know CurdBros utilizes one, I personally have really liked the card and think it well deserves its spot as a one of MB.
To me it seems great in the combo version but less so in the aggro builds.
Yes I can record some footage. .. how do you want me to get it to you? I've got an FLV recorder.
Having a big payout coming up from alot of hard work over the last couple of months, I'm looking to buy into Modern for real.
Favorite Playstyle (Aggro, Midrange, Control, Combo): Combo and control, for sure. But I'm not a fan of Twin.
How Competitive (For Fun, Local Tournament, MTGO, PTQ/GP): For fun, local tournaments, might go to GP Copenhagen later this year.
Favorite Cards/Colors: I like blue, I like instants, I like reactive strategies in general. Although I played and greatly enjoyed Green Devotion in THS-RTR-M15 Standard, which was very proactive. I dunno. I like lots of things, but I'd prefer being reactive.
Budget: Essentially non-issue. But for reference, say 1000€.
Staples Owned: 3 Snapcasters, playsets of Remand, Path to Exile, Celestial Colonnade, Flooded Strand, Aether Vial, Restoration Angel.
Sounds like you would love scapeshift. Although it hasn't been putting up amazing results lately, it is still a great deck and will continue to be so in the long run.
Hello, Im in need of a bit of help. I've recently watched my lgs's meta shift drastically. I am playing MonoU Tron, but have been getting destroyed lately. I would love some help picking a deck that would do better against what I'm playing against.
My meta is roughly as follows.
3 burn
1 merfolk
1 boggle
1 affinity
1 junk
1 tokens
And 2 infect.
So today at my modern night I was watching a match and my friend said he plays and recast dragon mantle 20,000 times. Does he deck himself or is there some sort of redo because it is regular rel? He has a way to win with grapeshot
lol the amount of people that rage quit or rage kick me for playing elves (and not even the combo version!!) out stands me
doc.brown taps Ezuri, Renegade Leader.
doc.brown taps Heritage Druid.
doc.brown taps Nettle Sentinel.
It is now the declare attackers step.
It is now the declare blockers step.
HapPla points from his Ajani's Pridemate to Umberto's Ezuri, Renegade Leader.
HapPla sets counter life to 18 (-1).
HapPla sets counter life to 17 (-1).
HapPla sets counter life to 16 (-1).
doc.brown taps Forest.
doc.brown taps Forest.
doc.brown taps Forest.
doc.brown taps Forest.
doc.brown taps Llanowar Elves.
doc.brown sets PT of Nettle Sentinel to 5/5.
doc.brown sets PT of Ezuri, Renegade Leader to 5/5.
doc.brown sets PT of Heritage Druid to 4/4.
 HapPla: what are you doing?
doc.brown sets annotation of Ezuri, Renegade Leader to "trample".
doc.brown sets annotation of Heritage Druid to "trample".
doc.brown sets annotation of Nettle Sentinel to "trample".
 doc.brown: activating ezuri
 HapPla: You didn't do that initially until after I blocked
 doc.brown: yes
and?
i activate in response to your block
 HapPla: you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
you didn't do that until AFTER I blocked
 doc.brown: you know abilites are activated at instant speed yeah?
 HapPla: do you know I kick your ass an lightening speed, yes?
You have been kicked out of the game.
You can't respond to declaring blockers, because it is a state-based action.
What do you guys think about Chaos Warp as tech against Blood Moon? Obviously the chance that you could just flip another is there but it also answers any permanent threat we need to deal with now.
Sorry for the late response, forgot to post it here. I have been playing this deck for about a week now, and so I took it to Game Day to see how it fared against other decks. I ended up going 3-1 and getting 6th walking away with a pretty Utter End and a few packs. The list I played was sub-optimal, as our LGS was out of a few cards.
The deck preformed surprisingly well even with the suboptimal choices.
Round 1: Abzan Midrange
The first game went really fast as I basically drew a perfect aggro hand and he didn't find any Sylvan Caryatid or Seige Rhino. The second game was a really long game I can't recall most of. The main thing I remember was having him down to 10 and double Stoking him and then lightning strike for game.
1-0
Round 2: Some MBD Variant
The person I played was a fairly new player with a typical new-player-deck. It was basically a bunch of random black cards thrown it with a playset of gary. The games were fairly easy just running over him with multiple goblins and spirits.
2-0
Round 3: Ascendency Combo
Game 1 he got me turn 3, nothing I could do. Game 2 I had lethal on board. The only thing he needed was an ascendency off the top of the library to win it, which he indeed drew as his card per turn. I don't think there is much we can do in this matchup except try to kill them as quickly ass possible.
2-1
Round 4: Mirror against my brother, who runs almost the same 75 except trading the walkers for rabblemasters.
Game 1 I got a really fast hand he unfortunately he didn't draw all of the burn he needed to kill Brimaz and Seeker. Game 2 was roughly the same, except this time the tables were turned, him coming out really fast and me missing most of my removal. Game 3 was really intense though. He lead off with a ton of goblin tokens, which were met with a ton of burn and Arc Lightning. In the end I ended up getting there with Purphoros on the field going from Hordeling Outburst into convoking Triplicate Spirits into convoking Stoke the Flames for the win.
