What's your sideboard look like? I've been too busy to play lately but theoretically, the floor is grabbing a batterskull/walking ballista/other good creature and the ceiling is grabbing a relevant hate card, which just seems solid to me... better than looting with copter I think. I haven't been excited about the lattice idea though, to be honest.
Off topic: Crunched some numbers today and the last list that Jordan posted on modern nexus has 218,694 unique opening sevens that are not all land or all non-lands. Just thought it was neat to know in such a mulligan intensive deck with the possibility of the London mulligan.
It enters with one counter on it. So theoretically you can kill a bunch of 2 drops on turn 4 (three lands this, turn three is tapping it to add the second counter, turn four is another land drop and blowing stuff up.) It's roughly the same speed as ratchet bomb but much more mana intensive. I like it as a one of.
Lands New:
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ghost Quarter
3 Zhalfirin Void
2 Gemstone Caverns
2 Mutavault
2 Wastes
1 Scavenger Grounds
1 Explosion Zone
1 Sea Gate Wreckage (This might go back to the fourth Void, as I've been underwhelmed with it in the past, but I'm not in the camp of auto 4 of Voids when there are other options.)
Thinking of adding a one of expedition map to the SB to tutor with Karn, understanding the risk of chalice on one. This probably won't happen though as scavenger grounds is just relic, and explosion zone is just maybe faster ratchet bomb.
If you're using MTGO I highly recommend gathering some data on your deck. There is MORT, which gathers information for you by scanning your replay folder and processes the data, though it isn't super pretty, or just an excel document. I had one that kept track of things of serum powders, chalice on turn one, TKS on turn two or earlier, and more. It also kept track of my opening hand, which led me to understand how great gemstone caverns were/ are.
If you want my excel document(or in other words want to painstakingly enter data after every game) let me know, otherwise, MORT is for you.
Jordan, I'm interested in what caused you to go to 2 Copters, as I recall you were a pretty staunch proponent of only wanting one... maybe that's misremembering though.
Yeah sure it won a lot games, but its more difficult to See which games you lost because no relic or not enough creatures because of chalice. But lets not begin this Diskussion again. Everyone should play how he will
I feel like that's easy to see if you keep any information on your deck. Look to see where you're winning post sideboard over pre sideboard when relic comes in.
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Disclaimer: Mathed to the best of my ability.
Lands Current:
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Eldrazi Temple
2 Gemstone Caverns
3 Ghost Quarter
2 Mutavault
2 Scavenger Grounds
2 Wastes
4 Zhalfirin Void
Lands New:
4 Blinkmoth Nexus
4 Eldrazi Temple
3 Ghost Quarter
3 Zhalfirin Void
2 Gemstone Caverns
2 Mutavault
2 Wastes
1 Scavenger Grounds
1 Explosion Zone
1 Sea Gate Wreckage (This might go back to the fourth Void, as I've been underwhelmed with it in the past, but I'm not in the camp of auto 4 of Voids when there are other options.)
Thinking of adding a one of expedition map to the SB to tutor with Karn, understanding the risk of chalice on one. This probably won't happen though as scavenger grounds is just relic, and explosion zone is just maybe faster ratchet bomb.
2 Walking Ballista
4 Eldrazi Mimic0
4 Eternal Scourge
4 Matter Reshaper
4 Simian Spirit Guide
4 Thought-Knot Seer
4 Reality Smasher
2 Endbringer
Spells (5)
2 Warping Wail
3 Dismember
Artifacts (10)
4 Chalice of the Void
1 Basilisk Collar
2 Smuggler's Copter
3 Serum Powder
3 Blinkmoth Nexus
3 Cavern of Souls
4 Eldrazi Temple
2 Gemstone Caverns
4 Ghost Quarter
3 Mutavault
1 Scavenger Grounds
2 Wastes
3 Relic of Progenitus
3 Ratchet Bomb
2 Sorcerous Spyglass
3 Spatial Contortion
1 Karn, Scion of Urza
3 Leyline of the Void
Here's a weird one winning SCG Modern IQ Bernardsville. Running 65 cards main of all things. The rest of the top 8 looks pretty benign though.
If you want my excel document(or in other words want to painstakingly enter data after every game) let me know, otherwise, MORT is for you.
I feel like that's easy to see if you keep any information on your deck. Look to see where you're winning post sideboard over pre sideboard when relic comes in.
Its fine.