I'd be willing to try out Unearth if the meta wants us to be grindy. Cycling rocks.
And if it's been Scoured already, Snap-maging into Unearth to reanimate a Death's Shadow or Jace, Vryn's Prodigy seems strong. Could be fun with Seasoned Pyromancer, too—especially when in Hellbent mode. I like the options, and it feels grindy alright.
As it stands though I have too few flex spots to consider a spot in the 75. I'll keep it in the GDS toolbox for now, but I'd love to give it a shot soon.
I have Anger of the Gods as my sideboard sweeper right now, but if Toxic Deluge gets printed in Horizons that's an instant replacement right? I wonder if it's worth snatching one up in advance in case the price spikes haha (I play paper Magic).
It's just a thought, but the rise of Humans, Karn MKIII, Blast Zone, etc, has made me think that the deck needs to step off the ultra-aggressive turbo Gurmag/DS plan with a back up counter, and go back to a more midrange and reactive focused approach.
I was not playing GDS during the "golden era" of 2017 when, to my understanding, the deck was more classically midrange. I would love to see a return to slower GDS decklists though. As for artifact hate, have any of you experimented with Hurkyl's Recall at all? It's in my sideboard now but I haven't tested it much yet.
didoguidotti1 (amazing MTGO grinder) has been on the planeswalker sideboard package and i think there's merit to it. He's running 2 Veil, 2 Hope, 1 JTMS to help with the grindy matchups. This is a big boon against UW and BGx...Maindeck Kcommand is certainly an interesting proposition right now though.
Very interesting. I just want Modern as a whole to sloooow doooown a bit. It'd let us grind more—and I'd love a reason to pick up the strongest planeswalker ever printed lol. Maindecking a Kommand sounds like it just might be useful moving forward. Might have to give it a shot.
Yo. Brand new GDS pilot here. I'm still getting used to the fundamentals of Death's Shadow, and I love it so far.
Just to keep the thread going, how much do y'all think Modern Horizons is going to shake up our deck? Any cards from Legacy you'd like to see reprinted for GDS? I'm curious to see what good and/or bad comes from the upcoming Modern Horizons preview season for Death's Shadow decks as a whole.
And if it's been Scoured already, Snap-maging into Unearth to reanimate a Death's Shadow or Jace, Vryn's Prodigy seems strong. Could be fun with Seasoned Pyromancer, too—especially when in Hellbent mode. I like the options, and it feels grindy alright.
As it stands though I have too few flex spots to consider a spot in the 75. I'll keep it in the GDS toolbox for now, but I'd love to give it a shot soon.
I was not playing GDS during the "golden era" of 2017 when, to my understanding, the deck was more classically midrange. I would love to see a return to slower GDS decklists though. As for artifact hate, have any of you experimented with Hurkyl's Recall at all? It's in my sideboard now but I haven't tested it much yet.
Very interesting. I just want Modern as a whole to sloooow doooown a bit. It'd let us grind more—and I'd love a reason to pick up the strongest planeswalker ever printed lol. Maindecking a Kommand sounds like it just might be useful moving forward. Might have to give it a shot.
Just to keep the thread going, how much do y'all think Modern Horizons is going to shake up our deck? Any cards from Legacy you'd like to see reprinted for GDS? I'm curious to see what good and/or bad comes from the upcoming Modern Horizons preview season for Death's Shadow decks as a whole.