3-1
The deck is a blast to play and is solid against most decks I play against. I have yet to play against Jeskai Wins/Tempo, but when I do I will update here with my report.
I love control, but not the traditional pure control. I like when you can interact with your opponent, but while having a solid plan. e.g. MonoU Tron or RUG Scapeshift.
OK, show me a board state where an opponent is down to 8 life and it's a bad play to cast Dash Hopes against their spell over any other 2-drop in black.
This is very situational and requires certain scenarios to be effective. In most cases, cards that give your opponent a choice are not good enough for the competitive environment.
The card's two modes serve very, very different purposes
I should have my head examined for even humoring this troll carnival, but here goes:
On the board: I have 2 2/2 random bears and a Geralf's messenger with a counter on it so it's a 4/3. Opponent has no permanents. Opponent is at 8 life. It is their turn. They play Pyroclasm. I respond with Dash Hopes.
If they take the counter spell, I can swing for lethal -1 next turn. Given that I might draw a pump or other direct burn, I win next turn or almost definitely the turn after that.
If they take the five life, I'm out 2 2/2s, but still have a 4/3 and they'll be down to 3 life. I win next turn.
Had I not sided in Dash Hopes - WHAT could I have POSSIBLY played in its place? You tell me. Without a life tax against board wipes, I'm stuck with one 4/3 who has to survive two full turns without getting bolted by a red deck. With countering, I have 3 creatures instead of one, and the opponent is top-decking at this stage.
If you don't understand now, don't bother replying any further.
This is very situational and requires certain scenarios to be effective. In most cases, cards that give your opponent a choice are not good enough for the competitive environment.
He did at one point but everyone got tired of losing to it so there is a ton of sideboard hate for it
How Competitive (For Fun, Local Tournament, MTGO, PTQ/GP): Would prefer as competitive as possible but if it trades competitiveness for high skill ceiling works for me
Budget: $1k~
Staples Owned: All of affinity and ponza
My meta is as follows:
1 burn
2 affinity
1 mardu pyromancer
1 tribal flames zoo
1 bogles
1 jeskai control
1 GWr Value
1 Blue Moon
What should I build to have the best chances against this field? Thanks for any help
YouTube would be great man c:
Here is every black elf. c:
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/standard-type-2/standard-deck-creation/585949-temur-ascendancy-combo-infinite-mana-cards
C:
Sounds like you would love scapeshift. Although it hasn't been putting up amazing results lately, it is still a great deck and will continue to be so in the long run.
My meta is roughly as follows.
3 burn
1 merfolk
1 boggle
1 affinity
1 junk
1 tokens
And 2 infect.
C:
You can't respond to declaring blockers, because it is a state-based action.
Chaos Warp isn't modern legal.
4x Seeker of the Way
4x Monastery Swiftspear
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
Instants:
4x Lightning Strike
4x Magma Jet
4x Stoke the Flames
4x Raise the Alarms
1x Arc Lightning
3x Chanda, Pyromaster
1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
Sorceries:
4x Hordeling Outburst
1x Harness by Force
Enchantments:
1x Hammer of Purphoros
2x Banishing Light
4x Temple of Triumph
4x Battlefield Forge
4x Wing-Scarred Crag
7x Mountian
3x Plains
The deck preformed surprisingly well even with the suboptimal choices.
Round 1: Abzan Midrange
The first game went really fast as I basically drew a perfect aggro hand and he didn't find any Sylvan Caryatid or Seige Rhino. The second game was a really long game I can't recall most of. The main thing I remember was having him down to 10 and double Stoking him and then lightning strike for game.
1-0
Round 2: Some MBD Variant
The person I played was a fairly new player with a typical new-player-deck. It was basically a bunch of random black cards thrown it with a playset of gary. The games were fairly easy just running over him with multiple goblins and spirits.
2-0
Round 3: Ascendency Combo
Game 1 he got me turn 3, nothing I could do. Game 2 I had lethal on board. The only thing he needed was an ascendency off the top of the library to win it, which he indeed drew as his card per turn. I don't think there is much we can do in this matchup except try to kill them as quickly ass possible.
2-1
Round 4: Mirror against my brother, who runs almost the same 75 except trading the walkers for rabblemasters.
Game 1 I got a really fast hand he unfortunately he didn't draw all of the burn he needed to kill Brimaz and Seeker. Game 2 was roughly the same, except this time the tables were turned, him coming out really fast and me missing most of my removal. Game 3 was really intense though. He lead off with a ton of goblin tokens, which were met with a ton of burn and Arc Lightning. In the end I ended up getting there with Purphoros on the field going from Hordeling Outburst into convoking Triplicate Spirits into convoking Stoke the Flames for the win.
3-1
The deck is a blast to play and is solid against most decks I play against. I have yet to play against Jeskai Wins/Tempo, but when I do I will update here with my report.
You literally just gave me a situation.
This is very situational and requires certain scenarios to be effective. In most cases, cards that give your opponent a choice are not good enough for the competitive environment.