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ThirdDegree posted a message on Modern Abzan Reanimator aka Junk RitesI think Lilly should be main for sure. Hitting it T2 as you said is a great play, and it fuels your own yard for reanimiation. I would probably suggest shying away from the other walkers, as it dilutes the game plane of using the graveyard as a resource. I know you are trying to attack from different angles, but you don't want to dilute too much.Posted in: Deck Creation (Modern) - To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
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Beat Bant Coco/Kotr/Retreat 2-1
Beat Naya Coco/Nacatl/Zoo 2-1
Beat RG Tron 2-1
Changes from previous build: -1 Bird(up to 3), +1 Hydra(3) in main, +1 Blood Moon(3), +1 Bonfire(4). +1 Elesh Norn(1), -1 Primal Command(0), -1 Eternal Witness(0), -1 Outpost Siege (1).
I need to buy Worships for Eldrazi (would play probably ~2). Elesh is good vs Affinity/Infect/Coco/Eldrazi. Moons - tron/affinity/infect/eldrazi. Bonfire - zoo/coco/eldrazi/affinity/infect. Slaughter games vs shoal/scapeshift/ad nauseum.
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I played almost same list on modern monday 1 week ago, however played Lotus Cobras over Strangleroots (I dont really find value in geists, but hat is me). I finished 4-0-1 splitting finals.
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I totally agree with you on many points! However I think you should already know, that:
With Nykthos and devotion on board, Genesis Wave > Chord of Calling
Without Nykthos but with devotion(creatures) on board, Genesis Wave < Chord of Calling
Without Nykthos and without devotion(creatures) on board, Genesis Wave ? Chord of Calling:
Assume we have 4 mana. Genesis Wave for 1 does nothing. Chord for 1 allows you to get Arbor Elf or Noble Hierarch/Birds of Paradise. First one ramps from 4 -> 5 at minimum, with land drop and/or utopia sprawl even more. Second and First fixes your mana.
Assume we have 5 mana. Genesis Wave for 2 does nothing. Chord for 2 gives us: Scavenging Ooze (probably after board) that has a chance of dominating board position. Elvish Visionary / Coaling Oracle gives us guaranted card (something that Wave for 2 doesnt do)
Assume we have 6 mana. Genesis Wave for 3 has a chance of hiting card advantage 3 drop and some mana. Chord for 3 gives us guaranted Selkie / Witness / Archdruid / Courser.
Assume we have 7 mana. Genesis Wave for 4 hits mayority of our deck. Chord still goes for 3 most of the time, or maybe Polukranos or Restoration Angel if you have anything on board.
So Wave > Chord for >6 mana. Wave < Chord for <6 Mana. I think for 6 mana it is close.
I would play minimum amount of "silver bullets" with Chord of Calling, and probably only in sideboard. Only good in almost any matchups are Scavenging Ooze, Polukranos and Restoration Angel and Ezuri, Renegade Leader in elf version. I dissagree with purklefluff about others: I dont think Thrun is any good in modern, dont like idea of main deck Linvala (much rather play Restoration Angel), Elesh Norn, Inferno Titan, Spellskite or Obstinate Baloth, as they dont go well with this kind of deck. I think I should qoute DarkestMage, when I asked about my deck on his stream: "If you want to get to use Chord of Calling for so many maindeck 1 offs, why dont just play pod?". I totally agree with it. Purklefluff, I think your deck would just look better if you would just to play pod.
Don't get me wrong, I play what I call "Hate-offs" in sideboard, but that is because I play Both Chord and Command to fetch them. They just give your deck another dimension to work with, and virtually I have ~6-7 additional copies of them if you count both Chord and Command. I however dont overload on them, as you can't reuse them in similar way as pod can. If you draw stuff like Linvala vs Storm it is just a dead card. Similar to Thrun vs Twin. It does nothing, as they would just combo you off or command it while bashing in the air.
As I said before, we have 3 camps currently:
1. Genesis Wave + Primeval Command
2. Genesis Wave + Chord of Calling
3. Primeval Command + Chord of Calling
I think it depends on a playstyle.