Great write up! Wish more were as in depth. Any changes to the MB or SB at this time?
Talking about my main deck I wouldn't change anything because it is fine for the current meta of the local store I used to play (which is very aggressive). The sideboard could be tweak, I think that I could remove 1x Blood Moon and add 1x Nature's Claim or 1x Wear-Tear, in order to have a card against Stony Silence or any other enchantment.
In the morning of Monday, I was fixing the sideboard of my deck in order to be ready for the modern tournament. I started thinking about if I should add a card to my sideboard that helped me against Stony Silence. I thought on Nature's Claim because its CMC and helps against artifact and enchantment, but after several minutes I decided to not use any card against Stony Silence because my deck should be faster enough to beat it.
I’ll try to comment my walkthrough that leads me to win the 18-man modern tournament, but just mentioning some good plays or misplays because I’m pretty bad remembering what I side in against a deck or how was my initial hand.
Match 1 (unidentify deck): 2-0
I really didn’t know what was the deck I played against because my opponent didn't play any relevant card to take him serious. All my cards started to show up and and do their thing. It was a like a warm up match.
Match 2 (Abzan): 1-2
I wasn't expecting to play against Abzan or at least that soon because as I mentioned before I wasn’t prepared for Stony Silence. Well, game 1 was easy for me because my hand was very fast. Putting a Cranial Plating, Vault Skirge, Arcbound Ravager and Signal Pest sealed the game. Game 2, I was expecting for a very good hand to outrace Stony Silence, it was decent and decided to keep it. My plan was to play Blood Moon on turn 2 to slow my opponent but I couldn't because of a turn 1 Thoughtseize. On turn 2 my opponent played Stony Silence and completely shuts me down, and then started to kill 1 by 1 my creatures. Game 3 was the same that the previous game.
Match 3 (Twin): 2-1
Game 1, I kept 2 Galvanic Blast in my opening hand, and I just started to put in the battlefield some pressure with Signal Pest, Vault Skirge and Ornithopter hitting on every turn, at the end of my turn he played Pestermite and I thought that the combo was there, my opponent tried to play Splinter Twin and in response I played Galvanic Blast targeting Pestermite, he Dispels it and I played the other Galvanic Blast, it was a win for me. The game 2 I had it under my control because of an early Spellskite until I made a misplay attacking with Signal Pest, Memnite and Spellskite, he decided to block my Spellskite with a Deceiver Exarch and after that bold it. At that point I lost the game because I didn't have any answer to Splinter Twin, even for 3 turns that it took him to find the combo. Game 3 was really easy because of 2 earlier Spellskite, plus Cranial Plating and a bunch of little friends.
Match 4 (Grixis Control): 2-0
Game 1, it was easy, a late Etched Champion helped me to sealed the game. Game 2, an earlier Etched Champion plus a bunch of artifacts and creatures. My Champion attacked on every turn, my opponent casted 2 Kolaghan's Command burning and destroying my artifacts in order to leave my Etched Champion without metalcraft, my opponent played Cryptic Command twice to tap my creatures and get some extra time. He had 5 life left, he fetched for a land, his life got down to 4, after that he played Snapcaster Mage targeting a Kolaghan's Command, in response to the target I sacrifice Relic of Progenitus and draw a card, for my surprise it was a Galvanic Blast.
Match 5: Intentional draw.
Top 8 (Burn): 2-0
Game 1, it was a close game because he played an Eidolon of the Great Revel but my Vault Skirge helped me a lot. Game 2, was even closer to him because he played 2 Eidolon and my life total was a rollercoaster because of my Vault Skirge and Signal Pest and his Burns. He had a last tricky attack that if I decided to block I wouldn’t be able to kill it in the next turn.
Top 4, we all decided to split the price but fight for the FNM Path to Exile (Abzan): 2-1
Yeah, it was the same opponent that beat me on Match 2. To keep it simple on game 1 I won because I had a good hand with Etched Champion. Game 2 I lost to Stony Silence. Game 3 was rough. I decided to remove the 3 Blood Moon that I side boarded in and kept Thoughseize and Spell Snare. My opponent didn’t have Stony Silence but I didn’t have a good hand. I played 2 Cranial Platting that were being blocked by Lingering Souls. I think there was a misplay in his decision because he decided to play Liliana of the Veil instead of Lingering Soul’s flashback. After that I got the game and match.
Sorry if I extend the story but I think there were some things that I needed to mention. Also, I apologize for my grammar mistakes, English is not my native language, so I’m learning.
Hello, I'm kind of new with this deck, usually I play Jund and Affinity in Modern, but this deck remembers the day that I used to play Standard UW Delver (a few years ago), so, I decided to try it this FNM.
I know that it would be really hard for this deck if the meta is aggro. People at the local store I play usually plays Jund, Affinity, Merfolk, UWR Control, Tron, sometimes Aura Bant, sometimes Tarmo Twin, sometimes Infect, and don't remember the others.
I've never see anyone trying this deck at the local store I play. What do you think?
Hello, what do you think adding Waste Not in the 75? Sounds pretty good, but what do you think, it would improve Jund or it would be another card that would not help at all?
Hello, what do you think adding Waste Not in the 75? Sounds pretty good, but what do you think, it would improve Jund or it would be another card that would not help at all?
Talking about my main deck I wouldn't change anything because it is fine for the current meta of the local store I used to play (which is very aggressive). The sideboard could be tweak, I think that I could remove 1x Blood Moon and add 1x Nature's Claim or 1x Wear-Tear, in order to have a card against Stony Silence or any other enchantment.
