I tested out the 4x opts and 2x serums in a ton of games this week, and I was really underwhelmed with it. I think the deck manipulation is more crucial than the bluff, 4x serums and 2x opt definitely seems better.
I mean, Shadow could play 3x bolts but the mirror seems like it'd be god awful, it won't kill any of the creatures and then you die as they push your Shadows
If the mirror weren't a thing, the deck could bolt crusaders and laugh at people
I'm a little split on what seems like a good grixis deck looks like in this meta or expected meta. I know what the decklists look like, but do you all have a good consensus on what the 75 should look like?
Congrats, spooly. I read that on reddit, a really fantastic write up. I wish more people wrote awesome stuff like that, the sideboard guide is really useful, too
I had been interested in playing jund shadow again now that the format isn't as overcorrected to fight off one deck.
I agree temur battle rage is such a good card and erases go wide strategies.
Also, it was in death shadow jund, but I finally played kozileks return, and man that instant factor made a huge impact
Anger has been incredibly hard on the mana and life total to cast, does anyone feel the same way? Lantto in his article seemed to write about leaning towards 1x pyroclasm
Been playing around on mtgo and paper, and I think I've decided the deck is just better off running that 3rd stubborn instead of running the bolt in the flex.
Yes, it's scary to run into mirrodin crusader, but if you run into him, you run into him, I don't think being scared of one deck that doesn't have the meta shares of Grixis, E-Tron and Affinity is worth ruining your win percentages across the board for a card that many consider not good in this meta.
Every deck is going to run into hate, and if someone wants to jam 3 or 4 of those crusaders in your variance encounter, hedging for that 1 bolt seems like a bad plan.
Now if we were talking about going zero bolts vs 3 bolts, that'd be another story, as thats a more consistent bolt snap bolt.
Not sure what you guys feel is better in that flex spot, claim//fame is just too GY reliant on a deck already using it's GY too much
cutting any copies of push is a massive mistake
Cutting a terminate for a bolt feels greedy, and that side dreadbore i've been seeing doesn't cut it
How are you guys feeling about the flex spot?
I found 18 lands wasn't good enough, even if it's subtle. On mtgo, the missing land wasn't missed, but on paper I noticed different results, sometimes it meant just shy of 1 shockland to really getting Shadow rolling, I did notice it missing, even if subtle.
Looks like claim fame is getting lukewarm results on here, Reddit and Facebook.
The issue is that the card is another added tool for the graveyard, which the meta is already hating out. Grixis needs to find different angles to attack from so that it isn't destroyed by only attacking on one axis.
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Opt has seemed underwhelming in the deck, I think the pro-tour players will probably have a lot of people realize serum visions is just better
Is there a location with the most extensive sideboard plan out there?
Grixis in general have similar lists, I'd like to know whats generally boarded out for better cards
If the mirror weren't a thing, the deck could bolt crusaders and laugh at people
I had been interested in playing jund shadow again now that the format isn't as overcorrected to fight off one deck.
I agree temur battle rage is such a good card and erases go wide strategies.
Why no rampager in the sideboard?
Is 4x stubborn not worth the whole sideboard?
The street wraiths and shadow purchase is safe, the deck is already going down in shares, the meta is regulating this deck.
It seems flat out wrong to clunk up your 3 drop more
Snapcaster is already a 3 drop when you consider him
Anger has been incredibly hard on the mana and life total to cast, does anyone feel the same way? Lantto in his article seemed to write about leaning towards 1x pyroclasm
Yes, it's scary to run into mirrodin crusader, but if you run into him, you run into him, I don't think being scared of one deck that doesn't have the meta shares of Grixis, E-Tron and Affinity is worth ruining your win percentages across the board for a card that many consider not good in this meta.
Every deck is going to run into hate, and if someone wants to jam 3 or 4 of those crusaders in your variance encounter, hedging for that 1 bolt seems like a bad plan.
Now if we were talking about going zero bolts vs 3 bolts, that'd be another story, as thats a more consistent bolt snap bolt.
Not sure what you guys feel is better in that flex spot, claim//fame is just too GY reliant on a deck already using it's GY too much
cutting any copies of push is a massive mistake
Cutting a terminate for a bolt feels greedy, and that side dreadbore i've been seeing doesn't cut it
How are you guys feeling about the flex spot?
I found 18 lands wasn't good enough, even if it's subtle. On mtgo, the missing land wasn't missed, but on paper I noticed different results, sometimes it meant just shy of 1 shockland to really getting Shadow rolling, I did notice it missing, even if subtle.
The issue is that the card is another added tool for the graveyard, which the meta is already hating out. Grixis needs to find different angles to attack from so that it isn't destroyed by only attacking on one axis.