MTG Salvation

So I am guessing our worst matchups right now center around Jund and Control Decks.

I am going to start testing out a semi transformational sideboard versus these 2 decks to give us more threats.
Some combination of Bedlam Reveler & Bloodbraid Elf to see how they work. I think I can reasonable give 6-8 cards as a whole to these two matchups and not have the sideboard suffer versus the rest of the field.

Storm, Titanshift, Tron, Bogles, Affinity, Infect all feel slightly favorable to me and 1-2 sideboard slots help keep it favorable.

Humans and Dredge still seems slightly unfavorable and that is probably the matchups I choose to not devote anything too (Outside of 1-2 sweepers that come in versus other decks.

I'll report back when I have some results but if anyone wants to join me in testing I think it could prove beneficial.

I think 16 is cutting it way to close. I would play at least 17 personally. You can, but don't usually want to use your traverses for basics.

I am running very close to the same list except with Opt instead of Manamorphose. Does the randomness of the card draw hurt a lot or do you find that so much of the deck is relevant that card selection just isn't that important?

Did you miss Grim Flayer at all or is it just not necessary now that we have an easy time getting delirium?

This is the deck I ran. This was my first time using Grim Flayer and I definitely made a few sequencing mistakes. Other than those, the deck ran extremely well. I felt like I had a chance at winning every game I played. I have no plans to change the main deck currently. The sideboard changes constantly though so don't put too much stock in it.

I played the traditional Traverse shadow list this weekend. Top 8ed a 37 person event going 4-0-2 during swiss. The proactive speed of the deck felt very strong. A lot of decks feel too light on early interaction and I think it's actually very well positions right now.

Lost in the quarterfinals in 3 against affinity. Losing to a topdecked cranial plating both games.

After playing a fair amount with the BBE Shadow list.

It just feels overall weaker than the old Traverse Shadow.

Sure it can grind a bit better, but the explosive starts just aren't there anymore. You grind pretty well but at that point it feels like I am trying to win a topdeck war where I am only slightly favored against most decks.

I'd really like to squeeze 1-2 Collective Brutalities into the main for some added flexibility. Any thoughts on what to cut?

I am thinking some combination of abrupt decay, seal of fire, or dreadbore.

List looks great geneyquakes. With 19 lands did multiple BBEs ever get stuck in your hand?

Any thoughts on dropping a land and a BBE and adding 2 more relevant spells? (Maybe TBR) I could see also going down to 2 K Commands and adding a 3rd cheaper spell.

It would go back to the 18 lands plan (which has always felt like borderline too many) and gives you 1 less clunky spell to get caught in hand.

I had a chance to play a few games with the u/w Jace list that 7-1ed the Modern Challenge. The deck feels really strong. I really wish it had a bit more early interaction though. I might try and squeeze some remands into the list.

It seems an easy jump to make to splash a 4th color into the sideboard against storm. Not too much of an investment to play 1 island and 3 stubborn denials.

I really am not high on manamorphose in a 3 color deck with BBE. Just seems like a bad cascade target.

I would like to fit at least 2 TBR and 2 Inquisitions back in and going -1 mountain, -1 seal, -2 K commands seems like it might be the correct choice.

2 Glorybringer
3 Chandra
2 Ixalan's Binding
3 Direfleet Daredevil
3 Abrade
2 (forgot this last one) Could be sunscorched desert, chandra's defeat ect.

I lost once to mono red (better draws) and twice to the same uw eternalize deck. (Sunscorched desert or enchantment hate would have helped)

I beat 2x Grixis Control, BUG Control, UW GPG, and Mono Red.

I almost pulled out wins vs the eternalize deck but Authority of the Councils and Annointed Procession + Sunscourge Champion was too much.

So is anyone going to GP Toronto and bringing this?

Having played both, the R/W version feels much more consistent as well as having slightly more explosive starts.

Your end game is Path of Mettle and Hazoret so you no longer need Chandra main deck.

I played the version below to a top 4 finish in a 44 person pptq. (Made some mistakes in the top 4 match and feel like I should have won the whole thing)

The deck has consistently fast starts and is much better than mono red at emptying its hand for a turn 4/5 Hazoret. A flipped path of mettle can help clear our early blockers and can earn you a ton of value. (Glint Sleeve Siphoner, Explore Creatures, ect)