Burn 2-1: not much to say here, game 1 he was insanely fast and burned me out. Feed the Clan did good work game 2 and he got flooded game 3.
Bogles 2-1: here's one i didn't expect to win. Game 1 Coronet made it impossible to recover. I absolutely despise Bogles and was honestly about to give up as I saw no possibility to win. But ok, board in all the disruption you can along with Explosives and Chalice and keep trudging on with fingers crossed. Game 2 i baited him down to 3 life and Siege Rhino took him down to 0. Game 3 was very tough, he had me down to 1 life and i had an Engineered Explosives out at 1 that would zap his auras but i couldn't afford to kill my dorks as i was stuck on 2 lands throughout most of the game. Zealous Persecution sealed the deal eventually, i floated the mana for it off my dorks, blew up all the auras, killed his naked bogle and Dryad Arbor and swung. Swung again next turn, down to 3 life, Siege Rhino finish.
Tron 2-0: another unexpected victory. Game 1 double Voice and double Rhino closed it out fast with a Path on hand for his Void Winnower. Game 2 two Duress took his two Karns and Stony Silence made all his Stars and Maps useless. Pridemage and Smiter got him down to 3 for another Rhino finish.
Man i'm loving this deck. Not much I would change at this point.
congrats man! did you ever really need Feed the Clan? and don't you go into topdeck mode really fast with no additional card draw e.g. Abzan Charm / Painful Truths?
Dromoka's command deserves its slot main deck, even though I wish not to show it to Grixis and Jund opponent game 1 so they don't play around it before casting their anger games 2-3.
I wasn't sure about Tegg, thanks for the info, I will give that ol' good Athreos, God of Passage a couple of tries before testing Dauntless Escort
Athreos doesn't work against Anger as the creatures are exiled rather than dying, so he never triggers.
Can't think of any noncreature solutions off the top of my head, but Burrenton Forge-Tender stops Anger, and Dauntless Escort stops Damnation. Pretty badass with a Liege out as well.
Engineered Explosives is such a versatile card, I can't really think of a matchup where it's completely useless (naturally I don't always board it in but still).
You can cast it for 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 and it's relevant at any point in the game - never the worst possible topdeck.
Chalice on the other hand is only relevant in the early game and nearly impossible to cast for more than 2 at that point. It also hoses your own spells.
EE takes care of tokens, Merfolk, Elves, Burn, Jund, Junk, Infect.. The list goes on. Chalice can be very powerful in certain matchups provided you have it in your opening hand but overall is far too narrow for me to consider boarding in in most matchups. It's just not consistent enough and I have to play around it myself as well. I might take it out altogether.
Awesome deck, went 3-1 today. Beat Jund, Twin and 8Rack, but lost 0-2 to a tweaked Modern Event deck. That thing is no joke!
Qasali Pridemage main was great, Abzan Charm too. I really don't see any reason to run Painful Truths when we can opt for the same effect at instant speed and more.
I'd cut Athreos right before the event and can't say I ever missed him.
Burn 2-1: not much to say here, game 1 he was insanely fast and burned me out. Feed the Clan did good work game 2 and he got flooded game 3.
Bogles 2-1: here's one i didn't expect to win. Game 1 Coronet made it impossible to recover. I absolutely despise Bogles and was honestly about to give up as I saw no possibility to win. But ok, board in all the disruption you can along with Explosives and Chalice and keep trudging on with fingers crossed. Game 2 i baited him down to 3 life and Siege Rhino took him down to 0. Game 3 was very tough, he had me down to 1 life and i had an Engineered Explosives out at 1 that would zap his auras but i couldn't afford to kill my dorks as i was stuck on 2 lands throughout most of the game. Zealous Persecution sealed the deal eventually, i floated the mana for it off my dorks, blew up all the auras, killed his naked bogle and Dryad Arbor and swung. Swung again next turn, down to 3 life, Siege Rhino finish.
Tron 2-0: another unexpected victory. Game 1 double Voice and double Rhino closed it out fast with a Path on hand for his Void Winnower. Game 2 two Duress took his two Karns and Stony Silence made all his Stars and Maps useless. Pridemage and Smiter got him down to 3 for another Rhino finish.
Man i'm loving this deck. Not much I would change at this point.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Athreos doesn't work against Anger as the creatures are exiled rather than dying, so he never triggers.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
You can cast it for 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 and it's relevant at any point in the game - never the worst possible topdeck.
Chalice on the other hand is only relevant in the early game and nearly impossible to cast for more than 2 at that point. It also hoses your own spells.
EE takes care of tokens, Merfolk, Elves, Burn, Jund, Junk, Infect.. The list goes on. Chalice can be very powerful in certain matchups provided you have it in your opening hand but overall is far too narrow for me to consider boarding in in most matchups. It's just not consistent enough and I have to play around it myself as well. I might take it out altogether.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
3 Forest
2 Gavony Township
1 Godless Shrine
2 Marsh Flats
2 Overgrown Tomb
1 Plains
3 Razorverge Thicket
1 Swamp
1 Temple Garden
3 Verdant Catacombs
4 Windswept Heath
Creatures
3 Birds of Paradise
3 Kitchen Finks
4 Loxodon Smiter
3 Noble Hierarch
2 Qasali Pridemage
4 Siege Rhino
3 Voice of Resurgence
3 Wilt-Leaf Liege
2 Abrupt Decay
1 Abzan Charm
1 Dromoka's Command
3 Lingering Souls
3 Path to Exile
2 Thoughtseize
1 Celestial Purge
1 Chalice of the Void
3 Duress
2 Engineered Explosives
1 Nihil Spellbomb
2 Scavenging Ooze
2 Stony Silence
2 Thoughtseize
1 Zealous Persecution
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Qasali Pridemage main was great, Abzan Charm too. I really don't see any reason to run Painful Truths when we can opt for the same effect at instant speed and more.
I'd cut Athreos right before the event and can't say I ever missed him.
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki
Abzan Traverse / Traverse Shadow / UR Kiki