I've been reading through the last couple of pages on this thread, and I'm very interested in testing out Sea's Claim in my sideboard. However, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what I just trim for it. This is my deck:
The mainboard has been performing excellently, so I'm not really feeling the need to make a change, as are Chalice of the Void and Hurkyl's Recall. I'll listen to any suggestions you all may have, though.
I don't know if I agree with that, to be honest with you. Most sites that follow the Modern metagame have Grixis Delver on the back half of Tier 2 and slipping, and I think it's in large part because Grixis Control does the "midrange beats with Delve creatures and lots of counters/removal backing them up" thing better (thanks to having more land drops), and Delver of Secrets really wants to be in an aggressive and streamlined shell, which is something that a deck that relies on cards like Kolaghan's Command and Snapcaster Mage cannot truly be. Plus, I can't overstate how good Bob + Disrupting Shoal has been. I actually was able to take game after game from a Bogles deck (typically a nightmare matchup for Delver) just yesterday, because I was Shoaling their Bogles on T1, which bought me the time to interact with their cards coming in, as opposed to having to deal with them hitting the field (which we all know we can't do). My Burn matchup is probably awful, but this is a Delver deck - my Burn matchup will always be awful. I think it needs to be revisited.
I agree with not bringing in Spellskite against Scapeshift - stopping the occasional Lightning Bolt isn't much to write home about. What you do need to side in against them is any and all counterspells you have in your board - Swan Song, Unified Will, Spell Pierce, etc. - and apply steady pressure.
I don't know if this has been discussed before, but I'd like to propose Dark Confidant as something to consider in Grixis Delver. I know it's a huge non-bo with Tasigur, the Golden Fang and Gurmag Angler, but I would posit that those guys are better suited to a midrange style beats gameplan than traditional tempo. With Bob, we can cut our curve down, and actually afford to use tools like Disrupting Shoal, which I feel is under-utilized in Modern. Jordan Boisvert wrote a very good article on this here, and I've basically taken the same list (with some modifications in the mana base and sideboard, as I am not a believer in Day's Undoing) out for a whirl, and it's done fantastically well. Any thoughts?
I've been reading through the last couple of pages on this thread, and I'm very interested in testing out Sea's Claim in my sideboard. However, I'm at a bit of a loss as to what I just trim for it. This is my deck:
4x Æther Vial
Creatures:
4x Cursecatcher
4x Harbinger of the Tides
4x Lord of Atlantis
4x Master of the Pearl Trident
4x Master of Waves
4x Merrow Reejerey
4x Silvergill Adept
4x Spreading Seas
Instants:
2x Spell Pierce
2x Vapor Snag
Lands:
4x Cavern of Souls
10x Island
1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
4x Mutavault
1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
2x Chalice of the Void
4x Hurkyl's Recall
2x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1x Relic of Progenitus
2x Spellskite
4x Tidebinder Mage
The mainboard has been performing excellently, so I'm not really feeling the need to make a change, as are Chalice of the Void and Hurkyl's Recall. I'll listen to any suggestions you all may have, though.