MTG Salvation

Another cheaper option is illness in the ranks, thought that does die to abrupt decay, it shuts down lingering souls and neuters young pyromancer/monastery mentor as well as all forms of the Twin combo.

How about geth's verdict?

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I haven't played Modern in over 6 months, but it looks like we'll have a small local here next month. Is it a given now that Serum Visions and Think Twice are not good any more? I remember playing at least a few of each before, but not builds seem to have them now.

Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time just got banned.

You can, and should, consider playing Think Twice and Serum Visions.

I'm running telling time for now, always was using serum visions.

I too am interested in this card. It seems to me both options are solid in the right builds.

I've mulled that over, both bitterblossom and phyrexian arena. The problem I come up with is that we're going for the long game, and without some life gain we'll kill ourselves. I'm not sure batterskull is enough, especially in a meta that still has a lot of decks with reach. On the upside, bitterblossom is a wincon all by itself, and would allow for running some tempo creatures like spellstutter sprite.

Yeah, but it's not a 5cc tutor for bob, it's however many mana dorks, voice of resurgence, kitchen finks I convoke for bob. Maybe they're running lingering souls and it's a snap to tutor up siege rhino.

Pod has always been about creatures that provide superior value. It wouldn't surprise me to see most pod lists morph into junk midrange with chord of calling as their primary tutor.

Infect and bogles will suffer an influx of liliana of the veil.

Don't get me wrong, I like manlands, but I like lands that are untapped in the earlier part of the game. I'm running batterskull and keranos for back end wincons, manlands are as much about utility for me.

Those filter lands are a great idea. River of Tears...not a fan. I'd rather just run a Darkslick shores. Either way I think 4 tar pit is one too many. 3 seems to always get you one by the time you can actually use it for something other than mana.

I'd have some conflict changing mana to address choke. I run vedalken shackles and would rather not remove islands. The tact I've used before is EOT bounce choke (after saving up for it) and trying to counter it on the way back. It doesn't hurt so bad in that I also run crucible of worlds and can essentially fetch a new island every turn.

Considering most delver is only running maybe 6 counters that was lucky for your opp. I also didn't think that the 2 damage you take from fallout might be a deal breaker in that situation too. Something cheap that I've tested in other decks and works well against delver is circle of flame. It doesn't kill swiftspear or flipped delver but it neuters YP.

Completely agree that anger is a very nice spell, the extra damage and exile are awesome in a matchup like pod or junk when creatures have some resilience. Pyroclasm is the prototype sweeper, and is probably in more decks than anger and fallout combined. All I'm getting at is that in the delver matchup, and occasionally in twin, fallouts inability to be countered and being an instant make it a better choice. Sorry to be a smartass earlier.

Well you got no damage getting countered. Fallout can't be.

Delver is one reason to run volcanic fallout over anger. Anger is much better against pod/junk though.