Both Illness in the ranks and Virulent Plague hurt Thopters super hard not to mention all the regular artifact hate like Stony Silence. I'm not sure how strong the combo can really be with all the good hate available in modern now.
So how strong of an aspect of our game plan do we think Thopter/Sword is?
Should we be playing cards like Muddle the mixture and Tezzeret the Seeker to get the combo asap or should it just be a strong synergy combo in the deck?
I think 8rack can have a good matchup against Eldrazi, but the Chalice turn 1 can really screw us hard, even if you find a bridge you end up full of one cmc cards in your hand.
I mean on one hand its kinda neat since it officially makes 8rack more expensive then my B/U mill deck. (They were pretty even for a long time)
What brought it about? Is it the eldrazi? I can understand Bridge but if so, why Urborg as well?
One of the advantages of the Genesis Hydra is that its trigger is on cast, so even if they counter you still get to dig, also the extra body is nice sometimes on smaller waves.
Elantris was streaming with TnN last night, she said she had seen Meowthod playing it. It was Elantris' first time playing with the deck, but it's still great to see it getting more attention!
Regardless this is a great reprint!
Another link to some recent successful lists.
http://mtgtop8.com/archetype?a=368&meta=39&f=LE
Yes, suspend is not 'casting' it's an activated ability that places it in exile so it doesn't work.
Should we be playing cards like Muddle the mixture and Tezzeret the Seeker to get the combo asap or should it just be a strong synergy combo in the deck?
Also DECK OF THE DAY on DailyMTG yesterday http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/daily-magic-update/january-27-2016-update-2016-01-27
Elantris was streaming with TnN last night, she said she had seen Meowthod playing it. It was Elantris' first time playing with the deck, but it's still great to see it getting more attention!
It appears this was taken down for some reason.
Also Magus_of_the_Moon is currently streaming with the deck.
For killing lots of different X/1's. Particularly TNN and YP Tokens, but it can be useful in other matchups too.