Hogaak has been an autoloss for me. The reliability of pulling out a turn 2 Hogaak is frighteningly consistent before I can even cast a RIP assuming I even have one. Added Grafdiggers to the board in addition to RIPs as a result of their prominence.
Pulled together a nice string of 4-1's recently in Friendly League Play which has affirmed my confidence in the power of the WW version of this deck (moved on from the red splash that led to mana inconsistencies, getting pwned by Blood Moon, and starting with less life due to Sacred Foundries and Battlefield Forges). However, still losing to the usual suspects - my all-time record vs the following:
That said, I am still pleased with how this deck performs otherwise in an open field and the current configuration here. I like the sideboard additions of Settle the Wreckage, Ratchet Bomb, and Disenchant to combat the weak match-ups.
Hi guys,
Current build trying out the Archangel Avacyn 1 of in main plus sideboard configured just to stop Scales/Spirits/Elves/Humans. We'll see how this goes. Still hovering at a 60.5% win rate, but hating how popular these decks are becoming. How's everyone else adjusting?
KCI, Control, and Infect rounded out the top 8. Agree with spiderspace, KCI is an easy match-up as is Infect and Jeskai Control. However, those aggro decks are the worst and I'm leaning towards exclusively playing the RW version to get access to Anger of the Gods, Engineered Explosives, and Wear/Tear for this current meta.
In the Archangel Avacyn/Eldrazi Obligator/2nd Smuggler's Copter flex spot, I ran a Moltensteel Dragon for a couple Leagues just for kicks - surprisingly not horrible and actually closed out a game vs RG Ponza, but too much artifact hate/Dismember-able and no Haste made me go back to Obligator.
Lukaz, my last 2 leagues I went 4-0 before losing to Humans in one league and then losing to Hardened Scales to ruin my chances at a 5-0. I got frustrated that I was literally thinking of putting in a 1x Solemnity into the board. I may do it just to test it out but I also don't know what to take out. May be worth it.
Spiderspace, I really should watch your stream sometime. Seems impossible to me that you can beat humans 66% of the time. I'll check your channel out and see if I can catch your lines and thinking when playing versus humans. It's a popular Deck so definitely want to improve there.
It is funny though that you are having issues with control whereas I generally feel confident I can win that match up...uw/jeskai all the same to me 40-18 all time vs jeskai + UW control.
Really interesting the different perspectives and maybe play styles here with the exact same Deck.
Amen brother. Feeling the same way. Still squeaking out 3-2s with this deck but the amount of auto losses I am seeing from these faster aggro decks is really just not fun anymore. Serum Powder Eldrazi was also fun for a bit until I started losing to those same decks also.
I've been messing around with the Mono Red prison control decks. Hoping to see some exciting stuff come out soon for us though. Been attached to Thalia Stompy since stabilo first piloted it 2 years ago.
Is anyone still playing this deck? I'm still hovering at 61% win rate with this deck, but the bad match-ups have gotten worse and the good match-ups are about the same as they've always been. Hardened Scales/Modular is an auto-lose and Humans/Merfolk/Elves/Spirits/CoCo decks are all just auto-losses for me at this point and unfortunately these are all Tier 1 decks now (or should be if they aren't at this point).
I did like Spiderspace's tech of mainboarding a Phyrexian Revoker. I've put that in place of the 2nd Smuggler's Copter and kept the 4x Dismembers.
Anyone else playing this deck still? Any interesting tech or sideboard cards you guys have been experimenting with?
Do you keep track of your losses? Maybe you are getting a high percentage of bad matchups but may soon normalize as you get more reps and leagues in? Are there a few matchups you keep losing consistently?
I would imagine if I had to play Elves spirits humans and Tron a lot more than I have to this point i might be in a similar position.
Have you read all of Jordan's Modern Nexus articles? They've been immensely helpful to me and should be mandatory reading for all. When I play MTGO Leagues with my janky red version of this deck, I literally keep the following articles of his up on my browser so I can reference during matches:
https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=22538&d=353518&f=MO
Been playing that list almost exactly and have had a good run with it so far in just a couple leagues.
Would be curious why hes not running the Blast Zone also - every other version of Eldrazi Aggro is running 1-2.
Bant Spirits: 1-5
Elves: 2-9
Humans: 3-12
Hardened Scales: 2-4
That said, I am still pleased with how this deck performs otherwise in an open field and the current configuration here. I like the sideboard additions of Settle the Wreckage, Ratchet Bomb, and Disenchant to combat the weak match-ups.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eldrazi-staxes/
Current build trying out the Archangel Avacyn 1 of in main plus sideboard configured just to stop Scales/Spirits/Elves/Humans. We'll see how this goes. Still hovering at a 60.5% win rate, but hating how popular these decks are becoming. How's everyone else adjusting?
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eldrazi-staxes/?cb=1536202641
http://mtgtop8.com/event?e=19927&f=MO
KCI, Control, and Infect rounded out the top 8. Agree with spiderspace, KCI is an easy match-up as is Infect and Jeskai Control. However, those aggro decks are the worst and I'm leaning towards exclusively playing the RW version to get access to Anger of the Gods, Engineered Explosives, and Wear/Tear for this current meta.
https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eldrazi-staxes-rw/?cb=1535637772
In the Archangel Avacyn/Eldrazi Obligator/2nd Smuggler's Copter flex spot, I ran a Moltensteel Dragon for a couple Leagues just for kicks - surprisingly not horrible and actually closed out a game vs RG Ponza, but too much artifact hate/Dismember-able and no Haste made me go back to Obligator.
It is funny though that you are having issues with control whereas I generally feel confident I can win that match up...uw/jeskai all the same to me 40-18 all time vs jeskai + UW control.
Really interesting the different perspectives and maybe play styles here with the exact same Deck.
I've been messing around with the Mono Red prison control decks. Hoping to see some exciting stuff come out soon for us though. Been attached to Thalia Stompy since stabilo first piloted it 2 years ago.
I did like Spiderspace's tech of mainboarding a Phyrexian Revoker. I've put that in place of the 2nd Smuggler's Copter and kept the 4x Dismembers.
Anyone else playing this deck still? Any interesting tech or sideboard cards you guys have been experimenting with?
I would imagine if I had to play Elves spirits humans and Tron a lot more than I have to this point i might be in a similar position.
Have you read all of Jordan's Modern Nexus articles? They've been immensely helpful to me and should be mandatory reading for all. When I play MTGO Leagues with my janky red version of this deck, I literally keep the following articles of his up on my browser so I can reference during matches:
Mulligan Guide
Sideboarding Guide
Mardu and Ironworks Match-Up
Humans and Affinity Guide
Currently 16-5 in League play right now and can attest those articles have been super helpful in my learning.