My current maindeck.
4 Etched Champion
3 Steel Overseer
4 Ornithopter
4 Signal Pest
4 Vault Skirge
2 Spellskite
2 Memnite
4 Mox Opal
4 Cranial Plating
4 Springleaf Drum
1 Welding jar
4 Darksteel Citadel
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Inkmoth Nexus
3 Glimmervoid
1 Mountain
And my actual sideboard.
2 Thoughtseize
2 Spell Pierce
2 Whipflare
2 Ancient Grudge
1 Torpor Orb
1 Grafdigger's Cage
1 Dismember
1 Relic of Progenitus
I’ll try to comment my walkthrough that leads me to win the 18-man modern tournament, but just mentioning some good plays or misplays because I’m pretty bad remembering what I side in against a deck or how was my initial hand.
Match 1 (unidentify deck): 2-0
I really didn’t know what was the deck I played against because my opponent didn't play any relevant card to take him serious. All my cards started to show up and and do their thing. It was a like a warm up match.
Match 2 (Abzan): 1-2
I wasn't expecting to play against Abzan or at least that soon because as I mentioned before I wasn’t prepared for Stony Silence. Well, game 1 was easy for me because my hand was very fast. Putting a Cranial Plating, Vault Skirge, Arcbound Ravager and Signal Pest sealed the game. Game 2, I was expecting for a very good hand to outrace Stony Silence, it was decent and decided to keep it. My plan was to play Blood Moon on turn 2 to slow my opponent but I couldn't because of a turn 1 Thoughtseize. On turn 2 my opponent played Stony Silence and completely shuts me down, and then started to kill 1 by 1 my creatures. Game 3 was the same that the previous game.
Match 3 (Twin): 2-1
Game 1, I kept 2 Galvanic Blast in my opening hand, and I just started to put in the battlefield some pressure with Signal Pest, Vault Skirge and Ornithopter hitting on every turn, at the end of my turn he played Pestermite and I thought that the combo was there, my opponent tried to play Splinter Twin and in response I played Galvanic Blast targeting Pestermite, he Dispels it and I played the other Galvanic Blast, it was a win for me. The game 2 I had it under my control because of an early Spellskite until I made a misplay attacking with Signal Pest, Memnite and Spellskite, he decided to block my Spellskite with a Deceiver Exarch and after that bold it. At that point I lost the game because I didn't have any answer to Splinter Twin, even for 3 turns that it took him to find the combo. Game 3 was really easy because of 2 earlier Spellskite, plus Cranial Plating and a bunch of little friends.
Match 4 (Grixis Control): 2-0
Game 1, it was easy, a late Etched Champion helped me to sealed the game. Game 2, an earlier Etched Champion plus a bunch of artifacts and creatures. My Champion attacked on every turn, my opponent casted 2 Kolaghan's Command burning and destroying my artifacts in order to leave my Etched Champion without metalcraft, my opponent played Cryptic Command twice to tap my creatures and get some extra time. He had 5 life left, he fetched for a land, his life got down to 4, after that he played Snapcaster Mage targeting a Kolaghan's Command, in response to the target I sacrifice Relic of Progenitus and draw a card, for my surprise it was a Galvanic Blast.
Match 5: Intentional draw.
Top 8 (Burn): 2-0
Game 1, it was a close game because he played an Eidolon of the Great Revel but my Vault Skirge helped me a lot. Game 2, was even closer to him because he played 2 Eidolon and my life total was a rollercoaster because of my Vault Skirge and Signal Pest and his Burns. He had a last tricky attack that if I decided to block I wouldn’t be able to kill it in the next turn.
Top 4, we all decided to split the price but fight for the FNM Path to Exile (Abzan): 2-1
Yeah, it was the same opponent that beat me on Match 2. To keep it simple on game 1 I won because I had a good hand with Etched Champion. Game 2 I lost to Stony Silence. Game 3 was rough. I decided to remove the 3 Blood Moon that I side boarded in and kept Thoughseize and Spell Snare. My opponent didn’t have Stony Silence but I didn’t have a good hand. I played 2 Cranial Platting that were being blocked by Lingering Souls. I think there was a misplay in his decision because he decided to play Liliana of the Veil instead of Lingering Soul’s flashback. After that I got the game and match.
Sorry if I extend the story but I think there were some things that I needed to mention. Also, I apologize for my grammar mistakes, English is not my native language, so I’m learning.
The main contains:
4x Geist of Saint Traft
4x Snapcaster Mage
2x Restoration Angel
2x Mana Leak
4x Path to Exile
4x Remand
2x Spell Snare
4x Vapor Snag
4x Serum Visions
2x Runechanter's Pike
2x Glacial Fortress
4x Hallowed Fountain
8x Island
2x Moorland Haunt
4x Seachrome Coast
The sideboard contains:
1x Aven Mindcensor
1x Celestial Purge
1x Vendilion Clique
2x Mirran Crusader
2x Spell Pierce
2x Hurkyl's Recall
2x Spellskite
2x Timely Reinforcements
1x Batterskull
I know that it would be really hard for this deck if the meta is aggro. People at the local store I play usually plays Jund, Affinity, Merfolk, UWR Control, Tron, sometimes Aura Bant, sometimes Tarmo Twin, sometimes Infect, and don't remember the others.
I've never see anyone trying this deck at the local store I play. What do you think?